Written by Nigel Clark, Lawn Tennis Correspondent of the Daily Mirror in 1976. It was the day when the rain came . . . the soaking Saturday when two of the world’s great tennis stars gave the game back to the public. llie Nastase of Rumania. and Jimmy Connors of the United States, proved that…
Andy Murray beat Arthur Cazaux of France to win the Rothesay Nottingham Open men’s singles title and the two-time Wimbledon champion had the perfect father’s day present when post-game, he realised his wife and children were in the audience to watch him win 6-4, 6-4, as he prepares the necessary steps ahead of his return…
It was a great day for the Brits at the Rothesay Nottingham Open on Thursday as all four matches on centre court went the way of home favour, underneath hot sunny skies at Highfields, Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart, Jodie Burrage and Andy Murray all won by two straight sets to make the Quarter Finals of…
On a sad and sombre day in Nottingham, sport in the aftermath and its outcomes may have rightly taken a back seat after the devastating news of a tragic event that occurred in the small hours of Tuesday morning, but tennis continued at Beeston Highfields for the Rothsay Nottingham Open and day two of the…
The Rothesay Open Nottingham began today with first round wins for GB’s Heather Watson and favourite, first seed Maria Sakkari of Greece in the women’s competition, whilst the men’s opening two matches saw Brit-born Arthur Fery’s match with Steve Johnson Jnr of the US halted by the weather, whilst Sho Shimabukuro of Japan beat another…
Brazilian tennis star Beatriz Haddad Maia is the Rothesay Nottingham Open ladies singles champion for 2022 after beating American Alison Riske in a tense final and in a superb Sunday for her on a personal level, she also teamed up with China’s Zhang Shuai to take home the women’s doubles title. The seventh seed world…
Birmingham born Brit, Dan Evans is through to the men’s tournament semi-finals at the Rothesay Nottingham Open after beating Marc Andrea-Huesler in two straight sets. He will now play the American Jack Sock for a place in tomorrow’s final whilst the other semi matches up two Australians in Jordan Thompson and Alexei Popyrin. In the…
Heather Watson was beaten in the round of sixteen by Viktorija Golubic to crash out of the women’s singles tournament but Dan Evans is through to round three of the men’s singles at the Rothesay Open which is being played at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Beeston this week. Wednesday’s round of matches saw Watson…
Number two seed Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Nottingham Open after retiring less than an hour into her first round match against Viktorija Golubic after struggling with an injury to her left side. The 19-year-old Brit who famously won the 2021 US Open to become the first female UK grand slam winner since Virginia…
After two previous finals defeats in 2017 and 2018, Great Britain number one Johanna Konta ensured it was third time lucky as she beat China’s Zhang Shuai to become the WTA singles champion at the Viking Nottingham Open at last. Konta beat Zhang 6-2, 6-1 in a match that lasted an hour and said after…
Great Britain number one and world number twenty, Johanna Konta is through to the semi-finals of the WTA Viking Nottingham Open singles after beating Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck in the quarter finals today by two sets to zero. Number one seed and twice finalist Konta who has beaten Pattinama Kerkhove and Kateryna Kozlova in the…
The Viking Open Nottingham begins tomorrow (Saturday 5th June 2021) with WTA Qualifying ahead of Sunday’s main draw and ATP Challenger Qualifying with action every day until Sunday 13th June. Some huge names will be involved, including the likes of Johanna Konta and Venus Williams but Andy Murray sadly won’t be featuring, after pulling out…
Three time Grand Slam winner and two time Olympic Gold Medalist Andy Murray will appear at the Nottingham Open tennis tournament this summer. The former world number one and double Wimbledon champ will play at the Nottingham Tennis Centre as he prepares for the grass court season ahead of his ambition to return to SW19…
Wednesday was the first day of the Governments ‘relaxing’ of the lockdown rules in England and with it came unlimited outdoor activity for all (just as long as you keep your social distance) which also included the opening of Tennis and Golf Centres in the county. Nottinghamshire Golf Club at Hollinwell near Ravenshead was one…
If you have a sporting fan in your family and are not sure what to buy them for Christmas you might want to take the obvious route of buying them tickets for the big game or for their favourite team but have you ever considered buying them tickets to the Nottingham Open Tennis? Sponsored by…
