Can Johanna Konta Spark Heather Watson Back Into Life

Another first round, another defeat for Heather Watson as she bowed out of the Korea Open last week against Elizaveta Kulichkova, and again on Monday against Jelena Jankovic. She has five first round defeats in her last six tournaments.

Since coming within two points of defeating Serena Williams on the grass of Wimbledon, the Guernsey-born Brit has failed to build any momentum, taking just three wins in Toronto back in August.

More worringly for Watson will be that lady-luck does seem to have been shining on her. In all five tournaments Watson has drawn players of a lower ranking and...

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Tennis Brit Watch Week 20

ATP

Singles

Rome Masters - Andy Murray (Lost Quarter-Final - Rafael Nadal 6-1 3-6 5-7)

Busan Challenger - Dan Smethurst (Lost 2nd Round - Amir Weintraub 3-6 4-6)
                             - Edward Corrie (Lost 1st Qualifying Round - Jason Jung 4-6 2-6)

Heilbronn Challenger - James Ward (Lost 2nd Round - Blaz Kavcic 1-6 6-3 5-7)
                                  - Kyle Edmund (Lost 2nd Round - Andrej Martin 3-6 3-6)
                                  - Alex Ward (Lost 2nd Qualifying Round - Egor Garasimov 2-6 6-7)

Termas de Monfortinho Futures - Josh Milton (Lost Quarter-Final - David Vega Hernandez 4-6 6-7)

Valdoreix Futures - James Marsalek (Lost 1st Round - Takashi Saito 3-6 6-4 1-6)

Antalya Futures - Jathan Malik  (Lost 2nd Round - Dimitar Kuzmanov 2-6 2-6)
                         - Alex Jhun (Lost 1st Round - Denis Yevseyev 5-7 3-6)
                         - Miles Bugby (Lost 2nd Round - Yusuke Watanuki 2-6 3-6)
                         - Bruce Strachan (Lost 1st Round - Yusuke Watanuki 1-6 2-6)

Galati Futures - Jack Carpenter (Lost Quarter-Final - Gianluigi Quinzi 1-6 6-7)
                       - Tom Allen (Lost 1st Round - Lucas Pouille 1-6 4-6)
                       - Nikki Roenn (Lost 3rd Qualifying Round - Sergiu Rogoveanu 2-6 3-6)

Sharm el Sheikh Futures - Robbie Ridout (Lost 1st Round - Luciano Betella 6-7 6-2 2-6)

Sousse Futures - Imran Aswat (Lost 2nd Round - Arkadiusz Kocyla 4-6 1-6)
                         - David Porter (Lost 2nd Round - Jules Marie 0-6 4-6)

Doubles

Rome Masters - Dominic Inglot (partnering Treat Huey) (Lost 2nd Round - Haase/Lopez 6-7 2-6)

Bordeaux Challenger - Ken/Neal Skupski (Lost 1st Round - Couacaud/Lokoli 6-7 6-3 5-10)

Busan Challenger - Edward Corrie/Daniel Smethurst (Lost 1st Round - Lee/Wang 6-7 2-6)
                            - Jamie Delgado (partnering John-Patrick Smith) (RUNNER-UP)

Bol Futures - Darren Walsh (partnering Adham El-Effendi) (Lost Semi-Final - Thompson/Barton 3-6 2-6)

Termas de Monfortinho Futures - Joshua Milton (partnering Ivan Arenas-Guualda) (Lost Semi-Final - Martin/Kerr 4-6 1-6)

Galati Futures - Tom Allen/Jack Carpenter (Lost Quarter-Final - Dubarenco/Ciumac 0-6 1-6)
                      - Nikki Roenn (partnering Ciprian Onufrei) (Lost 1st Round - Culiocovschi/Frosa 1-6 1-6)

Valldoreix Futures - James Marsalek (partnering Michael Bois) (Lost 1st Round - Altamirano/Fritz 1-6 4-6)

Sousse Futures - Joe Cooper (partnering Aydyn Akhmetshin) (Lost 1st Round -  Kellovsky/Snobel 1-6 3-6)
                        - Imran Aswat/David Porter (Lost Quarter-Final - Boutillier/Tchoutakian 4-6 0-6)

Antalya Futures - Scott William Lister/Bruce Strachan (Lost Quarter-Final - Kruk/Yevseyev 1-6 1-6)
                         - Alexander Jhun (partnering Yusuke Watanuki) (Lost 1st Round - Katayama/Ehara 2-6 4-6)
                         - Miles Bugby (partnering Lukas Weinhandl) (Lost 1st Round - Blumenberg/Dernandes 2-6 1-6)

WTA

Singles

Prague 100k - Heather Watson (CHAMPION)

Saint-Gaudens 50k - Johanna Konta (Lost Semi-Final - Pauline Parmentier 4-6 7-5 5-7)

Kurume 50k - Naomi Broady (Lost 2nd Round - Qiang Wang 4-6 2-6)
                    - Samantha Murray (Lost 2nd Round - Mari Tanaka 2-6 1-6)
                    - Tara Moore (Lost 2nd Round - Jarmila Gajdosova 4-6 3-6)
                    - Emily Webley-Smith (Lost 2nd Qualifying Round - Tamarine Tanasurgarn 2-6 0-6)
                    - Anna Smith (Lost 1st Qualifying Round - Tori Kinard 3-6 5-7)

Sharm el Sheikh 10k - Lucy Brown (Lost 1st Round - Ekaterina Tsiklauri 6-1 5-7 4-6)
                                - Danielle Konotoptseva (Lost 1st Round - Violetta Degtiareva 2-6 5-7)
                                - Jessica Simpson (Lost 1st Round - Diana Bogoliy 3-6 6-1 1-6)
                                - Aimee Gibson (Lost 1st Round - Teodora Radosavljevic 4-6 4-6)
                                - Antonia Smallbone (Lost 1st Round - Yekaterina Gubanova 3-6 1-6)
                                - Francesca Stephenson (Lost 2nd Round - Lisa Sabino 1-6 0-6)

