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Week 47 Futures - India F11 ($15K) - New Delhi - Hard
(Preview)
James avoids the top seed this week - at least in R1 anyway R1: MARSALEK, James (GBR) WR 795 v ARENAS-GUALDA, Ivan (ESP) WR 670 R1: COX, Daniel (GBR) 4 WR 422 v SIRILUETHAIWATTANA, Perakiat (THA) WR 777
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Week 47 - Challenger (€106,500+H) - Helsinki, Finland - Indoor Hard
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(Preview)
Of the four Brits on the Alt list here, only Josh Milton has turned up. A pity in a way because half the players in the qualifying draw are unranked Finns. Having said that, the top four seeds are ranked 166-259 (and Josh is in the section with top seed Delbonis) so actually picking up any ranking points h...
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Week 47 Futures - Australia F13 ($15K) - Bendigo - Hard
(Preview)
L32: Richard Gabb WR 928 v (6) Isaac Frost (AUS) WR 473 L32: Toby Martin WR 938 v (WC) Luke Saville (AUS) UNR Saville may be unranked, but he's the player who beat Liam Broady in the junior Wimbledon Final and current world junior no. 2.
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AEGON British Tour 2011 thread
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(Preview)
The British Tour starts 2011 in Billesley, with a lot of world-ranked Brits taking the chance to dust off the cobwebs before the first set of GB Futures starts the following week. This makes it ridiculously strong for a BT, with the seeds set to be:1/357 Richard Bloomfield 2/363 Daniel Evans 3/399 Jos...
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Week 46 Futures - Czech Republic $15K
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(Preview)
Draw out with Josh Goodall top seed: Josh GOODALL (GBR) (1) Vs Piotr GADOMSKI (POL) Daniel UHLIG (GER) Vs Vaclav SAFRANEK (CZE) Leonard STAKHOVSKY (UKR) Vs Juho PAUKKU (FIN) Jonas KOENIG (GER) Vs Daniel SMETHURST (GBR) (6) Marek MICHALICKA (CZE) (4) Vs Jiri SKOLOUDIK (CZE) Mateusz SZMIGIEL (POL) V...
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Portsey
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Week 46 Futures - Australia F12 ($15K) - Traralgon - Hard
(Preview)
L32: Richard Gabb WR 948 v (8) Michael Venus (NZL) WR 425 (CH 274 in July) L32: (WC) Toby Martin WR 1056 v (WC) Rhys Michael Johnson (AUS) WR 1348 Johnson is the young Aussie (17yo last Monday) who beat Gabb 7-6 in the 3rd last month. -- Edited by steven on Sunday 13th of November 2011 09:57:08 AM
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Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Champaign, IL, USA - Hard
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(Preview)
Jamie Baker is a direct entrant here. The other two Brits are both seeded in the same qualifying section: QR1: (q4) Alex Bogdanovic WR 322 v Alexander Domijan (USA) WR 742 (CH 541 in 2010) QR1: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 354 v Lee Hsin-Han (TPE) WR 558 (CH 541 in Aug) Boggo beat Domijan 7-6(3) 6-2 at Charlottesvi...
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Week 46 Futures - India F10 ($15K) - Pune - Hard
(Preview)
After a decent draw last week (thanks mainly to his seeding), James' run of dire draws resumes. No sign of Dan Cox though. R1: BHAMBRI, Yuki 1 WR 378 v MARSALEK, James WR 797
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Week 46 Futures - Iran F4 ($15K) - Kish Island - Clay
(Preview)
L32: James Feaver WR 799 v (7) Mikhail Vasiliev (RUS) WR 458 H2H 0-1, 6-4 3-6 6-3 Islamabad Fut QF 2008
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Week 46 Futures - USA F31 ($10K) - Amelia Island, Florida - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Matthew SHORT (GBR) (4) BYE QR2: Matthew SHORT (GBR) (4) defeated Jeff ZENISEK (USA) 7-6(2) 4-6 6-4 QR3: Daniel SOTOMARINO (PER) defeated Matthew SHORT (GBR) (4) 1-6 6-4 6-4
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Week 46 - Challenger (€85,000 +H) - Bratislava, Slovakia - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: (q5) Joshua Milton WR 373 v (WC) Oliver Nagy (SVK) UNR Pretty crapy draw for Milton as he potentially face (q1) Kamil Kapkovoc (SVK) WR 261 in the final round of qualifying.
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Week 46 - Challenger (€42,500) - Salzburg, Austria - Hard
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(Preview)
If you thought Josh Milton's draw in Bratislava was bad ... QR1: David Rice WR 508 v (q1) Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) WR 240 QR1: Sean Thornley WR 567 v (q4) Peter Gojowczyk (GER) WR 281
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Week 45 - Challenger ($50,000) - Knoxville TN, USA - Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 361 v Antoine Benneteau (FRA) WR 747 (CH 718 in Aug) Antoine is world no. 53 Julien's younger brother by 4.5 years. The other seed in Chris's section is (q3) Peter Polansky (CAN) WR 334 (CH 164 in 2009) Oddly (and somewhat disappointingly!), neither Baker nor Boggo are in the dr...
