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Week 49 - Mexico F14 ($15,000) - Mérida (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Farris looks to have drawn the short straw in the singles: L32: Farris Gosea WR 589 vs (2) Agustín Velotti (ARG) WR 275 (CH = 166 in September last year) ***** R1: Farris Gosea & Marek Michalicka (CZE) CR 1043 (729+314) vs Adam El Mihdawy & Luís Patino (USA/MEX) CR 1545 (1085+460)
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Stircrazy
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16
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1753
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Week 49 - Thailand F11 ($15,000) - Bangkok (hard)
(Preview)
L32: (5) Dave Rice WR 347 vs Phassawit Burapharitta (THA) WR 922 (CH = 919 earlier this month) L32: Karunuday Singh (IND) WR 528 (CH 393 in in April) vs (2) Brydan Klein WR 266
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Stircrazy
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10
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1474
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Week 49 - Egypt F35 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Shane Brown UNR v Mateusz Smolicki (POL) UNR (1st Futures) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Stefano Reitano (ITA) UNR * QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v (q14) Michal Dembek (POL) WR 1557 (CH 1549 earlier this month; 17yo junior WR 156) QR2: (q10) Aswin Lizen WR 1450 v Antonio Massara (ITA) WR 1703 (CH 1166 in Jun) or Ar...
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steven
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4
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750
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Week 48 - Tunisia F9 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
James M should be in the main draw Q1: (q3) Bruce Strachan WR 1159 v Oscar René Jeppesen (DEN) UNR Q1: (q4) Imran Aswat WR 1226 v Sadok Laribi (TUN) UNR (listed as age 37, age started tennis: 36 !!!!!!!!! ) Q1: (q8) Evan Hoyt WR 1573 v Marco Gjomarkaj (ITA) UNR
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Coup Droit
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72
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4284
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Week 48 - Cyprus F3 ($10,000) - Larnaca (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (4) Richard Gabb WR 611 v (Q) Menelaos Efstathiou (CYP) UNR (15yo) L32: Scott Clayton WR 1119 v Mousheg Hovhannisyan (USA) WR 1318 (CH 974 in 2011) * * H2H 1-0, Scott won 3-6 6-3 6-0 in the FQR here last week
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steven
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20
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1917
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Week 49 - Dominican Republic F2 ($15,000) - Santiago de los Caballeros (Clay)
(Preview)
QR2: (q4) Alex Sendegeya WR 1415 v Stefano di Aloy (ARG) UNR or Corentin Moutet (FRA) UNR (15yo junior WR 64)
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steven
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0
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570
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Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000) - Traralgon 2, Australia (Hard)
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(Preview)
R1: Kyle Edmund WR 242 v (wc) Gavin Van Peperzeel (AUS) WR 470 (CH 438 in Sept) R1: (2) James Ward WR 119 v Brydan Klein WR 253
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Coup Droit
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260
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14840
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Week 48 - Thailand F10 ($15,000) - Bangkok (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (3) Brydan Klein WR 293 v (WC) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) UNR (CH 1213 in 2013) L32: (6) Dave Rice WR 345 v Zheng Weigiang (CHN) WR 978 (CH 976 last month; 18yo junior WR 70, CH 24 in 2013) L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 380 v Kaichi Uchida (JPN) WR 629 (= CH; junior CH 3 in 2012)
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steven
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14
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1655
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Week 48 - Egypt F34 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: (q16) Aswin Lizen WR 1441 v Joshua Turnquest (BAH) UNR (15yo) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Jacopo Stefanini (ITA) UNR (CH 1555 in 2013; 18yo junior WR 173) QR1: Robbie Ridout WR 1450 v Alan Gadjiev (UZB) UNR (18yo junior WR 958 / CH 345 in Feb)
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steven
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17
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1877
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Week 48 - Kuwait F3 ($10,000) - Meshref (Hard)
(Preview)
R1: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 281 v (q) Ali Al-Qallaf (KUW) UNR age 17 If Dan gets to the quarters, he's got Adrien Bossel, as a likely opponent.
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Coup Droit
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12
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1173
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Week 48 - Dominican Republic F1 ($15,000) - La Romana (Clay)
(Preview)
Alex got a late direct entry but - ouch! L32: Alex Sendegeya WR 1407 v (1) Antal van der Duim (NED) WR 300 (CH 276 in Jun)
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steven
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4
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712
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2015 - A Good Year/A Bad Year?
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1 2
)
(Preview)
I've found it very interesting all the discussion in various threads regarding whether 2014 has been a good year or not. What does everyone think would constitute a good 2015? Would be good to review against everyone's thoughts in a years time. Edit: I'm referring to men's tennis here. -- Edit...
