Eva Shaw and Toby Samuel get the WCs to the masters. The full list of those playing is
Freya CHRISTIE Emma WILSON Eva SHAW [WC] Katarina STRESNAKOVA Francesca DAVIS Hannah SMITH Sirena WAAS Mayéla BASSEGA
Billy HARRIS Lui MAXTED Toby SAMUEL [WC] Michael SHAW George HOUGHTON Michal KAMINSKI Billy BLAYDES Daniel COX
Dan Cox is out. Wonder if Billy will rush back from Turkey for it. Edit: Although Billy is on the entry lists hes not in the draw which have already been made.
-- Edited by Madadman on Friday 17th of December 2021 11:13:35 AM
Format for the Premier /Grade 1 is 16 players. RR with 4 groups of 4 and to 2 in each group proceeding to the playoffs. Format for the Grade 2 is qualifying draw followed by a 32 player main draw
Danielle Daley, Annali Olivelle feature in the Women's Grade 2.
Freya Christie, Joanna Garland, Amelia Rajecki, Emma Wilson feature in the Grade 1/ Premier, with Dan Little & Luke Johnson seeded in the Men's
I'd looked at Sheffield and completely forgotten about the Premier Tier event - duh....
THere's some very interesting match-ups and players in the Loughborough event, including a lot of youngsters:
Women
Nice to see Amelia Rajecki back from college and playing here - she just took out Mimi Xu (born 2007) in a MTB
Millie Bissett seems to be back and playing after her recent retirement in Mexico, and won her first match easily (against Sirena Waas)
Hannah Klugman (born 2009) took out Nao Nishino (JWR 750 or so) pretty easily.
Freya won. As did Fran Davis, Jo Garland, Emma Wilson and Ranah (born 2005)
Men
I'm thrilled that Brandon is back playing, and winning - beat Dan Little (second seed and ATP 883) in two sets
Pleased to see Will Nolan , too, and with two wins
Luke Johnson has two wins
as does Dan (and the loss above)
Danielle Daley, Annali Olivelle feature in the Women's Grade 2. Freya Christie, Joanna Garland, Amelia Rajecki, Emma Wilson feature in the Grade 1/ Premier, with Dan Little & Luke Johnson seeded in the Men's
Jo Garland is a name Ive not seen in a while. I thought she had left the UK and was playing for Taipei?