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Week 45 - Challenger: Aegon GB Pro Series, Loughborough (€42,000) - indoor hard - doubles
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
A fair amount of Brit involvement in the doubles, hence the separate thread: R1: (1) Jamie Delgado & Jonny Marray vs (WC) Miles Bugby & Andrew Fitzpatrick R1: Aljaz Bedene & Grega Zemlja (SLO/SLO) vs Josh Go...
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Week 45 Futures - India F9 ($10K) - Chennai - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: MARSALEK, James (GBR) 8 WR 815 v VEERABADRAN, Vignesh (IND) WR 1519
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Week 45 Futures - USA F30 ($10K) - Pensacola, Florida - Clay
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(Preview)
QR1: MANLOW, Daniel def. GORHAM, Nathaniel (USA) 6-4 6-4 QR1: (5) SHORT, Matthew v BYE QR1: HELLIAR, Christopher def. FOTI, Fortunato (AUS) 6-1 6-4 QR2: MANLOW, Daniel UNR v (15) NAGY, Peter (HUN) WR 1270 QR2: (5) SHORT, Matthew WR 816 v PEREZ, Alejandro (USA) UNR QR2: HELLIAR, Christopher UNR v KO...
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Week 45 - Challenger (€64,000) - Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
The "Forgotten Man", Ken Skupski, spurns the home tournament to compete for a bigger prize in sunny Suisse with yet another partner: R1: (3) Ken Skupski & Horacio Zeballos (ARG) vs Kristijan Mesaros & Ante Pavic (CRO/CRO) I hope he fares better there than he did in Eckental! :pr...
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Week 45 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Masters (€2,750,000), Paris (indoor hard) - doubles
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Our top doubles players are playing musical partners! I suppose it's one way of getting both Colin & Ross into a Masters tournament! R1: Ross Hutchins & Andy Murray vs Nicolás Almagro & David Marrero (ESP/ESP) (the Austrian eighth seeds, Oliver Marach & Alexander Peya, lie in wa...
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Week 45 - Challenger Aegon GB Pro Series, Loughborough (€42,000) - indoor hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
)
(Preview)
The qualies have just got under way & blow me if there isn't live scoring! Wonders will never cease! The first-round matches between Miles Bugby & Dave Rice (q6), Connor Glennon (a new name to me!) & David Hodg...
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Week 45 Futures - Rwanda F1 ($10K) - Kigali - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Marc Beckles UNR lost to (q3) Marko Rajic (SRB) WR 1301 by 1 &  QR1: (q9) Dominic Ross-Hurst WR 1634 beat (wc) Jean-Claude Gasigwa (RWA) UNR by 3 & 5  FQR: (q9) Dominic Ross-Hurst WR 1634 trailed (q8) Conrad Olson (BEL) WR 1519 4-6 5-5 when play was suspended
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Week 44 - Challenger ($75,000) - Charlottesville VA, USA - Hard
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(Preview)
Jamie Baker is a DA here. Boggo and Chris are in the same qualifying section. A bit of a dodgy QR1 draw for Boggo too, though Brian Baker has not been anywhere near the top 200 for more than 5 years. The other players in the section are (wc) Domijan WR 748, (wc) Britton WR 745, whom Boggo took 3 sets to beat in N...
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Week 44 - ATP 500 series (€1,838,100) - Swiss Indoors Basel (indoor hard) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
In the same (bottom) half of the draw (Mad ain't gonna like this! ): R1: (WC) Stéphane Bohli & Marco Chiudinelli (SUI/SUI) vs Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins R1: Andy Murray & Jamie Murray vs (2) Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor (BLR/CAN)
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Week 44 Futures - USA F29 ($10k) - Niceville, Florida - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Joe SALISBURY (GBR) defeated Michael KAY (USA) 6-2 1-6 6-2 QR1: Matthew SHORT (GBR) (3) BYE QR1: James CHAUDRY (GBR) BYE QR1: George COUPLAND (GBR) BYE QR2: Alexandre LACROIX (FRA) (2) defeated Joe SALISBURY (GBR) 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) QR2: Matthew SHORT (GBR) (3) defeated David O'HARE (IRL) 6-4 7-5...
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Week 44 Futures - Australia F11 ($15,000) - Happy Valley - Hard
(Preview)
R1: (wc) Bradley MOUSLEY (AUS) UNR Vs Toby MARTIN (GBR) WR 1061 R1: Robert MCKENZIE (AUS) WR 1101 Vs Richard GABB (GBR) WR 978
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Week 44 Futures - Kuwait F3 ($10,000) - Meshref (Hard)
(Preview)
R1: MORGAN, George (GBR) WR 737 v (q) MICOV, Stefan (MKD) WR 1890
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