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Week 16 - ATP 250 - BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania (clay)
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(Preview)
L32: Kyle Edmund WR 92 (CH = 82 in February) vs Lukas Rosol WR 61 (CH = 26 in September 2014) Here's hoping Kyle can emulate Aljaz's heroics against Rosol in Monte-Carlo. 
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Week 16 - Challenger ($50,000) - Savannah, GA, USA (green clay)
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(Preview)
L32: James Ward WR 174 (CH = 89 last July) vs (WC) Tennys Sandgren (USA) WR 281 (CH = 183 in December 2013)
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Week 16 - Qatar F3 ($10,000) - Doha (hard)
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(Preview)
Yet again a rotten draw: QR1: (q1) Timur Kiuamov (RUS) WR 1151 (CH = 1054 last September) vs Waleed Maisery UNR Josh Milton, James Marsalek & Robbie Ridout should be in the main draw, with Josh in theory the top seed.
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Dan Dowson
(Preview)
I am not quite sure if this is now the section for Dan ( British men ) But the ITF site is showing him as British and although the ATP site shows him as Australian, if you select the country ranking lists he appears on the British list ( still under the Aussie flag ) and not the Australian ranking list. I...
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Week 16 - USA F13 ($10,000) - Orange Park, FL (clay)
(Preview)
Another massive (111 - the 16 qualies seeds & one Yank - presumably a local college boy - all have byes in the first round) draw, but the standard Futures purse! Just one Brit: QR1: BYE vs (q13) Ravi Patel WR 1983 (CH = 1877 last November)
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Week 15 - Greece F4 ($10,000) - Heraklion (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Winston Lin (USA) WR 793 (CH = 790 last month) vs George Davis WR 1615 (CH = 1603 last November) QR1: Josh Sapwell UNR (CH = 1548 last September) vs Michalis Sakellaridis (GRE) UNR QR1: (qWC) Konstantinos Mikos (GRE) WR 1743 (CH = 933 in August 2014) vs (q11) Josh Paris WR 1156 (CH = 1145 last N...
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Week 16 - Challenger ($50,00+H) - TAC Cup, Nanjing, China (red clay)
(Preview)
L32: Liam Broady WR 293 (CH = 158 last August) vs Arthur de Greef (BEL) WR 198 (= CH)
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Week 16 - Spain F10 ($10,000) - Majadahonda (Madrid) (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR (CH = 2052 last September) defeated Moritz Dettinger (GER) WR 1756 (CH = 1590 last September) by 5 & 1 ***** QR2: James Allemby UNR vs (q14) Alejandro García (ESP) WR 1576 (= CH)
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Week 16 - Tunisia F15 ($10,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Philip Sikman UNR vs Youssef Messaoud (TUN) UNR
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Week 15 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte-Carlo (clay) - doubles
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
One interesting pairing: R1: Dominic Inglot & Andy Murray CR 213 (37+176) vs Pablo Cuevas & Marcel Granollers (URU/ESP) CR 67 (34+33) R1: BYE vs (4) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 14 (1+13) Jamie & Bruno get Nestor & Ugly Mug or Gasquet & JWT in the second round.
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Week 15 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Gwangju Open, Gwangju, South Korea (hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Liam Broady WR 293 (CH = 158 last August) vs BYE He gets the WR 1872 or the q7 (WR 1280) in the FQR.
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Week 15 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte-Carlo (clay)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
L64: Lukas Rosol WR 61 (CH = 26 in September 2014) vs Aljaz Bedene WR 57 (CH = 45 last November) L64: BYE vs (2) Andy Murray WR 2 Andy gets a qualifier or Guido Pella WR 46 in the last 32.
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Week 15 - Challenger ($100,000) - Joey Gratton Sarasota Open, Sarasota, FL, USA (clay)
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(Preview)
L32: James Ward WR 176 (CH = 89 last July) vs Gonzalo Lama (CHI) WR 228 (CH = 196 in September 2014) James will face the top seed, Denis Kudla (WR 59), or his compatriot, Noah Rubin (WR 190), if he gets through that one. Perhaps worth noting that he won the title here in 2009, beating Carsten Ball in three.....
