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Week 19 - Croatia F8 ($10,000) - Bol (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Henry Ogden UNR v Dinko Panzic (CRO) UNR - winner to play (q1) Ivan Krivic (CRO) WR 1437 (CH 1396 in Jan) in the FQR It's rare to not recognise the name of a Brit then find he has tried Futures before, but having said that, 22-year-old Henry's only other foray into Futures was in Tipton in 2011, when he t...
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4
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Week 18 - Challenger ($50,000) - Tallahassee, FL, USA (Clay)
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(Preview)
James Ward and Dave Rice should be in the main draw here. QR1: Sean Thornley WR 1712 v Andrew Carter (USA) WR 982 (CH 797 last Jul) Carter has lost his last 9 singles matches, while Sean is playing singles for the first time since Champaign Challenger qualifying last year and he needs to qualify here to av...
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Week 18 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Ān-Níng, China (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
L32: Oli Golding WR 338 v Borna Coric (CRO) WR 271 (= CH) L32: (6) Dan Cox WR 222 v Chung Hyeon (KOR) WR 374 (CH 372 earlier this month)
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70
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Week 18 - Korea F2 ($15,000) - Seoul (Hard)
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(Preview)
L32: (6) Richard Gabb WR 428 v (WC) Kim Sun-Yong (KOR) WR 1424 (CH 660 in 2006) L32: (4) Ed Corrie WR 352 v Qualifier L32: George Coupland WR 730 v Gengo Kikuchi (JPN) WR 935 (CH 735 last Jun) The winners of Ed and George's matches will meet in R2.
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Week 18 - Spain F7 ($10,000) - Móstoles (Hard)
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(Preview)
It's a strange week when Spain is the closest place to go to find a tournament that is not on clay! The draw could be better - Josh gets one of the highest-ranked unseeded players and the unseeded Brits both play seeds in R1 - Matt getting the 2nd seed in R1 for the 2nd week in a row: L32: (6) Josh Milton WR 578 v...
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Week 18 - Challenger ($85,000 +H): Prosperita Open, Ostrava, Czech Republic (red clay)
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(Preview)
L32: Dan Evans WR 132 vs (8) Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) WR 131 Rankings couldn't be much closer... Up to Dan to prove himself on clay on a lower-tier stage.
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Stircrazy
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15
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2682
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Week 18 - 2014 Santaizi Challenger ($75,000) - Taipei City, Taiwan (carpet) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: Jamie Delgado & Gilles Müller (LUX) CR 558 (108+450) vs (WC) Chuang Tingyu & Yu Chengyu (TPE/TPE) UNR
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3
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661
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Week 18 - USA F12 ($10,000) - Vero Beach, FL (Clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: James Turbervill UNR v Tayjhon McGee (USA) UNR QR1: Thomas Knights UNR v Agustin Savarino (ARG) UNR QR1: Alex Sendegeya UNR v Marko Vukalovic (SRB) UNR McGee is 15 and yet to win more than 2 games in a set in 4 attempts at Futures qualies. The other opponents are teenagers too, with Vukalovic (18) pl...
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2242
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Week 18 - Egypt F16 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
Another WC MD place for Jack: R1: (WC) Jack Oswald UNR v (Q) Mauricio Alvarez-Guzman (CHI) WR 1500 CH 1050 (2010) And a victory (of sorts): R1: Andrea CAMURRI (ITA) / Jack OSWALD (GBR) def. Arseniy MOROZOV (RUS) / Bjoern PETERSEN (GER) Walkover -- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 30th of Ap...
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Coup Droit
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Article On Smethurst.
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http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ianwylie/2007/07/wimbledons_rising_stars.html
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Salmon
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1979
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Week 18 - Turkey F14 ($10,000) - Antalya - Belconti (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: Alex Jhun WR 1352 v (4) Peter Heller (GER) WR 656 (CH 430 last May)
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Davis Cup 2014 - World Group Quarter-Final - 4-6 Apr - ITA v GB
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1 2 3 4 5 … 23
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(Preview)
Italy v Great Britain The venue is very hard to predict because Italy seem to do their best to avoid ever playing two home ties in the same place. However, it is virtually certain to be on red clay, though at least the timing isn't too bad - it will require a quick surface switch after Miami but won't requir...
