[Fee]

Jan-Mike decided not to play the Queen's qualies, so his next tournament is the Liverpool International June 8 - 12. He is guaranteed 3 matches there and I think he's also scheduled to play a mixed doubles exhibition with Martina Navratilova. The website is www.liverpooltennis.co.uk. After that he has the W. qualies beginning on Monday, June 13th. The draw will be made on Sunday evening.

[Fee]

Here's the schedule for the first 3 days of the Liverpool Exhibition

Order of play for the next few days: http://www.liverpooltennis.co.uk/schedule.htm

Wednesday, June 8th, beginning at 11 am.

ATP Match Group C: Bobby Reynolds v Stian Buretti
ATP Match Group B: Ken Skupski v Paul Goldstein
Liverpool Youth Tennis Exhibition
Mixed Doubles: Martina Navratilova/Jan-Michael Gambill v Sam Smith/Ivan Ljubicic
Legends Doubles: Mansour Bahrami/Ilie Nastase v Henri Leconte/Peter McNamara
ATP Match Group A: Robert Kendrick v Novak Djokovic

Thursday, June 9th, beginning at 11 am.

ATP Match Group B: Jan-Michael Gambill v Ken Skupski
ATP Match Group A: Novak Djokovic v Jan-Frode Andersen
Maro Development Youth Final
Mixed Doubles: Martina Navratilova/Robert Kendrick v Karoline Borgersen/Jan-Michael Gambill
Legends Doubles: Mansour Bahrami/Henri Leconte v Ilie Nastase/Peter McNamara
ATP Match Group C: Ivan Ljubicic v Bobby Reynolds

Friday, June 10, beginning at 11 am.

ATP Match Group A: Jan-Frode Andersen v Robert Kendrick
ATP Match Group C: Ivan Ljubicic v Stian Buretti
Final Legends Doubles: Mansour Bahrami/Peter McNamara v Ilie Nastase/Henri Leconte
Presentation Ceremony
Legends Singles Match: Pat Cash v Barry Cowan
ATP Match Group B: Jan-Michael Gambill v Paul Goldstein

[Fee]

He got direct entry into Indy. The full list is in the Tournament forum.

He's also on the entry list for the Forest Hills grass court Challenger beginning June 27th. The full list is in the Challengers thread.

[Papakori]

Good luck Jan-Mike! I hope to see you up the rankings again sooN!

[jmgsdoubsprtnr]

Originally Posted by Fee

He got direct entry into Indy. The full list is in the Tournament forum.

thanks for the GREAT news fee! i will be there (hopefully he will too) and i will cheer him on for all of us. (and take pictures, of course)

[Fee]

Well, its news with caution. Here is his tentative schedule for the next few weeks:

June 13th - Wimbledon qualies
June 20th - Wimbledon (fingers crossed)
June 27th - Wimbledon or Forest Hills Challenger
July 4th - Newport (Hall of Fame)
July 11th - Aptos Challenger
July 18th - Indy
July 25th - Los Angeles (tentative)
Aug 1st - Washington DC
Aug 8th - Binghamton Challenger (tentative)
Aug 15th - Cincy Masters (maybe) or Bronx Challenger
Aug 22nd - New Haven or USO qualies (icky thought)
Aug 29th - USO

So, it all depends on how he feels and where he feels he can get the most points. He is still dealing with the leg soreness, so if he might pull from a tournament if he starts to feel its too much for him. Unfortunately, JMG seems to play better when he plays more often, but when he plays more often his legs get sore again. Vicious circle.

[Éowyn]

okay i am going to go see him on monday!

[Fee]

Here is his part of the Wimbledon qualifying draw:

(13) GAMBILL, Jan-Michael USA v. SCHUKIN, Yuri RUS
STOPPINI, Andrea ITA v. PEYA, Alexander AUT
PEQUERY, Jean-Michel FRA v. WAUTERS, Stefan BEL
NAVARRO-PASTOR, Ivan ESP v. (27) OKUN, Noam ISR

He should be okay (famous last words), he has by far the most grass experience of any of these guys. Fingers crossed...

[Éowyn]

i watched Pequery last week he's not bad could be interesting

[Neely]

Peya can be a quite troublesome on grass also, but he is struggling a lot since his bad ankle injury.

Would be cool if Gambill made it again into the maindraw, his win over Mirnyi last year at Wimbledon was certainly a/the highlight of the year for him.

[Éowyn]

fingers crossed he'll do well

[Fee]

He has so far. He won 6-1, 6-2.

Two breaks in each set and he served it out at love. I am so pleased with this result. He has a doubles qualifying match in a few hours with his partner Paul Goldstein and I hope they win that too.

[Fee]

Jan-Mike and Goldie won their doubles match 4-6, 6-1, 8-6. Can't remember the names of the team they beat, but they were the 6th seeded team in the dubs qualies.

[Éowyn]

jan-mike only conceded 2 points on his serve in the 1st set of his singles! he cam eout firing he started the game with 3 aces!

he only conceded 8 points on serve in the 2nd set and 6 of them were in the same game which he sucessfully held!

[Neely]

2nd round qualification:
Gambill def. Stoppini 7-6(5) 7-6(9)

tough one!

final round against Okun!