Category Archives: Tennis Ireland

Shankwatch Ireland – Week 11

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

It was a busy week for the Irish tennis with with of the ATP players in action. After I confidently predicted he wouldn’t, Louk Sorensen comfortably made the main draw in San Jose, Costa Rica after originally being eighth on … Continue reading →

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Shankwatch Ireland – Sorensen on the comeback trail in South America

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

After the disappointment of the defeat to Luxembourg, there was some better news for Irish Tennis with Louk Sorensen continuing his comeback from injury. Sorensen, who qualified for the first round of the Challenger in Salinas, Ecuador last week, used … Continue reading →

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Shankwatch Ireland – Week 5

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

Aleksandr Litvinenko, Tommy Haas and now Conor Niland. Not names you often see in the same sentence but the Irish number one became the latest high profile figure to be poisoned by evil Russians. Fearing the top seed and wanting … Continue reading →

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Shankwatch Ireland – Week 4

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

After a couple of false starts, Conor Niland finally got his season going by reaching the quarter-final of the Challenger in Heilbronn. In the first round he impressively saw off eight seed Marco Chiudinelli 7/5, 6/2. The mathematically astute among … Continue reading →

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Shankwatch Ireland – Week 3

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

This is the first edition of a new weekly feature that will be of absolutely zero interest to most of my readers. But being from Ireland, I’m aware that my compatriots battling it out on tour don’t get a whole … Continue reading →

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