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Week 17 - Challenger ($50,000) - Savannah, GA, USA (clay)
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It looks like James Ward made it into the main draw in the end without having to go through qualifying. QR1: (wc) Dan Regan UNR v (wc) Sven Lalic (BIH) UNR QR1: Kyle Edmund WR 515 v Pablo Gor Costales (ESP) WR 1569 Dan played Futures qualifying four times in 2008, losing in straight sets in QR1 each time to f...
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Week 17 - France F9 ($15,000) - Grasse (Clay)
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L32: Alexander Ward WR 451 v (Q) Maxime Chazal (FRA) WR 744 L32: (7) Dan Smethurst WR 371 v Miljan Zekic (SRB) WR 436 -- Edited by RJA on Sunday 21st of April 2013 05:22:21 PM
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Week 17 - Israel F7 ($10,000) - Ashkelon (Hard)
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James Marsalek is a DA here and should be seeded in what looks like a pretty weak field. Strangely enough quite a few players are less than eager to play tennis in a city that is just 8 miles from the Gaza strip and which is often targetted by rockets. QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q8) Saar Steele (ISR) WR 1895
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Week 17 - ATP 250 series - BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, Bucharest - doubles (red clay)
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Decent new partner for Ken this week &, on the face of it, a winnable first-round match: R1: Xavier Malisse (BEL) & Ken Skupski WR 104 vs (WC) Victor Hanescu & Gilles Müller (ROU/LUX) WR 477 And good to see Dom continung to compete at this level. Trouble is, it's a cr@p draw: R1: Dominic I...
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Week 17 - ATP 500 series - Banc Sabadell Open, Barcelona - doubles (red clay)
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Sod's law, but an early opportunity to avenge this week's second-round defeat, I suppose : R1: Colin Fleming & Jonny Marray WR 46 (*) vs (4) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi & Jean-Julien Rojer (PAK/NED) WR 15 (**) (*) 35th in the race as of yesterday (**) third in the race -- Edited by Stircrazy...
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Week 16 - Egypt F3 ($10,000) - Sharm El Sheikh (Clay)
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Oli really needs to get things going this week. He soon his some pretty big points to defend L32: (5) Oliver Golding WR 459 v Kristijan Mesaros (CRO) WR 655
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Week 16 - Greece F3 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)
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Big British participation again this week. Goodall, Bloomfiled, Willis and Burton are DAs. QR1: Harry Meehan WR 1953 v (wc) Athanasios Verbis (GRE) UNR QR1: Adam Skalsky UNR v (q15) Vaclav Safraneck (CZE) WR 1184 QR1: (q13) Oliver Hudson WR 1134 v Ivan Polyakov (RUS) WR 1764 QR1: (q9) George Morgan...
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Week 16 - USA F10 ($15,000) - Little Rock (Hard)
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Boggo and Rice are DAs QR1: Samuel Beddow UNR v Miguel Alda (USA) UNR QR1: (q2) Sean Thornley WR 1024 v Bye
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Week 16 - Turkey F15 ($10,000) - Antalya - Belconti (Hard)
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Pauffley and Carpenter are DAs QR1: (q4) Tom Farquharson WR 831 v Bye QR1: James Allemby UNR v Igor Zubov UNR
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Week 16 - Challenger ($100,000) - Sarasota, FL, USA (clay)
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Kyle has got a main draw wild card, but believe it or not: L32: James Ward WR 217 v Kyle Edmund WR 517 GB's top clay court player other than Andy against the player who may well fit that description before too long. To make things worse, the winner will play top seed Michael Russell or former world no. 45 Mis...
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Week 16 - France F8 ($15,000 + H) - Ajaccio (Clay)
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GB nos 9 & 10 head to Corsica (nice work if you can get it! ) but haven't got the nicest of draws: L32: Dan Smethurst WR 371 v (Q) Antoine Hoang (FRA) UNR (in fact, "inactive" according to the ATP!) L32: Alex Ward WR 456 v (8) Nikola Ciric WR 349 (CH 151 in 2011) The not so nice bit about Dan's dra...
