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Week 24 - Egypt F23 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
Alex will have to do it the hard way: R1: Mark Whitehouse WR 1079 v CORTES ALCARAZ, Aaron (ESP) WR 1130 (CH 1084 a couple of weeks ago) R1: Oliver Hudson WR 1339 v (5) TAWEEL, Issam Haitham (SYR according to ITF, or EGY according to ATP) WR 699 (CH 635 12 months ago) R1: (wc) Imran Aswat WR 1548 v (Q) Hugo Schot...
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David Rice talks about why he left Gosling to train with a new coach at a village tennis club
(Preview)
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Tennis-pro-David-Rice-turns-multi-mi...
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embee
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Week 24 - Challenger (€42,500) - Ilkley, GB (Grass)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
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(Preview)
Quite a few British qWCs to contest with: QR1: (qWC) Alex Ward WR 419 vs (q5) Igor Sijsling (NED) WR 169 (CH = 52 in Feb 2014) QR1: (qWC) Daniel Smethurst WR 542 vs Alex Kuznetsov (USA) WR 276 (CH = 120 in Sep 2013) QR1: (qWC) David Rice WR 423 vs Daniel Nguyen (USA) WR 227 (=CH) QR1: (qWC) Daniel Evans WR 665 vs...
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Week 24 - USA F17 ($10,000) - Buffalo (Clay)
(Preview)
R1: (5) Farris Fathi Gosea WR 579 vs Patrick Daciek (USA) WR 1356
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Week 24 - Israel F9 ($10,000) - Tel Aviv Ramat Gan (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: Joshua Paris WR 1331 vs Cameron Silverman (USA) WR 1168 Silverman beat Bruce Strachan in Tel Aviv a couple of weeks ago by & 2. Paris beat Strachan by 1 & 1 last week. Could be an interesting match-up.
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Week 24 - Turkey F24 ($10,000) - Istanbul (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Andrew Watson WR 1431 vs BYE QR2: (q3) Andrew Watson vs Alexandre David (FRA) UNR OR Jacob Hansen (USA) UNR Bruce Strachan will apparently be in the MD. 18-year-old Andrew has just a 4-1 record so far this year - his last tournament was in May in Tampa, FL, where he made it through the Qualifyin...
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Week 24 - Slovenia F3 ($10,000) - Litija (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Thomas Colautti UNR vs Primoz Vovk (SLO) UNR
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Week 24 - Belgium F2 ($10,000) - Damme (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Jamie Asanee Praditngam UNR vs Thomas Pouleur (BEL) UNR QR1: (q6) Tom Hill WR 1850 vs BYE QR1: (q7) Sebastian Rey WR 1850 vs BYE QR1: Pierre Luiggi UNR vs Thibault Saive (BEL) UNR *********** QR2: (q6) Tom Hill WR 1850 vs Jokub Wojcik (USA) UNR OR Thomas Brees (BEL) UNR QR2: (q7) Sebastian Rey WR 1850...
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Week 24 - ATP 500 - Aegon Championships, the Queen's Club - London, UK - grass (doubles)
(Preview)
The main draw's not yet available, but Colin, with yet another partner ( ), is playing in the qualies: QR1: (q1) Chris Guccione & André Sá (AUS/BRA) CR 99 (44+55) vs (qWC) Jonathan Erlich (ISR) & Colin Fleming CR 172 (85+87)
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Week 24 - Zimbabwe F1 ($10,000) - Harare (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Jack Oswald UNR vs Eduardo Burgui (BRA) UNR
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Week 23 - Egypt F22 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Imran Aswat WR 1323 - BYE QR1: (q6) Alex Jhun WR 2210 v CHOUDHARY, Ahmed (PAK) UNR
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Week 23 - Challenger (€42,500) - Surbiton, GB (Grass)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 16
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(Preview)
The Q draw is out. Alex Ward has a wc (which was to be expected, I think, when he went out early in Slovenia). Nice to see that the youngsters do too - Alexis Canter and Joel Cannell both in as WCs. Lewis Burton making an appearance too (although draws the second seed). Enzo Coucaud WR 216 is the top seed (and...
