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GRASS SEASON WILD CARDS!
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so about time we discussed our annual topic. This season will really be tough, as we have such limited amount of players in the 100-250 area. I also will presume, Murray, Evo and Edmund require no wc Queens, MD WC- Bedene (if needed) and Norrie QWC to Klien, Glasspool and Clarke Eastbourne MD WC Beden...
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Week 5 - Challenger ($125,000) - RBC Tennis Championships, Dallas, TX, USA (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (qWC) Karl Poling (USA) UNR vs Joe Salisbury WR 1096 (CH = 559 in October 2015) QR1: Kevin King (USA) WR 870 (CH = 277 in September 2015) vs Alastair Gray WR 1061 (CH = 1057 at the beginning of last month) QR1: (qWC) Alexander Brown (USA) UNR vs (q8) Luke Bambridge WR 617 (CH = 481 last May)
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Week 6 - Tunisia F5 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
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QR1: Thomas Hulme (GBR) UNR v Michael Jalpota (GBR) UNR, age 17, just
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Week 6 - Switzerland F1 ($25,000) - Oberentfelden (carpet)
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QR1: Alexander Carlos Parker WR 1654 (CH = 1639 last December) vs Jordan Hefti (SUI) UNR QR1: Ben Jones UNR vs Joen Moth-Poulsen (DEN) UNR
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Week 5 - Challenger (€43,000+H) - Quimper, France - Indoor Hard
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QR1: Liam Broady WR 320 vs Alexis Musialek (FRA) WR 570 (CH 255 in July 2015) QR1: (q7) Ed Corrie WR 272 vs Grégoire Jacq (FRA) WR 366 (CH 363 in October 2016) The winners of those two matches will meet in QR2! They are in the qualifying bracket of the q1 seed Yannick Mertens (BEL) WR 243, though in truth the...
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Week 6 - Egypt F4 ($15,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (hard)
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QR1: Adam Skalsky (GBR) UNR (CH 1297 Nov. 14) v Sergey Ksenkov (RUS) UNR, age 18
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Week 5 - Great Britain F1 ($15,000) - Glasgow (indoor hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Bruce Strachan UNR (CH = 1154 i n October 2014) vs Oliver Hudson WR 1593 (CH = 986 in April 2012) QR1: (qWC) Adam Jones UNR vs Tim Kopinski (USA) WR 1623 (CH = 1211 last August) QR1: BYE vs (q11) Imran Aswat WR 1215 (CH = 1038 in June 2014) QR1: Ewen Lumsden WR 1769 (CH = 1748 last September) vs James Da...
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Week 5 - Challenger ($75,000) - Caterpillar International, Burnie, Australia (hard)
(Preview)
L32: Brydan Klein WR 280 (CH = 169 in September 2015) vs (8) Akira Santillan (JPN) WR 211 (CH = 208 last month)
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Week 5 - Spain F3 ($15,000) - Peguera, Mallorca (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: Casper Bonapart (NED) WR 1858 (CH = 1756 last month) vs Toby Martin WR 1227 (CH = 641 in June 2015) QR1: Jake Hersey UNR vs Tao Castillo (ESP) UNR QR1: (qWC) Evan Kennedy UNR vs Gianluca Aquaroli (ITA) WR 1937 (CH = 1855 last November) QR1: Enrique Luque (ESP) UNR vs (q12) Billy Harris WR 1072 (CH =...
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Weeks 3/4 - Australian Open - Melbourne, Australia - Hard
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(Preview)
Round 1 : (1) Andy Murray WR 1 vs Illya Marchenko (UKR) WR 93 ( CH 49 in September 2016) Aljaz Bedene WR 108 vs Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) WR 103 (CH 43 in July 2015) Dan Evans WR 67 vs Facundo Bagnis (ARG) WR 55 (at CH) Kyle Edmund WR 45 vs Santiago Giraldo (COL) WR 90 (CH 28 in September 2014)
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Week 5 - Tunisia F4 ($15,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Thomas Hulme UNR vs BYE QR1: BYE vs Michael Jalpota (???) UNR QR1: James Allemby UNR (CH = 2052 in September 2015) vs Luis Faria (POR) UNR ***** QR2: (q1) Wilson Leite (BRA) WR 890 (CH = 341 in April 2014) vs Thomas Hulme UNR QR2: (q6) Samy Grace (EGY) WR 1297 (CH = 1290 last month) vs Michael Jalpo...
