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 […]
A super Wednesday packed with action at the University of Warwick, featuring all quarterfinal matches and the 9-12th play-off kicking off. Maia Lumsden, who has been on the side-line for the past 18 months suffering with long Covid, completed one of the best comebacks in the UKPL history, winning 6 straight games in the second […]
Winner of week 2 and 3 Brandon Murphy picked up on his UKPL 2022 adventure exactly from where he left off by beating Hands 7-6(5), 6-3. The match probably didn’t start the way Brandon had expected it, with Hands taking an early break, but the 21-year-old managed to turn it around resisting Hand’s counter attacks […]
The day kicked off with a fantastic contest between Gillan and Banks over on Court 2, with the 19-year-old Banks clinching her first UKPL semi-finals after a 2 hours three-setter. The Bolton star showcased a solid game, covering the court very well and alternating backhands down the line with perfectly timed drop shots. After losing […]
Monday’s action saw Alice Gillan, Andre Lukosiute, Holly Hutchinson and Lauryn John-Baptiste storm to back-to-back wins in Gosling progressing into the week 3 quarter finals. In the last match on Court 1, John-Baptiste, who won two weeks in the 2021 UKPL, got her quarter-final spot after a tough battle against 19-year-old UKPL debutante Marni Banks. […]
The opening day’s play in week 3 of the UK Pro League at Gosling saw debutante Will Jansen claim a first victory 6-4, 7-6 and join week 2 winner Brandon Murphy, recent ITF 25k winner Dan Cox and 2021 week 1 winner Josh Paris as pole setters in their groups. In the women’s draw, dual […]
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 […]
