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Week 15 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Leon, Mexico - Outdoor Hard
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(Preview)
R1: Alexander Ward WR 342 v Pierre-Hughes Herbert (FRA) WR 308 R1: Chris Eaton WR 409 v (3) Matteo Viola (ITA) WR 172 R1: (6) Jamie Baker WR 220 v John-Patrick Smith (AUS) WR 382 R1: Jamie Baker & Nicholas Monroe (GBR/USA) v (WC) Cesar Remirez & Bruno Rodriguez (MEX/MEX) R1: Pierre-Ludovic Duc...
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wolf
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Week 15 Qatar F1 ($10,000) - Doha - Outdoor Hard
(Preview)
R1: Joshua Jones WR 1053 v Denys Mylokostov (UKR) WR 1009
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wolf
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Week 15 - ATP 250 Series - Casablanca, Morocco - Red Clay
(Preview)
R1: Jonathan Marray & Jamie Murray v Albert Montanes & Albert Ramos (ESP/ESP) Murray/Hanley seem to have definately split (Hanley playing with Dustin Brown, Jonny's recent partner).
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wolf
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Davis Cup 2012 - E-A Zone I R2 - Great Britain v Belgium, 6-8 Apr
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
Belgium team (no Malisse) Olivier Rochus Steve Darcis Ruben Bemelmans David Goffin We need to name our team by next Friday.
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wolf
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Week 15 - Vietnam F2 ($10,000) - Ho Chi Minh City - Outdoor Hard
(Preview)
R1: (7) Lewis Burton WR 634 v (q) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) WR 1449 Jack doesn't play this week after forgetting to enter, but surprised he and Lewis didn't play doubles if he's staying for next week?
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Week 14 - Saudi Arabia F1 ($10,000) - Riyadh - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
FQR: Gregory Howe [GBR] vs. Abdulrahman Alazzam [KSA/w.c]
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Week 14 - Italy F3 ($15,000) - Rome - Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Morgan Phillips WR 491 v Andrés Artuñedo-Martínavarr (ESP) WR 499
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steven
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Week 14 - Challenger (€30,000): 16th Barletta Open-Trofeo Selezione Casillo - Barletta, Italy (red clay)
(Preview)
R1: (WC) Oscar Burrieza & Sergio Pérez (ESP/ESP) vs (2) Jonny Marray & Igor Zelenay (SVK)
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Stircrazy
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AEGON British Tour 2012
(Preview)
I couldn't find a thread for the 2012 British Tour, so though I'd start one. Anyway, the news is that Fitzy won the final of the BT in Bolton today by a Walkover.
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Week 14 - Vietnam F1 ($10,000) - Ho Chi Minh City - Hard
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
R1: Rohan Gajjar [IND/3] WR 520 vs. Jack Carpenter [GBR] WR 1075 R1: Lewis Burton [GBR/4] WR 626 vs. Qualifier Doubles: L16: L.Burton / J.Carpenter [GBR/4] vs. T.Nguyen Hoang / W.Trongcharoenchaikul[VIE/THA/w.c]
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Week 14 - Greece F1 ($10,000) - Heraklion - Outdoor - Carpet
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: Oliver Hudson [GBR/3] vs. Bye QR1: James Ireland [GBR] d. Matej Klobusovsky [SVK] 3-6 6-1 6-1 QR1: Miles Bubgy [GBR/7] d. Adam Novak [CZE] 6-3 4-6 6-2 QR1: Marshall Tutu [GBR] d. Piergiorgio Platto [ITA] 7-5 6-3 QR1: Keelan Oakley [GBR/8] d. Matthias Dorfler [GER] 2-6 7-5 7-6(4) QR2: Oliver Huds...
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Week 14 - Challenger ($50,000) - Tallahassee, FL, USA (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
6 Brits in qualifying and the good news is that they include the 3 of the top 4 seeds!  QR1: (q1) Alex Bogdanovic WR 338 v Ed Corrie WR 634 QR1: (q2) Alex Ward WR 341 v Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 625 QR1: Sean Thornley WR 604 v Ty Trombetta (USA) WR 792 QR1: (q8) Dave Rice WR 439 v (wc) Terrence Whitehurst (USA) UNR...
