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Week 33 - Belgium F9 ($10,000) - Koksijde (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Alexander Gasson UNR v Niels Cleeren (BEL) UNR
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RJA
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462
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Week 32 - Great Britain F16 ($15,000) - Chiswick (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
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(Preview)
Goodall, Smethurst, Milton, Rice, Cox, Hewitt, Slabinsky, Willis, Gabb, Carpenter, Burton, Bloomfield, Ward-Hibbert, Bambridge, Broady and Coupland should all be in the main draw. The Qualifying Draw is very strong for a British futures with 18 ranked players present and all 48 spots taken up....
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RJA
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163
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10493
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Week 32 - Austria F6 ($10,000) - Wels (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
L32: (6) Oli Golding WR 505 v (Q) Philip Lang (AUT) UNR (CH 875 in 2010)
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steven
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111
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4866
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Week 32 - Turkey F31 ($10,000) - Izmir (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Q2 : Evan HOYT (11) v Arthur MITARD (FRA) Unr Brydan is in the main draw
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Coup Droit
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17
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1796
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Week 32 - Serbia F8 ($10,000) - Novi Sad (Clay)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
L32: Matt Short WR 843 v (Q) Igor Saveljic (MNE) UNR (17-year-old top 300 junior)
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steven
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38
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3034
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Week 32 - Spain F25 ($10,000) - Béjar (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (6) James Marsalek WR 568 v Giorgos Siapatis (GRE) WR 1615
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steven
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24
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1588
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Week 32 - China F6 ($15,000) - Zhangjiagang (hard)
(Preview)
I hope it's OK to start this one - Neil is the only non-Asian player in the tournament, seems quite a far-off thing to be trying (literally!) - wish him luck, and at least it'll give us some new names to conjure with . . R32 : Neil PAUFFLEY (GBR) (5) v. Ruikai WANG (CHN) wr 1333 If Neil wins this one, he has an...
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Coup Droit
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11
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1272
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Week 32 - Poland F20 ($10,000) - Olsztyn (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Robert Nawrocki UNR lost to Filip Plewinski (POL) UNR by 2 & 5  Doubles L16: (WC) Robert Nawrocki & Filip Plewinski (POL) UNR v (1) Benjamin Balleret (MON) & Piotr Gadomski (POL) CR 903
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steven
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1
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669
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Week 31 - Challenger ($100,000) - Vancouver, Canada (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 27
)
(Preview)
L32: Daniel Evans WR 248 v (1) Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) WR 72 L32: (SE) James Ward WR 239 v Qualifier -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 27th of July 2013 11:04:23 PM
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RJA
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402
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18530
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Week 31 - Great Britain F15 ($15,000) - Nottingham (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 12
)
(Preview)
Smethurst, Milton, Pauffley, Hewitt, Slabinsky, Cox, Willis, Fitzpatrick*, Farquharson, Gabb, Carpenter, Burton, Bloomfield, Ward-Hibbert, Bambridge, Broady and Coupland should all be in the main draw. Possibly also Toby Martin. * Fitzy is still on the acceptance list but given his recent h...
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RJA
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166
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11596
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Week 31 - Challenger (€42,500 + H) - Segovia, Spain (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q2) David Rice WR 402 v Edualdo Bonet-de-Gispert (ESP) WR 867 QR1: (q6) James Marsalek WR 560 v Federico Ferreira Silva (POR) WR 731
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RJA
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136
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8361
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Week 32 - Latvia F1 ($10,000) - Jūrmala (clay)
(Preview)
QR2: Joe Gill UNR v Pavel Bazunov (RUS) UNR or Piercarlo Bianciardi (ITA) UNR The only seed in the section is WR 1855.
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steven
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1
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627
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Week 31 - ATP 250 - Kitzbühel (Clay) - Doubles
(Preview)
R1: Jamie Murray/John Peers (AUS) CR 106 v (2) Daniele Bracciali/Filip Polasek (ITA/SVK) CR 88 Edit: have updated Jamie's & John's combined ranking -- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 29th of July 2013 09:43:12 AM
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RJA
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10
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1199
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Week 31 - ATP 500 - Washington (Hard) - Doubles
(Preview)
R1: Colin Fleming / Jonny Marray WR 63 v Dominic Inglot / Treat Huey (PHI) WR 62 And to make things worse, the winners are likely to face top seeds Peya and Soares in round 2
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RJA
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11
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1165
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Week 31 - Turkey F29 ($10,000) - Istanbul (hard)
(Preview)
R1: (1) Brydan Klein & Dane Propoggia (AUS) CR 267 vs (WC) Altug Çelikbilek & Mert Zincirli (TUR/TUR) UNR For some strange reason, neither Klein nor Propoggia is playing singles! 
