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Archive for the ‘Irish Tennis’ Category
Louk Sorensen v John Isner – Live Streaming
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Another win for Louk Sorensen as he makes it into the second round of the Australian Open
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
A logo he will never forget
It really is becoming a dream run for Louk this last few weeks as his hard tennis training is starting to pay off. Louk beat Yen-Hsun Lu in the first round just moments ago in four sets 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-1 . Unfortunately the match wasn’t televised but from looking at the stats, it looked like Louk certainly was playing some good tennis.
I would call this the win of his career so far in terms of player ranking (101) and the scale of the victory. Not only will he gain ranking points, he will also pocket at least 31000 Australian dollars for the victory, a sum of money that will certainly go a long way.
Louk next faces John Isner of the USA. He is seeded 33rd and has a huge serve but can be a bit patchy on both wings at times. Hopefully Louk can do well against him.
Well done Louk!
Have the best news in tennis I’ve heard in ages…
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Louk
An Irish player has qualified for the Australian Open main draw!!! Louk Sorensen qualified for the main draw by beating New Zealand player Daniel King in straight sets.
He is the first Irish player in over two decades to get into a Grand Slam main draw. He plays Yen-Hsun Lu from Chinese Taipei in the first round whom is currently ranked 101.
Good look to Louk in the first round and I’d love to see him do well and maybe inspire many people.
Louk Sorensen qualifies for an ATP main draw
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Louk
First of all I’d like to congratulate him on achieving this for the first time in his career. Irish tennis leaves much to be desired at the moment and by looking at the amount of tournaments Louk travels to during the year, he clearly puts in the effort and deserves the opportunity to maybe get a good win and some decent prize money to go with it.
He qualified for the Chennai main draw when he beat a home favorite Bharambi in a tough three sets. He really has a realistic opportunity to get to the second round as he will be luckily drawn against a low ranked player in the French man Stephane Robert. Others in the draw are world class players such as French Open finalist Robin Soderling and young talent Marin Cilic.
How many Irish tennis players can you name?
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009Not many, I bet.
Conor Niland, our highest ranked mens player
It’s a pity, because there is several players, men and women, in the top 1500 rankings in the world and they certainly aren’t short of trying.
In recent years, Kelly Liggan has been the highest ranking and most successful Irish tennis player with a career high rank of 181 and a WTA tour doubles title to her name. I know in England there is alot of debate about the “state” of British tennis and anybody not ranked well into the top 100 is branded as a failure, but how many of us can claim to be one of the top 181 people in the world at what we do? Very very few of us, I bet. It’s unfortunate, because it’s very difficult to make a living and pay for travel between countries each week when players ‘only’ ranked in the top 200 are stuck playing lower tier tournaments and earning barely enough money to get by.
Tennis facilities in Ireland aren’t exactly incredible. The majority of courts are owned by private clubs with ridiculous membership costs and entry criteria. I’ve been wanting to play tennis for years and ended up getting into a club in Waterford which is great until you want to bring one of your friends to play with you every week who aren’t members. It’s an awful situation to be in, so many people wanting to play tennis but public tennis courts just aren’t there apart from the odd few that are built in housing estates.
The BNP Paribas National Academy
Yes, you read it correctly. It was only when I started researching his post that I saw the Irish tennis academy in Dublin is sponsored by BNP (who sponsor many high profile tennis events in France and in several other countries). From what I am reading here on the official Tennis Ireland website, there is only 23 players being allowed use this academy and all the supposedly top-class facilities it offers. It’s scandalous. They also claim to offer their squad opportunities to compete at ATP and WTA events. When is the last time you saw an Irish player in the main draw of a main tour event? I’ll give you a while to think about it……
I think it’s time that Tennis Ireland got their act together and give more people opportunities to get into the game. After all, it’s not everybody that has parents who can buy their children into tennis clubs. If the trend continues all we will ever have is league players.
