After an incredible run of 4 wins Toby Martin has won his first ATP ranking points in the $10k Futures event on the famous grass courts at the Northern Tennis Club in Manchester.

Following in the footsteps of the likes of Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras who all played here when it was a Tour event, Toby’s amazing run began against Christian Gonzalez Mendez in the first round of qualifying. A great comeback led to a 4-6 6-3 7-5 win which was followed with a more straightforward victory over Welshman Rogan Egerton 7-6 6-2. Toby qualified for the 32 man Main Draw with a hard fought  6-3 3-6 6-3 win over another Welsh player, Matthew James who made the last 16 at Junior Wimbledon in 2008.

Former Wimbledon champion, Wes Moodie, born on 14 February 1979 in Scottburgh, South Africa, has been training in Bath as he prepares for this year's French Open.

South African Moodie, who is ranked number nine in the world in doubles, won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon with Stephen Huss in 2005. This year he is seeded fourth for the French Open with partner Dick Norman - the men's doubles gets underway on Wednesday, 26 May. The pair were doubles finalists at 2009 at Roland Garros.

Jonathan Overend discusses his recent visit to Bath with Barry Scollo, Director of Tennis and assistant Head Coach Jim Edgar. Listen to the full interview which outlines the positive philosophy of the programme.

Well, it’s the last day of the Tennis Europe Event in Finland and I must say I feel like I have been on the film set of Narnia all week. I have never in my life experienced cold like this; it has been an experience and actually a real pleasure to see the sights of Oulu and watch the girls compete in the tournament this week. I sent a text to Mum complaining how cold I was and the response I got back was, ”be thankful you are not working in an office”, as ever Mums are always right so yes I do appreciate where my job takes me, even if I have a little moan sometimes.

Congratulations to Barry Scollo who was awarded the 2009 British Tennis AEGON Coach of the Year Award by the LTA at a prestigious ceremony at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. Barry was nominated for the Coach of the Year Award for his ‘contagious energy’ for tennis and received the award from Derek Howarth president of the LTA and Ian Murray, Head of Sponsorship at AEGON. In total 10 awards were presented on the day, other winners included Andy Murray (Player of the Year) and Heather Watson (Junior Player of the Year).