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Week 12 - Challenger ($40,000+H) - Panama City, Panama (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: James Ward WR 160 v Gastão Elias (POR) WR 169 (CH 103 in May)
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Week 10 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells CA, USA (ex-AM) - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
QR1: (q18) James Ward WR 160 v Theodoros Angelinos (GRE) WR 255 (CH 251 in Dec) Angelinos is on a 6-match losing streak. The winner will play 10th Q seed Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) or (WC) Raymond Sarmiento (USA) in the FQR QR1: Dan Cox WR 250 v (q13) Andrej Martin (SVK) WR 140 (CH 119 in Sep) The winner will p...
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steven
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Week 12 - Egypt F10 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v (q7) Karim Kadry (EGY) WR 1353
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558
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Week 10 - Canada F1 ($15,000) - Gatineau (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 12
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(Preview)
Ed Corrie, Dan Smethurst and Richard Gabb should be among the top seeds in the main draw here. QR1: Daniel Manlow UNR v Derek McGovern (CAN) UNR QR2: Manlow or McGovern v (q5) Killian Davanzo (SUI) WR 1998
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steven
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Weeks 10 & 11 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells, CA, USA (hard) - doubles
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Jonny could've done worse for a scratch partner! Horror draws for Jamie & John & for Colin & Ross. R1: Julien Benneteau & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA/FRA) CR 44 (27+17) vs Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 65 (32+33) R1: Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau (NED/ROU) CR 44 (...
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Week 11 - Canada F2 ($15,000) - Sherbrooke (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
Dan, Ed & Richard should be in the main draw again but with more players turning up in plenty of time for the following week's Challenger (including Olivier Rochus beefing up the Belgian contingent), they are likely to be seeded lower than this week - and if wild cards go to high-ranked players aga...
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steven
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100
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6781
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Week 12 - Italy F6 ($10,000) - Santa Margherita di Pula (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Imran Aswat WR 1337 v Diego Burger Araujo Santos (BRA) UNR
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steven
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10
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962
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Week 11 - Great Britain F8 ($10,000) - Tipton (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 17
)
(Preview)
The draw is finally out on LTA site Rice, Willis, Tom F, Broady, Milton, Bambo, JWH, George C, Cam, Rob C and Toby should be in the main draw. Jathan, Harry, Sam Hutt and Peter Ashley look like they have made the main draw either directly or via wildcards. Qualis don't look that strong and George Morgan s...
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paulisi
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Week 11 - Greece F1 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Oli should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: William Flavell UNR v Michele Longo (ITA) UNR The winner will play (q4) Ivan Sabanov (CRO) WR 990 in QR2
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steven
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2903
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Week 11 - Challenger ($75,000 +H): Kazan Kremlin Cup (indoor hard) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: (PR) Jamie Delgado & Gilles Müller (LUX) CR 680 (155+525) vs (WC) Sergey Strelkov & Philipp Tarpischev (RUS/RUS) UNR They could hardly have hoped for a better draw.
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Hate doubles sudden death deuces
(Preview)
I hate doubles sudden death tie break deuces
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A1 tennis academy
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951
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Week 11 - USA F8 ($15,000) - Bakersfield CA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
L32: (1) Kyle Edmund WR 280 v Daniel Garza (MEX) WR 684 (CH 294 in 2012) H2H 1-0 - Kyle, then a qualifier, won 4 & in R1 in Plantation early last year
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steven
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51
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3318
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Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Irving TX, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
Not sure I'll still be up when the qualifying draw appears but it looks like two players have won qualifying WCs in the wild card tournament (see http://bit.ly/1nywLzh) and I'm pretty sure that one of them, Samm Butler, is a Brit! Edit - Samm is indeed a Brit - he is 19 and at Southern Methodist Universit...
