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Week 19 - Challenger - Athens, Greece (€42,500) - Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 516 v Alexandros Sokratis Charisis (GRE) UNR The other seed in Chris's section is the top seed, Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) WR 311. No sign of Bloomers here, even though he was on the main draw Alt list too ... and the top Q seeds are ranked above him so he can't have scraped into the main d...
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Week 19 - Challenger - Rome, Italy (€30,000+H) - Red Clay
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Nice to see a Brit seeded as high as 6th in a European Challenger again  L32: (6) James Ward WR 137 v (WC) Marco Cecchinato (ITA) WR 507 Cecchinato has been thrashed by Dan Cox and also beaten by Morgan Phillips this year, so not a bad first match of the year on the devil dust. Bolelli is the other seed in hi...
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steven
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Week 19 - Sweden F2 ($10,000) - Bastad - Clay
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(Preview)
Morgan a set up (6-2) vs Alexander Favrot UNR qualifier. *1-2 in the second BURTON drew 8th seed Kapas.
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Week 19 - USA F12 ($10,000) - Orange Park, FL - Clay
(Preview)
Mixed bag of results in qualifying round1 BILLINGHAM, Peter UNR lost 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3 to NIKOLAEV, Alexey (RUS) UNR GORDON, Matthew UNR won 6-0 6-0 vs HUBBARD, Justin (USA) UNR BEDDOW, Samuel UNR lost 6-0 6-1 to BUERCHNER, Moritz (GER) UNR QR2 GORDON, Matthew UNR vs OLJACA, Mark (USA) UNR
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Jack Buxton
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Week 19 - Israel F8 ($10,000) - Ramat Hasharon - hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (8) James Marsalek WR 653 v Marcus Daniell (NZL) WR 761 (CH 617 in 2010) L32: Joshua Jones WR 922 v Saar Steele (ISR) WR 1025 (H2H 1-0, 4 & 6, Ashkelon 2011) L32: Richard Gabb WR 892 v Dorian Descloix (FRA) WR 993 (CH 666 in 2010) L32: Toby Martin WR 866 v Cristian Rodríguez (COL) WR 740 L32: (6) Sean T...
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steven
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Being Jamie Baker
(Preview)
On the Amazon.com banner I've got at the top of my screen, they are advertising Andy Murray's biography, and a book called "Being Jamie Baker". I had a look, and book's blurb is... "An accident that should end in tragedy instead gives seventeen-year-old Jamie Baker a slew of uncont...
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Akhenaten
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Week 19 - Spain F11 ($10,000) - Lleida - Clay
(Preview)
Morgan Phillips should be in the main draw here. QR1: Max Andrews UNR v (wc) Óscar Manciñeiras Cornella (ESP) UNR QR1: Aswin Lizen UNR v Victor Komlev (RUS) UNR
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steven
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Week 17 - Great Britain F6 ($10,000) - Bournemouth - clay
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1 2 3 4 5 … 12
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(Preview)
Nobody appears to have started a thread for this tournament ( ), so here goes... Qualy draw of 64, QR1 completed & 18 Brits survived to fight another day!
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Week 18 - USA F11 ($10,000) - Vero Beach, FL - Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: Jakob Kolb UNR lost to Emil Vassilev (BUL) UNR by 4 & 2  QR2: Samuel Beddow UNR v Stefan Brian James (USA) UNR
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steven
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herald on scotland jamie baker article
(Preview)
http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/fabulous-baker-boy.17465323
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Week 18 - Great Britain F7 ($10,000) - Edinburgh - clay
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
32 of the 64-strong qualy field are Brits, Slabba being the q1, Liam B the q2, Jack Carpenter the q3 & Oliver Hudson the q4.
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Week 18 - ATP 250 series: Estoril Open (€450,000), Estoril, Portugal - red clay - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
Lots of Brit interest here: R1: Simone Bolelli & Albert Ramos (ITA/ESP) vs Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot (Qureshi & JJR (1), if they win that one! ) R1: (3) Paul Hanley & Marcelo Melo (AUS/BRA) vs Jamie Delgado & Ken Skupski (Hanley's obviously given up on Jamie!) R1...
