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Week 33 - Romania F9 - Pitesti ($25,000) (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: (qWC) Radu Dimitirie Hristache Zgondea (ROU) UNR vs Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1880 in October 2015) QR1: Kyle Stocker UNR vs Eugen Durnescu (ROU) UNR
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Week 33 - Italy F23 - Santa Cristina Val Gardena ($15,000) (clay)
(Preview)
Greg pops up again next week in the Dolomites, in northern Italy, & has a lousy draw: QR1: (q5) Horst Rieder (ITA) WR 1885 (CH = 1461 last November) vs Gregory Howe UNR (CH = 1222 in August 2008)
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Week 32 - Belarus F1 ($15,000) - Minsk (hard)
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(Preview)
L32: Ryan Storrie WR 853 (CH = 626 in April) vs (WC) Martin Borisiouk WR 1885 (CH = 1754 in April) L32: (Q) Alberto Bronzetti (ITA) UNR vs (4) Jonny Gray WR 605 (CH = 538 in April)
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Week 32 - Portugal F14 - Sintra ($15,000) (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: BYE vs George Houghton UNR QR1: (q2) Alex Jhun WR 1356 (CH = 1034 in February 2016) QR1: George Foster UNR vs Luke Issajenko UNR QR1: Kafui Akpo-Young UNR vs Ricardo Brancal (POR) UNR QR1: Marco Wright UNR vs Luke Jacob Gamble (USA) UNR Mark Whitehouse & Aidan McHugh should be in the main...
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Week 32 - Finland F2 - Hyvinkää ($15,000) (clay)
(Preview)
L16: (WC) Sami Huurinainen & Masi Sarpola (FIN/FIN) UNR [Huurinainen is 36, his playing partner 19] vs Joe Cooper & Michal Konecny (CZE) UNR (0 [ but a CH of 1069 in May 2016]+777} George Loffhagen should be in the singles main draw.
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Week 32 - Germany F11 ($15,000) - Trier (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Anthony Pero UNR vs Raynaud Vanwollenghem (BEL) UNR QR1: Maximilian Dietel (GER) UNR vs Max LaCount UNR QR1: Robin Eberling (GER) UNR vs Kurt La Count UNR QR1: (q5) Milan Welte (GER) WR 1591 (= CH) vs Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1880 in October 2015) QR1: James Allemby UNR (CH = 2052 in September 20...
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Week 32 - USA F22 ($25,000) - Edwardsville, IL (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q6) Charles Broom WR 1073 (CH = 1067 last month) vs Varun Jayaram (USA) UNR QR1: David Perez UNR vs Joseph Van Meter (USA) UNR Finn should again be in the man draw.
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1537
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Week 32 - Austria F6 ($15,000) - Innsbruck (clay)
(Preview)
Well, well, well... QR1: Ivan Zaytsev (RUS) UNR vs Gregory Howe UNR (CH = 1222 in August 2008 - our illustrious fellow board member is now 46!) Good luck, Greg.
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Jay Clarke is a better player than Edmund was at the same age. Discuss.
(Preview)
Watched a match or two of Clarke's recently, in his run to Challenger win, I think he is more advanced that Kyle Edmund was at the same age, better movement, better serve, touch at the net. Only weakness I see at this point, is the speed of the groundstrokes, seem a bit slow for top 50 material, depth seem...
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Week 31 - ATP 500 - Citi Open, Washington DC, USA (hard)
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(Preview)
L48: Mackenzie McDonald (USA) WR 77 (= CH) vs Andy Murray WR 838 (CH = 1 in November 2016) L48: BYE vs (4) Kyle Edmund WR 16 (= CH)
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Week 31 - Ireland F1 - Dublin ($25,000) (outdoor carpet)
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(Preview)
QR1: (qWC) Jonathan Garcia (IRL) UNR vs Jonathan Binding UNR (CH = 1756 in December 2016) QR1: Edward Harwood UNR vs Andrew Kirwan (IRL) UNR QR1: Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1880 in October 2015) vs Caleb Ralston (IRL) UNR QR1: Morgan Dill (USA) UNR vs Jacques Woodall UNR QR1: (qWC) Cathal Butler (IR...