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steven
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Week 11 - Egypt F9 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
QR2: Jack Oswald UNR v Gabriel de Andrade Bendazoli (BRA) UNR The winner will play (q2) Antoine Richard (CAN) WR 1218 in the FQR -- Edited by steven on Sunday 9th of March 2014 11:31:42 PM
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steven
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4
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789
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Week 11 - Italy F5 ($10,000) - Santa Margherita di Pula (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: (q12) Imran Aswat WR 1337 v Emanuele Ceppellini (ITA) UNR -- Edited by steven on Friday 7th of March 2014 11:54:14 PM
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Week 10 - Australia F3 ($15,000) - Mildura (Grass)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
L32: (4) Brydan Klein WR 426 v (Q) Daniel Guccione (AUS) WR 2057 (= CH; junior WR 96) Edit: updated now that qualifiers have been placed and with new rankings -- Edited by steven on Monday 3rd of March 2014 09:16:25 AM
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steven
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Week 10 - Great Britain F7 ($10,000) - Preston (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
)
(Preview)
Dave Rice (likely to be the top seed), Ashley Hewitt, Liam Broady, Tom Farquharson, Josh Milton, Neil Pauffley, Luke Bambridge and Josh Ward-Hibbert are all main draw DAs here. Judging by who is in qualifying (See the link below), the top 8 Brits on the qualifying list at the freeze deadline (Couplan...
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steven
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2014 BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells) Replacement BOTB/Pickems Comp
(Preview)
Hello hungry bracketeers, I know I know... I'm bummed about the ATP halting its Draw Challenge Circuit :( But, thanks to Steven and his BOTB Competition, at least we have the Replacement BOTB Comp! It doesn't have any of those cool prizes and it's not as professional but it's better than nothing ;) O...
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Week 10 - Spain F5 ($10,000) - Reus (Clay)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: Aswin Lizen UNR beat Marc Mila Rafi (ESP) UNR by 3 & QR1: Joel Cannell UNR v Oscar Gavalda (ESP) UNR QR1: William Flavell UNR lost to Xavier Marti Royo (ESP) UNR by 2 & 3 QR2: Aswin Lizen UNR v (q2) Juan Sebastian Gómez (COL) WR 917 = not sure what is happening here - they are shown as an...
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steven
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16
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1709
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Week 9 - ATP 500 Series: Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAE (outdoor hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
)
(Preview)
Dunno how he's swung it (DC heroics perhaps?), but L32: Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) WR 65 vs (WC) James Ward WR 179 Winnable?
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151
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Week 10 - Egypt F8 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Filipe Sharratt UNR v Melik Feler (FRA) UNR QR2: Sharratt or Feler v (q3/wc) Sebastian Rivera (ECU) WR 1020 -- Edited by steven on Friday 28th of February 2014 07:30:45 PM
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Week 9 - Thailand F3 ($10,000) - Nonthaburi (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
Marcus and Lewis should be in the main draw again. QR1: (q12) Miles Bugby WR 1372 v Kevin Boelhouwer WR 2135 (CH 1548 in Jul) -- Edited by steven on Saturday 22nd of February 2014 12:31:08 PM
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Week 9 - ATP 500 Series - Acapulco (Hard) - Doubles
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1 2
)
(Preview)
I suspect that this draw will not be universally popular on here R1: (3) Treat Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot CR 53 (25+28) v (PR) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins CR 557 (34+523) -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 22nd of February 2014 11:47:36 PM
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20
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2031
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Week 9 - Great Britain F6 ($10,000) - Shrewsbury (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
)
(Preview)
DAs here for Cox, Hewitt, Broady, Milton, Pauffley, Ward-Hibbert, Bambridge and Coupland. Possible wild cards are Carpenter, Carter, O'Mara, Cash and Allen. (The first two might have sneaked in as DAs if there were late withdrawals) Once again a very strong qualifying draw with 30 ranked players...
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155
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Week 9 - Australia F2 ($15,000) - Port Pirie (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (5) Brydan Klein WR 405 v (Q) Finn Tearney (NZL) WR 1120 (CH 1114 in Nov) -- Edited by steven on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 01:28:58 PM
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steven
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