April 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

April 2024 Player of the Month Nominations Thread

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks Var! Welcome to the nominations team!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Dannythomas wrote:
Maybe Emmas achievements this weekend need a little bit more detail ? Ranked outside the top 300 she beat 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd , fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching match tie-break was very impressive. Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia and Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least.

Hi Danny - go for it! Take the last post from Var, quote it and then go onto Emmas narrative and add whatever you wish within reason! Then just re post. Its a communal editing process so please have a go!

SuperT · Futures qualifying

JonH comes home wrote:
Dannythomas wrote:
Maybe Emmas achievements this weekend need a little bit more detail ? Ranked outside the top 300 she beat 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd , fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching match tie-break was very impressive. Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia and Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least.
Hi Danny - go for it! Take the last post from Var, quote it and then go onto Emmas narrative and add whatever you wish within reason! Then just re post. Its a communal editing process so please have a go!

Yes please do enhance the narrative Danny. As Jon knows I tend to be be quite brief with my posts.

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Var wrote:
var wrote:
1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, moving to 8-0 for the month.

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final. Ranked outside the top 300 she beat 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. Could be a turning point for Emma !
9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.
10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.
11. BJK Cup team for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

-- Edited by Var on Sunday 14th of April 2024 08:12:47 AM

-- Edited by Var on Sunday 14th of April 2024 08:13:17 AM

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

SuperT wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Dannythomas wrote:
Maybe Emmas achievements this weekend need a little bit more detail ? Ranked outside the top 300 she beat 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd , fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching match tie-break was very impressive. Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia and Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least.
Hi Danny - go for it! Take the last post from Var, quote it and then go onto Emmas narrative and add whatever you wish within reason! Then just re post. Its a communal editing process so please have a go!
Yes please do enhance the narrative Danny. As Jon knows I tend to be be quite brief with my posts.

Done !

SuperT · Futures qualifying

Dannythomas wrote:
SuperT wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Dannythomas wrote:
Maybe Emmas achievements this weekend need a little bit more detail ? Ranked outside the top 300 she beat 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd , fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching match tie-break was very impressive. Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia and Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least.
Hi Danny - go for it! Take the last post from Var, quote it and then go onto Emmas narrative and add whatever you wish within reason! Then just re post. Its a communal editing process so please have a go!
Yes please do enhance the narrative Danny. As Jon knows I tend to be be quite brief with my posts.
Done !

And brilliantly so. Much more effective than my feeble effort

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nice one Danny, thank you! The icing on SuperTs cake!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, moving to 8-0 for the month.

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final. Ranked outside the top 300 she beat 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. Could be a turning point for Emma !

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

halfway through the 4 week period. If we hit more than 20 nominations, we will have semifinal groups initially; 20 or less and one straight vote. Will be touch and go!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

It's been a while since I did one of these but ......

1. Amelia Rajecki - for achieving 100 [college] career singles wins. Only the 4th player in NC State history to do so.

2. Hollie Smart (born 2009) - U16 British National Girls Champion (despite being year one)

3. Mark Ceban (born 2009) - U16 British National Boys Champion (despite being year one)

4. Henry Patten - for winning his first ATP250 title (with Harri Heliövaara) in only his second ATP250 final. Followed up with the Madrid Challenger 100 title, moving to 8-0 for the month.

5. Johannus Monday - for achieving 100 (college) career singles wins. Holds an impressive .806 winning percentage at Tennessee & a 42-6 career mark at no.1 spot in the line-up

6. Mimi Xu (2007) - U18 British National Girls Champion (for the second time, and still only year one) along with U18 national Doubles title with Mika.

7. Oliver Bonding (2007) - U18 British National Boys Champion (also year one)

8. Emma Raducanu - for winning both her matches after such a long time out injured and helping GB through to the Billie Jean King cup final. Ranked outside the top 300 she beat 2 top 50 players Garcia and Parry on clay in France against a hostile French crowd, fighting through 3 sets against both. The way she played the clinching final set tie break was very impressive.Had she lost that a deciding doubles against Garcia / Mldanovic would have been tough to say the least. Could be a turning point for Emma !

9. Rhys Lawlor - both U16 and U18 British National Boys Doubles Champion.

10. Oliver Crawford - for winning the doubles title (with Tristan Boyer) at the ATP Challenger 75 in Sarasota. This is his first title since switching to playing for GB and his best title to date, having only won titles at M15/M25 level previously.

11. BJK Cup team for their brilliant win against France, now finalists on merit. Bringing it home girls! Outstanding performances from Emma and Katie on the second day, so well supported by Harriet, Hev and Fran and all the support team. Shout out for Anne K as well - you got it right!

12. Henry Searle - For taking out the Top Seed JJ Wolf (ranked 102) on clay in the 1st round of the Tallahassee Challenger with what I presume is a Career High ranking scalp.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

business end of week 3 of 4 - Friday Feeling will tell us where we are at this week, but feels like we will have a few players vying for the list. Remember, anyone can nominate at any time before end of play next Sunday, 28th April.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The Friday feeling list for week 3 of 4 has been published by DF, and makes for a very interesting weekend!

britishtennis.activeboard.com/t66034135/who-has-that-friday-feeling/

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Without wanting to extend Emmas write up too much her case can only be enhanced by her performance in Stuttgart, with comfortable wins over Kerber and Noskova making it 4 consecutive wins on clay over top players and taking her to the quarter final where she kept the world number 1 on court for over two hours before succumbing 6-7 3-6 . She is playing like a top 10 player , certainly not a player who started out a week ago ranked 300.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ha ha, I think outside the top 300 was always rather unrepresentative of Emma's ability so pretty irrelevant.

But yes the great thing is the sense of what kind of ranking level she is already looking like she will get back to if she stays fit and well.

A very strong PoM candidate.

Tanaqui · Club Coach

Dannythomas wrote:
Without wanting to extend Emmas write up too much her case can only be enhanced by her performance in Stuttgart, with comfortable wins over Kerber and Noskova making it 4 consecutive wins on clay over top players and taking her to the quarter final where she kept the world number 1 on court for over two hours before succumbing 6-7 3-6 . She is playing like a top 10 player , certainly not a player who started out a week ago ranked 300.

Danny, I was thinking myself that Emma's write up needed some info added about Stuttgart. She's had an impressive couple of weeks! So please go for doing an update!

(You could always compress what's already there or restructure it a bit to talk about her impressive run across the two events, if you feel it's a bit long, but don't worry too much about one write up being longer than the others. It happens sometimes because there really is that much to say about one particular player!)