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Week 7 - Challenger ($75,000) - Tempe, AZ, USA (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (qWC) Thomas Wright UNR vs (q7) Matteo Viola (ITA) WR 393 (CH = 118 in March 2013 - he's 29) QR1: (qWC) Tyler Hochwalt (USA) UNR (CH = 532 in November 2013 - he's 28) vs Luke Bambridge WR 615 (CH = 481 last May)
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18
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2177
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Week 7 - Indonesia F2 ($15,000) - Jakarta (hard)
(Preview)
Rhett's ploughing a lone furrow again: QR1: (q6) Rhett Purcell WR 1137 (CH = 1126 last October) vs BYE
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Week 7 - Challenger (€43,000) - Challenger La Manche, Cherbourg, France (hard)
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(Preview)
No sign of Ed in qualies ( ), but Liam keeps plugging away: QR1: BYE vs (q6) Liam Broady WR 299 (CH = 158 in August 2015) Max Tabatruong or Romain Barbosa in QR2.
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Week 7 - ATP 500 - ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (qWC) Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 436 (= CH) vs (q6) Aljaz Bedene WR 109 (CH = 45 in November 2015)
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21
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3164
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Week 7 - Spain F5 ($15,000) - Murcia (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Toby Martin WR 1227 (CH = 641 in June 2015) vs Grigoriy Korobeynikov (UZB) UNR QR1: Ignacio Calvo (ESP) UNR vs Luke Stevenson UNR
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4
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573
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Week 7 - Egypt F5 ($15,000) - Sharm el-Sheik (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Adam Skalsky (GBR) UNR (CH = 1297 in November 2014) vs Andrés Ariel Fernández (ARG) UNR
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2
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543
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Week 7 - Turkey F6 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Gustavs Lukstins (LAT) UNR vs Edward Hubner UNR
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2
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563
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Week 7 - USA F7 ($15,000) - Orlando, FL (clay)
(Preview)
The usual massive 128-man draw - & a solitary Brit: QR1: Jordan Angus UNR vs Eduardo Roldán (MEX) UNR
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2
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525
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Week 6 - Indonesia F1 ($15,000) - Jakarta (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Rhett Purcell WR 1140 (CH = 1126 last October) vs BYE
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13
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1369
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Week 6 - Great Britain F2 ($15,000) - Tipton (indoor, hard)
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(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038977
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Week 6 - Challenger (€64,000) - Hungarian Challenger Open - Budapest, Hungary - Indoor Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: (q8) Liam Broady WR 300 vs (qwc) David Szintai (HUN) UNR (CH 1602 September 2016), age 19 JCH 167 QR1: (q2) Ed Corrie WR 269 vs Lucas Miedler (AUT) WR 396 (CH 374 December 2015), age 20 JCH 14 So the 64,000 euro question, how well will our guys do this week ?
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indiana
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Week 7 - Tunisia F6 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: George Kennedy UNR vs Vukac Vukcevic (MNE) UNR
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1
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425
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Week 6 - Challenger ($75,000) - Neville Smith Forest Products International, Launceston, Tasmania (hard)
(Preview)
L32: Brydan Klein WR 283 (CH = 169 in September 2015) vs Blake Mott (AUS) WR 251 (= CH)
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13
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2142
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Week 6 - Spain F4 ($15,000) - Peguera, Mallorca (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: Yahir Alcolea (ESP) UNR vs (q12) Billy Harris WR 1072 (CH = 1018 last June) QR1: (qWC) Simón Solbas (ESP) UNR vs Harry Butler UNR QR1: (q3) James Marsalek WR 728 (CH = 537 May 2013) vs Alejandro Artunedo (ESP) WR 1259 (= CH) QR1: Toby Martin WR 1227 (CH = 641 in June 2015) vs Aaron Cortés WR 1084 (CH =...
