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Week 42 - ATP World Tour 250 - Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia (indoor hard) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: (WC) Konstantin Kravchuk & Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS/RUS) CR 421 (116+305) vs Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 168 (84+84) R1: (WC) Evgeny Donskoy & Andrey Rublev (RUS/RUS) CR 1503 (712+791) vs (3) Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray CR 137 (62+75) Ken must have sorted out his "perso...
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6
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Colin Fleming doubles partner
(Preview)
Now that Ross has retired is Fleming/Marray the new partnership or will he play with someone else
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8
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1329
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Week 42 - ATP World Tour 250 - Vienna, Austria - Hard (JW)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q3) James Ward WR 119 v Antonio Veic (CRO) WR 211 (CH 119 in 2012) H2H 1-1 - both at clay court Challengers, Veic won 6 & 1 last year, James 4 & 2 this year
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Week 42 - Zimbabwe F1 ($15,000) - Harare (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Joe Cooper - BYE FQR: Joe Cooper v Victor Girat Magin (FRA) UNR (CH 1413 in feb. 2013) Nice to see Joe giving it a go - not the strongest 15k around . . . -- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 10th of October 2014 07:57:36 PM
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Week 42 - Greece F8 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Jack Oswald v Ethan Tulliani (AUS) UNR
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605
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Week 41 - Australia F7 ($15,000) - Cairns (hard)
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(Preview)
All the same names (not too surprisingly): R1: (2) Brydan Klein (GBR) WR 302 v (wc) Steven de Waard (AUS) WR 1661 (CH 1396 in Jan) Brydan's also in the doubles with Dane, as per last week. -- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 5th of October 2014 11:35:15 AM
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Week 41 - USA F27 ($15,000) - Houston, TX (Hard)
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(Preview)
It looks like Farris has made the main draw (Steven says he was second alt a day or so ago). Danny almost did - and is top seed in the qualies (thankfully only three rounds here, not four) And four other Brits are in the qualifications, so good British representation down in Texas QR1: (q1) Danny Manlow...
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Week 41 - Challenger ($100,000) - Tiburon, CA, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
Kyle should be in the main draw. QR1: (q2) Liam Broady WR 278 v Wesley Koolhof (NED) WR 769 (CH 462 in 2013)
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Week 41 - Challenger (€85,000+H) - Open de Rennes, Rennes, France (indoor hard) - doubles
(Preview)
Brittany will be knee-deep in Brits this coming week! R1: (1) Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray CR 137 (62+75) vs BYE R1: Romano Frantzen (NED) & Darren Walsh CR 658 (375+283) vs James Cerretani & Andreas Siljeström (USA/SWE) CR 220 (123+97) R1: BYE vs (2) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski C...
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Week 41 - Spain F30 ($10,000) - Sant Cugat (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q1) Jaume Munar (ESP) WR 1059 (= CH) * QR1: George Davies UNR v Harrison Lombe (AUS) UNR QR1: Enrique Vidal UNR v David Jorda Sanchis (ESP) WR 2117 (CH 1141 last Dec) QR1: (q11) Aswin Lizen WR 1442 v Alberto Nieto (ESP) UNR * H2H 0-1 - Munar won 2 & 3 in QR2 in Sababell a week ago.
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Week 41 - Egypt F27 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
Harry Skinner should be in the main draw here. FQR: Robbie Ridout UNR v (q5) Giorgio Ricca (ITA) WR 2117 (CH 1922 last Nov)
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Week 41 - Turkey F35 ($10,000) - Antalya (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: James Marsalek WR 779 v (WC) Barkin Yalcinkale (TUR) WR 1117 (= CH)
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557
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Week 41 - ATP Masters 1000 - Shanghai, China (Hard) - doubles
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
James gets a repeat of his last match, hopefully with a different ending! Ram's CH is 78, set in 2009. H2H 1-1 - James won 5 & 2 in Manta in 2010 but Ram won 6-2 4-1 ret. in the FQR in Tokyo a few days ago. -- Edited by steven on Friday 3rd of October 2014 01:38:40 PM -- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 7th of Oct...