Bol 10k - Laura Deigman (Lost 2nd Round - Bernarda Pera 1-6 2-6)

Sousse 10k - Harriet Dart (Lost Quarter-Final - Chantal Skamlova 2-6 2-6)
               - Jazzamay Drew (Lost 1st Round - Margot Decker 5-7 0-6)

Doubles

Prague 100k - Heather Watson (partnering Mariana Duque-Marino) (Lost 1st Round - Hradecka/Krajicek 2-6 6-3 6-10)

Saint-Gaudens 50k - Nicola Slater (partnering Karolina Wlodarczak) (Lost Semi-Final - Royg/Irigoyen 2-6 3-6)
                             - Johanna Konta (partnering Sharon Fichman) (RUNNERS-UP)

Kurume 50k - Samantha Murray (partnering Ankita Raina) (Lost Quarter-Final - Rodionova/Gajdosova 4-6 3-6)
                   - Tara Moore (partnering Tammi Patterson) (Lost 1st Round - Kuwata/Inoue 1-6 7-5 7-10)
                   - Emily Webley Smith (partnering Ana Veselinovic) (Lost 1st Round - Rae/Smith 6-4 1-6 9-11)
                   - Jocelyn Rae/Anna Smith (Lost Quarter-Final - Yonemura/Namigata 6-3 6-7 6-10)

Bol 10k - Laura Deigman (partnering Britt Geukens) (Lost 1st Round - Szlavikovics/Andrei 6-3 3-6 7-10)

Sharm el Sheikh 10k - Lucy Brown (partnering Polina Leykina) (RUNNERS-UP)
                                - Antonia Smallbone (partnering Yui Saikai) (Lost 1st Round - Mun/Tcakanian 1-6 3-6)
                                - Aimee Gibson (partnering Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy) (Lost 1st Round - Grinchishina/Bogoliy 4-6 3-6)

Monzon 10k - Imogen Magner (partnering Lidia Moreno Arias) (Lost Quarter-Final - Perez-Somarriba/Pou 5-7 0-6)

Sousse 10k - Harriet Dart/Jazzamay Drew (Lost Quarter-Final Zabirova/Fernandes 6-2 2-6 4-10)

Sunday May 18
Jamie Delgado/John-Patrick Smith lost to Ratiwatana/Ratiwatana 4-6 4-6 (Final - Busan)
Heather Watson beat Timea Babos 7-6 6-3 (Semi-Final - Prague)
Heather Watson beat Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova 7-6 6-0 (Final - Prague)

Saturday May 17
Johanna Konta lost to Pauline Parmentier 4-6 7-5 5-7 (Semi-Final - Saint-Gaudens)
Lucy Brown/Polina Leykina lost to Stojanovic/Sabino 3-6 6-4 3-10 (Final - Sharm el Sheikh)

Friday May 16
Jack Carpenter beat Andrei Patrui 3-6 6-2 6-1 (2nd Round - Galati)
Johanna Konta beat Marta Sirotkina 2-6 6-2 6-1 (Quarter-Final - Saint-Gaudens)
Jamie Delgado/John Patrick-Smith beat Gong/Peng 6-2 3-6 10-6 (Semi-Final - Busan)
Heather Watson beat Karolina Pliskova 6-2 6-4 (Quarter-Final - Prague)
Joshua Milton lost to David Vega Hernandez 4-6 6-7 4-6 6-7 (Quarter-Final - Termas de Monfortinho)
Jack Carpenter lost to Gianluigi Quinizi 1-6 6-7 (Quarter-Final - Galati)
Harriet Dart lost to Chantal Skamlova 2-6 2-6 (Quarter-Final - Sousse)
Johanna Konta/Sharon Fichman beat Seguel/Bua 6-4 6-4 (Semi-Final - Saint Gaudens)
Jack Carpenter/Tom Allen lost to Dubarenco/Ciumac 0-6 1-6 (Quarter-Final - Galati)
Joshua Milton/Ivan Arenas-Gualda lost to Martin/Kerr 4-6 1-6 (Semi-Final - Termas de Monfortinho)
Lucy Brown/Polina Leykina beat Hamza/Zekry 6-3 6-1 (Semi-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Johanna Konta/Sharon Fichman lost to Royg/Irigoyen 5-7 3-6 (Final - Saint-Gaudens)
Andy Murray lost to Rafael Nadal 6-1 3-6 5-7 (Quarter-Final - Rome)

