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lTA bonus scheme should be extended to doubles
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One of the reasons that some pros do not take Doubles seriously is that that often drop out after the singles because they can't afford to stay . If you setting out like Lewis Burton to become a doubles specialist then it's a financial struggle because doubles prize money is an inefficient source of fun...
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Week 38 - ATP 250 series - St Petersburg Open (hard)
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(Preview)
Dom only has a couple of weeks left to keep himself on the singles rankings (his Kuala Lumpur ATP 2012 qualifying points come off on 30 September) and is having a go at singles qualifying here: QR1: Dom Inglot WR 948 v (q8) Vladimir Ivanov (EST) WR 533 (CH 394 last Nov)
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Week 38 - Challenger (€106,500): Pekao Szczecin Open - Szczecin, Poland (red clay) - doubles
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A decent first-round draw for the Skupskis: R1: (3) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 231 vs (WC) Kamil Majchrzak & Jan Zielinski (POL/POL) UNR Ken has risen 12 places in today's rankings to 87 & Neal 28 to 144.
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Week 38 - Challenger (€64,000) - Izmir, Turkey (Hard)
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After meeting in QR2 in Istanbul last weekend ... QR1: (q4) Dave Rice WR 398 v Sean Thornley WR 1389 H2H 7-3 including a 2 & win for Dave a week ago. Only 2 qualifying rounds here, so hopefully the winner won't find it too hard to make the main draw.
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Week 38 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Kenitra, Morocco (Clay)
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Looks like Alex has indeed (see week 38 entries thread) opted to go through qualifying rather than take a main draw place here: QR1: Alex Ward WR 346 v Houssam Sbaii (MAR) UNR
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steven
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Week 38 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Trnava, Slovakia (Clay)
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(Preview)
Q1 (3) Ashley Hewitt WR 375 v Oliver Nagy (SVK) age 17 WR 1656 (CH 1635) (7) Oliver Golding WR 479 v Marek Jaloviec (CZK) WR 1647 age 19 (CH 1578) -- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 13th of September 2013 08:22:55 PM
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Week 38 - Egypt F25 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
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Just 13 players turned up for qualifying. FQR: Tom Hill UNR v Bye
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Week 38 - Italy F26 ($10,000) - Santa Margherita di Pula (Clay)
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QR1: (q9) Imran Aswat WR 1449 v Alberto Maria Lombardi (ITA) UNR
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Week 37 - Great Britain F19 ($10,000) - Roehampton (Hard)
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Last outdoor event of the year on British soil A whopping 18 Brits should be DAs here. They are Cox, Willis, Farquharson, Goodall, Marsalek, Burton, Bloomfield, Broady, Ward-Hibbert, Bambridge, O'Mara, Malik, Martin, Ireland, Carter, Orton, Hutt and Jhun. Thornton-Brown may have made it in thr...
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Week 38 - ATP 250 Series: Moselle Open - Metz (hard) - doubles
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R1: (3) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 76 vs Raven Klaasen & Johan Brunström (RSA/SWE) CR 124
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Davis Cup 2013 - World Group Playoff - Croatia v GB - 13-15 September
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Here are the 16 teams that will be in the World Group playoff draw this Wednesday - country, what the venue would be and their ranking points before this weekend, rounded to the nearest integer: World Group R1 losers Can only drop points since they did not play this weekend - potentially up to about 5300...
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Week 38 - Greece F11 ($10,000) - Thessaloniki (Clay)
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L32: James Ireland WR 1052 v (2) Sam Barry (IRL) WR 497
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Week 38 - Spain F31 ($10,000) - Getafe (Hard)
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L32: (6) James Marsalek WR 608 v Yannick Jankovits (FRA) WR 758
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Week 38 - Sweden F5 ($10,000) - Danderyd-Stockholm (Hard)
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QR1: Sizya Ernest Kivanda UNR v (q13) Nima Madani (SWE) WR 1656
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Week 37 - Challenger (€64,000) - Pétange, Luxembourg (Hard) - Doubles
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R1: (4) Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski CR 248 v (WC) Cedric Frenevello & Sacha Thoma (FRA/LUX) UNR Frenevello is a 36 year old whose only playing activity was at this event last year where he won one singles match in qualifying and lost first round in doubles. He is again in singles qualifying this y...
