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Weeks 3 & 4: Australian Open (hard) - mixed doubles
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(Preview)
Ratty's favourite! R1: Flavia Pennetta & Fabio Fogninin (ITA/ITA) CR 68 (33+35) vs Abigail Spears (USA) & Dom Inglot CR 52 (24+28) R1: Cara Black (ZIM) & Jamie Murray CR 62 (14+48) vs (5) Anabel Medina & Bruno Soares (ESP/BRA) CR 34 (31+3) Those two pairs are both in the same quarte...
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Week 3 - USA F2 ($10,000) - Sunrise, FL (clay)
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(Preview)
Kyle should be seeded in the main draw here and Alex Ward may well be seeded too, but first there is a mammoth 4-day qualifying competition to be played: QR1: Stefan Cooper UNR v Dennis Uspensky (USA) WR 1618 (CH 1519 in Oct; junior WR 73) Edited to amend title. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 10th of Jan...
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steven
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Week 3 - Great Britain F1 ($10,000) - Glasgow (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
Corrie, Rice, Smethurst, Hewitt, Gabb, Farquharson, Pauffley, Marsalek, Ward-Hibbert and Coupland should all be in the DAs in the main draw. Martin and O'Mara may also have joined them if there were late withdrawals or may have wild cards. I wouldn't be too surprised to see Cox turn up as wild card ei...
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Week 3 - Israel F1 ($10,000) - Eilat (Hard)
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(Preview)
Willis and Burton will be in the main draw here. QR1: (q16) Miles Bugby WR 1539 v Bye QR2: (q16) Miles Bugby WR 1539 v Matan Shay Ganzi (ISR) UNR or Matija Pecotic (CRO) WR 1668 Edited to correct spelling of "Eilat". -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 10th of January 2014 07:39:47 PM
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RJA
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Week 4 - Egypt F2 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Robbie Ridout UNR v Yong-Bum Seo (KOR) UNR
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Week 3 - France F1 ($10,000 + H) - Bagnoles-de-l'Orne (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v Alexandre Grigaut (FRA) UNR -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 10th of January 2014 07:41:53 PM
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RJA
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Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
Sorry. No time to right it out in full, but Cox v Kudla Evans v Huang Ward v Arnabaldi Tough for Dan C
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Bob in Spain
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Jamie Baker retires
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1 2
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(Preview)
Sorry if this is old news but I've just seen that Jamie Baker has decided to retire from professional tennis. British tennis have just posted a video interview. Says he is not enjoying enjoying the day to day training etc anymore
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Alexei
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Week 3 - Egypt F1 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: David Addawoo UNR v Haadin Bava (IND) UNR
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - Auckland, New Zealand (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (WC) Ross Hutchins UNR v Maxine Chazal (FRA) WR 448 (CH 440 Oct 2013) QR1: Cameron Norrie WR 979 v Finn Tearney (NZL) WR 1123 (CH 1114 Nov 2013) QR1: (WC) Rhett Purcell UNR v (WC) Eric Sock (USA) UNR Ross is first up at 9.00pm UK time tonight. Cameron and Rhett are both second match on.
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - Sydney, Australia (hard)
(Preview)
R1: Treat Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot v Pablo Andujar & David Marrero (ESP/ESP)
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Brisbane, Australia (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: James Ward WR 161 v (q4) Stéphane Robert (FRA) WR 115 (CH 61 in 2010)
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Doha, Qatar (hard)
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(Preview)
Andy should be in the main draw here. QR1: Dan Evans WR 150 v Michael Shabaz (USA) WR 394 (= CH) Top Q seed Gabashvili or Hernych will await the winner.
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Week 1 - Challenger ($75,000+H) - Nouméa, New Caledonia (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
QR1: Cameron Norrie WR 977 v Nicolas N'Godrela (FRA) WR 1220 (CH 1024 in 2008) QR2: Norrie or N'Godrela v (q5) Hiroki Kondo (JPN) WR 284 (CH 275 in Nov) QR2: (q7) Brydan Klein WR 389 v Artem Sitak (NZL) WR 566 (CH 299 in 2008) or Kento Takeuchi (JPN) WR 576 (CH 425 in Feb) N'Godrela's last match in an ATP-rank...