Thursday May 15
Tara Moore lost to Jarmila Gajdosova 4-6 3-6 (2nd Round - Kurume)
Samantha Murray lost to Mari Tanakaa 2-6 1-6 (2nd Round - Kurume)
Naomi Broady lost to Qiang Wang 4-6 2-6 (2nd Round - Kurume)
Samantha Murray/Ankita Raina lost to Rodionova/Gajdosova 4-6 3-6 (Quarter-Final - Kurume)
Dan Smethurst lost to Amir Weintraub 3-6 4-6 (2nd Round - Busan)
Anna Smith/Jocelyn Rae lost to Yonemura/Namigata 6-3 6-7 6-10 (Quarter-Final - Kurume)
Jamie Delgado/John Patrick Smith beat Lee/Wang 6-3 2-6 10-7 (Quarter-Final - Busan)
David Porter lost to Jules Marie 0-6 4-6 (2nd Round - Sousse)
Heather Watson beat Petra Uberalova 6-1 6-4 (2nd Round - Prague)
Laura Deigman lost to Bernarda Pera 1-6 2-6 (2nd Round - Bol)
Miles Bugby lost to Yusuke Watanuki 2-6 3-6 (2nd Round - Antalya)
Imran Aswat lost to Arkadiusz Kocyla 4-6 1-6 (2nd Round - Sousse)
Bruce Strachan/Scott William Lister lost to Kruk/Yevseyev 1-6 1-6 (Quarter-Final - Antalya)
Dominic Inglot/Treat Huey lost to Haase/Lopez 6-7 2-6 (2nd Round - Rome)
Nicola Slater/Karolina Wlodarczak lost to Royg/Irigoyen 2-6 3-6 (Semi-Final - Saint-Gaudens)
Jack Carpenter beat Andre Cociasu 7-5 6-3 (1st Round - Galati)
Harriet Dart beat Bojana Marinkovic 6-1 6-2 (2nd Round - Sousse)
Andy Murray beat Jurgen Melzer 7-6 6-4 (3rd Round - Rome)
Johanna Konta/Sharon Fichman beat Pluskota/Kiick 6-2 6-4 (Quarter-Final - Saint-Gaudens)
Darren Walsh/Adham El-Effendi lost to Thompson/Barton 3-6 2-6 (Semi-Final - Bol)
Imran Aswat/David Porter lost to Boutillier/Tchoitakian 4-6 0-6 (Quarter-Final - Sousse)
Jazzamay Drew/Harriet Dart lost to Zabirova/Fernandes 6-2 2-6 4-10 (Quarter-Final - Sousse)
Francesca Stephenson lost to Lisa Sabino 1-6 0-6 (Second Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Joshua Milton beat Jorge Hernando Ruano 6-4 5-7 6-4 (2nd Round - Termas de Monfortinho)
Joshua Milton/Ivan Arenas-Gualda beat  Ortega-Omedo/Burrieza 6-3 6-4 (Quarter-Final - Termas de Monfortinho
Lucy Brown/Polina Leykina beat Mun/Tcakanian 6-4 7-5 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)

Wednesday May 14
Naomi Broady beat Tamarine Tanasurgarn 6-0 6-1 (1st Round - Kurume)
Tara Moore/Tammi Patterson lost to Kuwata/Inoue 1-6 7-5 7-10 (1st Round - Kurume)
David Porter beat Yan Sabanin 6-3 6-0 (1st Round - Sousse)
Jamie Delgado/John-Patrick Smith beat Propoggia/Reid 6-3 6-2 (1st Round - Busan)
Joshua Milton beat Mario Paccini Sancho 6-2 6-0 (1st Round - Termas De Monfortinho)
Jathan Malik beat Tinotenda Chanakira 6-0 6-3 (1st Round - Antalya)
James Ward lost to Blaz Kavcic 1-6 6-3 5-7 (2nd Round - Heilbronn)
Alex Jhun lost to Denis Yevseyev 5-7 3-6 (1st Round - Antalya)
Andy Murray beat Marcel Granollers 6-2 7-5 (2nd  Round - Rome)
Jazzamay Drew lost to Margot Decker 5-7 0-6 (1st Round - Sousse)
Johanna Konta beat Myrtille Georges 6-3 6-4 (2nd Round - Saint-Gaudens)
Miles Bugby/Lukas Weinhandl lost to Blumenberg/Fernandez 2-6 1-6 (1st Round - Antalya)
Nikki Slater/Karolina Wlodarczak beat Vasylyeva/Shapatava 6-3 6-2 (Quarter-Final - Saint-Gaudens)
Heather Watson beat Klara Koukalova 6-2 6-4 (1st Round - Prague)
Alex Jhun/Yusuke Watanuki lost to Katayama/Ehara 2-6 4-6 (1st Round - Antalya)
Kyle Edmund lost to Andrej Martin 3-6 3-6 (2nd Round - Heilbronn)
Johanna Konta/Sharon Fichman beat Hesse/Foretz 6-4 3-6 11-9 (1st Round - Saint-Gaudens)
Imran Aswat/David Porter beat bouchareb/Burgui 6-2 6-3 (1st Round - Sousse)
Darren Walsh/Adham El-Effendi beat Santillan/Banes 6-2 6-7 11-9 (Quarter-Final - Bol)
Lucy Brown lost to Ekaterina Tsiklaura 6-1 5-7 4-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Francesca Stephenson beat Teodora Radosavljevic 6-7 6-4 6-3 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)

Tuesday May 13
Samantha Murray beat Yumi Nakano 6-2 6-2 (1st Round - Kurume)
Dan Smethurst beat Karol Beck 6-2 6-0 (1st Round - Busan)
Tara Moore beat Justyna Jegiolka 6-3 4-6 7-5 (1st Round - Kurume)
Anna Smith/Jocelyn Rae beat Emily Webley-Smith/Veselinovic 4-6 6-1 11-9 (1st Round - Kurume)
Samantha Murray/Ankita Raina beat Yasuda/Hisamitsu 6-3 7-5 (1st Round - Kurume)
Bruce Strachan lost to Yusuke Watanuki 1-6 2-6 (1st Round - Antalya)
Miles Bugby beat Maxim Kravtsov 6-3 6-3 (1st Round - Antalya)
Tom Allen lost to Lucas Pouille 1-6 4-6 (1st Round - Galati)
Laura Deigman beat Stefanie Vorih 6-0 6-4 (1st Round - Bol)
Imran Aswat beat Aydin Akhmetshin 6-3 7-5 (1st Round - Sousse)
James Ward beat Andreas Beck 6-4 6-4 (1st Round - Heilbronn)
Bruce Strachan/Scott William Lister beat Goncalves/Brandao 6-4 6-3 (1st Round - Antalya)
James Marsalek lost to Takashi Saito 3-6 6-4 1-6 (1st Round - Valldoreix)
Nikki Roenn/Cirpian Onufrei lost to Culicovschi/Frosa 1-6 1-6 (1st Round - Galati)
Jack Carpenter/Tom Allen beat Popa/Iliescu 6-3 6-0 (1st Round - Galati)
Harriet Dart beat Adeliya Zbirova 6-4 6-4 (1st Round - Sousse)
Imogen Magner/Lidia Moreno Arias lost to Perez-Somarriba/Pou 5-7 0-6 (Quarter-Final - Monzon)
Joe Cooper/Aydin Akhmetshin lost to Kellovsky/Snobel 1-6 3-6 (1st Round - Sousse)
Heather Watson/Mriana Duque Marino lost to Hradecka/Krajicek 2-6 6-3 6-10 (1st Round - Prague)
Danielle Konotoptseva lost to Violetta Degtiareva 2-6 5-7 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Jessica Simpson lost to Diana Bogoliy 3-6 6-1 1-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Laura Deigman/Britt Geukens lost to Szlavikovics/Adnrei 6-3 3-6 7-10 (1st Round - Bol)
Joshua Milton/Ivan Arenas/Gualda beat Agudiez/Dominguez 6-3 6-0 (1st Round - Termas De Monfortinho)
Lucy Brown/Polina Leykina beat Bojanic/Tsiklauri 6-1 6-1 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Antonia Smallbone/Yui Saijai lost to Mun/Tcakanian 1-6 3-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Aimee Gibon/Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy lost to Grinchishina/Bogoliy 4-6 3-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)

