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Week 34 - Spain F27 ($10,000) - Santander (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Raamin Solland UNR vs (qWC) Carlos Donat (ESP) UNR All being well, Dan Dowson should be in the main draw.
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Stircrazy
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12
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1044
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Week 34 - Romania F14 ($10,000) - Galati (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Scott Duncan UNR (CH = 1739 in August 2013) vs (q15) Davide Albertoni (ITA) WR 1792 (CH = 1692 last month) QR1: Sabin Adrian Saveluc (ROU) vs (q14) Bruce Strachan WR 1687 (CH = 1154 in October 2014) Haven't seen Bruce's name mentioned for a while.
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Stircrazy
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10
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812
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Week 33 - ATP Masters 1000 - Western & Southern Open - Cincinnati, OH (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
QR1: Kyle Edmund WR 81 (CH = 67 last month) vs (q8) Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) WR 65 (CH = 33 in November 2010 - he's now 32) He'll probably play the q2, Guido Pella, in the FQR if he gets through that one. ***** L56: (1) Andy Murray WR 2 vs BYE Juan Mónaco (PR) or Big Ivo in the second round. Gasquet, Goffin & Nish...
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Stircrazy
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100
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7216
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British Tour - Sutton Premier
(Preview)
As this is such a big ticket event in GB domestic tennis (with prize money of Ł2k for the winner and big cheques all the way down) it usually gets its own thread. There's a full 64-player quali draw, which is great to see. Play kicks off tomorrow (Sunday)
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Coup Droit
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14
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1433
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Week 32 - Olympic Tennis Competition - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 12
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(Preview)
This competition's starting tomorrow, let's get a thread up! R1: Jordan Thompson (AUS) WR 92 (CH= 88 in June) vs Kyle Edmund WR 83 H2H 0-1 2014 Bangkok Challenger THA Hard QF THOMPSON 6-3 6-1 R1: Viktor Troicki (SRB) WR 35 (CH=12 in 2011) vs Andy Murray WR 2 H2H 7-0 2008 St. Petersburg RUS Hard 32 MURRAY 6...
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Kounosuke
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9098
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Week 33 - Egypt F20 ($10,000) - Sharm el-Sheik (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: Alexis Canter UNR (CH = 1975 in June last year) vs Gérard Codino (FRA) UNR According to his ITF profile, Codino is 55 & coached by Boris Becker! Farris (+ possibly Imran) should be in the main draw.
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Stircrazy
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21
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1640
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Week 34 - Netherlands F6 ($10,000) - Oldenzaal (clay)
(Preview)
Unless somebody unexpectedly pops up in the main draw or the doubles, this is going to be a very short thread! QR1: (q6) Dylan Gee WR 1476 (= CH) vs BYE QR1: Nathan de Veer (NED) UNR defeated Cheraag Bajwa UNR by 2 & 2 **** QR2: Gijs Buntsma (NED) UNR defeated (q6) Dylan Gee WR 1476 by 1 & 4
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Stircrazy
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0
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298
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Week 34 - Thailand F1 ($10,000) - Hua Hin (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Marcus Walters UNR (CH = 1582 last September) vs (q9) Hsieh Cheng-Peng (TPE) WR 1406 (CH = 1098 in July 2011)
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Stircrazy
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2
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560
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Week 33 - Belarus F2 ($10,000) - Minsk (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: Aleksandr Malyshev (RUS) UNR vs Josh Paris WR 1369 (CH = 1145 last November)
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Stircrazy
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24
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1627
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Week 33 - Austria F6 ($10,000) - Vogau (clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Toby Martin WR 958 (CH = 641 in June last year) vs Gianluca Grison (ITA) UNR
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Stircrazy
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28
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1655
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Week 33 - Netherlands F5 ($10,000) - Oldenzaal (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Cheraag Bajwa UNR vs Michal Nevrela (NED) UNR
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Stircrazy
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2
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572
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Week 33 - Belgium F10 ($10,000) - Koksijde (clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
The qualies draw is positively stuffed with young Brits! QR1: (q1) Tom Farquharson WR 1387 (CH = 429 in March 2014 vs BYE QR1: (q2) Luke Oakley WR 1471 (CH = 1459 last month) vs Federico Horacio Kuiper (ARG) UNR QR1: Robin Vanhauwe (BEL) UNR vs Austin Gwilliam UNR QR1: (q3) Eduardo Peralta (MEX) WR 1...