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Week 38 - Turkey F37 ($10,000) - Antalya-Belconti (Hard)
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QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v Bye QR1: Sam Holt UNR v Bye QR2: Jack Oswald UNR v Sascha Bilek (GER) UNR QR2: Sam Holt UNR v Stefan Fiacan (SUI) UNR
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Week 37 - Turkey F36 ($10,000) - Antalya-Belconti (Hard)
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Gabb will again be in the main draw here. QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v Joey Swaysland (AUS) UNR
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Week 37 - Challenger ($75,000) - Istanbul 2, Turkey (Hard)
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QR1: Sean Thornley WR 1382 v (WC) Efe Yurtacan (TUR) WR 2097 (CH 2030 in Jun) QR2: (q1) Brydan Klein WR 325 v (wc) Jordan Kerr (AUS) UNR (CH 356 in 2000) or Daniiar Duldaev (KGZ) WR 798 (CH 783 last month) QR2: (q6) Josh Milton WR 451 v Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR) WR 1233 (CH 600 in 2010) QR2: (q4) Dave Rice WR 380 v Thorn...
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Week 37 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Seville, Spain (Clay)
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QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v (q6) Denis Zivkovic (USA) WR 648 The top seed in qualifying was a long way below Alex on the Alt list but Alex was 8 out at the last update so I doubt he is here.
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Week 37 - Italy F25 ($10,000) - Santa Margherita di Pula (Clay)
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QR2: (q3) Imran Aswat WR 1441 v Matteo Mosciatti (ITA) UNR QR2: James Allemby UNR v (q8) Matteo Rigamonti (ITA) WR 1969
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Week 36 - Great Britain F18 ($10,000) - Sheffield (Hard)
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Cox, Pauffley, Willis, Farquharson, Marsalek, Bloomfield, Burton, Carpenter, Broady, Ward-Hibbert, Coupland, Martin, Malik, Carter and Orton should all be in the main draw. Wild cards are probably from Jhun, Hutt, Peniston Hoyt and Porter all of whom were on the entry list but not in the qualify...
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Week 37 - France F15 ($15,000 +H) - Mulhouse (hard)
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Darren's found himself another Yank partner & one of whom I've never heard, although he's 28 according to the ATP: R1: Rémi Boutillier & Julien Obry (FRA/FRA) CR 1557 vs (4) Amrit Narasimhan (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1032
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Weeks 35 and 36 - US Open Men's Doubles
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(Preview)
Well, since Stircrazy seems to be away ... and not wishing her to think that she must never leave her computer, lest doubles (while duly tweeted) languish in terms of separate threads in her absence ... Please feel free to edit! R64 Colin Fleming/Jonny Marray (12) CR 52 v. Carlos Berlocq/Eduardo Schw...
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Week 35 - US Open (men's main draw - Dan) - hard
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(Preview)
L128: (Q) Dan Evans WR 179 v (11) Kei Nishikori (JPN) WR 12 (CH 11 in June) -- Edited by steven on Sunday 1st of September 2013 02:42:59 AM
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Week 36 - Challenger (€30,000 +H) - Brasov, Romania (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 19
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(Preview)
James Ward should be in the main draw QR1: (q1) Kyle Edmund WR 337 v Libor Salaba (CZE) WR 1074 QR1: (q5) Oliver Golding WR 481 v Catalin-Ionut Gard (ROU) 892 -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 31st of August 2013 07:57:06 PM Edited to correct spelling of Gard's first name -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 1st of...
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