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Week 44 - Challenger (€64,000 +H) - Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland (indoor hard) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: (1) Ken Skupski & Jamie Delgado vs Matthias Bachinger & Oliver Marach (GER/AUT) R1: Evgeny Donskoy & Dmitry Tursunov (RUS/RUS) vs (2) Jamie Murray & André Sá (BRA)
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Stircrazy
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20
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1556
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Week 44 - Czech Republic F7 ($10,000) - Roznov pod Radhostem (Carpet)
(Preview)
L32: (5) Neil Pauffley WR 539 v (Q) Lukas Vrnak (CZE) WR 1415 (junior CH 19 in 2011)
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steven
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6
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1090
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Week 44 - Thailand F4 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Nice work if you can get it, eh? Alex Ward (who should be seeded), Lewis Burton and Marcus Willis are all DAs here. Meanwhile, our old friend Mr Howe pops up in qualifying, presumably on half-term and mixing tennis with a holiday, which seems like a great idea  QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q2) Kalle Averfa...
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steven
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33
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3020
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Week 44 - Challenger (€30,000 +H) - Eckental, Germany (Indoor Synthetic) - doubles
(Preview)
Nice little surprise popping up in Eckental ... R1: ALT Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh defeated Dustin Brown & Daniel Brands (GER/GER) 6-4 6-7(5) 10-5 Fantastic result against two very good singles players, both with big games. Extends their nice run of wins. Has something...
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spud
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5
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533
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Week 44 - Israel F12 ($10,000) - Netanya (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Toby Martin WR 816 v Cedrick Commin (FRA) WR 1318 L32: (7) Richard Gabb WR 788 v Luca Rovetta (ITA) WR 1075 (CH 900 in 2007) L32: Joshua Jones WR 1035 v Henrik Sillanpää (FIN) WR 1129 (CH 961 in May) (already updated with 29 Oct rankings)
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steven
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18
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1684
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Week 44 - India F14 ($15,000) - Pune (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: James Marsalek WR 568 v (Q) Hung Jui-Chen (TPE) WR 1521
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steven
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3
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723
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Week 43 - USA F29 ($10,000) - Birmingham, AL (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
L32: Liam Broady WR 1065 v Yuri Bezeruk (AUS) WR 704 L32: Luke Bambridge WR 972 v Qualifier L32: Kyle Edmund WR 805 v Andrew Carter (USA) WR 888
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steven
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129
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7362
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Week 44 - Challenger ($75,000) - Charlottesville, VA, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Boggo & Smethurst scraped in as DAs here. QR1: Ed Corrie WR 507 v Pavel Krainik (CAN) WR 991 (CH 926 in June, junior CH 61 in 2010) QR1: (q7) Josh Milton WR 398 v (wc) Ryan Shane (USA) UNR 18yo Shane has played Futures qualifying 4 times, winning at least one match each time but never qualifying, and is o...
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steven
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51
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3380
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Week 44 - Greece F5 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Carpet)
(Preview)
QR1: Ryan Peniston UNR v Stylianos Perdikogiannis (GRE) UNR QR1: (q10) James Ireland WR 1249 v Benjamin Strunk (GER) UNR QR1: Stefan Sterland-Markovic UNR v Fotis Kakridonis (GER) UNR QR1: Robert Carter WR 1829 v Fredrik Ask (NOR) UNR
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steven
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2
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646
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Week 43: ATP 500 - Swiss Indoors Basel, (hard) - Basel, Switzerland - doubles
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
A couple of winnable first-round matches? R1: Jonny Marray & Freddie Nielsen (DEN) vs Eric Butorac & Paul Hanley (USA/AUS) R1: Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot vs Thomaz Bellucci & Jarkko Nieminen (BRA/FIN)
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Stircrazy
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50
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2586
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Week 43 - Greece F4 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)
(Preview)
QR2: Stefan Sterland-Markovic UNR v Ryan Peniston UNR
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steven
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534
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Week 43 - Turkey F41 ($10,000) - Antalya Kaya-Belek (Hard)
(Preview)
Jack Carpenter is a DA here and it looks like George Morgan (who was 2nd alternate) has got in too, because he's not in qualifying - though Korolev WR 248 is in qualifying with a QWC! There is one Brit in qualifying, a 16yo playing his first Futures: QR1: Mehdi Naqvi UNR v Rasmus Schwarz (DEN) UNR
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steven
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8
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1793
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Week 43 - Israel F11 ($10,000) - Ashkelon (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
L32: Joshua Jones WR 986 v (WC) Tal Goldengoren (ISR) WR 1314 (CH 1034 in May, age 16) L32: (7) Richard Gabb WR 761 v (Q) Yair Gall (ISR) UNR L32: Toby Martin WR 813 v (4) Adrian Sikora (SVK) WR 456 (= CH & runner-up this week so will rise further) L32: (3) Oli Golding WR 433 v Yan Sabanin (RUS) WR 1170
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steven
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51
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4164
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Week 43 - France F22 ($15,000 + H) - Rodez, Aveyron (hard)
(Preview)
No Brits in the singles, but Darren's flying the flag again in the doubles: R1: Kevin Botti & Grégoire Jacq (FRA/FRA) UNR vs (4) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh WR 767
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Stircrazy
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11
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972
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Week 43 - India F13 ($15,000) - Mumbai (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: James Marsalek WR 570 v (Q) Laksh it Sood (IND) WR 1900 Winner to play (3) N. Sriram Balaji (IND) WR 324 in R2 -- Edited by steven on Monday 22nd of October 2012 01:34:39 PM
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steven
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5
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1023
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Week 43 - ATP 500 - Valencia, Spain
(Preview)
Fletch look to continue their very outside shot at WTF qualification against last weeks Vienna finalists. As of now they are over 1100 points behind 7th place, so need at least a semi here to keep their hopes alive. Realistically I would say they need at least a final and a tournament win from here a...
