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Weeks 27 & 28 - Wimbledon (grass) - men's doubles
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(Preview)
Only one Brit seeded: GENTLEMEN'S DOUBLES 1 KONTINEN, Henri (FIN) and PEERS, John (AUS) CR 3 (1+2) 2 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues (FRA) and MAHUT, Nicolas (FRA) CR 11 (7+4) 3 MURRAY, Jamie (GBR) and SOARES, Bruno (BRA) CR 11 (5+6) 4 KUBOT, Lukasz (POL) and MELO, Marcelo (BRA) CR 11 (8+3) 5 BRYAN, Bob (USA) an...
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Week 29 - Spain F22 ($25,000) - Dénia (clay)
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QR1: Jorge Godoy (ESP) UNR vs Joshua Goodger UNR QR1: BYE vs Lawrence Perrin UNR QR1: Taylor Bate UNR vs Adrià Álvarez (ESP) UNR QR1: (qWC) Samuel Martínez (ESP) UNR vs Hyder al-Said (???) UNR **** QR2: (q6) Andrey Chepelev (RUS) WR 1425 (= CH) vs Lawrence Perrin UNR
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Week 28 - Challenger ($75,000) - National Bank Challenger, Winnipeg, Canada (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Luke Bambridge WR 602 (CH = 481 in May last year) vs BYE **** QR2: (q4) Luke Bambridge WR 602 vs Kevin Kylar (CAN) WR 2052 (CH = 1269 last August) Kylar's a Winnipeg boy. David O'Hare's also in qualies. I wonder if he & Bambo will continue their successful partnership from this week.
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Weeks 27 & 28 - Wimbledon (grass) - men's singles
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(Preview)
With the announcement of the seedings, I may as well get the show on the road with the news that Andy, the defending champion, is top dog in SW19 this year: GENTLEMEN'S SINGLES 1 MURRAY, Andy (GBR) WR 1 2 DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) WR4 3 FEDERER, Roger (SUI) WR 5 4 NADAL, Rafael (ESP) WR 2 5 WAWRINKA, Stan (SUI)...
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Weeks 27 & 28 - Wimbledon (grass) - mixed doubles
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(Preview)
A bit of a turn-up for the books as top seeds & the defending champions are back together: L64: (1) Jamie Murray & Martina Hingis (SUI) CR 3 (5+3) vs BYE L64: (WC) Neal Skupski & Anna Smith CR 146 (91+55) vs (WC) Joe Salisbury & Katy Dunne CR 360 (142+218) The winners play Jamie &...
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Week 29 - Germany F8 ($25,000+H) - Kassel (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: BYE vs James Markiewicz UNR ***** QR2: (q7) Nico Mertens (GER) WR 1675 (= CH) vs James Markiewicz UNR
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Week 29 - Georgia F3 ($15,000) - Telavi (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Themi Sitzoukis (AUS) UNR vs Nicholas Katzaros UNR QR1: Thomas Hulme UNR vs (q9) Nikolay Kolobaev (ISR) WR 2105 (CH = 1433 in May)
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Week 29 - Czech Republic F6 ($25,000) - Brno (clay)
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QR1: (qwc) William FLAVELL (GBR) UNR def. Ronald GABAS (SVK) UNR (age 17) 6-4 Retired -- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 15th of July 2017 04:10:20 PM
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Week 28 - The Netherlands F4 ($15,000) - Amstelveen (clay)
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QR1: Facundo Arias (ARG) UNR vs Andrew Rozanov UNR QR1: Tim van Den Dijssel (NED) UNR vs Elliott Farmer UNR
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Week 28 - Poland F5 ($15,000) - Mragowo (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: Daniel Querol (ESP) UNR vs (q11) Samuel Ferguson WR 1675 (CH = 1517 last September) QR1: Jeremy Gschwendtner UNR vs Oleksander Kyrychenko (UKR) UNR Billy Harris should again be in the main draw, this time with Richard Gabb for company.
