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Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000) - Binghamton, NY, USA (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 374 v (3) Izak van der Merwe (RSA) WR 155 (CH 113 last Aug) L32: (6) Jamie Baker WR 196 v Qualifier Both Brits are in the 2nd quarter of the draw.
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steven
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83
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6149
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Week 29: ATP 250 - BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, GA (hard) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
There's a Brit monopoly on the seedings here! R1: (1) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Lukas Dlouhy & Nicolas Mahut (CZE/FRA) R1: (3) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot vs Matthew Ebden & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) All being well, they'll meet in the semi-final again. R1: Oli...
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Stircrazy
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29
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1699
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Week 29 - Estonia F1 ($10,000) - Tallinn (Clay)
(Preview)
For completeness, just noticed there was brief Brit interest in this event earlier this week. L32: Robin Olin (SWE) WR 792 defeated (WC) Craig Walker UNR 6-1 6-4 L16: (1) Giammarco Micolani & Giorgio Portaluri (ITA/ITA) defeated (WC) Taavi Annus & Craig Walker (EST/GBR) 6-0 6-4
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Sandman
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1
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410
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Week 29 - Great Britain F11 ($10,000) - Felixstowe (Grass)
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(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/Felixstowe-JUL/Mens_singles_main_draw.pdf
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Jack Buxton
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74
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5548
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Week 29 - Belgium F4 ($10,000) - Westende (clay)
(Preview)
Oli is the no. 1 seed in a pro circuit event for the first time ... but the three Brits fill lines 1-3 of the draw. L32: (1) Oli Golding WR 513 v Ashley Hewitt WR 1142 L32: Jack Carpenter WR 947 v (WC) Joseph van Dooren UNR (junior CH 98 in Jan) Funnily enough, Ashley leads the H2H against Oli 1-0, having beaten...
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steven
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14
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1758
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Week 29 - Germany F10 ($10,000) - Hannover (Clay)
(Preview)
This event is called the Gottfried von Cramm Cup, named after the Baron who is still the last player to lose to a Brit in a grand slam men's singles Final. QR1: James Markiewicz UNR v Christian Braun (GER) UNR
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steven
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3
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746
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Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Granby, Canada (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
http://www.challengergranby.ca/public/fr/index.html
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mjd
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17
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1797
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Week 29: ATP 500 - bet-at-home Open (German Tennis Championships), Hamburg (red clay) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: Jamie Murray & André Sá (BRA) vs David Marrero & Fernando Verdasco (ESP/ESP) Jamie & André played together a couple of times in September last year, winning a round at the PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok &, the week before that, the actual title at the Moselle Open in Metz, but they w...
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Stircrazy
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6
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777
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Week 29 - Challenger (€42,500) - Bercuit, Belgium (clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR2: (q3) Dan Smethurst WR 398 v Arnaud Graisse (BEL) UNR or Romano Frantzen (NED) WR 1898 The other seed in Dan's section is Joris de Loore, Oli's doubles partner in Knokke. -- Edited by steven on Sunday 15th of July 2012 01:06:04 AM
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steven
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25
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2872
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Week 29 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Recanati, Italy (hard)
(Preview)
QR2: (q2) Dan Cox WR 519 v Morris Maracci (ITA) UNR or Enrico Becuzzi (ITA) UNR The other seed in Dan's section is (q5) Andrea Agazzi (ITA) WR 760.
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steven
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7
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1010
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Week 29 - Kazakhstan F7 ($15,000) - Astana (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v Aviv Darmon (ISR) UNR The winner will play Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) UNR (but CH 544 in 2009) in the FQR
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steven
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3
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699
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Rankings Improvements - Strength in Depth
(Preview)
I was just flicking back through the historical rankings and I noticed that 4 years ago, during the equivalent week, our 25th ranked male singles player (Josh Milton) had a WR 1017. http://www.britishtennis.net/gbtop25m/2008wk30.htm Now, with that ranking, he wouldn't get anywhere near the to...
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Bob in Spain
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7
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1065
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Week 28 - ATP Newport, $398,250 - Grass
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/315/qs.pdf-- Edited by mjd on Saturday 7t...
