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Week 50 - Mexico F15 ($15,000) - Mérida (hard)
(Preview)
L32: Farris Gosea WR 593 v Luis Patino (MEX) WR 762 (CH 733 in Oct) Hopefully this means that whatever forced Farris to retire last week wasn't too serious.
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steven
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1953
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Week 50 - Qatar F5 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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(Preview)
Dan Smethurst & Dan Cox should be seeded in the main draw, Luke Bambridge & Richard Gabb are also DAs and there are 5 Brits in qualies QR1: (q4) James Marsalek WR 945 v Sumit Nagal (IND) UNR (CH 1668 in Jan; 17yo world junior no. 43) QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q5) Jelle Sels (NED) WR 955 (CH 952 last mo...
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steven
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4996
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Week 50 - Egypt F36 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
Neil Pauffley should be seeded in the main draw here. QR2: Shane Brown UNR v (q3) Jan Zielinski (POL) WR 1442 (= CH; 18yo junior WR 28) QR2: Philip Sikman UNR v (q4) Vincent van den Honert (NED) WR 1458 (CH 1429 in Oct)
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steven
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12
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1182
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Week 50 - Senegal F1 ($15,000) - Dakar (Hard)
(Preview)
Nasty draw for Joe given that there are only 3 matches in qualifying in total (5 get byes through to the main draw) - he gets a former top 100 junior & former top 700 senior playing his first Futures match since 2010. FQR: Joe Cooper UNR v (wc) Duncan Mugabe (UGA) UNR (CH 659 in 2009)
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steven
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838
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Week 49 - Qatar F4 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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(Preview)
Dan Smethurst and Dan Cox should be among the top seeds in the main draw, with Luke Bambridge, Richard Gabb & Toby Martin all DAs as well. QR1: (q1) Scott Clayton WR 1119 v Rayane Alami (QAT) UNR (1st Futures) QR1: Paul Monczakowski UNR v Martim Vilela (POR) UNR (both 16yos) QR1: James Allemby UNR v K...
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steven
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6132
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British Tour 2014
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(Preview)
http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=F6F5136D-3634-4645-B416-6FBF1B05EB3F&draw=3
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Week 49 - Tunisia F10 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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(Preview)
Josh Ward-Hibbert and James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. QR1: Christopher Reynolds UNR v (wc) Levar Harper-Griffith (USA) UNR (33yo CH 224 (!) in 2001) QR1: George Davies UNR v (q3) Francesco Vilardo (ITA) WR 1174 (CH 798 in 2012) QR1: (q10) Evan Hoyt WR 1581 v Antoine Leduc (CAN) UNR QR1: (...
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Week 49 - Mexico F14 ($15,000) - Mérida (hard)
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(Preview)
Farris looks to have drawn the short straw in the singles: L32: Farris Gosea WR 589 vs (2) Agustín Velotti (ARG) WR 275 (CH = 166 in September last year) ***** R1: Farris Gosea & Marek Michalicka (CZE) CR 1043 (729+314) vs Adam El Mihdawy & Luís Patino (USA/MEX) CR 1545 (1085+460)
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Week 49 - Thailand F11 ($15,000) - Bangkok (hard)
(Preview)
L32: (5) Dave Rice WR 347 vs Phassawit Burapharitta (THA) WR 922 (CH = 919 earlier this month) L32: Karunuday Singh (IND) WR 528 (CH 393 in in April) vs (2) Brydan Klein WR 266
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1511
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Week 49 - Egypt F35 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Shane Brown UNR v Mateusz Smolicki (POL) UNR (1st Futures) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Stefano Reitano (ITA) UNR * QR1: Jack Oswald UNR v (q14) Michal Dembek (POL) WR 1557 (CH 1549 earlier this month; 17yo junior WR 156) QR2: (q10) Aswin Lizen WR 1450 v Antonio Massara (ITA) WR 1703 (CH 1166 in Jun) or Ar...
