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Week 15 - Greece F2 ($10,000) - Heraklion - Outdoor Carpet
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(Preview)
Outdoor carpet = astro turf?? QR1: Marshall Tutu UNR beat Jessy Kalambay (SUI) UNR 5-7 6-0 7-6(7) QR1: James Ireland UNR beat Mario Turcan (SVK) UNR 2-6 7-5 6-1 QR2: Sebastian Richter (GER) UNR beat Joshua Miller UNR 6-3 6-3 QR2: Marshall Tutu UNR beat Alexandros Sokratis Charisis (GRE) UNR 6-1 6-...
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Week 15 - USA F9 ($15,000) - Oklahoma City, OK - Outdoor Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Ed Corrie WR 616 v Haydn Lewis (BAR) WR 769 L32: (8) Sean Thornley WR 602 v (Q) Mehdi Bouras (ALG) UNR L32: (4) Dave Rice WR 448 v (Q) Dean O'Brien (RSA) WR 1387 Sean and Dave are both in the same quarter, so lets hope GB gets a semi-finalist out of it!
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steven
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Week 15 - Chinese Taipei F1 ($15,000) - Kaohsiung - Outdoor Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: James Ward GBR [1/WC] WR 154 vs Che-Ching Yeh TPE [Q] UNR Bit of a strange one this - thought James had a back injury which put him out of the Belgium DC tie. Unless he does end up pulling out of Kaohsiung, wouldn't have thought that he would play this week especially as all that travelling wouldn't...
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RCD
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Week 15 - China F5 ($15,000) - Chengdu - Outdoor Hard
(Preview)
L32: (4) Josh Milton WR 418 v (Q) Lu Yang (CHN) WR 1496 Josh will have to smash a fair bit of China to reach the semis here - the other players in his quarter (and indeed all the other unseeded players in his half too) are Chinese.
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steven
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1028
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Week 15 - Italy F4 ($15,000) - Vercelli - Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: (12) BROADY, Liam (GBR) WR 798 v BORGO, Francesco (ITA) WR 903 QR1: (5) GOLDING, Oliver (GBR) WR 624 v PICCO, Francesco (ITA) WR 900
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Week 15 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Leon, Mexico - Outdoor Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: Alexander Ward WR 342 v Pierre-Hughes Herbert (FRA) WR 308 R1: Chris Eaton WR 409 v (3) Matteo Viola (ITA) WR 172 R1: (6) Jamie Baker WR 220 v John-Patrick Smith (AUS) WR 382 R1: Jamie Baker & Nicholas Monroe (GBR/USA) v (WC) Cesar Remirez & Bruno Rodriguez (MEX/MEX) R1: Pierre-Ludovic Duc...
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wolf
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1929
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Week 15 Qatar F1 ($10,000) - Doha - Outdoor Hard
(Preview)
R1: Joshua Jones WR 1053 v Denys Mylokostov (UKR) WR 1009
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wolf
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Week 15 - ATP 250 Series - Casablanca, Morocco - Red Clay
(Preview)
R1: Jonathan Marray & Jamie Murray v Albert Montanes & Albert Ramos (ESP/ESP) Murray/Hanley seem to have definately split (Hanley playing with Dustin Brown, Jonny's recent partner).
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Davis Cup 2012 - E-A Zone I R2 - Great Britain v Belgium, 6-8 Apr
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
Belgium team (no Malisse) Olivier Rochus Steve Darcis Ruben Bemelmans David Goffin We need to name our team by next Friday.
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Week 15 - Vietnam F2 ($10,000) - Ho Chi Minh City - Outdoor Hard
(Preview)
R1: (7) Lewis Burton WR 634 v (q) Nuttanon Kadchapanan (THA) WR 1449 Jack doesn't play this week after forgetting to enter, but surprised he and Lewis didn't play doubles if he's staying for next week?
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Week 14 - Saudi Arabia F1 ($10,000) - Riyadh - Hard
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(Preview)
FQR: Gregory Howe [GBR] vs. Abdulrahman Alazzam [KSA/w.c]
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Week 14 - Italy F3 ($15,000) - Rome - Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Morgan Phillips WR 491 v Andrés Artuñedo-Martínavarr (ESP) WR 499
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Week 14 - Challenger (€30,000): 16th Barletta Open-Trofeo Selezione Casillo - Barletta, Italy (red clay)
(Preview)
R1: (WC) Oscar Burrieza & Sergio Pérez (ESP/ESP) vs (2) Jonny Marray & Igor Zelenay (SVK)
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AEGON British Tour 2012
(Preview)
I couldn't find a thread for the 2012 British Tour, so though I'd start one. Anyway, the news is that Fitzy won the final of the BT in Bolton today by a Walkover.
