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Week 4 - Spain F2 ($15,000) - Manacor, Mallorca (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: Casey Recci UNR vs Joan Borras (ESP) UNR QR1: Evan Kennedy UNR vs (q9) Jaime Fermosell (ESP) WR 1226 (CH = 1046 last September) QR1: (qWC) Barney Fitzpatrick UNR vs Yahir Alcolea (ESP) UNR QR1: (q6) Billy Harris WR 1072 (CH = 1018 last June) vs Gerard Escandell (ESP) UNR QR1: (ALT) Conni Wiese...
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The 'Depth' of British Men's Tennis
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(Preview)
Whilst looking through the qualifying draw for RG I could not help but notice what countries have a large participation in the event...apart from the French wildcards.....heres the top nations..... RG Main and Qualifying draws. (Selected countries) France - 33 players (includes French WC's) S...
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Week 4 - USA F5 ($15,000) - Weston, FL (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Samuel Beddow WR 1769 (CH = 1639 last month) vs Ryan Goetz (USA) UNR
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POLL- HOW MANY MORE GRAND SLAMS WILL ANDY WIN?
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Seems like a good time to start this subject off. I think the new generation will mean winning slams is now near imposs.
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Week 4 - Turkey F3 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Luke Johnson WR 1937 (CH = 1607 in July 2013) vs Rishabdev Raman (IND) UNR (CH = 1748 last September) QR1: Koray Kirci (TUR) UNR vs Nicholas Nugent UNR
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Week 3 - Turkey F2 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: David Fox UNR vs BYE QR1: BYE vs (q14) Luke Johnson WR 1934 (CH = 1607 in July 2013)
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Week 4 - France F3 ($15,000) - Veigy-Foncenex (carpet)
(Preview)
QR1: Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1880 in October 2015 vs (q11) Jérôme Inzerillo (FRA) WR 1632 (CH = 354 in July 2102) QR1: Ben Jones UNR vs (q13) Nino Portales (FRA) 2063 (CH = 1343 in September 2015) QR1: (q8) Lucas Bouquet (a genuine Bucket! ) (FRA) WR 1470 (CH = 1378 in October 2015) vs Elliott Farmer UN...
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Week 3 - Germany F2 ($15,000) - Kaarst (carpet)
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(Preview)
QR1: Carlo Bückmann (GER) UNR vs Jonathan Binding WR 1766 (CH = 1756 last month) Neil P should again be in the main draw.
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Week 3 - Egypt F1 ($15,000) - Sharm el-Sheik (hard)
(Preview)
L16: (PR) Nicholas Hu (USA) & Jamie Whiteford UNR (960+0 [but a CH of 1304 in August 2011]) vs (2) Gabor Borsos & Alexander Vasilenko (HUN/RUS) CR 874 (312+562)
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Week 2 - Turkey F1 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Luke Johnson WR 1934 (CH = 1607 in July 2013) vs BYE QR1: BYE vs David Fox UNR ***** FQR: (q3) Luke Johnson WR 1934 vs Mert Çelik (TUR) UNR FQR: Michal Kominek (POL) UNR vs David Fox UNR Liam B should be in the main draw.
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Week 3 - Spain F1 ($15,000) - Manacor, Mallorca (clay)
(Preview)
A veritable glut of (presumably young) Brits in qualies here, all of whom are new names to me: QR1: Daniel Webb UNR vs Adrián Cures (ESP) UNR QR1: Jake Hersey UNR vs Daniel Andrea Rodríguez (ESP) UNR QR1: Harry Butler UNR vs Julian Henry (AUS) UNR QR1: Davy van Geerke (NED) UNR vs Barney Fitzpatrick...