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wolf
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3
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524
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Week 43 - Morocco F7 ($15,000) - Casablanca (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Mohamed Adnaoui (MAR) UNR QR1: Michael Suleau UNR v Julian Contzen (POR) UNR QR2: (q2) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1440 v Diogo Lourenco (POR) UNR or Yusef Dris Ahmed (ESP) UNR QR2: Roenn or Adnaoui v (wc) Houssam Yassine (MAR) UNR - winner plays the winner of the match above QR2: Suleau o...
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steven
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10
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1372
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Week 43 - Algeria F3 ($10,000) - Alger (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: (4) Alex Slabinsky WR 541 v (WC) Abdelhak Hameurlaine (ALG) WR 1566 (CH 963 in 2003) Hameurlaine is 40 years old but has managed to reach R2 in the last 2 weeks' Algerian Futures so has re-entered the rankings (as Algeria's no. 3!) today. He is Algeria's most successful Davis Cup singles player ev...
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steven
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621
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Chris Eaton
(Preview)
Chris Eaton hasn't played for three months and missed a lot of British tournaments where he has played in previous years. Has he announced his retirement? Is he injured? I can't find anything on the internet but this forum has lots of people who seem to know things that many others don't!
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John the Bowler
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9
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3667
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Week 42: ATP 250 - Erste Bank Open, Vienna (indoor hard) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
Dom & TCH are reunited! R1: Jamie Murray & André Sá (BRA) vs Lukas Lacko & Igor Zelanay (SVK/SVK) R1: (WC) Martin Fischer & Philipp Oswald (AUT/AUT) vs (3) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot The bad news is that the winners of those two matches play one another! -- Edited b...
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19
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1375
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Week 42 - Great Britain F17 ($15,000) - Glasgow (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
)
(Preview)
DAs here for Goodall, Baker, Evans, Bloomfield, Ward, Rice, Burn, Pauffley, Gabb, Willis, Thornley and Hudson. Qualifying Draw
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RJA
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108
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9372
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Week 42 - Algeria F2 ($10,000) - Annaba (Clay)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
L32: (5) Alex Slabinsky WR v (WC) Sid Ali Akili (ALG) WR 1564 (CH 1498 in Feb) So is this a young, up-and-coming Algerian Slabba has drawn? Er, not exactly - Akili is 38 He did have a 4-1 record in Davis Cup last year though. He got his ranking point by double-bagelling another Algerian whose only other...
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steven
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2404
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Week 42 - Qatar F4 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
R1: GOLDING, Oliver WR 456 [3] v MALOULI, Laurent (FRA) WR 654 R1: MARSALEK, James WR 582 [7] v (q) ZHURBIN, Alexander (RUS) WR 1359 R1: BURTON, Lewis WR 799 v GODRY, Levente (HUN) WR 1032 The winners of the bottom 2 meet in R2.
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SMC1809
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39
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3318
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Week 42 - USA F28 ($15,000) - Mansfield, TX (Hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Smethurst, Milton and Corrie are DAs here QR1: Daniel Manlow UNR v Mikheil Khmiadashvili (GEO) UNR
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RJA
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40
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2577
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Week 42 - Germany F20 ($10,000) - Bad Salzdetfurth (Carpet)
(Preview)
R1: (1) Darren Walsh / Adham El-Effendi (USA) WR 767 v Bye QF: (1) Darren Walsh / Adham El-Effendi (USA) WR 767 beat Jan Satral / Dominik Suc (CZE/CZE) UNR : 7-6(5), 4-6 [10-6] SF: (1) Darren Walsh / Adham El-Effendi (USA) WR 767 v Friedrich Klasen / Marek Pesicka (GER/CZE) UNR
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RJA
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8
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980
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