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Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - men's singles main draw (hard)
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L128: (22) Roberto Bautista (ESP) WR 23 (CH = 13 in October 2015) vs (PR) Andy Murray WR 230 (CH = 1 in November 2016) The head-to-head is 3-0 in Andy's favour, with the last meeting between the two being the Shanghai Masters final in 2016 which Andy won in straight sets L128: Cameron Norrie WR 93 (CH = 66...
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Player of the month - August
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Nominees:
Josh Goodall: Qualified for the US Open and took a set off world no 59 Paul-Henri Mathieu in rd1
Alan Mackin: Reached semis of GB F12 and quarters of Holland F4 and F5
Martin Lee: Won the Bronx 50k challenger doubles title with Harel Levy and reached a career high doubles ranking...
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Week 4 - ITF M15 - Monastir, Tunisia (outdoor hard)
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L16: Julian Cash & Anis Ghorbel (TUN) ITF UNR (0+60) vs (WC) Gianmarco Amatiste & Raffaele Giuliano (ESP/ITA) UNR
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Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open (hard) - mixed doubles
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L32: Katarina Srebotnik & Franko Skugor (SLO/CRO) CR 64 (39+25) vs María José Martínez (ESP) & Neal Skupski CR 51 (19+32) L32: Kristina Mladenovic & Robert Lindstedt (FRA/SWE) CR 49 (3+46) vs Johanna Larsson (SWE) & Dominic Inglot CR 58 (38+20) L32: Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US...
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Stircrazy
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Week 4 - ITF M15 - Antalya, Turkey (outdoor clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Bulat Galiev (RUS) ITF 1649 vs (q10) Adam Jones ITF 1378 QR1: (qWC) Mikolaj Lorens (POL) UNR vs (q7) Edward Hubner ITF 1213
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Week 4 - Challenger ($54,160+H) - Caterpillar International, Burnie, Tasmania (hard)
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L48: BYE vs (16) Jay Clarke WR 236 (CH = 173 in September last year)
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Week 4 - ITF M15 - Veigy-Foncenax, France (indoor carpet)
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QR1: (qWC) Antoine Berger (FRA) UNR vs (q11) Sean Hodkin ITF 1157 QR1: Sizya Kivanda ITF 1470 vs (q9) Jean Thirouin (FRA) ITF 1126
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Week 4 - ITF M25 - Nußloch, Gemany (indoor carpet)
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QR1: (q2) Andrew Watson ITF 265 (ATP 660) vs Patrik Hartmeier UNR QR1: (q4) Ryan Peniston ITF 225 (ATP 675) vs Hendrik Jebens (GER) ITF 1588 Liam Broady should be in the main draw - & the top seed.
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Week 4 - ITF M15 - Sharm el-Sheikh (outdoor hard)
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L32: Toby Martin ITF 457 vs Shintaro Imai (JPN) ITF 137
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Week 4 - Challenger (€69,280+H) - Open de Rennes, France (indoor hard)
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L48: Calvin Hemery (FRA) WR 213 (CH = 116 last April) vs James Ward WR 187 (CH = 89 in July 2015) The winner plays the second seed, Benoît Paire...
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Week 4 - Challenger ($162,480+H) - Newport Beach, CA, USA (hard)
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L48: Christian Harrison (USA) WR 242 (CH = 198 last July) vs Jan Choinski WR 280 (CH = 234 last April)
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Week 4 - ITF M15 - Palma Nova, Mallorca, Spain (outdoor clay)
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QR1: (q1) Vullnet Tashi (SUI) ITF 563 (ATP CH = 790 last July) vs Jake Hersey ITF 1617
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Week 3 - Challenger (€46,660+H) - Koblenz Open, Germany (indoor hard)
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L16: (ITF) Javier Barranco & Raul Brancaccio (ESP/ITA) CR 1035 (484+551) vs Scott Clayton & Adil Shamasdin (CAN) CR 327 (167+150) -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 13th of January 2019 09:06:48 PM
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Week 3 - ITF M15+H - Bressuire, France (indoor hard)
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L32: Anton Matusevich ITF 1678 vs (5) Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) ITF 209 (ATP WR 430/CH = 288 in September 2014)
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Week 3 - ITF M15 - Monastir, Tunisia (outdoor hard)
(Preview)
L32: (WC) Victor Ernaelsteen (BEL) ITF 2819 vs Julian Cash UNR L32: (Q) Emiliano Maggioli (ITA) ITF 1147 vs Aidan McHugh ITF 158 L32: Maxim Ratniuk (RUS) ITF 532 vs Jonathan Gray ITF 347
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Week 3 - ITF M15 - Manacor, Spain (outdoor clay)
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L32: (WC) Barney Fitzpatrick UNR vs Florent Diep (FRA) ITF 423 (ATP WR CH = 592 in August last year) L32: (6) Sandro Ehrat (SUI) ITF 273 (ATP WR 484) vs (WC) Jake Hersey ITF 1617
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Andy Murray- Slam post mortem
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Andy will retire as a 3 slam winner, which is very great achievement in itself, but should have he won more? 1-3 I think. What this also tells us, is that Stan really was lucky to win 3. 2016 AO- loses final to Novak- nothing he could do 2016- FO- lose final to Nadal-nothing he could do 2016- Wimb- wins 20...