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Week 16 - Challenger (€30,000 +H) - RAI Open, Rome (red clay)
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R1: (1) Dustin Brown (GER) & Jamie Delgado WR 142 vs BYE R1: Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh WR 683 vs Andreas Beck & Martin Fischer (GER/AUT) WR 854 The boys are in different quarters of the top half of the draw. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 14th of April 2013 02:05:33 PM
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Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte-Carlo (Clay) - Doubles
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R1: Colin Fleming / Jonny Marray WR 44 v Julian Knowle / Frederik Nielsen (AUT/DEN) WR 47 Winners will play Qureshi and Rojer in round 2 -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 13th of April 2013 04:37:04 PM -- Edited by Stircrazy on Wednesday 17th of April 2013 09:00:47 AM
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Week 15 - USA F9 ($15,000) - Oklahoma City (Hard)
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Boggo is a DA here and it looks like Rice and Thornley have been forced into a change of plans by the high cut offs at the Mexico challangers QR1: (q1) David Rice WR 721 v Bye QR1: (q2) Sean Thornley WR 1025 v Bye QR1: Samuel Beddow UNR lost to Renier Moolman (RSA) UNR : 6-2, 6-1 QR2: (q1) David Rice WR 721 v Ma...
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Week 15 - ATP 250 series - US Men's Clay Court Championship, Houston - doubles (red clay)
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R1: (3) Treat Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot WR 65 vs (WC) Fernando Verdasco & Mischa Zverev (ESP/GER) WR 207 R1: Nicholas Monroe & Simon Stadler (USA/GER) WR 149 vs Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) WR 153
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Week 15 - Vietnam F3 $10,000 - Ho Chi Minh City - Hard
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Fitzy is a DA here QR1: (q2) Joshua Ward-Hibbert WR 1120 v Samneang Long (CAM) UNR
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Week 15 - ATP 250 series - Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca - doubles (red clay)
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R1: Martin Klizan & Igor Zelenay (SVK/SVK) WR 215 vs Jamie Delgado & Dick Norman (BEL) WR 170 R1: Mikhail Elgin (RUS) & Ken Skupski WR 123 vs (4) Daniele Bracciali & Potito Starace (ITA/ITA) WR 97
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Week 15 - Turkey F14 ($10,000) - Antalya - Belconti (Hard)
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Pauffley and Carpenter are DAs here QR1: (q2) Tom Farquharson WR 826 v Tomas Charlos (GER) UNR QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q7) Kirill Dmitriev (RUS) WR 1028
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Henman Article
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Tim Henman has been having his say about the state of Mens tennis in the UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/22100820
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Week 15 - France F7 ($15,000 + H) - Angers (Clay)
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QR1: Mithun Prathilal Raman UNR lost to Paul Cayre (FRA) UNR : 6-0, 6-0 L32: Alexander Ward WR 456 v Simon Cauvard (FRA) WR 513 -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 6th of April 2013 07:26:42 PM
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Week 15 - Qatar F2 ($10,000) - Doha (Hard)
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Cox and Marsalek are DAs here while in qualifying Gregory Howe gets the same guy how beat him 1 and 1 last week QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v (q4) Enzo Couacaud (FRA) WR 1168
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Week 15 - Greece F2 ($10,000) - Heraklion (Hard)
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The British invasion of Crete gather pace. Goodall, Milton, Bloomfield and Willis are DAs QR1: (q2) Matthew Short WR 747 v Alex Sil**** (AUS) UNR QR1: Harry Meehan WR 1967 v (q-wc) Fabian Gruber (AUT) UNR QR1: Nikolai Snapes UNR v (q4) Constantin Belot (FRA) WR 792 QR1: James Ireland WR 1263 v Sean Car...
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Week 15 - Egypt F2 ($10,000) - Cairo (Clay)
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R1: (4) Oliver Golding WR 460 v (WC) Karim Hossam (EGY) WR 1111 Probable round 2 match against a slight ringer in Tavares.
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Week 15 - Challenger (€42,500) - Mersin, Turkey (red clay)
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R1: Jesse Huta Galung & Jan-Lennard Struff (NED/GER) WR 547 vs Darren Walsh & Adham El-Effendi (USA) WR 689
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Davis Cup 2013 - E-A Zone Group I R2 - GB v Russia - 5-7 April
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A ridiculously early start to this thread because some of those at Braehead over the weekend were asking which teams we might meet next year and where. I tweeted the possibilities yesterday but this list now takes into account the late result from the HUN v LAT Group II R2 tie and something I realised...
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