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Stircrazy
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6
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1040
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Week 31 - Challenger (€30,000 + H) - Liberec, Czech Republic (Clay)
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Ed Corrie WR 326 v Bye QR2: (q1) Ed Corrie WR 326 v David Prokop (CZE) UNR
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RJA
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35
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1987
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Week 30 - ATP 250 Series: BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, Georgia - (hard) - doubles
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Some interesting pairings here: R1: Evgeny Donskoy & Denis Istomin (RUS/UZB) CR 379 vs (3) Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray CR 62 R1: Rajeev Ram (USA) & Ken Skupski CR 149 vs Dominic Inglot & Frank Moser (GER) CR 117 -- Edited by Stircrazy on Thursday 25th of July 2013 09:43:20 AM
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Stircrazy
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24
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1977
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Week 30 - Ireland F1 ($15,000) - Dublin (Carpet)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
)
(Preview)
Farquharson, Gabb, Malik, Thornton-Brown and Hutt should all be in the main draw here. QR1: (q1) Harry Meehan WR 1596 v Thomas Tomczak (USA) UNR QR1: (q2) Alexander Jhun WR 1970 v Alexander Grau (GER) UNR QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v Alan Gleeson (IRL) UNR QR1: Aaron Banasik UNR v (wc) Peter Mimnagh-Flemm...
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RJA
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163
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9122
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Week 30 - ATP 250 Series: Crédit Agricole Suisse Open - Gstaad, Switzerland (red clay) - doubles
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
Another new partner for Jamie D (Matt Ebden's in Atlanta...), though a pretty decent one (WR 87), at least on clay - & another rotten draw. At leaset the other Jamie's sticking with JP for now: R1: (1) Daniele Bracciali & Filip Polasek (ITA/SVK) CR 88 vs Facundo Bagnis (ARG) & Jamie Delg...
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Stircrazy
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31
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3590
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Week 31 - Egypt F18 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Jack Saunders UNR v (q7) Giacomo Vianello (ITA) WR 1852 QR1: Joe Cooper UNR v Skander Mansouri (TUN) UNR Aside from the players at Nottingham these are seemingly the only two Brits playing futures this week.
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RJA
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1
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474
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Week 30 - Denmark F2 ($10,000) - Aarhus (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Lloyd Glasspool WR 1740 v (wc) Hans Lindenberg Stentoft (DEN) UNR
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RJA
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80
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3767
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Week 30 - Challenger (€42,500) - Guimarães, Portugal (Hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
L32: Alexander Ward WR 350 v (8) Josselin Ouanna (FRA) WR 160 Will be interesting to see if Alex can take his clay form onto the hard courts. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 21st of July 2013 03:44:13 PM
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RJA
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23
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2606
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Week 30 - Challenger ($125,000) - Astana, Kazakhstan (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: Brydan Klein WR 281 v Danai Udomchoke (THA) WR 252 (CH 77 in 2007) They have met once before, in the only Davis Cup rubber Brydan ever played for Australia back in 2009 - Udomchoke won in straight sets. The winner is likely to get top seed Sela in R2.
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steven
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12
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1489
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Week 30 - Challenger (€42,500) - Tampere, Finland (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Dan Smethurst WR 391 v (5) Jürgen Zopp (EST) WR 240 (CH 71 last Sep) 240 seems an unusually low ranking for a 5th seed in a Challenger in Europe. Zopp's rankings fall over the last year is explained by him having been out between late October and mid-May with a stress fracture. He hasn't won a match ab...
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steven
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7
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793
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Week 30 - Turkey F29 ($10,000) - Istanbul (Hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
L32 : (4) Jack Carpenter WR 669 v Aleksandre Metrevalli (GEO) WR 1087 (CH 917 : Oct 2012) Only 1 player in the top 600 in the field this week and he is ranked 591.
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Bob in Spain
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17
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1456
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