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Weeks 35 & 36: US Open (hard) - mixed doubles
(Preview)
Just when I thought we Brits weren't going to be represented in this competition, I spotted this: R1: Nuria Llagostera (ESP) & Colin Fleming CR (ATP+WTA) 39 vs Lucie Hradecka & Frantisek Cermak (CZE/CZE) CR 51 Decent choice of partner for Colin - if they can gel quickly - but another lousy d...
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Week 35 - Spain F28 ($15,000) - Pozoblanco (Hard)
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(Preview)
Marsalek is a DA here QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Ignacio Bachiller-De Haro (ESP) UNR
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RJA
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British events in 2013
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/AEGON-GB-Pro-Series/Calendar/
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RJA
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Week 35 - Italy F23 ($15,000) - (Hard)
(Preview)
Really not sure it's worth starting a thread for this but just in case Darren Walsh's mum is reading this forum: R1 : Ruben GONZALES (PHI) / Darren WALSH (GBR) [1] BYE QF : Damiano DI IENNO (ITA) / Francesco VILARDO (ITA) won 6-4 6-3 v Ruben GONZALES (PHI) / Darren WALSH (GBR) [1] -- Edit...
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Week 35 - Serbia F11 ($10,000) - Zlatibor (clay)
(Preview)
This is doubtless going to be short & sweet: R1: (1) Duje Kekez & Ilija Vucic (CRO/SRB) CR 979 vs Graeme Dyce & Nicolas Rosenzweig (FRA) UNR
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Week 35 - Challenger ($50,000) - Bangkok, Thailand (Hard)
(Preview)
The cut dropped as low as 608 here, so Neil easily made the main draw in the end! L32: Neil Pauffley WR 435 v Jose (Rubin) Statham (NZL) WR 295 (CH 279 in Feb) London (UK)-born Statham is ambidextrous and plays double-handed on both sides. (all according to ITF) Updated with new (26 Aug) rankings -- Edite...
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steven
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US Open 'Battle of the Boards' replacement competition
(Preview)
I noticed there is a link up for this: http://t3nnisstats.webs.com/ Anyone having a go. Although i am usually rubbish at these, sadly i quite like to see what some of the forumists are predicting :)
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Jack Buxton
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Week 34 - US Open men's qualifying - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 26
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(Preview)
Started the thread early as James has made qualies, but Dan is 5th on the alts list and is waiting for 5 to withdraw from the main draw or those above him on the qualis/alts list: Troicki looks a given and Cilic may also be for the same reason: Main draw entries: 1 Djokovic, Novak SRB 1 2 Murray, Andy GBR 2 3 Fe...
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paulisi
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Week 35 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Como, Italy (Clay)
(Preview)
QR2: (q2) Ed Corrie WR 338 v Moritz Baumann (GER) WR 518 (CH 344 in 2012) or Edoardo Tessaro (ITA) WR 1748 (CH 1614 last month) -- Edited by steven on Friday 23rd of August 2013 10:52:24 PM
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Week 34 - Turkey F33 ($10,000) - Izmir (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Brydan is likely to be the top seed in the main draw again. QR1: Faraz Siddiqui UNR v Rishabdev Raman (IND) UNR QR1: Tim Hill UNR v (wc) Tan Acar (TUR) UNR FQR: Siddiqui or Raman v (q3) Alexey Nesterov (KAZ) WR 1603 FQR: Hill or Acar v Mert Dinc (TUR) UNR -- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 20th of August 2013 12...
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steven
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Week 34 - Canada F6 ($15,000) - Winnipeg (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
Luke Bambridge should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q7) Cameron Norrie WR 1334 v Hugh Hull (CAN) UNR FQR: (q3) Jonny O'Mara WR 1021 v Raheel Manji (CAN) UNR or Isade Juneau (CAN) UNR FQR: Norrie or Hull v (q10) Winston Lin (USA) WR 1624 or Haig Schneiderman (USA) UNR -- Edited by steven on Sunday 18th of Au...
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Week 34 - ATP 250 Series: Winston-Salem Open (hard) - doubles
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Certain doubles partners are giving the singles a go & would you Adam & Eve it? QR1: Dominic Inglot WR 930 vs Treat Huey (PHI) WR 1133 Dom would appear to have the edge there. I guess that means they'll be playing in the doubles together. John Peers will be the opponent of whoever wins the enco...
