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Week 42 - ATP ($1,000,000) - Kremlin Cup - Moscow - Doubles.
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1 2
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(Preview)
Col and Ken are 4th seeds here, but Sod's Law strikes again! Their opponents in the 1st round are none other than Hutch and Huss - typical.
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helki
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Week 42 - Futures F16 ($15K) - Glasgow, UK - Indoor Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
Evo, Goodall, Cox, Milton, Slabba & Feaver are DAs here, it looks like Morgan, Priddle and Gabb sneaked in too, though possibly one of them got Morgan's WC. Martin, el Menshawy and Farquharson have WCs too. All GB and/or unranked unless otherwise stated: QR1: Sizya Ernest Kivanda v Jack Paterso...
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steven
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104
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Week 42 - Challengers - Calabasas CA, USA ($50,000) - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Jamie Baker WR 297 v (WC) Steve Johnson (USA) WR 798 A nice R1 draw from Jamie, but if he gets through that, it will be (7) Kevin Kim WR 176 or Amer Delic in R2 with (1) Donald Young WR 111 the other seed in that quarter of the draw.
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steven
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19
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Week 42 - Challenger (Open d'Orléans) - Orléans, France (€106,500 +H) - hard: doubles
(Preview)
First round: (WC) Olivier Charroin & Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA/FRA) vs Jamie Delgado & Jonny Marray
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Stircrazy
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Week 42 - Futures F1 ($10K) - Paros, Greece - Carpet
(Preview)
Thornley and Willis are moving on from Kos to play this event too. QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Antonio Fernandez-Cantisano (ESP) UNR QR1: (q7) Stefan Sterland-Markovic WR 1421 v Michal Voscek (SVK) UNR
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steven
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12
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2118
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Week 42 - Futures F12 ($10K) - Adana, Turkey - Hard
(Preview)
The Wardinator is a DA here. QR1: George Chater-Clark UNR v Ilia Chkonia (RUS) UNR QR1: Daniel McGrath UNR v Kaan Senolsun (TUR) UNR The seeded players in both of the Brits' sections are ranked 1732=.
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steven
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8
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2188
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Week 42 - Futures F2 ($15K) - Meshref 2, Kuwait - Hard
(Preview)
With Wardy having pulled out, Philip Barlow is flying the flag in Kuwait this week: L32: Philip Barlow WR 1243 v (WC) Mohammed Abdal (KUW) UNR Abdal is a 16-y-o whose first Futures event was Meshref last week - he won by retirement in QR1 then lost in 3 sets to a 15-y-o fellow Kuwaiti who got mashed 1 & 3...
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steven
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2
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1264
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Week 42 - Futures F1 ($15K+H) - Lagos, Nigeria - Hard
(Preview)
L32: Andrew Fitzpatrick WR 1095 v (5) Karan Rastogi (IND) WR 447 Not the best draw Fitzy could have hoped for. Rastogi actually played Roehampton a couple of months ago, beating Edward Corrie 6 & 4 then later losing & 5 to Josh Milton in the semis. He also has a 2-0 record against Jamie Delgado b...
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steven
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1429
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Week 42 - Challengers - Seoul, Korea ($125,000+H) - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: (q7) Dominic Inglot WR 597 v (wc) Ji-Hoon Sun (KOR) UNR Dom was drawn in top seed (WR 329) Rameez Junaid's section but the Aussie appears to have pulled out just after the draw, leaving BBD, a Korean ranked 1524 and a bunch of unranked Korean WCs! But ... doh! why can't one of our singles specialists...
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steven
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1648
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Week 41 - Challengers - Tashkent, Uzbekistan ($125,000) - Hard
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
QR1: (8) INGLOT, Dominic WR 577 v HUEY, Treat Conrad (PHI) WR 726 Other seed in section is (q3) R. Junaid (AUS) WR 325 (corrected the country) -- Edited by steven on Friday 8th of October 2010 10:06:39 PM
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alex03maccy
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4807
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Week 42 - Futures F37 ($15K) - Sabadell, Spain - Clay
(Preview)
Tom Allen won in the first round qualifying here, but losses for Jack Carpenter, James Marsalek, Ashley Hewitt, James Allemby & Keelan Oakley. Bad day in all.
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Akhenaten
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954
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Week 41 - Futures F1 ($10K) - Kos, Greece - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Meatball Willis and Sean Thornley should be DAs here. QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Predrag Nedeljkovic (SRB) UNR - winner to play (q2) Stepan Khotulev (RUS) WR 1273 in the FQR QR1: (q5) Stefan Sterland-Markovic WR 1420 v Boris Borgula (SVK) UNR - winner to play Christos Sofianos (GRE) UNR or Marko Rajic (SRB...
