Good stuff, thanks Indy - I did wonder if someone would go with one of the Madrid players, Jake being the obvious one, and glad you did!

I wonder if Jake had been April vote, with his Madrid performance, whether he would have won or been close to Sonay?

Tanaqui wrote:

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Hahaha, Indy beat me to nominating Jake! Thanks, Indy!

I think Jake would have featured in the mix, but maybe not been in the top two had he been in the April vote with his Madrid performance. Especially as there was a bit of a narrative across the whole month as he picked up momentum over several tournaments after making a really poor start to the clay season. I think people might have been impressed by his progress as he figured out the surface, as much as the absolute results? (He just hadn't done enough for me before Madrid for me to confidently nominate him on that basis in April.)

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 I think you are right - it would have taken one or two votes of Sonay and Megan maybe and put him in the mix, but probably not quite top 2. 

Anyway, May is good for him - he has a whole month now to build on what he did in Madrid (Rome and Aix?) and get a good strong case together. He isnt in Player of the Season field yet, so keen to see if he can make it into that in the next few months

indiana wrote:

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To set the ball rolling ...

1. Jacob Fearnley - won 2 Q rounds plus 2 MD rounds to reach the L32 of the Madrid Masters, before a close one vs Grigpr Dimitrov either side of lights out. Took him to another CH and his L64 victory over Tomas Machac WR 20 was a CH win.
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 A good number of Brits in action this weekend - in top end events through domestic ITF events. If any catch your eye as we close week 1 of 4, add them to this list by taking the last list above, quoting it, adding your nomination and reason, and reposting (having tidied up the edges of the post first, please!) 

thank you 

Nominations list:

1. Jacob Fearnley - won 2 Q rounds plus 2 MD rounds to reach the L32 of the Madrid Masters, before a close one vs Grigpr Dimitrov either side of lights out. Took him to another CH and his L64 victory over Tomas Machac WR 20 was a CH win.

2. Jack Draper - an extremely impressive run to the final of the Madrid Masters - found his clay feet and sent a message to the tennis world; rises to number 5 in the world and above Djokovic as a result and also to number 2 in the 2025 Race

JonH comes home wrote:

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Nominations list:

1. Jacob Fearnley - won 2 Q rounds plus 2 MD rounds to reach the L32 of the Madrid Masters, before a close one vs Grigpr Dimitrov either side of lights out. Took him to another CH and his L64 victory over Tomas Machac WR 20 was a CH win.

2. Jack Draper - an extremely impressive run to the final of the Madrid Masters - found his clay feet and sent a message to the tennis world; rises to number 5 in the world and above Djokovic as a result and also to number 2 in the 2025 Race

3. Hollie Smart - age 15 - unranked, no MD wins in adults before. Has now won two qualis rounds, and two MD rounds at W35 in Nottingham, beating two top-600 players, a top-800 and a top-900

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 Brooke Black, Dani P .... all worthy of a shout

But I went for Hollie