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Stircrazy
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16
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1252
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Week 32 - Challenger ($100,000) - Nordic Naturals Challenger, Aptos, CA (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Cam Norrie WR 419 (CH = 413 last month) vs (qWC) Harrison Scott (CAN) WR 1544 (CH = 1405 last month) The draw consists of only 16 players!
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Stircrazy
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137
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10097
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Week 33 - Challenger (€42,500) - Cittadino Challenger, Meerbusch, Germany (red clay)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Dan Cox WR 546 (CH = 206 in July 2014) vs BYE One or other of two German qWCs, neither ranked (though one is the q8) for Dan in the FQR (it's a 16-man draw).
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Stircrazy
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19
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1576
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Week 33 - Finland F3 ($10,000) - Helsinki (clay)
(Preview)
R1: Jonathan Gray (GBR) WR 1272 v (6) Daniel Appelgren (SWE) WR 722
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Coup Droit
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1
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583
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Week 33 - Spain F26 ($10,000) - Vigo (clay)
(Preview)
The boys are staying in Galicia & Raamin doesn't need a qWC this week. He even gets a bye, for all the good it does him: QR1: Raamin Solland UNR vs BYE **** QR2: Raamin Solland UNR vs (q14) Enric Guaita (ESP) WR 1927 (CH = 1341 in September 2008 - he's 29)
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Stircrazy
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5
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563
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Week 33 - Poland F5 ($25,000) - Bydgoszcz (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Ewan Moore (GBR) UNR* age 18 v Dominik Nazaruk (POL) UNR age 19 QR1: Jeremy Gschwendtner (GBR) UNR age 17 v Maciej Autuch (POL) UNR age 18 * but should be ranked next week following 1 point in Latvia
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Coup Droit
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2
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533
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Week 33 - Romania F13 ($10,000) - Sibiu (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Aland Moyna (CHI) UNR vs Scott Duncan UNR (CH = 1739 in August 2013)
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Stircrazy
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3
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459
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Week 33 - Indonesia F1 ($10,000) - Jakarta (hard)
(Preview)
Joe pops up again! QR1: Joe Cooper UNR vs (qWC) Muhammad Althaf Dhaifullah (INA) UNR I assume he'll be playing in the doubles, as Michael-Ray is also in the qualies. Only trouble is, if Joe wins that one, he'll play M-R in QR2!
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Stircrazy
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1
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357
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Week 33 - Germany F11 ($10,000) - Karlsruhe (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Max Lacount UNR vs Sergei Lavrov (FRA) UNR QR1: Leon Hoeveler (GER) UNR vs Kurt Lacount UNR
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Stircrazy
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2
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410
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Week 33 - Slovakia F4 ($10,000) - Bratislava (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Edwin Patrick Carrington UNR vs (q11) Juri Rodionov (AUT) WR 1572 (CH = 1538 last month)
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Stircrazy
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1
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436
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Week 32 - ATP 250 - Mexican Open, Los Cabos, Mexico (hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
R1: Jonny Marray & Adil Shamasdin (CAN) CR 150 (84+66) vs Austin Krajicek & Thiago Monteiro (USA/BRA) CR 741 (104+637) R1: Jonathan Erlich (ISR) & Ken Skupski CR 134 (56+78) vs Johan Bruström & Andreas Siljeström (SWE/SWE) CR 155 (76+79) The boys are in opposite halves of the dra...
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Stircrazy
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17
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1624
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Week 33 - Serbia F5 ($10,000) - Subotica (clay)
(Preview)
I shall refrain from asking the usual question this week! QR1: Philip Sikman UNR vs Ruslan Khunarikov (RUS) UNR
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Stircrazy
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1
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398
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Week 32 - Egypt F18 ($10,000) - Sharm el-Sheik (hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Imran Aswat WR 1201 (CH = 1038 in June 2014) vs BYE QR1: Muhammed Ragy (EGY) UNR vs Alexis Canter UNR (CH = 1975 in June last year) **** QR2: (q3) Imran Aswat WR 1201 vs Juan Manuel López (ARG) UNR
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Stircrazy
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21
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1314
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Week 32 - Challenger ($75,000) - Banque Nationale Challenger, Gatineau, Canada (hard)
(Preview)
L32: Ed Corrie WR 362 (CH = 215 in October 2015) vs Philip Bester (CAN) WR 360 (CH = 225 in July last year) L32: Brydan Klein WR 271 (CH = 169 last September) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ) WR 195 (CH = 33 in October 2010 - he's 29)
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Stircrazy
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10
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1452
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