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Week 3 - Challenger (€43,000+H) - Koblenz, Germany (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Ed Corrie WR 272 (CH = 215 in October 2014) vs Adrian Ungur (ROU) WR 316 (CH = 79 in June 2012 - he's 31) QR1: (qWC) Dylan Gee WR 1615 (CH = 1425 last October) vs Adrien Bossel (SUI) WR 488 (CH = in August 2015)
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Week 3 - USA F4 ($15,000) - Sunrise, FL (clay)
(Preview)
Another massive 128-man draw! QR1: Jordan Angus UNR vs Wellington Bastos (BRA) UNR QR1: César Antonio Gómez (MEX) UNR vs Aswin Lizen UNR (CH = 1152 in August 2015) QR1: Samuel Beddow WR 1766 (CH = 1639 last month) vs Santiago Hinojosa (MEX) UNR
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Week 2 - USA F2 ($25,000) - Long Beach, CA (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Emerson Sekban UNR vs (q9) Lucas Renard (SWE) WR 1418 (CH = 672 in March 2013) Emerson is apparently from Oxford & in his first year at Santa Barbara College. QR1: Toby Mitchell UNR vs (qWC) Jordan Bridge (USA) UNR QR1: Jordan Angus UNR vs Thibault Forget (FRA) UNR (CH = 1684 in February 201...
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Week 3 - France F2 ($15,000) - Bressuire (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Luke Simkiss UNR vs (q11) Ruan Roelofse (RSA) WR 1676 (CH = 357 in February 2012) QR1: Alessandro Busini (ITA) UNR (& 16 years old!) vs Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1880 in October 2015)
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - Apia International, Sydney, Australia (hard)
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(Preview)
L32: Dan Evans WR 66 (CH = 53 last September) vs Qualifier L32: Qualifier vs Kyle Edmund WR 45 (CH = 40 last September)
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Week 2 - Germany F1 ($15,000) - Schwieberdingen (carpet)
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(Preview)
QR1: BYE vs Ben Jones UNR ***** QR2: (q1) Lukas Ollert (GER) WR 791 (CH = 787 last December) vs Ben Jones UNR Neil Pauffley should be in the main draw.
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Australian Open 2017 qualifying points
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(Preview)
With the big gap after our top 4 to a number of players in the 200s and 300s I thought I would look again this year at how much players appeared to have to do to get into Australian Open qualifying. WR 250 may be around the target and that is currently on 211 points. Rather optimistically re the cut, WR 270 is c...
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Week 2 - USA F3 ($15,000) - Plantation, FL (clay)
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A massive 128-man draw & three Brits among them! QR1: Jamie Vance (USA) UNR vs Samuel Beddow WR 1763 (CH = 1639 last month) QR1: Christian Alshon (USA) UNR vs Robert Jakubik UNR QR1: Alexander Sendegaya UNR (CH = 1392 in September 2015) vs Thiago Yuji Yoshimori (BRA) UNR -- Edited by Stircrazy o...
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Masato Shiga (JPN) WR 556 (CH = 498 last October) vs (q6) Brydan Klein WR 324 (CH = 169 in September 2015) QR1: (q4) Cam Norrie WR 276 (= CH) vs Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) WR 1231 (CH = 232 in September 2009) The Brazilian's more of a doubles specialist, I think.
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Week 2 - Challenger ($50,000) - Bangkok, Thailand
(Preview)
QR1: (q6) Lloyd Glasspool WR 381 vs (qWC) Congsup Congcar (THA) WR 1605 Lloyd is in the same section as (q2) Ti Chen (TPE) WR 270.
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Week 2 - Tunisia F1 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Aswin Lizen UNR (CH = 1152 in August 2015) vs BYE ***** QR2: (q2/qWC) Luca Gelhardt (GER) WR 1508 (CH = 1491 last October) vs Aswin Lizen UNR
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Qatar Exxon Mobil Open, Doha (hard)
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(Preview)
The doubles draw is out: L16: (1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) WR 1 (CR = 7 - 4+3) vs Marcos Baghdatis & Marcin Matkowski (CYP/POL) CR 456 (420+36) L16: David Marrero & Nenad Zimonjic (ESP/SRB) CR 102 (41+61) vs Mariusz Fyrstenberg (POL) & Andy Murray CR 411 (58+353) The winner...
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Brisbane, Australia (hard)
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(Preview)
L32: Kyle Edmund WR 45 (CH = 40 in October) vs Qualifier He faces Lucas Pouille (6) or Gilles Simon if he wins that one...
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Week 1 - USA F1 ($25,000) - Los Angeles, CA (Hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Jordan Angus UNR vs (q10) Milos Nikolic (SRB) WR 1416 (CH = 1409 last week) Luke Bambridge should be in the main draw. edit -Surface added to title -- Edited by paulisi on Monday 2nd of January 2017 12:34:15 PM
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