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Week 40 - Portugal F8 ($10,000) - Oliveira de Azemeis (Hard)
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(Preview)
The tournament is a fair bit stronger than the previous week's one. Josh WH seems to have sneaked into the main draw. Alex should be second seed. Luke has pulled out. QR1: Christopher Reynolds v (q15) Daniel Cukierman (ISR) WR 1365
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Week 41 - France F22 ($15,000) - Saint-Dizier (Hard - indoor)
(Preview)
QR1: Harry Meehan - BYE QR2: (q2) Harry Meehan WR 1005 v Leo Boos (FRA) UNR (Boos is a pretty lowly ranked 17/18 year-old. Harry really should win without too much trouble . . . .)
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Week 41 - Germany F15 ($10,000) - Leimen (Indoor Hard)
(Preview)
L32: Keelan Oakley WR 1003 v Johannes Härteis (GER) WR 934 (CH 932 last month) L32: (5) Neil Pauffley WR 554 v (WC) Adrian Obert (GER) WR 1036 (= CH) The winners of these two matches will meet in R2.
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Week 41 - Italy F35 ($10,000) - Santa Margherita di Pula (clay)
(Preview)
R1: Imran Aswat WR 1171 v (8) Scott Griekspoor (NED) WR 648 (=CH) He's also in the doubles, playing with Galoppini.
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548
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Week 40 - France F21 ($15,000+H) - Nevers (Hard - indoor)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Marcus should be in the MD and seeded: QR1: George Davies v Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine (FRA) UNR age 15
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Week 40 - Turkey F34 ($10,000) - Antalya (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Jack wasn't on the entry list but has obviously decided that he likes Turkey and wants to stay: QR1: (q1) Jack Carpenter WR 741 - BYE QR1: Marshall Tutu WR 1451 v Ilya Vasilyev (RUS) WR 1528 (CH 1218 in May) QR1: (q11) Scott Clayton WR 1183 v Altuq Celikbilek (TUR) WR 1481 QR1: Tom Allen WR 149...
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Week 40 - Australia F6 ($15,000+H) - Alice Springs (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
L32: (2) Brydan Klein WR 299 v Scott Puodziunas (AUS) UNR (CH 1176 in 2011) -- Edited by steven on Saturday 27th of September 2014 01:35:40 PM
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Week 40 - Sweden F6 ($15,000) - Jönköping (Hard - indoors)
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
It looks like Joe has made the main draw. Kivanda is in the qualies as an alternate. Ed and Josh Milton should be seeded. And Lewis is playing too. (NB also happy to see Joe's partner, Irishman O'Hare is the quali singles this week too). QR1: (A) Sizya Kivanda v William Malm (SWE) UNR Edit: just addi...
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Week 40 - Challenger (€106,500+H) - Ethias Trophy, Mons, Belgium (indoor hard) - doubles
(Preview)
Jonny M returns to the fray!  R1: (4) Henri Kontinen (FIN) & Jonny Marray CR 129 (54+75) vs Martin Emmrich & Gero Kretschmer (GER/GER) CR 195 (93+102) R1: Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 162 (81+81) vs (3) Jesse Huta Galung & Michael Venus (NED/NZL) CR 125 (64+61)
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Week 40 - ATP World Tour 500 - Tokyo, Japan (Hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
For the second week in a row, James is the top seed in qualifying: QR1: (q1) James Ward WR 117 v Toshihide Matsui (JPN) WR 439 (36yo; CH 261 in 2006)
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Scott Clayton & the "Bank of Mum & Dad"!
(Preview)
His thoughts on the harsh realities of the Futures circuit taken from an interview he's just given BBC Radio Jersey. He sounds like a young man with no illusions about his chosen career path, his head screwed on the right way & hi...
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13
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Week 40 - Germany F14 ($10,000) - Hambach (carpet)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Neil Pauffley has won all 3 of his Futures singles titles on carpet - and 2 of them were won here the last two years, unseeded in 2012 and seeded 2 in 2013. Most Futures are glad to be able to report their former winners going onto bigger and better things, but not this one ... the preview on the Hambach site a...
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