I think that even Matt Donald would have been surprised by how easily he disposed of Mohamed Nazim Makhlouf in their first round singles match in Monastir, given that the...
Although the second was better, it was quite amazing that the equal-longest rally in the first round match between Reece Falck and Timothy Gray in Darwin came on the very first...
Although I had Alex Klintcharov’s first round singles match in Darwin against Lawrence Bataljin up on my second screen, it clashed with the other New Zealanders’ matches that I...
With a combined ranking that’s many hundreds of places below their opponents, Corban Crowther and Tai Sach were always going to have the odds against them when they played third...
The first round match in Darwin between James Watt and Sean Van Rensburg was pretty much like the stereotypical description of London buses when it came to shots worthy of being...
Sixth seed Arthur Weber is ranked a long way above Corban Crowther, so it’s no wonder that their first round match in Nusa Dua saw the New Zealander struggling to keep up with...
One break of serve is all you need to win a set, so that’s what Isaac Becroft and Timo Legout contented themselves with when they played David Saye and Max Sheldon in the first...
Valentina Ivanov held to love to start her second round qualifying match against Berta Passola from Spain in the idyllic surroundings of San Rafael, on the north side of San...
Matt Donald has spent a lot of time in Monastir over the past year or two, and he’s back there this week for the first in another series of ITF tournaments. His first match in...
With good serving from all four players, there wasn’t much room for highlight shots when Alex Klintcharov and Ethan Cook played Reece Falck and Enzo Aguiard in the first round of...
A clash of matches while I was waiting for the one featuring New Zealand players on both sides of the net meant that I wasn’t able to pay much more than lip service to the first...
Elena Micic served first when she and Monique Barry played Sakura Hosogi and Misaki Matsuda in the first round of doubles in Perth, the latter’s participation meaning that there...
