LTA Roundup 24 July
Jeremy Bates resigns as Davis Cup captain
The LTA today announced that Jeremy Bates has resigned as
Davis Cup Captain but will continue to work for the LTA in
his capacity as Head of Performance.
Jeremy Bates said:
“I have enjoyed my time as Davis Cup Captain
and it has been a privilege both to do the job and to work
with the players. I would like to thank all the players who
have been in the team for the tremendous work that they put
in. Nobody can doubt the effort and commitment that they showed,
particularly in Eastbourne over the weekend.
The highlight of my time as Captain was undoubtedly the victory
against Israel away last year. I intend to work with those
who have a passion for British Tennis in creating a production
line of future world-class players, as I believe that we can
be a force in world tennis and I want to focus my energies
on contributing to this going forward.”
Roger Draper, Chief Executive of the LTA added:
“I would like to thank Jeremy for his dedication over
the last three years as captain. I look forward to continuing
to work closely with him in his broader coaching role at the
LTA. As we redesign the LTA, Jeremy will be an important part
of our team going forward.
The tie against the Ukraine will come around very quickly
and although we hope to make a permanent appointment shortly
I would consider appointing an interim captain should that
be necessary.
The result at the weekend was disappointing, although I was
delighted with the way in which the players fought and played
with passion throughout the tie.
There is a huge job to be done in delivering a turnaround
in British Tennis and part of this will be through re-focusing
LTA resources on supporting our elite players.”
LTA Summer County Cup, Great Britain
The LTA Summer County Cup will be taking place at
13 different grass court venues around the country from Monday
24 to Friday 28 July.
The LTA Summer County Cup is unique to Britain and is in
its 111th year. It comprises of two separate doubles Championships,
one for men and the other for women and there is no age restriction.
The 44 competing counties are organised in six groups of
six teams and one group of eight teams on a round-robin basis.
The Championships are played on grass courts. Group One is
the premier group and will be taking place at Devonshire Park,
Eastbourne with Hertfordshire Men and Warwickshire Ladies
defending the titles they won in 2005.
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Men
Davis Cup, Eastbourne Great Britain
Great Britain lost to Israel 3-2 and will now travel to Ukraine
in September for a Euro Africa
Zone Group One relegation match.
Friday 21 July:
Noam Okun (ISR) beat Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 64 75 62.
Andy Murray (GBR) beat Andy Ram (ISR) 26 46 75 62 63.
Saturday 22 July:
Jonathan Erlich (ISR) & Andy Ram (ISR) beat Andy Murray
(GBR) & Jamie Delgado (GBR) 3-
6 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-4.
Sunday 23rd July
Noam Okun (IS R) beat Jamie Delgado (GBR) 6-3 6-4 6-7(5) 2-6
6-3.
Alan Mackin (GBR) beat Dekel Valzter (ISR) 6-2 6-1.
The Comerica Challenger Aptos, CA, USA $75,000
Jamie Murray (GBR) & Mirko Pehar (USA) reached the doubles
semi final losing to Prakash
Amriraj (IND) & Rohan Bopanna (IND) 3-6 7-6(4) (10-1).
The LTA Manchester Challenger, Great Britain $25,000
Joshua Goodall (GBR) reached the final losing to Harsh Mankad
(IND) 6-7(1) 6-7(4).
Joshua Goodall (GBR) & Ross Hutchins (GBR) beat Chris
Guccione (AUS) & Thomas Oger
(FRA) 3-6 7-5 (10-5) to win the doubles final.
Frinton on Sea, Great Britain $15,000
Tom Rushby (GBR) reached the final losing to Daniel King-Turner
(NZL) 6-3 4-6 4-6.
Andrew Kennaugh (GBR) & Tom Rushby (GBR) beat Andrew Coelho
(AUS) & Samuel Groth
(AUS) 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 to win the final.
Women
Frinton, Great Britain $10,000
Georgie Stoop (GBR) reached the final losing to Irene Pavlovic
(FRA) 2-6 4-6.
Georgie Stoop (GBR) & Jane O’Donoghue (GBR) won
the final beating Danielle Brown (GBR)
& Ana Cetnik (SCG) 6-4 4-6 6-2.
Juniors
Egypt International Championships, Cairo Egypt
Jocelyn Rae (GBR) defeated Stephanie Cornish (GBR) 6-2 6-2
to win the final.
Jocelyn Rae (GBR) & Stephanie Cornish (GBR) reached the
final losing to May El Wardany
(EGY) & Yasmin Hamza 2-6 6-7(5).
Slazenger Junior Event, Winchester, Great Britain
Joshua Milton (GBR) defeated Simon Childs (GBR) 7-6(5) 6-4
to win the final.
Lisa Radford (GBR) defeated Nikki Prosser (GBR) 6-1 7-6(5)
to win the final.
Anastasia Nebojanko (GBR) & Zaruhi Harutyunyan (ARM) won
the final beating Bryony
Hunter (GBR) & Laura Slater (GBR) 6-7 6-2 6-2.
Chris Doerr (GBR) & James Langford (GBR) beat Niall Angus
(GBR) & Marc Baghdadi (FRA)
4-6 6-1 7-6(1) to win the final.
International Flower Bulb Tournament, Netherlands
Graeme Dyce (GBR) reached the semi final losing to Michal
Nevrela (NED) 6-4 6-1.
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