Monday May 12
Emily Webley-Smith lost to Tamarine Tanasurgarn 2-6 0-6 (2nd Qualifying Round - Kurume)
Emily Webley-Smith/Ana Veslinovic beat Hagio/Kawamura 6-3 6-1 (1st Qualifying Round - Kurume)
Edward Corrie/Dan Smethurst lost to Lee/Wang 6-7 2-6 (1st Round - Busan)
Nikki Roenn lost to Sergiu Rogoveanu 2-6 3-6 (3rd Qualifying Round - Galati)
Robbie Ridout lost to Luciano Betella 6-7 6-2 2-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
James Marsalek/Michael Bois lost to Fritz/Altamirano 1-6 4-6 (1st Round - Valldoreix)
Johanna Konta beat Lyudmyla Kichenok 6-4 6-3 (1st Round - Saint-Gaudens)
Antonia Smallbone lost to Yekaterina Gubanova 3-6 1-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Kyle Edmund beat Dustin Brown 4-6 6-1 6-4 (1st Round - Heilbronn)
Nikki Slater/Karolina Wlodarczak beat Suvrijn/Khazaniuk 6-4 6-2 (1st Round - Saint-Gaudens)
Aimee Gibson lost to Teodora Radosavljevic 4-6 4-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Ken/Neal Skupski lost to Couacaud/Lokoli 6-7 6-3 5-10 (1st Round - Bordeaux)

Sunday May 11
Emily Webley-Smith beat Makoto Yamaguchi 6-4 6-2 (1st Qualifying Round - Kurume)
Anna Smith lost to Tori Kinard 3-6 5-7 (1st Qualifying Round - Kurume)
Alex Ward lost to Egor Gerasimov 2-6 6-7 (2nd Qualifying Round - Heilbronn)

Saturday May 10
Edward Corrie lost to Jason Jung 4-6 2-6 (1st Qualifying Round - Heilbronn)
Alex Ward beat Christian Hirschmueller 6-0 6-0 (1st Qualifying Round - Heilbronn)

Tennis Brit Watch Week 18

ATP
Singles

Ostrava Challenger - Dan Evans (Withdrew 1st Round - Illness)

Tallahassee Challenger - James Ward (Lost Quarter-Final - Robby Ginepri 3-6 6-3 2-6)
                              - David Rice (Lost 1st Round - Antonio Veic (3)6-7 1-6)
                              - Sean Thornley (Lost 1st Qualifying Round - Andrew Carter 6-4 2-6 3-6)

An-Ning Challenger - Dan Cox (Lost 2nd Round - Nikola Mektic 3-6 4-6)
                            - Oliver Golding (Lost 1st Round - Borna Coric 2-6 3-6)


Seoul Futures - Edward Corrie (Lost Quarter-Final - Dane Propoggia 6-2 3-6 4-6)
                  - Richard Gabb (Lost 2nd Round - Marcus Daniell Retired)
                  - George Coupland (Lost 1st Round - Gengo Kikuchi 5-7 2-6)

Mostoles Futures - Josh Milton (Lost 2nd Round - Laurent Rochette 6-3 4-6 6-3)
                        - James Marsalek (Lost 1st Round - Jaime Pulgar-Garcia 1-6 6-2 6-4)
                        - Matthew Short (Lost 1st Round - Samuel Ribiero Navarrete 6-4 7-6)

Antalya Futures - Alex Jhun (Lost 1st Round - Peter Heller 3-6 2-6)

Edinburgh Futures - Toby Martin (Lost 2nd Round - Ashley Hewitt 2-6 6-3 2-6)
                        - Robert Carter (Lost 2nd Round - Liam Broady 6-3 1-6 1-6)
                        - Jonny O'Mara (Lost 1st Round - Jonny O'Mara 3-6 7-6 6-7)
                        - Marcus Willis (CHAMPION)
                        - Ashley Hewitt (Lost Semi-Final - Neil Pauffley 6-2 6-4)
                        - Brydan Klein (Lost Quarter Final - Neil Pauffley Walkover)
                        - Liam Broady (Lost Semi-Final - Marcus Willis 6-4 4-6 3-6)
                        - Neil Pauffley (RUNNER UP)
                        - Luke Bambridge (Lost 1st Round - Gavin Van Peperzeel 2-6 6-4 4-6)
                        - Adam Glynn (Lost 1st Round - Jathan Malik 4-6 3-6)
                        - Adam Thornton-Brown (Lost 1st Round - Matteo Marrai 2-6 3-6)
                        - Ryan Peniston (Lost 1st Round - Sander Gille 6-3 3-6 5-7)
                        - David Porter (Lost 1st Round - Toby Martin 0-6 3-6)
                        - Keelan Oakley (Lost 2nd Round - Marcus Willis 0-6 2-6)
                        - Tom Allen (Lost 1st Round - Keelan Oakley 3-6 3-6)
                        - Myles Orton (Lost 1st Round -  Marcus Willis 1-6 0-6)
                        - Imran Aswat (Lost 2nd Round - Neil Pauffley 3-6 3-6)
                        - Bruce Strachan (Lost 2nd Round - Gavin Van Peperzeel 2-6 4-6)

