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Men's tennis predictions (the GB Angle) - US blogger and our own efforts
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http://carrolltennis.wordpress.com/456-2/dear-andy/random-predictions-atp-edition-year-end/
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Week 48 - Morocco F10 ($15,000) - Oujda (Clay)
(Preview)
Looks like JWH has got staright into the main draw this time. QR1: Joseph Smithyman UNR v Stijn Kits (NED) UNR FQR: Michael Suleau UNR v Smithyman or Kits
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steven
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Week 48 - Indonesia F3 ($15,000) - Jakarta (Hard)
(Preview)
FQR: Alan Wright UNR v Arief Rahman (INA) UNR or Indra Utomo (INA) UNR
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steven
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Week 47 - Morocco F9 ($15,000) - Fès (clay)
(Preview)
QR2: (q2) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1236 v Hamid Derbani (MAR) UNR or Théo Fournerie (FRA) UNR QR2: Joseph Smithyman UNR v (q6) Mehdi Jdi (MAR) WR 1768 QR2: Michael Suleau UNR v (q7) Nizar Belmati (MAR) WR 1768
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steven
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Week 47 - Cambodia F1 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (Hard)
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(Preview)
Alex Ward and Richard Gabb are down to play in the main draw here, with Alex likely to be one of the top 4 seeds. QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q3) Konstantin Gerlakh (RUS) WR 1181
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The Akhenaten Rankings
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(Preview)
These are the ratings I've been working on. I think they are pretty good now. Shows how under-ranked Skupski, Cox and Evans are, and how over-rated Seator is. RankNameRating 7Andy Murray810.6 58Tim Henman692.3 (717.8)226Alex Bogdanovic558.1 275Jamie Baker537.2 333Richard Bloomfield510.7 3...
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Week 47 - Turkey F45 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
(Preview)
Toby Martin has scraped into the main draw here, I think. QR1: Mihail Vorobiev UNR v Andrei Ionita (ROU) UNR QR2: Vorobiev or Ionita v (q11) Tomislav Jotovski (MKD) WR 1287 QR2: (q10) Tom Farquharson WR 1218 v Giovanni Grieco (ITA) UNR or Florian Barth (GER) UNR
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steven
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Week 47 - Challenger ($35,000) - Toyota, Japan (Carpet)
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(Preview)
R1: Jamie Baker WR 251 v (1) Yuchi Sugita (JPN) WR 122
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Josh Goodall: Great Britain number two may retire in summer - From BBC
(Preview)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/20398356
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Week 46 - USA F32 ($10,000) - Bradenton, FL (Clay)
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(Preview)
Luke Bambridge is the only British direct acceptance here, Kyle (on 28 Oct), Liam (late w/d on Monday) & Matt (late w/d on Tuesday) having all withdrawn. All GB & unranked unless stated: QR1: Alex Sendegeya v T. Connor Shives (USA) QR1: Jakob Kolb v Sander Brendmoe (NOR) QR1: Tom Hill v Samue...
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Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Champaign, IL, USA (Hard)
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(Preview)
Boggo & Smethurst should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q7) David Rice WR 605 v Sean Thornley WR 964 QR1: (wc) Sam Holt UNR v Andrew Carter (USA) WR 893 QR2: (q1) Josh Milton WR 398 v Stephen Hoh (AUS) WR 1043 or (wc) Ross Guignon (USA) UNR QR2: (q7) David Rice WR 605 or Sean Thornley WR 964 v Pavel Krainik...
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steven
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Week 46 - Thailand F6 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)
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(Preview)
Alex Ward should be the top seed here, with Marcus Willis joining him in the main draw again too. QR1: (wc) Humzah Mahmood UNR v (q2) Warit Sornbutnark (THA) WR 1116 QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q10) Hung Jui-Chen (TPE) WR 1353 -- Edited by steven on Saturday 10th of November 2012 12:14:48 AM
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Week 43 - Great Britain F18 ($15,000) - Cardiff (Hard)
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(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/6674/qs.pdf
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Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Yokohama, Japan (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (7) Jamie Baker WR 237 v Matt Reid (AUS) WR 270 (CH 254 in Apr) They met in R2 of the Lexington Challenger in July, when Jamie won more games but the Aussie edged it 7-5 in the 3rd.