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Week 15 - Qatar F2 ($10,000) - Doha (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Another new name, to me at least: QR1: (q4) Kunal Anand (IND) WR 954 (CH = 927 in February) vs Waleed Maisery UNR (he has no ITF profile)
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Week 15 - USA F13 ($25,000) - Little Rock (hard)
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(Preview)
A couple of Brits in a 64-man qualifying field: QR1: Malte Christesen (GER) UNR vs (q14) Andrew Watson WR 1582 (CH = 1247 last July) QR1: Ethan Dunbar (USA) UNR vs (q15) Ryan Peniston WR 1615 (CH = 1607 in July 2013)
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Week 15 - Turkey F15 ($10,000) - Antalya (hard)
(Preview)
A solitary Brit in a 53-man (the 10 seeds & one Turk have byes) field: QR1: Denis Pisarchuk (RUS) UNR vs Luke Stevenson UNR
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Week 15 - Uzbekistan F2 ($25,000) - Bukhara (hard) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: Joe Cooper & Michal Konecny (CZE) CR 1732 (1080+652) vs (WC) Sharobiddin Abzalov & Khumoyun Sultonov (UZB/UZB) UNR (0+1281)
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Week 15 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Open Città della Disfida, Barletta, Italy (red clay) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: (3) Jonny Marray & Igor Zelenay (SVK) CR 160 (89+71) vs Flavio Cipolla & Rugerio Dutra Silva (BRA/ITA) CR 306 (123+183) Jonny could have chosen a worse partner!
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Week 15 - Spain F9 ($10,000) - Reus (clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
A massive 128-man draw here next week! And a fair sprinkling of Brits, most of whose names are not familiar to me, not to mention a Nepali who rejoices in the name of Ivanhoe Lissanevitch! QR1: Roberto Preka UNR vs Bogdan Djurdjevic (GER) CH 1754 (CH = 1135 last May) QR1: José Vicent Monsonis (ESP...
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Week 14 - USA F4 ($25,000) - Memphis, TN - (Hard)
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(Preview)
A win for 17 year-old Matt, fresh from the junior competitions: QR1: Thibault DUCARME (FRA) 6-1 6-0 Elijah ANDREWS (GBR) Matthew STORY (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Tyler MERCIER (USA)
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Week 14 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Napoli, Italy (red clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: Roberto Carballes Baena & Alexandre Sidarenko (ESP/FRA) v (2) Rameez Junaid (AUS) & Ken Skupski
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Week 15 - Tunisia F14 ($10,000) - Hammamet (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Philip Sikman UNR defeated Loïc Payraudeau (SUI) UNR by 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1
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Week 14 - Tunisia F13 ($10,000) - Hammamet (clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: James ALLEMBY (GBR) 6-3 6-4 Domen GOSTINCAR (SLO)
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Week 14 - Qatar F1 ($10,000) - Doha (hard)
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(Preview)
Well this one nearly slipped through the net. L32: James Marsalek WR 624 v (Q) Andrew Ruppli (SUI) WR 1314 (CH 1222 Sep 2015) L32: (5) Dan Cox WR 553 v (WC) Mousa Shanan Zayed (QAT) WR 2252 (CH 1668 Oct 2012) Decent draws too.
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Week 14 - Greece F3 ($10,000) - Heraklion (hard)
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(Preview)
QR1:Joshua SAPWELL (GBR) 6-0 6-2 Henry BRITTON (GBR)Jonathan BINDING (GBR) 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Jessy KALAMBAY (SUI)Delf GOHLKE (GER) [14] 5-7 6-4 6-3 Sam PRICE (GBR)Mark WHITEHOUSE (GBR) [4] 6-2 6-2 Sebastien MENTHA (SUI)Zeljko MILOVIC (SRB) [12] 6-3 6-3 Ben DAVIS...
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