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steven
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20
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3986
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Week 41 - Challengers - Tiburon CA, USA ($50,000) - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Jamie Baker WR 293 v (wc) Yoram Tal (USA) UNR QR1: (q6) Dan Cox WR 373 v (wc) Zeke Hindle (USA) UNR The bad news is that the two Brits are in the same section. The good news is that the other six players in that section are Ashwin Kumar WR 778 and no less than five QWCs!
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steven
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77
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Week 42 - Futures F19 ($15K+H) - La Roche-sur-Yon, France - Hard
(Preview)
1st Round Qualifying Theodore Voegt (GBR) bye 2nd Round Qualifying Theodore Voegt (GBR) vs (4)Alexandre Penaud (FRA) WR: 882
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Akhenaten
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Week 41 - Futures F26 ($15K) - Austin TX, USA - Hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Matthew Short WR 1086 v Jordan Wasden (USA) UNR Matthew is the only ranked player in his section. Myles Blake was 2nd Alt so should be in the main draw.
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Week 41 - Futures F1 ($15K) - Meshref, Kuwait - Hard
(Preview)
R1: WARD, James (GBR) 1 WR 227 v NIAKI, Mo (CAN) WR 1730 R1: BARLOW, Philip (GBR) WR 1244 v SCHULZ, Dominik (GER) UNR The winners to play each other.
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SMC1809
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Week 41 - Challenger (Open de Rennes) - Rennes, France (€64,000 +H) - hard: doubles
(Preview)
Jamie & Jonny are reunited for this one. They take on Yves Allegro & Martin Slanar (SUI/AUT) in the first round.
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Stircrazy
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Week 41 - Futures F9 ($15K) - Happy Valley, Australia - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: ARLIDGE, Burnham (GBR) 1 v Bye QR2: ARLIDGE, Burnham (GBR) 1 beat MOUSLEY, Bradley (AUS) 6-1 6-4 FQR: ARLIDGE, Burnham (GBR) 1 v BARALIC, Marko (SRB) UNR R1: GREGORY, Andrew (GBR) WR 947 v REID, Matt (AUS) 6 WR 469
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SMC1809
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1703
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Week 41 - Futures F18 ($15K) - St Dizier, France - Hard
(Preview)
QR2: (q13) Tom Farquharson WR 1660 v Romain Bauvy (FRA) UNR or Clément Maas (BEL) UNR The other seed in Tom's section is (q5) Florent Walter (FRA) WR 1344. -- Edited by steven on Saturday 9th of October 2010 12:45:28 AM
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steven
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1348
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Week 41 - Futures F11 ($10K) - Antalya, Turkey - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: Daniel McGrath UNR v Baris Erguden (TUR) UNR - winner to play (q1) Adrian Partl (SVK) WR 1187 in QR2 QR1: Charlie Goode UNR v Philip Orno (DEN) UNR - winner to play (q6) Kyle Stoker (AUS) WR 1703 in QR2 -- Edited by steven on Saturday 9th of October 2010 12:48:34 AM
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steven
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Week 40 - Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
)
(Preview)
Goodall is the 7th seed in the draw his first match is against Alberton Richieleu of Saint Lucia, who is determined by the ATP to be inactive since 2007. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 2nd of October 2010 08:43:49 PM
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The Magician Santoro
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Week 40 - Futures F5 ($15K) - Espinho, Portugal - Clay
(Preview)
Dan Smethurst is a very, very late w/d again. L32: Alex Slabinsky WR 500 v (JE) Jason Kubler (AUS) WR 622 L32: Alex Ward WR 521 v (WC) Vasco Mensurado (POR) UNR Kubler is the former world junior no. 1 who lost to Oliver Golding in Wimbledon juniors. Slabba is the only Brit down to play singles on Monday. Men...
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Week 40 Challengers - Sacramento, USA ($50k) - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Jamie Baker should be in MD QR1: (q7) Chris Eaton WR 564 v BYE QR1: (q4) Dan Cox WR 418 v BYE Other Seed in Eaton's section is WR 416 Pierre Duclos and in Dan's section WR 542 Blake Strode -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 3rd of October 2010 02:49:30 PM
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Smidster
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Week 40 - Futures F8 ($15K) - Port Pirie, Australia - Hard
(Preview)
L32: Andrew Gregory WR 949 v (WC) Alex Bolt (AUS) UNR L32: Burnham Arlidge WR 1017 v (PR) Yuri Bezeruk (AUS) WR 1342 Both 'Aussie-Brits; have gone back down under for this and Andrew looks to have decent R1 draws. Bolt is a 17-y-o left-hander who has never been in the top 400 in juniors but did beat a top 10...
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steven
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2010 US Open 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em contest
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
)
(Preview)
US OPEN PICK 'EM - FACTSHEET Entries for the US Open pick 'em will open sometime this evening - the draw is at 17.00 BST, so it'll just depend on how long they take to publish it and whether I'm around when they do - doubtless they'll wait until the moment I've given up on them and gone to have dinner! Approxi...
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