In tribute to Born2WinTennis' idea of 'Friday's last players standing', this week we have:
Men: Cameron Norrie at the ATP 500 in St. Petersburg
Women: Jodie Burrage and Harriet Dart at the 25k in France
In the doubles, we've got still standing:
Beth and Harriet in France 25k
Emily Arb and Freya in Egypt 15k
Dominic Inglot+ at ATP 250 in Cologne
Not such a bad week
Thanks CD, I have to say I found this useful, when working hard it is difficult to sometimes keep up and threads move quickly and i often lose track. Doing this each week helps me for sure, particularly when thinking re player of month nominations!
Born2wintennis I believe started this just for mens tennis, but having it in one place for both is better. Maybe it should sit in the general section instead if someone wanted to move it there, just a thought?
So, this week, Last Players Standing, as of Friday, are:
Dan Evans - 250 Antwerp Anton Matusevich - 25k Germany Harriet Dart - 25k France Katie Boulter - 15k Egypt Oscar Weightman - 15k Tunisia
And in doubles:
Lloyd Glasspool and partner - Challenger - Germany Harriet & Beth - 25k France
Harriet proving consistent at this level.
It is a level Harriet has very rarely played over the last two or three years, having rather left them behind.
Of course she is far from alone in stepping down these last two weeks, with other even higher ranked players doing so. So it is a good effort in these rather unusual ( or 'new normal'? ) 25Ks.
Across these draws, a lot of seeds have fallen, more unseeded than seeded left. Let's hope one or two can take advantage. A title from somewhere would be nice!