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Week 37 - Futures - Italy F26 ($15k) - Porto Torres - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
R1: RICE, David (GBR) 5 v RAFFAELLI, Federico (ITA) WR 1163 If he wins this, he'll play a WC ranked 1606, or a WC ranked 1421.
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SMC1809
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16
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2813
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Week 37- Challenger ($35,000) Bangkok, Thailand (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
Ward and Goodall are in the Main Draw here and how about this for their draws. James Ward vs. Michael Russell (1) WR 80 Josh Goodall vs. Go Soeda (2) WR 111 Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or cry........
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The Magician Santoro
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66
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6315
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Week 37 - Challenger ($50,000) - Tulsa, USA - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: WATLING, Ashley (GBR) v JOELSON, Brett (USA) QR1: BIKTYAKOV, Rifat (UZB) v BARNES, Alastair (GBR) Top seed in qualifying is WR 477, so a very weak challenger.
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SMC1809
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5
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1552
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Week 37 - Challenger (€64,000+H) - Banja Luka, Bosnia & Hercegovina (red clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Dominic Inglot WR 566 v (5) David Savic SRB WR 405
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steven
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10
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1593
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Week 37 - Challenger (€106,500+H) - Szczecin, Poland (red clay)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q8) Morgan Phillips WR 479 v (wc) Pawel Cias (POL) UNR (q4) Dennis Blömke (GER) WR 360 is the top seed in Morgan's section.
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steven
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15
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2673
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Week 37 - Futures - Rwanda F1 (10k) - Kigali (clay)
(Preview)
L32: (8) James Feaver WR 752 v Marco Dierckx (BEL) WR 866 (CH 863 a year ago) L32: Philip Barlow WR 1248 v Motaz Abou el Khair (EGY) WR 929 (CH 618 in 2007) The winners of these two matches will meet in R2. James was the runner-up here last year. He beat Philip's opponent 4 & 4 in the semis there and the Egyp...
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steven
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2
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1043
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Week 37 - Futures - USA F23 (10k) - Claremont, CA - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: EGERTON, Rogan (GBR) beat LEVINSON, Joshua (USA) 6-2 6-0 QR1: BRUCE-BURGESS, Lloyd (GBR) beat RASKIN, Roger (USA) 6-4 6-3 QR2: EGERTON, Rogan (GBR) beat MAYER, Ryan (USA) 7-6(2) 6-2 QR2: KPULUN, Sahr Timothy (SLE) 5 beat BRUCE-BURGESS, Lloyd (GBR) 6-2 6-0 QR3: EGERTON, Rogan (GBR) v BENNETEA...
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SMC1809
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1
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880
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Week 36 - Futures - Great Britain F13 (10k) - Cumberland - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
)
(Preview)
QR1: EVENDEN, Zack v Bye QR1: OAKLEY, Keelan v ROENN, Nikki QR1: SARGEANT, Francis v Bye QR1: BUGBY, Miles v O'LEARY, David QR1: GAN, Marcus v FLEMING, Eric (USA) QR1: STERLAND-MARKOVIC, S [3] 1429 v Bye QR1: EL MENSHAWY, Ahmed v BROWNE, Scott (AUS) QR1: MCGRATH, Daniel v DAINTY, Will...
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SMC1809
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109
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11145
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Week 36 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - St. Remy, France (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Jamie Delgado UNR v Benjamin Cselenko (FRA) UNR QR1: Jonathan Marray UNR v Bye QR2: Jonathan Marray UNR v (3) Alexandre Renard (FRA) WR 761 I presume these two are playing Doubles together here so decided to give Singles qualifying a go. Marray beat Renard in a third set tie break in Manchester QR2...
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British_is_Best
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9
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1764
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Weeks 35 & 36 - US Open: men's doubles
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
Purely on the strength of the fact that their bios appear in the men players' list on the tournament site, I am inclined to assume that Flemski are in the main draw along with Ross Hutchins. $64,000 question: who will be Ross's partner. Jordan Kerr's name also features in the list... -- Edited by St...
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Stircrazy
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19
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2497
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Week 36 - Challenger (€42,500) - Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands (red clay): doubles
(Preview)
Jamie M's still in harness with Jeff Coetzee; they're the top seeds here. Dan S, meanwhile, has teamed up with the Swede, Daniel Berta, & they're in the same quarter of the draw as Jamie & Jeff! R1: (1) Jeff Coetzee (RSA) & Jamie Murray vs Rameez Junaid & Niko Karagiannis (AUS/GR...