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Stircrazy
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Week 34 - Serbia F10 ($10,000) - Novi Sad (Clay)
(Preview)
Matt Short was a late withdrawal from the main draw here but there are two Brits in qualifying: QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Radoslav Shandarov (BUL) UNR QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Adrien Malosse (FRA) UNR
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steven
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Week 35 - Romania F10 ($10,000) - Brasov (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: James Brimacombe UNR v Alexander Cozbinov (MDA) UNR
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RJA
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Week 34 - British Tour - Sutton - Hard
(Preview)
I read an article about this one having its prize money increased making it the largest tier 1 (whatever that means?) prize pot.Winner £1,500.00Runner-Up £1,000.00Losing Semi-Finalist £500.00Losing Quarter-Finalist £350.00Last 16 (men only) £200.00 So i thought it would be an interes...
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Jack Buxton
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Week 32 - ATP Masters 1000 Series: Montréal (hard) - doubles
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
R1: Dominic Inglot & Jerzy Janowicz (POL) CR 94 vs André Begemann & Rohan Bopanna (GER/IND) CR 47 R1: Julien Benneteau & Nenad Zimonjic (FRA/SRB) CR 41 vs Colin Fleming & Andy Murray CR 374 Dom should at least have some idea of what to expect from Bops & Begemann, since he & T...
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Week 33 - Romania F8 ($15,000) - Iasi (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: (wc) William Flavell UNR v Bye QR2: (wc) William Flavell UNR v Cosmin Ontica (ROU) UNR or Vladimir Filip (ROU) UNR
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Week 30 - Challenger ($50,000) - Lexington, KY, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 16
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(Preview)
L32: Daniel Evans WR 247 v (8) Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 181 L32: James Ward WR 260 v (2) Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) WR 134 -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 20th of July 2013 05:16:23 PM
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RJA
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Week 32 - Egypt F19 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (clay)
(Preview)
One Brit in a half-empty qualifying draw: FQR: Jack Saunders UNR v (wc) Lewis Bumgardner (USA) UNR I assume his opponent's surname is an Americanised version of the name Baumgartner - if so, they might have been better advised to leave it as it was
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Week 34 - Poland F4 ($15,000) - Poznań (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
L32: (6) Kyle Edmund WR 408 v (WC) Mikolaj Jedruszczak (POL) WR 1106 (= CH) 4th seed Panfil and last week's nemesis Balleret are in the same quarter of the draw. Edit: I'd forgotten the board can't cope with most of the accents in Polish (only a fairly major European language - come on Activeboard!) -- Ed...
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steven
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Week 34 - Switzerland F5 ($10,000) - Sion (Clay)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
L32: (5) Oli Golding WR 509 v (Q) David Jorda Sanchís (ESP) WR 1578 -- Edited by steven on Sunday 18th of August 2013 05:11:21 PM
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steven
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Week 34 - Belgium F10 ($10,000) - Jupille-sur-Meuse (Clay)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
The Brits are the top two seeds in the bottom half of the draw: L32: (4) Ashley Hewitt WR 420 v Mauricio Astorga (MEX) WR 929 (CH 687 in Apr) L32: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 405 v Maxime Forcin (FRA) WR 922 (CH 753 in 2011)
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Week 34 - Italy F22 ($15,000+H) - Este (Clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Alex Ward WR 337 v Christopher Rungkat (INA) WR 355 (CH 241 in Apr) H2H 1-0, Alex won 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) in R2 at Khon Kaen Fut 2011 Rungkat won 3 doubles titles in a row in Dutch Futures in June but has lost 7 of his last 8 singles matches. -- Edited by steven on Sunday 18th of August 2013 04:44:25 PM
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Week 34 - Egypt F21 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Robert Carter WR 1183 v (8) Marc Abdelnour (SYR) WR 797 (CH 773 last week) James Ireland was meant to be in the main draw here too but must have withdrawn.
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Week 34 - Spain F27 ($10,000) - Ourense (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (5) James Marsalek WR 566 v Laurent Malouli (FRA) WR 664 (CH 571 in Apr) H2H: 0-1 - Malouli beat James 2 & 4 in Doha last October. The Frenchman went out in R2 in Vigo last week but reached at least the QFs in his previous 4 Futures. In other words, not the nicest of R1 draws for a seed. -- Edited by ste...
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