Vero Beach Futures - Alex Sendegeya (Lost 1st Round - Francis Tiafoe 3-6 3-6)
 

Doubles

Munich - Jamie Murray (partnering John Peers) (CHAMPIONS)
            - Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins (RUNNERS-UP)

Taipei City Challenger - Jamie Delgado (partnering Gilles Muller) (Lost to Krajicek/Smith 4-6 6-7)

An-Ning Challenger - Oliver Golding (partnering Borna Coric) (Lost 1st Round - Grigelis/Mektic 3-6 (0)6-7)
                               - Dan Cox (partnering Mao-Xin Gong) (Runners-Up)

Tallahassee Challenger - Darren Walsh (partnering Adham el-Effendi) (Lost Semi-Final - Fratangelo/Krueger - 4-6 3-6)
                                     - David Rice and Sean Thornley (Lost 1st Round - Kokkinakis/Kubler 6-1 7-5)

Seoul Futures - Edward Corrie (partnering Maximilian Neuchrist) (Lost Quarter-Final - Chung/Nam 6-3 5-7 5-10)
                     - Richard Gabb (partnering Marcus Daniell) (Lost Quarter-Final - Nagau/Oku Walkover)

Sharm el Sheikh Futures - Jack Oswald (partnering Andrea Camurri) (Lost Quarter-Final Mauricio Alvarez-Guzman 0-6 1-6)

Edinburgh Futures - Luke Bambridge/Liam Broady (Lost Semi-Final - Van Peperzeel/Banes 7-6 6-1)

                              - Myles Orton (partnering Daniel Glancy (Lost Quarter-Final - Bambridge/Broady 4-6 4-6)
                              - Jonny O'Mara/Marcus Willis (CHAMPIONS)
                              - Brydan Klein (partnering Jake Eames) (Lost Quarter-Final - O'Mara/Willis 6-7 2-3 retired)
                              - Robert Carter/Ryan Peniston (Lost Quarter-Final - Griekspoor/Griekspoor 5-7 4-6)

Mostoles Futures - James Marsalek (partnering Juan Sebastian Gomez) (Lost Quarter-Final Pulgar-Garcia/Arauzo-Martinez 4-6 6-7)
                           - Matthew Short (partnering Jan Blecha) (Lost Pulgar-Garcia/Arauzo-Martinez 6-7 retired)

Antalya Futures - Alexander Jhun (partnering Yusuki Watanuki (Lost Quarter-Final Ramanathan/Ciumac 4-6 3-6)

Vero Beach Futures - Thomas Knights/James Turbervill (Lost 1st Round - Tucker/Vorster 4-6 7-6 3-10)


WTA
Singles

Gifu 75k - Naomi Broady (Lost 2nd Round - Misa Eguchi 7-6 6-7 4-6)
            - Samantha Murray (Lost 1st Round - Qiang Wang 2-6 6-7)
            - Tara Moore (Lost 1st Round - Tammi Patterson 4-6 4-6)
            - Jade Windley (Lost 1st Qualifying Round - Akiko Yonemura 6-7 6-4 2-6)
            - Emily Webley-Smith (Lost 1st Qualifying Round - Miki Miyamura 6-7 6-4 4-6)
            - Anna Smith (Lost 1st Qualifying Round -  Yuka Higuchi 2-6 2-6)

Wiesbaden 25k - Johanna Konta (Withdrew)

Sharm el Sheikh 10k - Katy Dunne (Lost Semi-Final - 6-7 4-6)
                           - Katie Boulter (RUNNER-UP)
                           - Danielle Konotoptseva (Lost 1st Round - Katy Dunne 2-6 0-6)
                           - Harriet Dart (Lost Quarter-Final - Katy Dunne 3-6 6-1 6-7)
                           - Eden Silva (Lost Quarter-Final - Katie Boulter 5-7 3-6)
                           - Francesca Stephenson (Lost 1st Round - Ola Abou Zekry 4-6 0-6)
                           - Sabrina Bamburac (Lost 2nd Round - Pia Konig 2-6 0-6)
                           - Dominique Covington (Lost Final Qualifying Round - Milica Novakovic 3-6 4-6)
                           - Savannah Sills (Lost Final Qualifying Round - Ola Abou Zekry 4-6 3-6)
                           - Aimee Gibson (Lost Final Qualifying Round - Nevena Selakovic 1-6 1-6)

Antalya 10k - Eleanor Dean (Lost Quarter-Final - Olga Doroshina 3-6 5-7)
                 - Mollie Crouch (Lost 1st Round - Oceane Dodin 1-6 4-6)

Doubles

Gifu 75k - Jade Windley/Samantha Murray (Lost 1st Round - Rika Fujikawa/Tamarine Tanasugarn 1-6 3-6)
              - Emily Webley-Smith (partnering Ekaterina Bychkova) (Lost 1st Round - Naomi Broady/Tara Moore 6-7 7-5 10-5)
              - Naomi Broady/Tara Moore (Lost Quarter-Final - Rodionova/Gajdosova 2-6 5-7)
              - Jocelyn Rae/Anna Smith (Lost Semi-Final - Hsieh/Doi 4-6 2-6)

Sharm el Sheikh 10k - Katie Boulter (partnering Nina Stojanovic) (CHAMPIONS)
                                 - Eden Silva (partnering Elena Van Der Sypt) (Lost Semi-Final - Boulter/Stojanovic 3-0 retirement)
                                 - Savannah Sills (partnering Tereza Melicharkova) (Lost Quarter-Final Dunne/Dart 2-6 0-6)
                                 - Dominique Covington/Aimee Gibson (Lost 1st Round - Harriet Dart/Katy Dunne 2-6 3-6)
                                 - Harriet Dart/Katy Dunne (Lost Semi-Final - Dong/Konig 3-6 1-6)
                                 - Sabrina Bamburac (partnering Nevena Selakovic) (Lost 1st Round - Dong/Konig 6-4 5-7 6-10)

