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Week 3 - Tunisia F2 ($10,000) - El Kantaoui (Hard)
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L32: Toby Martin WR 738 v (Q) Phillip Gresk (POL) WR 1685 (CH 1665 last month; 18yo junior CH 84 last Feb) Quite an inviting draw unless this ex-top 100 junior proves to be a banana skin - Toby is in the 8th seed's section, the 4th seed's quarter and the 2nd seed's half, i.e. the lowest seed possible in each c...
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steven
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Week 3 - USA F5 $10,000 - Weston, FL (Clay)
(Preview)
Another of these mega 4-round qualies: QR1: (q16) Matt Short WR 1235 v Aleksei Martynenko (RUS) UNR age 16
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Making Tennis a fairer sport
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I think that several things need to happen in order for more of the best players to make a living from Tennis .We are losing so many younger players and players with great potential talent. Why is it that one of the worlds most popular sports can only give maybe the best 150 players in the world a living? It...
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Week 2 - ATP World Tour 250 - Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand (hard) - doubles
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R1: Santiago Giraldo & João Sousa (COL/POR) CR 182 (102+80) vs Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 71 (47+24) R1: Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 84 (42+42) vs (4) Raven Klaasen & Leander Paes (RSA/IND) CR 47 (19+28) -- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 10th of January 2015 10:52:...
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Week 2- - USA F3 $10,000 Sunrise, FL (Clay)
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Gosea should be in the main draw. There is a rather large qualifying draw, where we have two GB entrants: Q1:Matt Short (q16) WR:1236 v Mark Chepurnoy (RUS) UNR aged 16 Max Phillips UNR v Gabriel Pipko (USA) UNR aged 17
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Week 2 - Australian Open Qualifying
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QR1: Liam Broady (GBR) WR 193 vs. [7] Farrukh Dustov (UZB) WR 120 (CH 118 Nov'14) Other seed in the section is [21] Theimo de Bakker (NED) WR 138 QR1: Brydan Klein (GBR) WR 253 vs. Dane Propoggia (AUS) WR 323 (CH 320 Dec'14) QR1: Kyle Edmund (GBR) WR 192 vs. Tristan Lamasine (FRA) WR 229 (CH 214 Oct'14) Bot...
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Jonathan Marray
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Any more news on when he may start playing again? (We need him back!)
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Week 2- - USA F4 $15,000 Long Beach, CA (Hard)
(Preview)
Alex and Josh in the main draw, presumably: However, Youssef gets the wildcard from hell: QR1: Youssef Hassan v (q1) (wc) Takanyi Garanganga (ZIM) WR 381 (CH 288 in sept.)
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Week 2- - France F1 $10,000 + H Bagnoles de l'Orne (Clay)
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Dave in the main draw list. QR1: Oliver Levi UNR lost to Lucas Bouquet (FRA) UNR 6-0 6-0
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Week 2 - Challenger (€42,500) - Casablanca, Morocco (red clay) - doubles
(Preview)
Yet another new partner for Sean, but at least he's persevering at Challenger level: R1: Mohamed Safwat (EGY) & Sean Thornley CR 462 (289+173) vs Mirza Basic & Dino Marcan (BIH/CRO) CR 847 (606+241) On paper, at least, they would appear to be in with a chance of making the quarters, where th...
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Week 1 - ATP World Tour 250 - Aircell Chennai Open, Chennai, India (hard) - doubles
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(Preview)
Bit of a turn-up for the books: R1: Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) & Jonny Marray CR 648 (572+76) vs (WC) Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND/IND) CR 482 (221+261)
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Week 2- - Germany F2 $10,000 Stuttgart (Hard)
(Preview)
Not a long thread Q1: Sizya Kivanda bye Q2: Sizya Kivanda (UNR) lost to Ronan Joncour (FRA)(q16) WR 1456 6-7(4) 3-6
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paulisi
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Week 1 - ATP World Tour 250 - Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia (hard) - doubles
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R1: Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) CR 84 (42+42) defeated (1) Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecau (NED/ROU) CR 32 (16+16) by 3 & 4 I see "Booty" is seeded fourth here with Sam Groth, while his erstwhile (?) partner, Raven Klaasen, is the top seed in Chennai with Leander Paes......
