The day began with the 5-8th place matchups. First up was a match between George Houghton and Harry Wendelken. Both players showed strong talent; Wendelken was able to break in two of the Houghton games in the first set making the score 6-2. The second set was a tighter affair. Houghton’s serve was broken immediately […]
Today at Gosling Tennis Centre in Welwyn Garden City we kicked off Day 4 of the Week 7 UK Pro League competition. The Quarterfinals began with a widely anticipated matchup between Anton Matusevich (the 2021 UK Pro League Champion) and Alexis Canter. Canter was coming just off the back of a record-breaking match against Billy […]
The day began with Maceo Simpson vs. George Loffhagen facing off. The favourite Loffhagen is almost 900 places above Simpson in the current ATP rankings. Simpson, a budding 19-year-old, fills in for Mattias Southcombe who injured his ankle in a recent match against Anton Matusevich. Loffhagen showed his prestige above Maceo by securing the first […]
The second day of UKPL Week 7 began with George Houghton versus Billy Harris. Houghton, coming off the back of a decisive win yesterday against Alexis Canter, and Harris- a stalwart of the UK Pro League competition. For both men, their performance this week is crucial in securing their place in the UK Pro League […]
Brandon Murphy reckons mental fortitude and an ability to win ugly fired him to a stunning Week 2 victory on his UK Pro League debut. Murphy, 21, beat experienced Luke Johnson 6-4, 7-6 in Saturday’s men’s final to cap a week to remember. He toppled long-term UK Pro League campaigner Billy Harris in a thrilling […]
After two contrasting men’s semi-finals, Luke Johnson will meet Brandon Murphy in the UK Pro League week 2 final in Sheffield. Johnson, the winner of week 2 in the first series at St Georges, needed all his experience to get the better of Harry Wendelken, after a ding-dong tie-break where both players traded the lead. […]
Day five saw the completion of the quarter-finals in both draws with Luke Johnson and Anna Brogan securing their places in Friday’s semis. Remaining men’s top seed Luke Johnson swept past Patrick Foley 6-3, 6-0 securing a break at the first opportunity in both sets and will now play Harry Wendelken in Friday’s semi-final. After […]
The quarter-final stage kicked off on Wednesday with some glorious matches to decide the first semi-finalists of week 2. The day kicked off with Brandon Murphy upsetting at the match tie-break UKPL veteran Billy Harris, who couldn’t convert 5 match points. After a balanced first set seeing just one break of serve, the 21-year-old from […]
The last day of pool stages came to an end with a dramatic contest between week 1 winner Vasilescu and UKPL debutant Lukosiute. The 24-year-old Romanian defeated Andre Lukosiute 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 to wrap up her pool stage matches with a suffered yet tenacious victory. Lukositue had to win in straight sets to have the […]
In what has turned out to be a memorable day for the tennis world with Rafa Nadal winning his 21st Grand Slam at the Australian Open, the second week of the UK Pro League 2022 kicked off with 8 pool matches. In a standout fixture of day 1, Luke Johnson overcame a titanic tussle the […]