Antalya 10k - Eleanor Dean (partnering Saray Sterenbach) (Lost Semi-Final - Lee/Fomina 3-6 1-6)
                   - Mollie Crouch (partnering Mariana Mayer Humberg) (Lost 1st Round - Dean/Sterenbach 2-6 1-6)

Sunday 4th May
Katie Boulter lost to Nina Stojanovic 6-3 4-6 3-6 (Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Jamie Murray/John Peers beat Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (Final - Munich)

Saturday 3rd May
Darren Walsh/Adham El-Effendi lost to Fratangelo/Krueger 4-6 3-6 (Semi-Final - Tallahassee)
Anna Smith/Jocelyn Rae lost to Hsieh/Doi 4-6 2-6 (Semi-Final -  Gifu)
Katie Boulter beat Katy Dunne 7-6 6-4 (Semi-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Marcus Willis beat Neil Pauffley 6-1 6-3 (Final - Edinburgh)
Katie Boulter/Nina Stojanovic beat Dong/Konig 6-4 6-2 (Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins beat Brown/Knowle 6-3 6-2 (Semi-Final - Munich)

Friday 2nd May
Darren Walsh/Adham El-Effendi beat Skugor/Veic 6-4 2-6 10-7 (Quarter-Final - Tallahassee)
Ed Corrie lost to Dane Propoggia 6-2 3-6 4-6 (Quarter-Final - Seoul)
Dan Cox/Mao-Xin Gong beat Meffert/Puetz 6-1 6-1 (Semi-Final - An Ning)
Anna Smith/Jocelyn Rae beat Imanishi/Inoue 7-5 6-2 (Quarter-Final - Gifu)
Katie Boulter beat Eden Silva 7-5 6-3 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Neil Pauffley beat Brydan Klein by withdrawal (Quarter-Final - Edinburgh)
Liam Broady beat Julien Cagnina 6-1 2-0 retirement (Quarter-Final - Edinburgh)
Katy Dunne beat Harriet Dart 6-3 1-6 7-6 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Ashley Hewitt beat Maverick Banes 4-6 6-2 6-3 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Dan Cox/Mao-Xin Gong lost to Bolt/Whittinggton 4-6 3-6 (Final - An Ning)
Marcus Willis beat Gavin Van Peperzeel 7-6 6-4 (Quarter-Final - Edinburgh)
Katie Boulter/Nina Stojanovic beat Silva/Van Der Sypt 3-0 retirement (Semi-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Katy Dunne/Harriet Dart lost to Dong/Konig 3-6 1-6 (Semi-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Jamie Murray/John Peers beat Butorac/Klaasen 7-6 6-2 (Semi-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Neil Pauffley beat Ashley Hewitt 6-2 6-4 (Semi-Final - Edinburgh)
Marcus Willis beat Liam Broady 4-6 6-4 6-3 (Semi-Final - Edinburgh)
James Ward lost to Robby Ginepri 3-6 6-3 2-6 (Quarter-Final - Tallahassee)

Thursday 1st May
David Rice/Sean Thornley lost to Kokkinakis/Kubler 1-6 5-7 (1st Round - Tallahassee)
Richard Gabb lost to Marcus Daniell 5-7 retired (2nd Round - Seoul)
Edward Corrie beat Gengo Kikuchi 6-2 6-4 (2nd Round - Soul)
Naomi Broady lost to Misa Eguchi 7-6 6-7 4-6 (2nd Round - Gifu)
Richard Gabb/Marcus Daniell withdrew against NagaoOku (Quarter-Final - Seoul)
Dan Cox/Mao-Xin Gong beat Baluda/Kravchuk 6-3 6-3 (Quarter-Final - An Ning)
Tara Moore/Naomi Broady lost to Rodionova/Gajdosova 2-6 5-7 (Quarter-Final - Gifu)
Katy Dunne beat Emma Laine 6-2 6-1 (2nd Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Harriet Dart beat Csilla Argyelan 6-0 6-0 (2nd Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Eden Silva beat Elena Van Der Sypt 7-6 7-5 (2nd Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Katie Boulter beat Sri Vaishinavi Peddi Reddy 7-6 6-3 (2nd Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Sabrina Bamburac lost to Pia Konig 2-6 0-6 (2nd Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Edward Corrie/Maximilian Neuchrist lost to Chung/Nam (Quarter Final - Seoul)
Eleanor Dean lost to Olga Doroshina 3-6 5-7 (2nd Round - Antalya)
Jamie Delgado/Gilles Muller lost to Krajicek/Smith 4-6 6-7 (Quarter-Final - Taipei City)
Marcus Willis/Jonny O'Mara beat Liam Broady and Luke Bambridge 6-1 6-4 (Semi-Final - Edinburgh)
Jamie Murray/John Peers beat Dlouhy/Pavic 4-6 7-6 10-6 (Quarter-Final - Munich)
James Marsalek/Juan Sebastian Gomez lost to Pulgar-Garcia/Arauzo-Martinez 4-6 6-7 (Quarter-Final - Mostoles)
Eleanor Dean/Saray Sterenbach lost to Lee/Fomina 3-6 1-6 (Quarter-Final - Antalya)
Katy Dunne/Harriet Dart beat Sills/Melicharkova 6-2 6-0 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Marcus Willis/Jonny O'Mara beat Van Peperzeel/Banes 7-6 6-1 (Final - Edinburgh)
Alexander Jhun/Yusuke Watanuki lost to Ramanathan/Ciumac (Quarter-Final - Antalya)
Jack Oswald/Andrea Camurri lost to Maamoun/Alvarez-Guzman 1-6 0-6 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Eden Silva/Elena Van Der Sypt beat Bogoslavets/Peddi Reddy 6-0 6-4 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
James Ward beat Jason Kubler 2-0 retired (2nd Round - Tallahassee)
Katie Boulter/Nina Stojanovic beat Morgina/Laine 6-2 6-7 10-5 (Quarter-Final - Sharm el Sheikh)
Matt Short/Jan Blecha lost to Pulgar-Garcia/Arenas-Gualda 6-7 retired (Semi-Final - Mostoles)
Joshua Milton lost to Laurent Rochette 6-3 4-6 6-3 (2nd Round - Mostoles)
Darren Walsh/Abham El-Effendi beat Altamirano/Rybakov 6-4 7-6 (1st Round - Tallahassee)