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mjd
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41
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3200
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Week 28 - USA F19 ($10,000) - Rochester, NY (Clay)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
L32: (1) Alex Bogdanovic WR 374 v (Q) Nolan C Paige (USA) UNR
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steven
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46
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3458
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Week 28 - Serbia F5 ($10,000) - Belgrade (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: (6) Matthew Short WR 770 v Matej Sabanov (CRO) WR 1329 Judging by tomorrow's OoP, Matthew has also teamed up with Marko Djokovic (the middle brother) for the doubles.
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steven
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11
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1405
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Week 29 - Spain F20 ($10,000) - Gandia (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: John Rambotas UNR lost to (15-year-old WC) Ngawang Sánchez Ruano (ESP) by 5 & 4 
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steven
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0
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389
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Week 29 - ATP 250 series - Gstaad, Switzerland - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Morgan Phillips WR 525 v (q8) Farrukh Dustov (UZB) WR 236 (CH 173 in 2007)
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steven
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9
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648
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Week 28 - Great Britain F10 ($10,000) - Ilkley (Grass)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
DAs for Goodall, Evans, Cox, Fitzpatrick, Corrie, Thornley, Burton, Willis and Pauffley. Qualifying draw contains 37 brits and 10 non brits (1 spare slot went begging) Can't find any info on wild cards but based on their absence from the qualifying draw I would guess at Whitbread, Clayton, Bevan an...
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RJA
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85
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7789
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Week 28: ATP 250 - SkiStar Swedish Open, Bĺstad (red clay) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: Frederico Gil & Daniel Gimeno (POR/ESP) vs Colin Ebelthite (AUS) & Jamie Murray They're in the same quarter of the draw as the top seeds, yesterday's beaten ( ) Wimbledon finalists, Lindstedt & Tecau... -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 8th of July 2012 09:04:09 AM
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Stircrazy
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13
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884
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Week 28 - Belgium F3 ($10,000) - Knokke (clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (4) Oliver Golding WR 491 v Nico Matic (GER) WR 1298 L32: Jack Carpenter WR 914 v qualifier L32: (3) Dan Smethurst WR 401 v (WC) Yannis Baltogiannis (BEL) UNR L16: (1) Joris De Loore (BEL) & Oliver Golding v Louis Cant & James Junior Storme (BEL/BEL) UNR L16: (2) Jack Carpenter & Juan...
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wolf
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21
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2395
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Week 28 - Turkey F27 ($10,000) - Izmir (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Richard Gabb WR 846 v Sebastian Lavie (NZL) WR 854 L32: (8) Toby Martin WR 769 v (Q) Martin Vaisse (FRA) WR 1250
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steven
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6
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872
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Week 28 - France F13 ($15,000+H) - Bourg-En-Bresse (clay)
(Preview)
(4) Jean Andersen (RSA) & Darren Walsh WR 907 v Elie Rousset & Francois-Arthur Vibert (FRA/FRA) WR 2285
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wolf
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3
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777
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Week 28 - Romania F6 ($10,000) - Pitesti (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: (2) Josh Milton WR 405 v (Q) Thomas Giraudeau (FRA) WR 1778
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steven
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1
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566
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Week 28 - Challenger (€30,000 + H): Timisoara, Romania (red clay)
(Preview)
QR1: (q4) James Marsalek WR 651 vs BYE **** FQR: (q4) James Marsalek WR 651 vs (q5) Fabian Patrutescu (ROU) UNR The Romanian is ranked in doubles (1511), but has apparently never had a singles ranking! In fact, according to the ATP, he's won a total of precisely $220 from his singles & doubles ac...
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Stircrazy
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10
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1095
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Wimbledon 'Battle of the Boards' pick em - now back on - closing Monday 11.30 UK
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
I'm afraid the litany of bad timing and other disasters that have bedevilled BOTB pick ems this year is going to affect Wimbledon too. I have a very important deadline on 30 June but I can't start the final batch of work for it until I receive some stuff which, heavily delayed, is due to arrive later today...
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steven
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