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Week 2 - Challenger 80 - Columbus, USA (outdoor hard)
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Challenger in same week as Grand Slam qualifying in different continent madness (WR 242 is the top seed). Liam missed out on a seeding by 2 spots. L48: Jan Choinski WR 292 vs Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) WR 312 (CH 70, June '14) L48: Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 287 (CH 183, Jun '12) vs Liam Broady WR 273
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - Sydney International - Sydney, Australia - outdoor hard (DOUBLES)
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R32: (4) Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury CR 51 (21+30) vs (WC) Lleyton Hewitt and Jordan Thompson (AUS/AUS) CR 438 (142+296) R32: Ken Skupski and Neal Skupski CR 88 (55+33) vs (3) Nikola Metic (CRO) and Alexander Peya (AUT) CR 30 (13+17) R32: Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) and Aisam-UI-Haq Qureshi (PAK)...
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Week 2 - ITF M25 - Tucson, Arizona - outdoor hard
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L32: Evan Zhu (USA) vs (6) Evan Hoyt L32: Qualifier vs (2) Lloyd Glasspool L16: Lloyd Glasspool & Evan Hoyt vs (WC) Harsh Parikh & Jonah Wilson (USA/USA)
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - ASB Classic - Auckland, New Zealand (hard)
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QR1: (qWC) Ajeet Rai (NZL) UNR vs (q6) Cameron Norrie WR 90 (CH = 66 last August) Assuming Cam wins that one, he'll almost certainly face the q1, one Aljaz Bedene, in the FQR.
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Week 2 - Futures M15+H - Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France (indoor clay)
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QR1: (q3) Maxence Broville (FRA) ITF WR 918 vs Stuart Parker UNR QR1: Jack Oswald ITF WR 2218 vs (q11) Julien De Cuyper ITF WR 1321 Again, editing to amend the subject line. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Tuesday 8th of January 2019 01:45:00 PM
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Week 2 - ITF M15 - Monastir, Tunisia (outdoor hard)
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Jonathan Gray should be in the main draw. QR1: Tobias Brutscher (GER) UNR vs (q7) Luke Stevenson ITF WR 2087 QR1: Cheraag Bajwa ITF WR 3371 vs (q9) vs Sergey Bolotov (RUS) ITF WR 2358 QR1: Alexander Romay WR 3298 vs (q8) Babji Siva Atturu (IND) ITF WR 2275 Editing to amend the subject line, as per Jon's su...
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Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying - hard
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(Preview)
One rubbish draw, one even-looking draw and one really nice draw, though whether the results will bear that out remains to be seen! QR1: Jay Clarke WR 237 v (q1) Lorenzo Sonego ITA WR 104 (CH 86 in Oct) Top Q seed in QR1 - ouch! QR1: Dan Evans WR 190 v (q23) Rogerio Dutra Silva BRA WR 134 (CH 63 in 2017) The Br...
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Which of these British players is most likely to call it a day at the end of 2019 season?
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A few weeks into the season and we must ask this question. Broady- could well call it a day at the end of the current season, flashes of brilliance now and then, but never really made on the challenger circruit Klien- Same as a above but even older Ward- probably a 150-250 ranked player at best these days,...
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