Wednesday 30th April
Tom Knights/James Turbervill lost to Tucker/Vorster 4-6 7-6 3-10 (1st Round - Vero Beach)
Naomi Broady beat Eri Hozumi 6-3 6-4 (1st Round - Gifu)
Tara Moore lost to Tammi Patterson 4-6 4-6 (1st Round - Gifu)
Samantha Murray lost to Qiang Wang 2-6 6-7 (1st Round - Gifu)
Tara Moore/Naomi Broady beat Emily Webley-Smith/Ekaterina Bychkova 6-7 7-5 10-5 (1st Round - Gifu)
Anna Smith/Jocelyn Rae beat Sema/Sema 6-0 6-2 (1st Round - Gifu)
Edward Corrie beat Soong Jae Cho 6-4 4-6 6-3 (1st Round - Seoul)
Richard Gabb/Marcus Daniell beat Bodhidatta/Wachiramanowong 7-6 7-5 (1st Round - Seoul)
Eden Silva beat Disha Satish Agarwal 6-0 6-1 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Jamie Delgado/Gilles Muller beat Chuang/Yu 6-1 6-4 (1st Round - Taipei City)
Marcus Willis beat Keelan Oakley 6-0 6-2 (2nd Round - Edinburgh)
Eleanor Dean beat Kimberley Zimmermann 6-2 6-3 (1st Round - Antalya)
Alexander Jhun lost to Peter Heller 3-6 2-6 (1st Round - Antalya)
Bruce Strachan lost to Gavin Van Peperzeel 2-6 4-6 (2nd Round - Edinburgh)
Neil Pauffley beat Imran Asway 6-3 6-3 (2nd Round - Edinburgh)
Jack Oswald lost to Mauricio Alvarez-Guzman 0-6 1-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Liam Broady beat Robert Carter 3-6 6-1 6-1 (2nd Round - Edinburgh)
Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins beat Cabal/Farah 6-1 6-4 (Quarter-Final - Munich)
Mollie Crouch lost to Oceane Dodin 1-6 4-6 (1st Round - Antalya)
Ashley Hewitt beat Toby Martin 6-2 3-6 6-2 (2nd Round - Edinburgh)
Matt Short lost to Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete 4-6 2-6 (2nd Round - Mostoles)
Dan Cox lost to Nikola Mektic 3-6 4-6 (2nd Round - An Ning)
Katie Boulter beat Alija Merdeeva 6-0 6-1 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Liam Broady/Luke Bambridge beat Myles Orton/Daniel Glancy 6-4 6-4 (Quarter-Final - Edinburgh)
Robert Carter/Ryan Peniston lost to Scott Griekspoor/Kevin Griekspoor (Quarter-Final - Edinburgh)
Francesca Stephenson lost to Ola Abou Zekry 4-6 0-6 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Harriet Dart beat Anna Bogoslavets 6-2 6-0 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Eleanor Dean/Sarah Sterenbach beat Afanasyeva/Kazimova 6-3 6-3 (Quarter-Final - Antalya)
Brydan Klein beat Jathan Malik 1-6 6-3 6-4 (2nd Round - Edinburgh)
Alexander Sendegeya lost to Ty Trombetta 4-6 3-6 (2nd Round - Vero Beach)
Jamie Murray/John Peers beat Satschko/Struff 64 6-3 (1st Round - Munich)
Matt Short/Jan Blecha beat Villacorta-Alonso/Ruano 6-1 6-2 (1st Round - Mostoles)
Myles Orton/Daniel Glancy beat Sille/Cagnina 7-5 7-5 (Quarter-Final - Edinburgh)
Marcus Willis/Jonny O'Mara beat Brydan Klein/Jake Eames 7-6 3-2 retired (Quarter-Final - Edinburgh)

Tuesday 29th April
Jade Windley/Samantha Murray lost to Rika Fujiwara/Tamarine Tanasugarn 1-6 3-6 (1st Round - Gifu)
George Coupland lost to Gengo Kikuchi 5-7 2-6 (1st Round  - Seoul)
Oliver Golding lost to Borna Coric 2-6 3-6 (1st Round - An Ning
Edward Corrie/Maximilian Neuchrist beat Soon Woo Kwon/Duck Hee Lee 6-2 6-0 (1st Round - Seoul)
Dan Cox beat Hyeon Chung 4-6 6-3 6-3 (1st Round - An Ning)
Richard Gabb beat Sun-Yong Kim Jr. 3-6 6-3 6-4 (1st Round - Seoul)
Katy Dunne beat Danielle Konotoptseva (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Jack Oswald/Andrea Camurri beat Petersen/Morozov by walkover (Sharm el Sheikh - 1st Round)