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Week 23 - Mozambique F2 ($10,000) - Maputo (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Words got out that Mozambique ain't that hard - got a full, ranked, main draw draw-sheet this week. So our lads are in the qualis: QR1: Jay Clarke v TROLLIP, Reinhardt (RSA) UNR QR1: Curtis Clarke v FIGUEIREDO, Bruno (MOZ) UNR age 36 QR1: Jack Oswald v (wc) MAPOSSE, Calvin (MOZ) age 16
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Week 23 - Israel F8 ($10,000) - Tel Aviv Ramat Gan (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
All three of our Brits are in the MD. R1: Bruce Strachan WR 1317 vs (q) Dor Belfer (ISR) WR 2124 (CH = 1239 in July 2013) R1: Joshua Paris WR 1444 vs (7) Dekel Bar (ISR) WR 726 (CH = 700 earlier this month) R1: (5) Toby Martin WR 652 vs (q) Guy Michelevitz WR 1664 (CH = 1522 in 2012) Not bad draws all in all. If Bruce...
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Week 23 - Challenger (€42,500) - Surbiton, UK - grass (doubles)
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
Separate thread again, given the number of Brits + a former honorary Brit in the draw, serving as yet another new partner for Colin, if not exactly an unfamiliar one! R1: (1) Eric Butorac & Colin Fleming (USA) CR 122 (40+82) vs (ALT) Hiroki Moriya & Zhang Ze (JPN/CHN) CR 1198 (816+382) R...
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Week 23 - ATP 250 - Topshelf Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands - grass (doubles)
(Preview)
R1: Nicholas Monroe & Artem Sitak (USA/NZL) CR 105 (62+43) vs (3) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 51 (25+26)
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Week 23 - Turkey F23 ($10,000) - Bursa (Hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
What do you know . . . hello, stranger ! QR1: (q1) Farris Fathi Gossea WR 574 - BYE QR1: Jonathan Gray - BYE QR2: (q1) Farris Fathi Gossea WR 574 v Oleg Kossov (RUS) UNR QR2: Jonathan Gray v OZSEKER, Cagatay (TUR) UNR age 16 (Farris is not listed as a wildcard but presumably is, in effect - he would hav...
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Weeks 21-22 - French Open - Roland Garros Men's Main Draw (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 18
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(Preview)
L128: Aljaz Bedene WR 77 v Dominic Thiem (AUT) WR 42 (CH 36 Sept 2014)
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Week 23 - Slovenia F2 ($10,000) - Ljubljana (clay)
(Preview)
I guess US college must have broken up for the year: QR1: Tom Colautti v Rok Jarc (SLO) UNR (CH 462, Feb 06) age 29 Tom's at Princeton, I believe, and doing well. I don't know anything about Jarc but he must have been a decentish prospect if he was ranked 462 at the age of 20.
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Week 22 - Mozambique F1 ($10,000) - Maputo (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: Jack Oswald v ZIERSCH, Philipp (SUI) UNR
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Week 23 - USA F16B ($15,000) - Charlottesville, VA (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: (wc) Jonathan Cornish v Max Schnur (USA) UNR QR1: Samuel Beddow v Robery Kelly (USA) UNR
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Week 22 - Challenger (€42,500) - Manchester, GB (Grass)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 21
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(Preview)
The Quali draw is out. Wildcards for Kirby, Recci, Chadwick and Porter. British interest first round draws: Dan Evans v Evan Hoyt Josh WH v Cameron Norriw Recci v Gabb Clayton v Kirby Chadwick v Porter Byes for Bambo and Joe
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Week 22 - Israel F7 ($10,000) - Tel Aviv Ramat Gan (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Josh Paris - BYE
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Week 22 - Challenger (€42,500) - Aegon Manchester Trophy, Manchester (grass) - doubles
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Separate thread, as usual, as there are so many Brits in the draw - & another new partner for Colin! R1: Fabrice Martin & Purav Raja (FRA/IND) CR 218 (107+111) vs (WC) Scott Clayton & Richard Gabb CR 636 (307+329) R1: (4) Colin Fleming & John-Patrick Smith (AUS) CR 182 (82+100)...
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Week 22 - Spain F16 ($10,000) - Madrid (clay)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Matt Short - BYE QR1: (q5) Aswin Lizen - BYE
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