And maybe a nod to the players left in the ITA All American College Championship in the States - Grace, Imogen, Lui, Will, Oliver (although all havent played through to Friday yet).
Having that 'Friday feeling' in singles this week are: -
CH75 Tiburon Jack PJ
W35 France Amarni,
M15 Egypt James,
M15 Poland Harry W,
W15 Slovakia Millie,
and in doubles ; -
ATP1000 China Joe + Matthew, Henry + Harri, Julian / Lloyd, Neal + Michael, Jamie + John - yet to play
WTA1000 China Liv + Tereza ,
( ATP500 Japan W Julian./ Lloyd, )
W35 France Beth / Mimi, Emily + Ekaterina
M25 France Liam / James
W15 Slovakia Millie / Summer
M15 Poland Tom / Harry W
M15 Michigan Adam + Tristan
M15 Egypt James/Matt
These extended tournaments are there to confuse us (or just me!). There are examples this week of tournaments at varying stages. Congratulations to Julian and Lloyd who won midweek. Liv + Tereza are on the second week of their tournament. In the ATP1000 in China the doubles players are yet to play and may even withdraw before having to play (as happened last week} but I do not know what will happen so they are on the list having that 'Friday feeling'.
Good luck to all.
-- Edited by DF on Thursday 3rd of October 2024 07:26:37 PM
And Mika definitely deserves the Friday Feeling as she reaches the World Finals semis overnight and will conclude over the weekend. Charlie still in group action today.
Just to add a bit of colour to some of our Friday mens players:
Kyle hasnt won a title above ITF since 2020
Paul has won just one title at challenger level before, that was 2022
Luke has never won a tour level title before
JoMo is pushing for his second straight title winning week
Henry hasnt won an ITF title before
Anton hasnt won an ITF title since 2019
Harry is going for his first ITF title this year
I havent looked at the women, sorry, but the men have several perched on what could end up as really important career weeks.
Heather going for her biggest title level since 2020
Mimi going for her biggest title full stop
Sonay going for her 7th title of the season in singles and second biggest title level in her career.
All those and the men and maybe some of the others are in what could turn out to be massive weeks for them. Realise they are only at last 4 or 8 stages so a long way to go, but lots to cheer on and watch out for.
JoMo on his third straight Friday feeling ! Harry W and Henry P on their 3rd of 4 in October, and Millie in singles and doubles in her 3rd of the month.
-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 24th of October 2024 09:12:19 PM
THere's a lot of high level events there
And a lot of our top players
AND there's a lot of names that, with the best will in the world, many GB tennis fans probably wouldn't recognise at all (Esther, Isabelle, Aryan, Stefan, Joe L...)
The 2024 Tennis Europe U14 Masters has taken place this week in Monte Carlo, Monaco on clay. Megan Knight and Scott Watson made the Finals held today (Saturday). Both Megan and Scott won and so are the champions.
Thanks DF, as always. Millie Rajecki and Henry Patten both appear on their 4th of 5 lists in October, both showing good consistency and good luck to them in their matches today.