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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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Coup Droit
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Week 2- - France F1 $10,000 + H Bagnoles de l'Orne (Clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Dave in the main draw list. QR1: Oliver Levi UNR lost to Lucas Bouquet (FRA) UNR 6-0 6-0
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Coup Droit
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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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1 2 3
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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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Stircrazy
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3471
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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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1 2
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(Preview)
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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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
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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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
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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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1 2 3
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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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1 2 3 4
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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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paulisi
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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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1 2
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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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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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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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1 2 3
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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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1 2 3 4 5
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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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1 2
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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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1047
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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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Week 50 - Qatar F5 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
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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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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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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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Week 49 - Qatar F4 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5
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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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British Tour 2014
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
)
(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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1 2 3 4 5
)
(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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