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Week 4 - Challenger (€85,000+H) - Rennes, France (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Ed Corrie WR 272 (CH = 215 in October 2014) vs Filip Horansky (SVK) WR 424 (CH = 300 last November) QR1: Lloyd Glasspool WR 364 (CH = 282 last July) vs Axel Michon (FRA) WR 321 (CH = 177 in July 2014)
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Week 4 - Challenger ($75,000) - Sportmaster Tennis Championships, Maui, HI, USA (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Joe Salisbury WR 1096 (CH = 559 in October 2015) vs (qWC) Kento Tamaka-Tamaki (JPN) UNR QR1: (qWC) Jack Lyttle (AUS) UNR vs Luke Bambridge 617 (CH = 481 last May)
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Week 5 - USA F6 ($15,000) - Palm Coast, FL (clay)
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Another of those massive (114-man - 14 byes) qualifying draws & only two Brits: QR1: John Horoz Garner (???) UNR vs Graham Alrutz (USA) UNR QR1: Angus Bradshaw UNR vs Alec Galicia (CAN) UNR
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Weeks 3 & 4 - Australian Open - doubles
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(Preview)
L64: (WC) Luke Saville & Jordan Thompson (AUS/AUS) CR 242 (144+98) vs (16) Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 70 (43+27) L64: Dan Evans & Nick Kyrgios (AUS) CR 507 (277+230) vs Dusan Lajovic & Victor Troicki (SRB/SRB) CR 299 (208+91) L64: Sam Querrey & Donald Young (USA/USA...
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Week 5 - Turkey F4 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Nicholas Nugent UNR vs Andrea Artieri (ITA) UNR
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Week 4 - Spain F2 ($15,000) - Manacor, Mallorca (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: Casey Recci UNR vs Joan Borras (ESP) UNR QR1: Evan Kennedy UNR vs (q9) Jaime Fermosell (ESP) WR 1226 (CH = 1046 last September) QR1: (qWC) Barney Fitzpatrick UNR vs Yahir Alcolea (ESP) UNR QR1: (q6) Billy Harris WR 1072 (CH = 1018 last June) vs Gerard Escandell (ESP) UNR QR1: (ALT) Conni Wiese...
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The 'Depth' of British Men's Tennis
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(Preview)
Whilst looking through the qualifying draw for RG I could not help but notice what countries have a large participation in the event...apart from the French wildcards.....heres the top nations..... RG Main and Qualifying draws. (Selected countries) France - 33 players (includes French WC's) S...
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Week 4 - USA F5 ($15,000) - Weston, FL (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Samuel Beddow WR 1769 (CH = 1639 last month) vs Ryan Goetz (USA) UNR
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POLL- HOW MANY MORE GRAND SLAMS WILL ANDY WIN?
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Seems like a good time to start this subject off. I think the new generation will mean winning slams is now near imposs.
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Week 4 - Turkey F3 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Luke Johnson WR 1937 (CH = 1607 in July 2013) vs Rishabdev Raman (IND) UNR (CH = 1748 last September) QR1: Koray Kirci (TUR) UNR vs Nicholas Nugent UNR
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Week 3 - Turkey F2 ($15,000) - Antalya (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: David Fox UNR vs BYE QR1: BYE vs (q14) Luke Johnson WR 1934 (CH = 1607 in July 2013)
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Week 4 - France F3 ($15,000) - Veigy-Foncenex (carpet)
(Preview)
QR1: Sizya Kivanda UNR (CH = 1880 in October 2015 vs (q11) Jérôme Inzerillo (FRA) WR 1632 (CH = 354 in July 2102) QR1: Ben Jones UNR vs (q13) Nino Portales (FRA) 2063 (CH = 1343 in September 2015) QR1: (q8) Lucas Bouquet (a genuine Bucket! ) (FRA) WR 1470 (CH = 1378 in October 2015) vs Elliott Farmer UN...
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Week 3 - Germany F2 ($15,000) - Kaarst (carpet)
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QR1: Carlo Bückmann (GER) UNR vs Jonathan Binding WR 1766 (CH = 1756 last month) Neil P should again be in the main draw.
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Week 3 - Egypt F1 ($15,000) - Sharm el-Sheik (hard)
(Preview)
L16: (PR) Nicholas Hu (USA) & Jamie Whiteford UNR (960+0 [but a CH of 1304 in August 2011]) vs (2) Gabor Borsos & Alexander Vasilenko (HUN/RUS) CR 874 (312+562)
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