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Week 46 - Czech Republic F9 ($10,000) - Jablonec nad Nisou (carpet)
(Preview)
Re-match of last weeks final! L32: Neil Pauffley WR 525 v Roman Jebavy (CZE) WR 464
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Week 46 - Turkey F44 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
(Preview)
It looks like George Morgan has scraped into the main draw here without needing to qualify like he did for F43. QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Tobias Simon (GER) WR 1921 (CH 1618 last Dec) QR1: (q14) Tom Farquharson WR 1216 v Emile Gillot (BEL) UNR
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Week 46 - Challenger (€106,500+H) - Helsinki (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: Josh Goodall WR 236 v Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) WR 167 (CH 35 in 2009) H2H 0-2, but he has improved from a 1 & 1 loss in 2007 to a 6 & 2 loss in Nottingham earlier this year. Unfortunately, the winner is likely to play top seed Jarkko Nieminen (WR 47) in R2! -- Edited by steven on Sunday 11th of November...
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Week 45 - USA F31 ($10,000) - Niceville, FL (Clay)
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(Preview)
Matt, Kyle, Luke & Liam are all direct acceptances here but there is only one Brit in qualifying - the Brits who qualified in Pensacola (at least two of whom I think are at Florida State) are at the University of Florida) all withdrew from this event a couple of weekends ago. QR2: Jakob Kolb UNR v Ale...
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Week 45 - ATP World Tour Finals - London (Indoor Hard)
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(Preview)
Group B (2) Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor (BLR/CAN) (4) Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau (SWE/ROU) (5) Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna (IND/IND) (8) Jonathan Marray & Frederik Nielsen (GBR/DEN) Fleming & Hutchins are the first alternates after the Poles said they didn't want to c...
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Week 45 - Czech Republic F8 ($10,000) - Opava (Carpet)
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(Preview)
L32: (7) Neil Pauffley WR 533 v Francesco Vilardo (ITA) WR 805 Neil won their previous meeting, in the Dominican Republic back in 2008, with a 3rd set retirement.
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Week 46 - Challenger (€30,000) - Marbella (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Michael Suleau UNR v (q6) Blaz Rola (SLO) WR 366 QR1: (wc) Nikki Roenn UNR v (q7) Jordi Samper-Montaña (ESP) WR 370 QR1: Josh Ward Hibbert WR 1234 v (wc) Eric Scherer (GER) WR 1142
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Week 45: Challenger (€42,500) - Loughborough, UK (indoor hard) - doubles
(Preview)
Given the number of Brits in the doubles, I thought I'd start a dedicated thread. R1: (1) Jamie Delgado & Ken Skupski vs (WC) Richard Gabb & Ashley Hewitt R1: Josh Goodall & Jamie Murray ( ) vs David Guez & V...
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Week 45 - Thailand F5 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)
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(Preview)
L32: Lewis Burton WR 750 v Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (THA) WR 552 (the highest-ranked unseeded player ...) L32: (4) Alex Ward WR 447 v (Q) Seo Yong-Bum (KOR) WR 1289 L32: Marcus Willis WR 822 v (8) Antoine Escoffier (FRA) WR 522
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Week 45 - Turkey F43 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Tom Farquharson WR 1665 beat Jesper Brunstrom (SWE) WR 1475 by 2 & 3 QR1: (q3) George Morgan WR 864 beat Sardor Pulatov (UZB) UNR by 3 & 1  QR1: Conor MacDonald UNR lost to Nikolas Makarskyi (UKR) UNR by 4 &  QR1: Philip Sikman UNR beat Bradley Callus (MLT) UNR by 1 & 2 QR2: To...
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Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000) - Knoxville, TN, USA (Hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Ed Corrie WR 510 v (wc) Patrick Taylor (USA) UNR QR1: (q6) Josh Milton WR 400 v Andrei Daescu (ROU) WR 758 The winners of the two matches above meet in QR2. The top seed in this section is (q1) Austin Krajicek (USA) WR 354. QR1: (q2) Dan Smethurst WR 359 v Sean Thornley WR 962 QR1: (wc) Samuel Holt UNR v Ph...
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