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Week 17 - Great Britain F9 ($10,000) - Bournemouth (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
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(Preview)
Marcus, Brydan, Liam, Josh Milton & Luke should all be seeded in the main draw (barring any high-ranked WCs), with Rob Carter, Jack Carpenter, Toby Martin, Jonny O'Mara, Jathan Malik and 4 wild cards (based on the entry list, I'd guess Sam Hutt and Evan Hoyt will be 2 of them) also in the main draw. L...
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150
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10967
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Week 17 - Challenger (€42,500) - Vercelli, Italy (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
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(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Kyle Edmund WR 297 v (wc) Alberto Bagarello ITA UNR H2H 1-0 - Kyle (then aged 15) beat Bagarello in 3 sets in a junior G4 event in Porto in 2010
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11951
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Week 16 - Qatar F3 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
L32: (8) James Marsalek WR 612 v Pietro Licciardi (ITA) WR 730 (= CH) L32: (5) Ashley Hewitt WR 412 v Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 715 L32: (2) Oli Golding WR 352 v (Q) Michael Mmoh (USA) WR 1931 (= CH; 16yo world junior no. 9) The three seeded Brits are in different quarters. Oli beat Mmoh 3-6 6-0 6-3 in R1 last/this...
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Week 17 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Shenzhen, China (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Dan Cox WR 224 v (WC) Gao Xin (CHN) WR 1334 (CH 1331 earlier this month; top 20 junior in 2012)
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21
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3236
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Week 17 - Greece F7 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)
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(Preview)
Alex Ward, Neil Pauffley and Cam Norrie should be in the main draw, with the first two seeded. FQR: (q1) Harry Meehan WR 1066 v Ivan Avdeev (RUS) UNR or Sergey Dyakonov (RUS) UNR Edit: Thanks to CD for the quiet word about geography LOL and note to self not to start new threads when waking up in the middle of...
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6377
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Week 17 - Challenger ($50,000) - Savannah, GA, USA (Clay)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
L32: Dave Rice WR 288 v (4) Alex Bogomolov Jr (RUS) WR 116 (CH 33 in 2011) L32: James Ward WR 157 v Qualifier - winner likely to play 2nd seed Sock in R2
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Week 18 - Italy F12 ($10,000) - Santa Margherita di Pula (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Karl Grossey UNR v Stanislav Skobelev (RUS) UNR - winner to play (q4) Soichiro Moritani (JPN) WR 1243 (CH 1226 in Jan)
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1
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565
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Week 17 - ATP 250 - Bucharest, Romania (Clay)
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(Preview)
R1: (PR) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins v Martin Emmrich & Christopher Kas (GER/GER) R1: (4) Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) v Tomasz Bednarek & Mate Pavic (POL/CRO) R1: Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) & Jonathan Marray v Denis Istomin & Lukas Rosol (CZE/UZB)
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wolf
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27
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Week 17 - Egypt F15 ($10,000) - Sharm el Sheikh (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Jack Oswald v Bjoern Petersen (GER) UNR
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Coup Droit
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3
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Week 17 - Spain F6 ($10,000) - Madrid (Clay)
(Preview)
Ouch ... L32: Matthew Short WR 872 v (2) Marc Giner (ESP) WR 376 (CH 245 last Apr)
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Week 16 - Greece F6 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
Alex Ward should be seeded in the main draw here, with Neil Pauffley and Cameron Norrie also DAs. QR1: Karl Grossey UNR v Cosmin Ontica (ROU) UNR QR2: (q4) Harry Meehan WR 1067 v Ivan Avdeev (RUS) UNR or Socrates Leonardo Bousbouras Romero (CAN) UNR QR2: (Q6) George Morgan WR 1103 v Melik Feler (FRA) UNR...
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4995
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Week 17 - Korea F1 ($15,000) - Seoul (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: George Coupland WR 727 v (7) Na Jung-Woong (KOR) WR 432 (CH 404 last Sep) L32: (6) Richard Gabb WR 425 v Daniel Nguyen (USA) WR 489 (CH 418 last May) George's doubles partner this week, Freddie Nielsen, or Richard's own doubles partner and Bath colleague Marcus Daniell will await the winner of Rich...
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Future of GB men's tennis
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(Preview)
Just wanted to ask the opinion of some of the more knowledgeable posters on here regarding the current batch of young British pro's. I've always followed British tennis but haven't seen too much of a lot of these players other than the odd WC at queens/Wimbledon. Is British tennis approaching a point...
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