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
L32: (WC) Kyle Edmund WR 376 v (5) Vasek Pospisil (CAN) WR 32 (= CH) Quite a test! Edit: new rankings -- Edited by steven on Saturday 28th of December 2013 08:23:59 PM
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GB futures in early 2014
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
The calender looks very similar to this year with a run of four 10K futures starting mid January Week 3 - Glasgow Week 4 - Sunderland Week 5 - Sheffield Week 6 - Wirral
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Australian Open 2014
(Preview)
Main draw entry lists are now available: Andy Murray in main draw Normally 128 in Qualifiers so from alts list: The only Brits on the main draw entry list Dan Evans(48) James Ward(59) Dan Cox(146)
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paulisi
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Week 51 - Qatar F5 ($10,000) - Doha (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
With Oli seemingly now out, Liam, Luke and Toby should be in the main draw and there are four Brits in qualifying: QR1: Paul Monczakowski UNR v Conrad Mascarenhas (IND) UNR QR1: (q3) Scott Clayton WR 1269 v Abdulla al-Jufairi (QAT) UNR QR1: (q6) Evan Hoyt WR 1423 v Ahmed al Ali (QAT) UNR QR1: Jack Oswald U...
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Week 51 - Turkey F50 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Neil Pauffley should be seeded in the main draw here and it looks like George Morgan got into the main draw too as the last direct acceptance. QR2: (q7) Alex Jhun WR 1437 v Kris Barnes (USA) UNR QR2: (q8) Miles Bugby WR 1545 v Roman Gigolaev (RUS) UNR Barnes is a 30-year-old who played one US Futures in 2004...
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Week 50 - Qatar F4 ($10,000) - Doha (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
Oli is down to play here (and should be seeded if he does), as is Liam. QR1: (q1) Luke Bambridge WR 785 v Ziga Papez (SLO) UNR QR1: (q13) Scott Clayton WR 1348 v Quentin Robert (REU) WR 1644 (CH 1499 in Jul) QR1: (q15) Evan Hoyt WR 1424 v Niels Lootsma (NED) WR 2070 (CH 1595 in Jun) - H2H 1-0, 3 & 4, last week'...
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Week 49 - Turkey F48 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Ed Corrie should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q15) Miles Bugby WR 1544 v Maxence Olivier (FRA) UNR
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Week 50 - Turkey F49 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Ed could be the top seed in the main draw here and Josh Milton & Neil Pauffley are still on the main draw acceptance list too. QR1: (q15) Alex Jhun WR 1437 v Jakub Gewert (POL) UNR QR1: Miles Bugby WR 1541 v Kavit Mehta (IND) UNR QR2: (q6) George Morgan WR 963 v Bugby or Mehta
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Week 50 - Cambodia F3 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Josh should be in the main draw again. You wouldn't have thought Harry's luck in the qualifying draws could get any worse, but ... QR1: (q11) Harry Meehan WR 1605 v Roy Hobbs (SIN) UNR - winner likely to play (q1/WC) Ivo Klec (SVK) WR 469 in the FQR QR1: (q15) Tom Allen WR 1655 v Daniel Guccione (AUS) WR 2118...
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Week 49 - Cambodia F2 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Unusually for a 10K qualifying draw, more than half of the players have rankings! QR1: Tom Allen WR 1654 v (q15) Ho Chih-Jen (TPE) WR 1341 (CH 1110 in 2012) QR1: Harry Meehan WR 1611 v (q12) Cho Soong-Jae (KOR) WR 1233 (CH 488 in 2010) Unfortunately, Harry has drawn the ex-top 500 player who beat him 3 &...
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College Tennis Vs. Turning Pro
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
In the wake of John Isner's remarkable success in Washington this week is it just me or does everybody else feel that perhaps going to an American College at 18 is a far more sensible choice for our top juniors rather than turning pro straight away? There is little doubt that players like Cox, Evans, Ri...
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