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SMC1809
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Week 14 - Vietnam F1 ($10,000) - Ho Chi Minh City - Hard
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
R1: Rohan Gajjar [IND/3] WR 520 vs. Jack Carpenter [GBR] WR 1075 R1: Lewis Burton [GBR/4] WR 626 vs. Qualifier Doubles: L16: L.Burton / J.Carpenter [GBR/4] vs. T.Nguyen Hoang / W.Trongcharoenchaikul[VIE/THA/w.c]
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Week 14 - Greece F1 ($10,000) - Heraklion - Outdoor - Carpet
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: Oliver Hudson [GBR/3] vs. Bye QR1: James Ireland [GBR] d. Matej Klobusovsky [SVK] 3-6 6-1 6-1 QR1: Miles Bubgy [GBR/7] d. Adam Novak [CZE] 6-3 4-6 6-2 QR1: Marshall Tutu [GBR] d. Piergiorgio Platto [ITA] 7-5 6-3 QR1: Keelan Oakley [GBR/8] d. Matthias Dorfler [GER] 2-6 7-5 7-6(4) QR2: Oliver Huds...
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Week 14 - Challenger ($50,000) - Tallahassee, FL, USA (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
6 Brits in qualifying and the good news is that they include the 3 of the top 4 seeds!  QR1: (q1) Alex Bogdanovic WR 338 v Ed Corrie WR 634 QR1: (q2) Alex Ward WR 341 v Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 625 QR1: Sean Thornley WR 604 v Ty Trombetta (USA) WR 792 QR1: (q8) Dave Rice WR 439 v (wc) Terrence Whitehurst (USA) UNR...
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Week 13 - Israel F6 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 12
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(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v Roei Baran (ISR) UNR QR2: (q2) Ashley Hewitt WR 1111 v Edan Bakshi (ISR) UNR or Guy Michelevitz (ISR) UNR
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Week 13 - Challenger ($100,000+H) - Le Gosier, Guadeloupe (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
The good news: Evo is 2nd seed in qualifying and Alex is 5th, i.e. the best of the lower seeds. The bad news: I'll give you 3 guesses (*) - though 1 will be more than enough ... QR2: (q2) Dan Evans WR 291 v Darian King (BAR) WR 753 (CH 700 last Nov) or Andreas Siljeström (SWE) UNR (CH 964 in 2010, current DWR 65...
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Week 13 - Bahrain F1 ($10,000) - Manama - Outdoor Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
James Marsalek should be seeded here, with Matthew Short also in the main draw. QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v (wc) Omar al Thagib (KSA) UNR QR1: Faisal Jamil UNR v (q11) Jan Blecha (CZE) WR 1922
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Week 13 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Barranquilla, Colombia (red clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
The good news: Wardy has drawn a wild card in R1 The bad news: The WC is a former top 10 player & Olympic gold medallist! L32: James Ward WR 162 v Nicolás Massú (CHI) WR 565 (CH 9 in 2004) Edit: Looking at Massú's recent results, that's probably a decent draw after all, though he's still not your stan...
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Times subscribers
(Preview)
Does anyone here subscribe to the Times online ? I'm after a favour...I'm trying to get hold of a couple of Jamie Baker's old Times blogs which I assume will be on the archive The links are below: any chance anyone can PM me the text ? Would be massively grateful if anyone can help me out ! Feb 2005: "...
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Week 13 - ITaly F2 ($10,000) - Cividino - Indoor Hard
(Preview)
L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 408 v (WC) Alessandro Colella WR 799
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Week 12 - Israel F5 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 18
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q10) Ashley Hewitt WR 1106 beat Lukas Michl (CZE) UNR 6-1 5-7 6-0 QR1: (q6) Joshua Jones WR 1004 v Benjamin Ezer (ISR) UNR QR1: (q13) Marko Danis (SVK) WR 1130 beat James Allemby UNR 6-0 6-3 -- Edited by wolf on Sunday 18th of March 2012 01:37:09 PM
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Week 12 - ATP 1000 - Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, FL (outdoor hard) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
Yet another new partner for Jamie - & a crap draw for the pair! R1: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Mardy Fish & Mark Knowles (USA/BAH) R1: (6) Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna (IND/IND) vs Jürgen Melzer (AUT) & Jamie Murray
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