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Week 48 - Tunisia F9 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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(Preview)
James M should be in the main draw Q1: (q3) Bruce Strachan WR 1159 v Oscar René Jeppesen (DEN) UNR Q1: (q4) Imran Aswat WR 1226 v Sadok Laribi (TUN) UNR (listed as age 37, age started tennis: 36 !!!!!!!!! ) Q1: (q8) Evan Hoyt WR 1573 v Marco Gjomarkaj (ITA) UNR
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Coup Droit
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Week 48 - Cyprus F3 ($10,000) - Larnaca (Hard)
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(Preview)
L32: (4) Richard Gabb WR 611 v (Q) Menelaos Efstathiou (CYP) UNR (15yo) L32: Scott Clayton WR 1119 v Mousheg Hovhannisyan (USA) WR 1318 (CH 974 in 2011) * * H2H 1-0, Scott won 3-6 6-3 6-0 in the FQR here last week
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steven
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Week 49 - Dominican Republic F2 ($15,000) - Santiago de los Caballeros (Clay)
(Preview)
QR2: (q4) Alex Sendegeya WR 1415 v Stefano di Aloy (ARG) UNR or Corentin Moutet (FRA) UNR (15yo junior WR 64)
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Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000) - Traralgon 2, Australia (Hard)
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(Preview)
R1: Kyle Edmund WR 242 v (wc) Gavin Van Peperzeel (AUS) WR 470 (CH 438 in Sept) R1: (2) James Ward WR 119 v Brydan Klein WR 253
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Coup Droit
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Week 48 - Thailand F10 ($15,000) - Bangkok (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (3) Brydan Klein WR 293 v (WC) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) UNR (CH 1213 in 2013) L32: (6) Dave Rice WR 345 v Zheng Weigiang (CHN) WR 978 (CH 976 last month; 18yo junior WR 70, CH 24 in 2013) L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 380 v Kaichi Uchida (JPN) WR 629 (= CH; junior CH 3 in 2012)
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1711
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Week 48 - Egypt F34 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: (q16) Aswin Lizen WR 1441 v Joshua Turnquest (BAH) UNR (15yo) QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Jacopo Stefanini (ITA) UNR (CH 1555 in 2013; 18yo junior WR 173) QR1: Robbie Ridout WR 1450 v Alan Gadjiev (UZB) UNR (18yo junior WR 958 / CH 345 in Feb)
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1961
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Week 48 - Kuwait F3 ($10,000) - Meshref (Hard)
(Preview)
R1: (2) Dan Smethurst WR 281 v (q) Ali Al-Qallaf (KUW) UNR age 17 If Dan gets to the quarters, he's got Adrien Bossel, as a likely opponent.
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Coup Droit
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Week 48 - Dominican Republic F1 ($15,000) - La Romana (Clay)
(Preview)
Alex got a late direct entry but - ouch! L32: Alex Sendegeya WR 1407 v (1) Antal van der Duim (NED) WR 300 (CH 276 in Jun)
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2015 - A Good Year/A Bad Year?
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(Preview)
I've found it very interesting all the discussion in various threads regarding whether 2014 has been a good year or not. What does everyone think would constitute a good 2015? Would be good to review against everyone's thoughts in a years time. Edit: I'm referring to men's tennis here. -- Edit...
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Week 47 - Tunisia F8 ($10,000) - Sousse (Hard)
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(Preview)
James Marsalek should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q3) Bruce Strachan WR 1210 v Elliott Carnello (SWE) UNR QR1: (q13) Andrew Bettles WR 1682 v Marin Plisic (SUI) UNR QR1: (q4) Imran Aswat WR 1214 v Camillo Lucchese (ITA) UNR The winners of the first two matches above will meet in the FQR.
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Week 47 - Cyprus F2 ($10,000) - Larnaca (Hard)
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(Preview)
Richard Gabb should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: (q5) Keelan Oakley WR 1053 v Francesco Salviato (ITA) UNR QR1: (q7) Scott Clayton WR 1150 v Christos Gregoriou (CYP) UNR
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Week 47 - USA F32 ($10,000) - Pensacola, FL (Clay)
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(Preview)
Farris Gosea should be seeded in the main draw here. QR1: Calum McKinlay UNR v Walker Duncan (USA) UNR QR1: Shakeel Manji UNR v William Neuner (USA) UNR QR1: (q14) Ryan Peniston WR 2102 v Michael Atlesonn Staff (NOR) UNR QR2: (q2) Julian Cash WR 1227 v Grigory Trotsenko (RUS) UNR or Ansel Bivens (USA) UN...
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Week 47 - Kuwait F2 ($10,000) - Meshref (Hard)
(Preview)
Dan (who is likely to drop outside the top 280 when his Champaign 2013 points come off tomorrow) starts his late bid for a place in Aus Open qualifying against a qualifier here: L32: (1) Dan Smethurst WR 254 v (Q) Nino Portales (FRA) UNR (17yo)
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1548
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Week 47 - Australia F10 ($15,000) - Wollongong 2 (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (2) Brydan Klein WR 294 v Qualifier
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steven
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What Fitzy did next ...
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(Preview)
http://bbc.in/18uFQEo "6-love-6 02 Jul" Sloane & John Inverdale talking about Fitzy from 30:11-30:37 A very short clip but she's very nice about him and her reaction when Inverdale asks if she knows he put himself up for sale on Ebay ... I mean, who wouldn't want to be described as...
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