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Week 28 - Portugal F11 ($15,000) - Póvoa de Varzim (hard)
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QR1: Francisco Faria (POR) UNR vs Bruce Strachan UNR (CH = 1154 in October 2014) QR1: José Campos (POR) UNR vs (q11) Mason Recci WR 1784 (CH = 1547 last October) QR1: Duarte Nuno Teixeira (POR) UNR vs (q9) Scott Duncan WR 1675 (CH = 1644 last month)
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Week 28 - Egypt F20 ($15,000) - Sharm el-Sheik (hard)
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QR1: Aswin Lizen UNR (CH = 1152 in August 2015) vs Joseph van Meter (USA) UNR QR1: Luke Issajenko UNR vs Mohammed Ragy (EGY) UNR
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Week 28 - Italy F21 ($25,000) - Casinalbo (clay)
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QR1: (q8) Andrew Watson (GBR) WR 1675* v Simon Radisavljevic (SRB) UNR *will be going up to about 1500, thanks to his MD R1 win last week.
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Week 28 - China F12 ($25,000) - Shenzhen (hard)
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QR1: (q4) Rhett Purcell WR 1099 (CH = 1098 in February) vs Yezhenyuan Yezhenyuan (CHN) UNR
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Week 28 - Germany F7 ($15,000) - Trier (clay)
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QR1: Maximilian Sinn (GER) UNR vs Kurt Lacount UNR QR1: Samuel Beddow WR 1784 (CH = 1639 last December) vs BYE QR1: Dian Nedev (BUL) UNR defeated Max Lacount UNR by1 & 1 QR1: James Markewiecz UNR vs Felipe Assunção (BRA) UNR (CH = 1481 in July 2011) ***** QR2: Samuel Beddow WR 1784 vs Tom Diederi...
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Best British Wimbledon ever
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For me 2013 rates as the best Wimbledon ever, even though I slept through a set of Andy's victory consequences of a bit of sunstroke as a result of watching an U11 football tournament all morning. Obviously as a Brit I am biased but the best entertainment of what is turning into a "storming" festival of...
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GB Men's Performance at Grass Events 2016 vs 2017
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I was amusing myself (working at home) by trying to take a view on how well the GB men do versus last season in the 3 Challenger events, to try and ascertain if we manage to improve or not. Anyway, last season we managed to get 12 match wins across the main draws in the 3 events: Manchester - 5 wins: Alex War...
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Week 28 - Georgia F2 ($15,000) - Telavi (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Thomas Hulme UNR vs BYE
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Week 27 - USA F23 ($25,000) - Wichita, KS (hard)
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QR1: (q1) Jonathan Binding WR 1842(CH = 1756 last December) vs BYE QR1: Jonas Zacho Larsen (DEN) UNR vs David Fox UNR QR1: Alexander Rushin UNR vs Mario Urquidi (MEX) (*) UNR QR1: Ben Lott UNR (CH = 1614 in July 2013) vs Alexander Brown (USA) UNR QR1: Ryan Peniston UNR (CH = 1600 in May last year) vs St...
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Week 28 - Challenger ($75,000) - Nielsen Pro Tennis Championship, Winnetka IL (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Farris Gosea WR 1006 (CH = 557 in July 2015) vs BYE
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Week 28 - Austria F2 ($15,000) - Kramsach (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Toby Martin (GBR) WR 1195 v Oscar Callo (ITA) UNR, age 14 QR1: Ed Hubner (GBR) UNR v Michael Weindl (GER) UNR -- Edited by Coup Droit on Saturday 8th of July 2017 09:20:31 AM
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Week 27 - Poland F4 ($15,000) - Mragowo (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Ewan Moore WR 1037 (= CH) vs BYE QR1: Jeremy Gschwendtner UNR vs Tomas Vaise (LTU) UNR QR1: Konrad Mularczyk (POL) UNR vs (qWC) Vassili Psaltopoulos (who???) UNR
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Week 28 - Spain F21 ($25,000) - Gandia (clay)
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QR1: Taylor Bate (GBR) UNR v Gonzalo Ferrer (ESP) UNR, age 16
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Week 28 - France F15 ($25,000+H) - Ajaccio (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Pierre Luiggi (GBR) UNR v Jeremy Pagliai (FRA) UNR Edit: just correcting the spelling of Pierre's surname - unusual, I know. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 7th of July 2017 10:45:29 PM
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Week 27 - Portugal F10 ($15,000) - Torres Vedras (hard)
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QR1: (q1) Alastair Gray WR 1035 (CH = 1029 earlier this month) vs Gonçalo Ferreira (POR) UNR - he's 16 QR1: Fariduni Hamid (TJK) UNR vs Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH= 1880 in October 2015) QR1: Filipe Castanheira (POR) UNR vs Russell Henderson UNR QR1: Marco Wright UNR vs (q11) Mason Recci WR 1756 (CH = 1547...
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