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Week 32 - Morocco F4 ($15,000) - Casablanca (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Philip Sikman UNR vs John Harrison Richmond (USA) UNR QR1: Alexander Romay UNR vs Stefano Reitano (ITA) UNR (CH = 1749min June last year)
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Week 32 - Belgium F7 ($15,000) - Eupen (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Luke Stevenson UNR vs Benoît Lanckohr (BEL) UNR QR1: Quin Verstegen (NED) UNR vs Cheraag Bajwa UNR
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Week 31 - Slovakia F2 - Piestany ($15,000) (clay)
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
QR1: Joshua Goodger UNR vs Daniil Tsebrenko (UKR) UNR QR1: (q4) Ewan Moore WR 1334 (CH = 959 last October) vs Samo Polakovic (SVK) UNR QR1: (q5) Paul Jubb WR 1465 (CH = 1442 in March) vs Leon Petko (SVK) UNR QR1: Jack Molloy UNR vs Hamish Stewart UNR QR1: Barnaby Smith WR 1925 (CH = 1889 earlier this m...
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Week 32 - Poland F6 - Koszalin ($15,000) (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Samuel Pointon UNR vs BYE QR1: Robert Hughes UNR vs Patryk Kosinski (POL) UNR
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Week 32 - Indonesia F2 - Jakarta ($25,000) (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Shamael Chaudhry WR 1690 (CH = 1606 at the start of last month) vs Roy Hobbs (SGP) WR 1531 (CH = 1346 in March 2016) Doesn't look as though Isaac will be in the main draw.
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431
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Week 31 - ATP 250 - Abierto Mexicano de Tenis, Los Cabos, Mexico (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
L16: (3) Marcelo Arévalo & Miguel Ángel Reyes (ESA/MEX) CR 118 (57+61) vs Luke Bambridge & Jonny O'Mara CR 172 (84+88) L16: Bradley Mousley & Elias Ymer (AUS/SWE) CR 641 (123+518) vs (2) Jonathan Erlich (ISR) & Joe Salisbury CR 113 (72+41)
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Week 31 - Challenger - Chengdu, China ($125,000) (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
L32: Yusuke Takahashi (JPN) WR 353 (CH = 238 last August) vs James Ward WR 331 (CH = 89 in July 2015)
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Week 31 - USA F21 ($25,000) - Decatur, IL (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Charles Broom WR 1072 (CH = 1067 earlier this month) vs Bradley Holt (USA) UNR QR1: David Perez UNR vs Joshua Ortlip (USA) UNR Tom & Finn should again be in the main draw.
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Week 31 - Portugal F13 - Caldas da Rainha ($15,000) (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Terence Das (IND) UNR vs (qWC) Luke Issajenko UNR QR1: Gonçalo Ferreira (POR) UNR vs Julian Robinson UNR QR1: (qWC) Sebastião Vilas (POR) UNR vs Ewen Lumsden UNR (CH = 1748 in September 2016)
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844
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Week 31 - Belgium F6 ($15,000) - Brussels (clay)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
QR1: Michalis Sakellardis (GRE) UNR vs Angus Bradshaw UNR QR1: (q8) Tomas Gerini (ITA) WR 1574 (CH = 1119 in June last year) vs Andrew Rozanov UNR
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Week 31 - Finland F1 - Kaarina ($15,000) (clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (WC) Kristofer Simar (EST) UNR vs (7) George Loffhagen WR 890 (CH = 875 in May)
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Week 31 - Austria F5 - Vogau ($15,000) (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Uros Rous (SLO) UNR vs George Kennedy UNR QR1: (q5) Edward Hubner WR 1787 (= CH) vs Markus Neuhauser (AUT) UNR
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12
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1069
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Week 31 - Indonesia F2 ($15,000) - Jakarta (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Niclas Genovese (SUI) UNR (CH = 1751 in June 2015) vs Shamael Chaudhry WR 1701 (CH = 1606 at the start of this month) Isaac Stoute should be in the main draw.
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Week 31 - Morocco F3 ($15,000) - Tangier (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Philip Sikman UNR vs John Harrison Richmond (USA) UNR Imran Aswat was at the top of the qualies acceptance list, but the q1 was six places below him, so I assume he's been promoted to the main draw.
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