Daniel Cox/Mao-Xin Gong beat Buchanan/Storck 7-5 6-1 (1st Round - AnNing)
Sabrina Bamburac beat Alexandra Riley 6-3 7-5 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Ashley Hewitt beat Daniel Glancy 6-4 6-2 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Eden Silva/Elena Van Der Sypt beat Tsyganova/Kadagidze 6-2 6-0 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Joshua Milton beat Michael Bois 7-5 7-6 (1st Round - Mostoles)
Neil Pauffley beat N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-3 6-4 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Savannah Sills/Tereza Melicharkova beat Alfredsson/Sablijarevic 6-1 6-2 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Imran Asway beat Constantin Belot 6-3 3-6 6-2 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Marcus Willis beat Myles Orton 6-1 6-0 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Brydan Klein beat Jonny O'Mara 6-3 6-7 7-6 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Robert Carter beat Nicolas Rosenzweig 6-1 6-1 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Toby Martin beat David Porter 6-0 6-3 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Alexander Jhun/Yusuke Watanuki beat Muradashvili/Vartanian 6-2 6-2 (1st Round - Antalya)
Eleanor Dean/Saray Sterenbach beat Crouch/Mayer 6-2 6-1 (1st Round - Antalya)
Katy Dunne/Harriet Dart beat Dominique Covington/Aimee Gibson 6-2 6-3 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Katie Boulter/Nina Stojanovic beat Riley/Rigozzi 7-5 6-2 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Sabrina Bamburac/Nevena Selakovic lost to Dong/Konig 6-4 5-7 6-10 (1st Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Ryan Peniston lost to Sander Gille 6-3 3-6 5-7 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Bruce Strachan beat Simon Ede 7-6 4-6 6-4 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Luke Bambridge lost to Gavin Van Peperzeel 2-6 6-4 4-6 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
James Marsalek lost to Jamie Pulgar-Garcia 1-6 6-2 4-6 (1st Round - Mostoles)
Adam Thornton-Brown lost to Matteo Marrai 2-6 3-6 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Keelan Oakley beat Tom Allen 6-3 6-3 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Matt Short beat Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez 6-4 7-6 (1st Round - Mostoles)
Jathan Malik beat Adam Glynn 6-4 6-3 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Robert Carter/Ryan Peniston beat Belot/Ducourau 2-6 6-4 10-3 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Liam Broady beat Scott Griekspoor 6-7 6-2 6-0 (1st Round - Edinburgh)
Brydan Klein/Jake Eames beat Liniger/Prashanth 6-3 6-7 10-6 (1st Round - Edinburgh)

Monday 28th April
Emily Webley Smith/Ekaterina Bychkova beat Mahiro Date/Yuki Ukai 6-1 6-1 (Final Qualifying Round - Gifu)
Oliver Golding/Borna Coric lost to Grigelis/Mektic 3-6 (0)6-7 (1st Round - An Ning)
Eden Silva beat Disha Satish Agarwal 6-0 6-0 (Final Qualifying Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Savannah Sills lost to Ola Abou Zakry 4-6 3-6 (2nd Qualifying Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Aimee Gibson lost to Nevena Selakovic 1-6 1-6 (2nd Qualifying Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Dominique Covington lost to Milica Novakovic 3-6 4-6 (2nd Qualifying Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
Sabrina Bamburac beat Anastasia Tsyganova 6-2 6-3 (2nd Qualifying Round - Sharm el Sheikh)
James Marsalek/Juan Sebastian Gomez beat Alberto Santos Bravo/Rafael Mazon-Hernandez 7-6 3-6 10-1 (1st Round - Mostoles)
Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins beat Bracciali/Seppi 6-3 7-5 (1st Round - Munich)
Matt Short/Jan Blecha beat Carl Stefan Privee Boudeguer/Jamie Fermosell 6-3 6-2 (1st Round - Mostoles)
James Ward beat Dennis Nevolo 6-1 6-1 (1st Round - Tallahassee)
David Rice lost to Antonio Veic (3)6-7 1-6 (1st Round - Tallahassee)

Sunday 27th April
Jade Windley lost to Akiko Yonemura 6-7 6-4 2-6 (1st Qualifying Round - Gifu)
Emily Webley-Smith lost to Miki Miyamura 6-7 6-4 4-6 (1st Qualifying Round - Gifu)
Anna Smith lost to Yuka Higuchi 2-6 2-6 (!st Qualifying Round - Gifu)  

Saturday 26th April
Sean Thornley lost to Andrew Carter 6-4 2-6 3-5 (1st Qualifying Round - Tallahassee) 

Watson Advances To Face Radwanska

Heather Watson continued her fine form in 2014 with another victory over 16-year-old tennis prodigy Belinda Bencic.

Bencic, already in the top 150 players in the world despite her age, was ultimately no match for a resurgent Heather Watson, who ground out a 7-5 6-4 victory to progress to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open as Indian Wells.

Her victory sets up a second round clash with Agnieszka Radwanska who has convincingly beaten her on two previous occasions. However Watson was sure her improving form and tactical awareness would make this match more competitive, telling the BBC, "I'm not going to give away my tactics, but i'm not going to go in playing the same way I did the other two times."

Watson came through two round of qualifying to reach the main draw at Indian Wells defeating 86th seed Virginie Razzano and 103rd seed Teliana Pereira in comfortable straight sets to prove her current ranking of 134th does not justify her quality.

Elsewhere it was disappointment for James Ward who fell in the final round of qualifying to the veteran Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-3, failing to capitalise on a number of chances to break the Frenchman.

With Daniel Cox and Johanna Konta also failing to make it through qualifying, this leaves just Heather Watson and Andy Murray left in the main draw, both competing in the second round later this week.

Murray will play either Lukas Rosol or qualifier Dusan Lajovic courtesy of a bye into the second round, as he seeks to win his first title of 2014 after a slow start to the year.

Despite having only two Brits in the singles, representation in the doubles is more impressive, with no less than four pairs including British players in the Mens draw. Andy Murray will play alongside Wimbledon 2012 Men's Double champion Jonathan Marray as they take on Juan Monaco and Gael Monfils in the opening round.

Elsewhere Dominic Inglot and Treat Huey will play Fabio Fognini and Andreas Seppi whilst Andy's brother Jamie will partner John Peers as they take on Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Finally Ross Hutchins continues his comeback after battling caner last year as he and partner Colin Fleming take on Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau.

Published on SEaT Capital.