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Stircrazy
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8
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1097
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Week 36 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Seville, Spain (Clay)
(
1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
QR1: (2) Morgan Phillips WR 479 v Bye QR2: (2) Morgan Phillips WR 479 v Ortega Antaki/Champagne Morgan hoping to join James Ward in the main draw here
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British_is_Best
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49
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5156
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Week 36 - Challenger (€42,500) - Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: (7) Alexander Ward WR 519 v Evthimios Karaliolios (NED) WR 1421 Dan Smethurst should be in the main draw here
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British_is_Best
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5
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1413
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Week 36 - Futures - Germany F15 (10K) - Kenn/Trier - clay
(Preview)
L32: Andrew Gregory WR 873 v (7) Holger Fischer (GER) WR 704 (CH 569 in Mar 09) Andrew hasn't been having much luck against lower-ranked players recently, maybe facing a higher-ranked opponent will inspire him? Fischer hasn't played since early July and hasn't played a Brit since a Swiss Satellite i...
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steven
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2
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1065
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Week 36 - Futures - Burundi F1 (10k) - Bujumbura - Clay
(Preview)
1st Round Rupesh ROY (IND) (1) Vs Philip BARLOW (GBR) Bogdan-Victor LEONTE (ROU) (3) Vs Ronak MANUJA (IND) James FEAVER (GBR) (7) Vs Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)
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Akhenaten
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2
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872
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Week 35 Futures - Mexico F6 ($10k) - Leon - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
L32: Sean Thornley WR 670 v Ruben Gonzales (PHI) WR 945 L32: (5) David Rice WR 491 v Jordan Cox (USA) WR 537 Dr No's opponent and Sean are the highest-ranked unseeded players in the draw.
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steven
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22
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3325
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Week 35 - Futures - Spain F31 (15k) - Santander - Clay
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
R32: (1) James Ward WR 269 v (Q) Ivan Martinez Montoro (ESP) UNR Hopefully a nice deep run here from James to stop a slight post US Open fall and then put himself in a very good place to move up the rankings with nothing else to defend all year. Should be looking at a minimum of a SF here. The other seed in this s...
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British_is_Best
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16
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2864
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Week 36 - Futures - Spain F32 (15k) - Oviedo - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: BROWN, Paul (GBR) v BYE
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SMC1809
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0
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633
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Week 35 - Futures - Netherlands F6 (15k) - Middelburg - Clay
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
R32: (5) Daniel Smethurst WR 431 v Miliaan Niesten (NED) WR 532 R32: Alexander Ward WR 519 v (WC) Stephan Fransen (NED) WR 1276 R32: Alexander Slabinsky WR 549 v (2/WC) Matwe Middelkoop (NED) WR 288 Ward should come through his opening match fairly convincingly. Slabba has a very tough opener whilst o...
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British_is_Best
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20
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3154
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Week 35 Futures - Poland F7 ($10k) - Bydgoszcz - Clay
(Preview)
R1: GREGORY, Andrew (GBR) WR 870 v ROSENZWEIG, Nicolas (FRA) WR 943 R1: PRITCHARD, Ben (GBR) WR 1155 v PANFIL, Grzegorz (POL) 3 WR 499
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SMC1809
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9
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1585
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Week 35 Challengers - Como ($30,000) - Italy (Clay)
(Preview)
Doubles Interest here R1: (1) Murray/Coetzee (GBR/RSA) v Lorenzi/Giorgini (ITA)
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Smidster
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4
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829
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2010 Toronto Masters 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em contest
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 8
)
(Preview)
As in 2009, the US summer hard court swing Masters 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em will be Canada instead of Cincy, and entries are likely to open very late tomorrow (Friday) or early Saturday at http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/competitions.html, where you can currently find the up to dat...
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steven
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109
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6546
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Week 34 - US Open men's qualifying
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
Nightmare draws (if we're hoping for qualification, anyway) and the cut remained stubbornly high so Wardy and Bloomers didn't make it. QR1: Alex Bogdanovic WR 217 v (wc) Blake Strode (USA) WR 641 (q1) Ilhan v Tomic, Boggo Nemesis Okun v Johnson and (q23) Dodig v Brzezicki (the match the winner of Bog...
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steven
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97
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7945
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Week 34 Futures - Mexico F5 ($10k) - Zacatecas - Hard
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
R1: THORNLEY, Sean (GBR) 7 WR 648 v (Q) HOCHWALT, Tyler (USA) WR 1766 R1: RICE, David (GBR) 2 WR 497 v SUPAN, Matias (ARG) UNR Rice's first real test should come in the QF when he's due to meet the 5th seed Nima Roshan, although he lost to Edward Corrie back in June, so anything less than a SF would be a big disa...
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SMC1809
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22
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3216
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Week 34 Futures - Poland F6 ($15k) - Poznan - Clay
(
1 2 3
)
(Preview)
It looks like Alex was a late entry here. QR1: SLABINSKY, Alexander (GBR) 1 v BYE QR1: PRITCHARD, Ben (GBR) 2 v BYE
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SMC1809
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34
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4499
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