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Week 32 - Egypt F19 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (clay)
(Preview)
One Brit in a half-empty qualifying draw: FQR: Jack Saunders UNR v (wc) Lewis Bumgardner (USA) UNR I assume his opponent's surname is an Americanised version of the name Baumgartner - if so, they might have been better advised to leave it as it was
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Week 34 - Poland F4 ($15,000) - Poznań (Clay)
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(Preview)
L32: (6) Kyle Edmund WR 408 v (WC) Mikolaj Jedruszczak (POL) WR 1106 (= CH) 4th seed Panfil and last week's nemesis Balleret are in the same quarter of the draw. Edit: I'd forgotten the board can't cope with most of the accents in Polish (only a fairly major European language - come on Activeboard!) -- Ed...
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steven
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80
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4509
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Week 34 - Switzerland F5 ($10,000) - Sion (Clay)
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(Preview)
L32: (5) Oli Golding WR 509 v (Q) David Jorda Sanchís (ESP) WR 1578 -- Edited by steven on Sunday 18th of August 2013 05:11:21 PM
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Week 34 - Belgium F10 ($10,000) - Jupille-sur-Meuse (Clay)
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(Preview)
The Brits are the top two seeds in the bottom half of the draw: L32: (4) Ashley Hewitt WR 420 v Mauricio Astorga (MEX) WR 929 (CH 687 in Apr) L32: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 405 v Maxime Forcin (FRA) WR 922 (CH 753 in 2011)
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Week 34 - Italy F22 ($15,000+H) - Este (Clay)
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(Preview)
L32: Alex Ward WR 337 v Christopher Rungkat (INA) WR 355 (CH 241 in Apr) H2H 1-0, Alex won 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) in R2 at Khon Kaen Fut 2011 Rungkat won 3 doubles titles in a row in Dutch Futures in June but has lost 7 of his last 8 singles matches. -- Edited by steven on Sunday 18th of August 2013 04:44:25 PM
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Week 34 - Egypt F21 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Robert Carter WR 1183 v (8) Marc Abdelnour (SYR) WR 797 (CH 773 last week) James Ireland was meant to be in the main draw here too but must have withdrawn.
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Week 34 - Spain F27 ($10,000) - Ourense (Hard)
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(Preview)
L32: (5) James Marsalek WR 566 v Laurent Malouli (FRA) WR 664 (CH 571 in Apr) H2H: 0-1 - Malouli beat James 2 & 4 in Doha last October. The Frenchman went out in R2 in Vigo last week but reached at least the QFs in his previous 4 Futures. In other words, not the nicest of R1 draws for a seed. -- Edited by ste...
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Week 34 - 'Chinese Taipei' / Taiwan F1 ($15,000) - Taipei City (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (8) Neil Pauffley WR 432 v (Q) Kim Sun-Yong (KOR) WR 1748 (CH 660 in 2006) Kim beat both Dave Rice and Jamie Baker in Malaysia in 2009, lost 7-5 in the 3rd to Jamie Baker in Korea in 2009 and retired 0-5 down in the 1st set in Korea in 2010 - that was the last time he played a Brit and he didn't play on the circu...
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549
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Week 34 - Romania F9 ($10,000) - Medeas (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: James Brimacombe UNR v Bogdan Ursu (ROU) UNR
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Week 34 - Ecuador F2 ($10,000) - Guayaquil (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Samuel Beddow UNR v Tadeo Bruno (ARG) UNR
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Week 33 - Poland F3 ($15,000) - Bydgoszcz (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
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(Preview)
L32: (4) Kyle Edmund WR 409 v Qualifier -- Edited by steven on Monday 12th of August 2013 08:27:46 AM
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Week 33 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Cordenons, Italy (Clay)
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(Preview)
L32: Ed Corrie WR 329 v Gianluca Naso (ITA) WR 293 (CH 175 in 2012) Yes, that's right - the player Kyle just beat in the Bolzano Final!
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Week 33 - Turkey F32 ($10,000) - Izmir (Hard)
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(Preview)
Some guy from Western Australia should be in the main draw here QR1: Tom Hill UNR v Bye QR2: Tom Hill UNR v Milen Ianakiev (GER) UNR
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Week 33 - Egypt F20 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
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(Preview)
L32: Robert Carter WR 1181 v (7) Younes Rachidi (MAR) WR 827 (CH 795 in 2007) L32: James Ireland WR 1118 v (3) Hicham Khaddari (MAR) WR 595 (= CH)
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Week 33 - Serbia F9 ($10,000) - Novi Sad (Clay)
(Preview)
Matt Short should be in the main draw QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v (wc) Vladimir Shulga (RUS) UNR
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Week 32 - Challenger ($100,000) - Aptos, CA, USA (Hard)
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(Preview)
Evans should be here as an SE QR1: (q1) James Ward WR 179 v Artem Sitak (NZL) WR 442
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Week 33 - China F7 ($15,000) - Tianjin (hard)
(Preview)
L32: (5) Neil Pauffley WR 406 v Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) WR 1087 (CH 889 last Nov, current top 100 junior) Here's hoping that Neil has recovered from whatever forced his retirement last week. -- Edited by steven on Monday 12th of August 2013 08:16:16 AM
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Week 33 - Germany F14 ($10,000) - Karlsruhe (Clay)
(Preview)
Having reached the Final in Austria in Week 32, Oli missed the sign-in deadline for the Challenger in Meerbusch but has been given a QWC into this 10k. QR1 : Oli Golding WR 505 v Nathaniel Seyler (FRA) UNR
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Week 33 - Challenger (€30,000 +H) - Meerbusch, Germany (Clay)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Alex Ward WR 338 v Bye QR2: (q2) Alex Ward WR 338 v Michel Dornbusch (GER) UNR or Gero Kretschmer (GER) WR 1033 The other seed in Alex's section is (q7) Moritz Baumann (GER) WR 515.
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Week 33 - Croatia F7 ($10,000) - Cakovec (Clay)
(Preview)
No idea who these guys are QR1: Faraz Siddiqui UNR v Karlo Bosnjak (CRO) UNR QR1: Thomas Colautti UNR v (wc) Pavao Djurasina (CRO) UNR -- Edited by RJA on Monday 12th of August 2013 12:50:24 PM
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Week 33 - Ecuador F1 ($10,000) - Guayaquil (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Samuel Beddow UNR v Santiago Andrés Suárez Estrada (ECU) UNR (16-year-old, junior CH 1423)
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636
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Week 32 - Italy F20 ($15,000) - Bolzano (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 13
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(Preview)
Kyle finally makes his first post Wimbledon appearance. L32: (5) Kyle Edmund WR 408 v (Q) Patrick Prader (ITA) WR 1732
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Week 33 - Belgium F9 ($10,000) - Koksijde (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Alexander Gasson UNR v Niels Cleeren (BEL) UNR
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Week 32 - Great Britain F16 ($15,000) - Chiswick (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
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(Preview)
Goodall, Smethurst, Milton, Rice, Cox, Hewitt, Slabinsky, Willis, Gabb, Carpenter, Burton, Bloomfield, Ward-Hibbert, Bambridge, Broady and Coupland should all be in the main draw. The Qualifying Draw is very strong for a British futures with 18 ranked players present and all 48 spots taken up....
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Week 32 - Austria F6 ($10,000) - Wels (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
L32: (6) Oli Golding WR 505 v (Q) Philip Lang (AUT) UNR (CH 875 in 2010)
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