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Week 1 - USA F2 ($15,000) - Los Angeles, CA (Hard)
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Both Brits are seeded but both have drawn very tough unseeded opponents in R1: L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 382 v Stefan Kozlov (USA) WR 466 (CH 441 last Oct; 16yo junior WR 3) L32: (5) Alex Ward WR 348 v Mitchell Frank (USA) WR 584 (CH 503 last Oct; former top 5 junior)
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steven
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Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Yokohama, Japan (Hard)
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(Preview)
L32: Kyle Edmund WR 246 v (3) Bradley Klahn (USA) WR 120 (CH 63 in Mar) H2H 0-1 - Klahn won 7-6(3) 6-1 in Traralgon 2 weeks ago
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steven
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Week 1 - ATP World Tour 250 - Doha, Qatar - Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: Kyle Edmund WR 194 v (q2) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) WR 105 (CH 68 in 2012) H2H 1-0 - Kyle won 3 & 4 in Astana last year QR1: (q3) James Ward WR 107 v Jesse Huta Galung (NED) WR 194 (CH 91 last Feb) H2H 0-2 - JHG won 6 & 3 here in 2012 and 4 & 1 in Aachen in 2006 This means James wouldn't have scraped into the Ch...
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steven
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Week 1 - ATP World Tour 250 - Qatar Exxonmobil Open, Doha, Qatar (hard) - doubles
(Preview)
Somehow managed to miss this when I was catching up with things on my return to civilisation (home in London+Internet access ) yesterday evening  : R1: Dom Inglot & Florin Mergea (ROU) CR 71 (47+24) vs Denis Istomin & Mikhail Youzhny (UZB+RUS) CR 119 (48+71) -- Edited by Stircraz...
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Week 1 - Challenger ($50,000) - Happy Valley, Aus (Hard)
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(Preview)
Brydan Klein is the 7th seed in qualifying and has a bye in the opening round and will play either Hobart or Ratiwatana in rnd 2 with the Italian top seed the likely opponent in the final qualifier. Liam Broady is a direct entry into the main draw.
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Week 1 - USA F1 ($10,000) - Plantation, FL (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Farris Gosea WR 581 v (7) Markus Eriksson (SWE) WR 496 (CH 347 last Jun)
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steven
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Best Challenger/Futures Event To Watch
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(Preview)
I am hoping to get to a couple of Challengers or Futures events next year, having not been to one before (I've been to Wimbledon/Australian/Albert Hall before). What would everyone on here suggest as the best to go to. I'm not worried about where in the country it is as i'll happily spend a couple of days...
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Week 50 - Tunisia F11 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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(Preview)
JWH (probably seeded) & Jonny O'Mara should be in the main draw here. QR1: George Davies UNR v Romain Berquand (FRA) UNR QR1: Christopher Reynolds UNR v Frederik Schoop (DEN) UNR FQR: (q3) Evan Hoyt WR 1590 v Hichem Yasri (ALG) UNR or Davide Guerra (ITA) UNR FQR: Davies or Berquand v (q5) Francesco...
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steven
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Week 50 - Togo F1 ($15,000+H) - Lomé (Hard)
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(Preview)
A 15K+H in Togo looked like it could be well worth the trip but Joe has drawn one of the shortest straws ... L32: Joe Salisbury WR 1050 v (4) Jaime Pulgar García (ESP) WR 352 (CH 348 last month) Edit: rankings updated -- Edited by steven on Sunday 7th of December 2014 07:57:20 PM
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Week 51 - Qatar F6 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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(Preview)
James Marsalek, Dave Rice, Dan S, Luke B, Toby Martin and Richard Gabb are in the main draw. Scott Clayton has either got a wildcard to the MD or has withdrawn (with the possible injury from last week) and it's not registered yet. R1: James Allemby UNR v (wc) Issa SHANAN AL HARRASI (QAT) UNR age 15 R1: Dav...
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Week 51 - Togo F2 ($15,000+H) - Lomé (Hard)
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(Preview)
Another tough R1 match for Joe as he draws the Nº4 seed for the 2nd week running. But we all know what happened last time L32: Joe Salisbury WR 1050 v (4) Ivo Klec (SVK) WR 357 (CH 184 in Aug 2006)
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Bob in Spain
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Week 51 - Senegal F2 ($15,000) - Dakar (Hard)
(Preview)
Joe drew the shortest straw in qualifying: FQR: Joe Cooper UNR lost to (q1) Romain Sichez (FRA) WR 1564 (CH 690 in 2013) by 1 & 2 
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steven
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