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Floody78
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2245
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Week 47 - Tunisia F8 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q3) Bruce Strachan WR 1210 v Elliott Carnello (SWE) UNR QR1: (q13) Andrew Bettles WR 1682 v Marin Plisic (SUI) UNR QR1: (q4) Imran Aswat WR 1214 v Camillo Lucchese (ITA) UNR The winners of the first two matches above will meet in the FQR.
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steven
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33
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3038
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Week 47 - Cyprus F2 ($10,000) - Larnaca (Hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Richard Gabb should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q5) Keelan Oakley WR 1053 v Francesco Salviato (ITA) UNR QR1: (q7) Scott Clayton WR 1150 v Christos Gregoriou (CYP) UNR
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steven
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25
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2558
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Week 47 - USA F32 ($10,000) - Pensacola, FL (Clay)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Farris Gosea should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: Calum McKinlay UNR v Walker Duncan (USA) UNR QR1: Shakeel Manji UNR v William Neuner (USA) UNR QR1: (q14) Ryan Peniston WR 2102 v Michael Atlesonn Staff (NOR) UNR QR2: (q2) Julian Cash WR 1227 v Grigory Trotsenko (RUS) UNR or Ansel Bivens (USA) UN...
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steven
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23
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3208
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Week 47 - Kuwait F2 ($10,000) - Meshref (Hard)
(Preview)
Dan (who is likely to drop outside the top 280 when his Champaign 2013 points come off tomorrow) starts his late bid for a place in Aus Open qualifying against a qualifier here: L32: (1) Dan Smethurst WR 254 v (Q) Nino Portales (FRA) UNR (17yo)
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steven
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14
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1512
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Week 47 - Australia F10 ($15,000) - Wollongong 2 (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (2) Brydan Klein WR 294 v Qualifier
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steven
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13
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1870
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What Fitzy did next ...
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
http://bbc.in/18uFQEo "6-love-6 02 Jul" Sloane & John Inverdale talking about Fitzy from 30:11-30:37 A very short clip but she's very nice about him and her reaction when Inverdale asks if she knows he put himself up for sale on Ebay ... I mean, who wouldn't want to be described as...
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steven
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82
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14481
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Week 47 - Morocco F6 ($10,000) - Casablanca (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Matthew Short WR 1155 v Jean-Marc Werner (GER) WR 1035 (CH 566 in Mar) H2H 0-1 - Werner (who was out for 6 months between Mar & Sep this year, hence the drop in ranking) won 4 & 4 in Sevilla last year
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steven
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1
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1175
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Week 47 - Egypt F33 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v Stjepan Cagalj (CRO) UNR - winner to play (q16) Melik Feler (FRA) WR 1652 (CH 1647 earlier this month) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Stefano Reitano (ITA) UNR - winner to play (q9) Gregor Hutterer (AUT) WR 1419 (CH 1416 earlier this month) QR2: (q10) Aswin Lizen WR 1436 v Alan Gadjiev (UZ...
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steven
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6
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946
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Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Champaign IL, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
Liam and Ed should be in the main draw here. This is of course the Challenger where the Brits had lots of success last year, with Dan Smethurst qualifying and making the semi-finals, Dave Rice making the QFs and Josh Milton qualifying and making the QFs. Sadly, they all ended up trying to defend their po...
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steven
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103
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8309
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Week 47 - Challenger (€35,000+H) - Andria, Italy (indoor hard) - doubles
(Preview)
Darren tries yet another partner: R1: (WC) Walter Trusendi & Matteo Volante (ITA/ITA) CR 642 (351+291) vs Nikola Mektic (CRO) & Darren Walsh CR 488 (250+238)
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Stircrazy
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1
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398
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Week 46 - USA F31 ($10,000) - Niceville, FL (Clay)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Another huge qualifying draw but at least the seeded players get QR1 byes this time: QR1: Stuart Kenyon UNR v Robin Maden (SWE) UNR QR1: Brad Marriott UNR v Tao Jun Nan (CHN) WR 2012 QR1: Calum McKinlay UNR v David Hall (USA) UNR QR2: (q3) Alex Sendegeya WR 1399 v Lance Cohen (RSA) UNR or Kumara P Saradhi Ad...
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steven
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16
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2783
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Week 46 - Australia F9 ($15,000) - Wollongong (Hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
L32: (3) Brydan Klein WR 293 v Qualifier The winner will play the winner of a Q v Q match in R2
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steven
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26
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2846
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Week 46 - Challenger (€42,500) - IPP Open, Helsinki, Finland (indoor hard) - doubles
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Jonny has found himself a new partner & Darren's staying in the Nordic region to have another crack at Challengers: R1: (WC) Lucas Renard & Jesper Saarni (SWE/FIN) CR 2298 (778+1520) vs Sander Arends (NED) & Darren Walsh CR 666 (411+255) R1: Jonny Marray & Philipp Petzschner (GE...
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Stircrazy
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17
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1819
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