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37
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2664
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Week 6 - ATP 250 - Garanti Koza Open, Sofia, Bulgaria (hard)
(Preview)
Only the doubles draw available at the moment. L16: Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 167 (76+91) vs Wesley Koolhof & Matwé Middelkoop (NED/NED) CR 98 (48+50) That's a tough one! L16: Mikhail Elgin & Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS/RUS) CR 275 (88+187) vs (3) Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR...
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13
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1691
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Week 6 - ATP 250 - Open Sud de France, Montpellier (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Well, well, well... L32: Dan Evans WR 45 (= CH) vs (6) Mischa Zverev (GER) WR 35 (= CH) L32: Aljaz Bedene WR 110 (CH = 45 in November 2015) vs Borna Coric (CRO) WR 57 (CH = 33 in July 2015) The other seed in Dan's quarter is Gasquet (3). If Aljaz perchance wins his match, he'll play Sascha Zverev (4). Cilic...
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2010
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Week 6 - Challenger ($100,000) - KPSF Open, San Francisco, CA, USA (hard) - doubles
(Preview)
L16: Hans Hach & Eric Quigley (MEX/USA) CR 428 (210+218) vs David O'Hare (IRL) & Joe Salisbury CR 457 (159+298) Last week's rankings, of course....
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Stircrazy
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6
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Colin Fleming
(Preview)
OK. So not exactly tennis news, but Colin has just announced on Twitter that on 28th Dec, he became a dad following the birth of his daughter - Rose.
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Bob in Spain
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1916
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GRASS SEASON WILD CARDS!
(Preview)
so about time we discussed our annual topic. This season will really be tough, as we have such limited amount of players in the 100-250 area. I also will presume, Murray, Evo and Edmund require no wc Queens, MD WC- Bedene (if needed) and Norrie QWC to Klien, Glasspool and Clarke Eastbourne MD WC Beden...
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843
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Week 5 - Challenger ($125,000) - RBC Tennis Championships, Dallas, TX, USA (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
QR1: (qWC) Karl Poling (USA) UNR vs Joe Salisbury WR 1096 (CH = 559 in October 2015) QR1: Kevin King (USA) WR 870 (CH = 277 in September 2015) vs Alastair Gray WR 1061 (CH = 1057 at the beginning of last month) QR1: (qWC) Alexander Brown (USA) UNR vs (q8) Luke Bambridge WR 617 (CH = 481 last May)
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Stircrazy
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63
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5681
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Week 6 - Tunisia F5 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Thomas Hulme (GBR) UNR v Michael Jalpota (GBR) UNR, age 17, just
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Coup Droit
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3
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531
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Week 6 - Switzerland F1 ($25,000) - Oberentfelden (carpet)
(Preview)
QR1: Alexander Carlos Parker WR 1654 (CH = 1639 last December) vs Jordan Hefti (SUI) UNR QR1: Ben Jones UNR vs Joen Moth-Poulsen (DEN) UNR
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Stircrazy
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5
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737
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Week 5 - Challenger (€43,000+H) - Quimper, France - Indoor Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: Liam Broady WR 320 vs Alexis Musialek (FRA) WR 570 (CH 255 in July 2015) QR1: (q7) Ed Corrie WR 272 vs Grégoire Jacq (FRA) WR 366 (CH 363 in October 2016) The winners of those two matches will meet in QR2! They are in the qualifying bracket of the q1 seed Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 243, though in truth the...
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2909
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Week 6 - Egypt F4 ($15,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Adam Skalsky (GBR) UNR (CH 1297 Nov. 14) v Sergey Ksenkov (RUS) UNR, age 18
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Coup Droit
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2
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538
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Week 5 - Great Britain F1 ($15,000) - Glasgow (indoor hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
QR1: Bruce Strachan UNR (CH = 1154 i n October 2014) vs Oliver Hudson WR 1593 (CH = 986 in April 2012) QR1: (qWC) Adam Jones UNR vs Tim Kopinski (USA) WR 1623 (CH = 1211 last August) QR1: BYE vs (q11) Imran Aswat WR 1215 (CH = 1038 in June 2014) QR1: Ewen Lumsden WR 1769 (CH = 1748 last September) vs James Da...
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