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Week 18 - Sweden F1 ($10,000) - Karlskrona - Clay
(Preview)
L32: (7) Lewis Burton WR 633 v (WC) Isak Arvidsson (SWE) WR 1391 L32: George Morgan WR 660 v William Boe-Wiegaard (USA) WR 1278
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steven
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Olympic Doubles qualifiers
(Preview)
By my calculations these are the 24 qualifiers as it stands (not taking into account points that come off before the deadline)USA 1 Bob Bryan (1) & Mike Bryan (1) Belarus 1 Max Mirnyi (3) & partner (probably Uladzimir Iganik or Alexander Bury)Canada 1 Daniel Nestor (3) & partner (prob...
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Week 18 - ATP 250 series: BMW Open (€450,000), Munich - red clay - doubles
(Preview)
R1: Marcos Baghdatis & Michail Youzhny (CYP/RUS) vs Michael Kohlmann & Jamie Murray -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 29th of April 2012 08:48:50 AM
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Week 18 - Israel F7 ($10,000) - Ashkelon - hard
(Preview)
L32: Toby Martin WR 866 vs Or Ram-Harel (ISR) WR 1490 L32: Saar Steele (ISR) WR 1021 vs (7) James Marsalek WR 649 L32: Joshua Jones WR 922 vs (Q) Edan Leshem (ISR) UNR All three of our boys are in the top half of the draw!
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Week 18 - Mexico F5 ($10,000) - Celaya - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: Sam Harrison UNR v Luca Pancaldi (ITA) UNR
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Week 17- Challenger- Kaohsiung, Taiwan ($125,000+H) - Hard
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Wardy in action here and is the 7th seed. R1: James Ward WR 150 vs. Andre Begemann (GER) WR 260 Begemann hasnt had the best of years having posted a 3-8 YTD in ATP Qualifying/Challengers and hasn't beat anyone in the Top 200 since November last year. 10 points goes to the winner Edited to correct spe...
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Week 17 - ATP 250 series: BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy (€450,000) - red clay - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) & Ross Hutchins vs Jérémy Chardy & Lukasz Kubot (FRA/POL) R1: Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot vs (2) Julian Knowle & Jürgen Melzer (AUT/AUT) The winners of those two matches play one another. Nice to see Ross find himself a decent temporary pa...
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Week 17 - Turkey F16 ($10,000) - Antalya-Belconti - Clay
(Preview)
QR2: (q1) Neil Pauffley WR 931 v Alexei Tretyakov (RUS) UNR or Ethan Tulliani (AUS) UNR
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Week 17 - Challenger ($50,000) - Savannah, GA, USA - Green Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
Boggo should be in the main draw here. Chris drew the short straw in the qualifying draw unfortunately. QR1: Chris Eaton WR 506 v (q1) Mischa Zverev (GER) WR 180 (CH 45 in 2009) H2H 0-2, both in straight sets on surfaces Chris prefers - Cardiff 2006 & Wimbledon 2007. That said, Zverev has lost his las...
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Week 17 - ATP 500 Series - Barcelona, Spain - Red Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
Andy Murray & Jamie Murray v Kevin Anderson & Frank Moser (RSA/GER) Winners to play 7th seeds Qureshi & Rojer. -- Edited by wolf on Sunday 22nd of April 2012 02:21:31 PM
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ATP Semi Final - O2 Arena
(Preview)
Hi all, My Dad won 2 tickets for the Tennis at the o2 Arena, which he is looking to sell as he is not interested in tennis at all. 2 tickets are for the ATP semi final (tennis) Only the best eight singles players and best eight doubles teams of the season qualify for the prestigious Barclays ATP World Tour...
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Week 17 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Napoli, Italy - Red Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR2: (q2) Dan Smethurst WR 406 v (17yo) Mariano Esposito (ITA) UNR or (39yo) Enrico Becuzzi (ITA) UNR (CH 1400 in 2003) Dan making the best of having gone out of Padova today and the fact that clay court Challenger qualifying draws are weaker than hard court Challenger qualifying draws, especially at...
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Week 16 - Greece F3 ($10,000) - Heraklion - Outdoor 'Carpet'
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Josh Goodall is likely to be the top seed in the main draw here. Bloomers and Fitzy were down to play too, but apparently (see the F2 thread) Richard has withdrawn and flown home. Two Brits are seeded in qualifying, while the third could do with bursting the 13th seed's bubble(s): QR1: (q15) Harry David...
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