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steven
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Week 13 - Israel F6 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 12
)
(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v Roei Baran (ISR) UNR QR2: (q2) Ashley Hewitt WR 1111 v Edan Bakshi (ISR) UNR or Guy Michelevitz (ISR) UNR
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steven
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Week 13 - Challenger ($100,000+H) - Le Gosier, Guadeloupe (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
The good news: Evo is 2nd seed in qualifying and Alex is 5th, i.e. the best of the lower seeds. The bad news: I'll give you 3 guesses (*) - though 1 will be more than enough ... QR2: (q2) Dan Evans WR 291 v Darian King (BAR) WR 753 (CH 700 last Nov) or Andreas Siljeström (SWE) UNR (CH 964 in 2010, current DWR 65...
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steven
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Week 13 - Bahrain F1 ($10,000) - Manama - Outdoor Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
James Marsalek should be seeded here, with Matthew Short also in the main draw. QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v (wc) Omar al Thagib (KSA) UNR QR1: Faisal Jamil UNR v (q11) Jan Blecha (CZE) WR 1922
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steven
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Week 13 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Barranquilla, Colombia (red clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
The good news: Wardy has drawn a wild card in R1 The bad news: The WC is a former top 10 player & Olympic gold medallist! L32: James Ward WR 162 v Nicolás Massú (CHI) WR 565 (CH 9 in 2004) Edit: Looking at Massú's recent results, that's probably a decent draw after all, though he's still not your stan...
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steven
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Times subscribers
(Preview)
Does anyone here subscribe to the Times online ? I'm after a favour...I'm trying to get hold of a couple of Jamie Baker's old Times blogs which I assume will be on the archive The links are below: any chance anyone can PM me the text ? Would be massively grateful if anyone can help me out ! Feb 2005: "...
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Week 13 - ITaly F2 ($10,000) - Cividino - Indoor Hard
(Preview)
L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 408 v (WC) Alessandro Colella WR 799
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Week 12 - Israel F5 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 18
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q10) Ashley Hewitt WR 1106 beat Lukas Michl (CZE) UNR 6-1 5-7 6-0 QR1: (q6) Joshua Jones WR 1004 v Benjamin Ezer (ISR) UNR QR1: (q13) Marko Danis (SVK) WR 1130 beat James Allemby UNR 6-0 6-3 -- Edited by wolf on Sunday 18th of March 2012 01:37:09 PM
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Week 12 - ATP 1000 - Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, FL (outdoor hard) - doubles
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Yet another new partner for Jamie - & a crap draw for the pair! R1: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Mardy Fish & Mark Knowles (USA/BAH) R1: (6) Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna (IND/IND) vs Jürgen Melzer (AUT) & Jamie Murray
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Week 12 - Challenger (€42,500) - Bath (indoor hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
)
(Preview)
Qualies draw here. WCs for Marshall Tutu, Sid Hazarika, Neil Pauffley & Stephen Crawshaw (never heard of him!). So far, Miles Bugby has lost to Yannik Reuter (BEL) by 0-6 6-7(4), Lewis Burton has beaten Richard Gabb b...
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Week 12 Futures - UAE F1 ($10,000) - Fujairah - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
One of Fitzy's old doubles partners (in Kashiwa last year) Gregory Howe is trying to win a Futures match is his 40s (he turned 40 in November) today against a player less than half his age. He is in a qualifying section which has no ranked players in it but it could be tough because Song has won a lot of mat...
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Week 12 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Rimouski, Canada - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Both Brits have drawn seeds in R1: L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 343 v (6) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 212 (CH 198 last month) L32: Alex Ward WR 348 v (8) Stéphane Bohli (SUI) WR 221 (CH 113 in 2010) Authom was the player who beat James Ward 1 & 2 in Indian Wells Q. Bohli is on a 6-match losing streak which started wit...
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Week 12 - ATP 1000 - Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, FL, USA - hard
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
QR1: James Ward WR 163 v (q24) Andrey Golubev (KAZ) WR 145 Not the kindest draw, given that Golubev was ranked 33 in 2010 and despite having a lean year last year, partly due to injuries (he had to retire here last year- illness) drawing Rafa in R1 of the USO, etc, he has managed to qualify and reach R2 of th...
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Aberdeen cup
(Preview)
hi im new here and recently read an article about a competition between scotland and england called the aberdeen cup. It seems to have only been played twice with scotand winning both times (yay) and i was wandering what had happened to it. It seems like a great idea. Was it cancelled due to lack of inter...
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