New car, new tournaments

The past week has been very exciting for me as I have just received my new Seat Ibiza car from Spur Garage as a sponsorship deal. It really does make a difference driving a car which has everything working.

  I am off this weekend for a couple of big ATP events, which i will play qualifying in. The first is in metz, France and then i go onto Stockholm to play another big ATP event. These are the top level tournaments and to be in the main draw you have to be inside 70 in the world. I am massively looking forward to this challenge and hope that i can put my tennis up against the best in the world again!

Davis Cup Practice

I have spent the last couple of days practising at Wimbledon with the Davis Cup team, which was great fun and a good experience.

I am planning to go to Grenoble next week to try and qualify for a large Challeger tourney, but I’m ill so may decide not to travel.

Mulhouse

Last week I lost in the 2nd round of the singles which was disappointing. 

The doubles went much better and we were runners up, winning the quarters & semis in the champions tie break, which doubles events now have in place of a 3rd set. 

Spent yesterday travelling to Mulhouse for the 1st indoor event of the autumn which will start tomorrow.

Back on court again

I am now in Bagneres-de-Bigorre in France playing in a $15k Futures event.

Won my 1st round singles yesterday 8-6 in the 3rd set tiebreak.  Also won doubles 6-4 6-4.

Tough day but good.

An update since the madness of Wimbledon

Hi, Just a little update on what I have been up to since the madness which was Wimbledon.

I have spent 3 weeks doing some much needed training focusing mainly on my physical strength and speed but also doing a lot of work on my game.

I have also played 3 Challenger tournaments which I’ve been winning a round each week, and slowly ticking my ranking along. I think I will be about 360, 50 places higher than after Wimbledon.

I am taking a much needed holiday next week, my first in over 2 years, and will come back recharged and ready to keep on flying up the rankings.

Thanks a lot for all your help.

Chris

New Delhi 4 Challenger

Still in Delhi playing singles and doubles in the next tournament.

Won 1st round of both.  SIngles against Prakash Armitraj the no. 2 seed 7-6 6-1. Serving well again.

Playing Tsung-Yua Yang tomorrow. He’s the no. 1 junior so should be interesting

Chris Finishes an Impressive Run at Wimbledon 2008

Chris at Wimbledon 2008

(extract from the retail answers website)

Retail Answers sponsored young tennis player, Chris Eaton, has taken the British grass court season by storm. His wonderful and highly publicised Wimbeldon run came to an end last night as 25th seed Dimitry Tursunov proved a bridge too far. The final score was 7-6, 6-2, 6-4. Chris has playing the tournament of his life, having got through the Wimbledon qualifying to earn a place in the main draw. Chris is currently ranked 661 in the world and 13 in Britain but set to rise dramatically as his newly earnt points kick in.

In the first round, he made an emphatic win to book a place in the second round. He pulled off a shock straight-sets 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 win over Serbian Boris Pashanski. He is playing the tournament of his life, having got through the Wimbledon qualifying to earn a place in the main draw. Chris is currently ranked 659 in the world and 13 in Britain.

Chris came through qualifying in style. Looking comfortable, throughout his first ever 5 set match, Chris beat Frenchman, Olivier Patience, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6 to book himself a place in the main draw.

In the first round of qualifying, Chris came back from a set down to oust the 15th seed from Russia, Mikhail Kukushkin, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, overcoming a ranking discrepancy of 522 places.

In the second round Chris recovered from the disappointment of losing the first set on the tie break to beat Jan Minar from the Czech Republic with a convincing 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.

This follows an impressive win in the Nottingham qualifying second round against world number 91 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. See www.lta.org.uk for a full write up.

18 June 2008 20:39 – Final Round

Hi,

On Tuesday I managed to come through another very tough match in the qualifying for Wimbledon leaving me with a best of 5 sets match to qualify tomorrow.

I’m really looking forward to the match and cant wait to get out there and play.

Kind regards,

Chris

16 June 2008 22:04 – Qualifiers

Hi,

Just to let you know that I won my 1st round match today against the russian number 15 seed 26 64 75. It was a great match for me and I hope I can keep playing well tomorrow when I take on a czech guy.

Kind regards

Chris