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Week 31 - Challenger ($100,000) - Odlum Brown VanOpen, Vancouver, BC, Canada (hard)
(Preview)
L32: Jamie Baker WR 206 vs (ALT) Steven Diez (CAN) WR 301
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Stircrazy
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1189
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Week 30 - Challenger ($50,000) - Lexington, KY, USA (hard)
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(Preview)
L32: (5) Jamie Baker WR 201 v Rhyne Williams (USA) WR 302 L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 379 v Adam el Mihdawy (USA) WR 316
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steven
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128
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Week 30: ATP 250 - Farmers Classic, Los Angeles, CA (hard) - doubles
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(Preview)
Jonny M returns to the fray for the first time since his triumph with Freddie N at Wimbledon & there's a new partner for Dom: R1: (4) Matthew Ebden (AUS) & Dominic Inglot vs (WC) Steve Johnson & Sam Querrey (USA/USA) R1: James Cerretani & Igor Sijsling (USA/NED) vs (3) Jamie Delgado...
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Stircrazy
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19
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Week 31: Olympic tennis - Wimbledon (grass ;) ) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Julien Benneteau & Richard Gasquet (FRA) R1: Jürgen Melzer & Alexander Peya (AUT) vs Andy Murray & Jamie Murray Not an easy first round for either pair! -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 27th of July 2012 01:50:56 PM
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Stircrazy
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20
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Week 30 - Ireland F1 ($15,000) - Dublin (Carpet)
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(Preview)
Goodall, Evans, Burton, Short, Pauffley, Hudson and Oakley are direct acceptances. QR1: (q2) Adam Thornton-Brown WR 1522 v Bye QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v Ryan Talbot McElvenny (USA) UNR QR1: (q4) Harry Meehan WR 1874 v Darragh Glavin (IRL) INR QR1: Cal Cravan UNR v Martin Colenbrander (NZL) UNR QR1: L...
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RJA
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Week 30 - Austria F3 ($10,000) - Bad Waltersdorf (Clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (1) Daniel Smethurst WR 376 v Marko Danis (SVK) WR 857 L32: (4) James Marsalek WR 643 v (Q) Mario Turcan (SVK) UNR L32: Alexander Slabinsky WR 1151 v (WC) Patrick Ofner (AUT) WR 1787 Marsalek and Slabinsky would meet in round 2 and they are in the same half as Smethurst.
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RJA
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17
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Week 30 - Belgium F5 ($10,000) - Duinbergen (clay)
(Preview)
QR1: (q1) Jack Carpenter WR 927 v Bye QR2: (q1) Jack Carpenter WR 927 v Stephen Stege (USA) UNR or Nicolas De Plaen (BEL) UNR Jack would have been a DA here but he didn't originally enter.
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RJA
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Week 30 - Serbia F6 ($10,000) - Kikinda (Clay)
(Preview)
Toby Martin and Richard Gabb are DAs QR1: (q10) Scott Clayton WR 1622 v Jefta Kecic (SRB) UNR
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RJA
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1334
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James Ward injury
(Preview)
Nick Lester reports:"Am told James Ward has fractured his wrist after falling in Newport whilst practising a couple weeks ago,out of American hard court swing. Due see a specialist today but fair few points to defend after winning Vancouver this time last year, rough luck"Awful news if...
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steven
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Week 30 - LTA / AEGON Summer County Cup
(Preview)
I am surprised this hasn't been mentioned - Lots of interesting tennis all around the country this week with some 'interesting' names competing at most venues - Such as Wimbledon Champion Jonny Marray who is playing in sunny Cromer with Josh Goodall, Dan Evans, Andy Fitspatrick etc. etc. togethe...
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mjd
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528
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Juan Monaco - Tommy Haas
(Preview)
Haas seems to have taken voodoo lessons as he is winning matches by some really poor play by his opponents. All he needs is to serve and on the opponent serve to put ball back in play. Simon had set and break lead, failed to win, Mayer and Cilic were non-existent. Against such great clay player as Monaco wh...
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markvighan
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1231
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Week 30 - India F11 ($10,000) - Chennai (hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Gregory Howe UNR defeated Murtaza Lohani (IND) by 2 & 4 QR2: Gregory Howe UNR vs (q13) Arvind Vishnu Bestha (IND) WR 1707
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Stircrazy
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9
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1096
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Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000) - Binghamton, NY, USA (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 374 v (3) Izak van der Merwe (RSA) WR 155 (CH 113 last Aug) L32: (6) Jamie Baker WR 196 v Qualifier Both Brits are in the 2nd quarter of the draw.
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steven
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Week 29: ATP 250 - BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, GA (hard) - doubles
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1 2
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(Preview)
There's a Brit monopoly on the seedings here! R1: (1) Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Lukas Dlouhy & Nicolas Mahut (CZE/FRA) R1: (3) Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) & Dominic Inglot vs Matthew Ebden & Ryan Harrison (AUS/USA) All being well, they'll meet in the semi-final again. R1: Oli...
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Stircrazy
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Week 29 - Estonia F1 ($10,000) - Tallinn (Clay)
(Preview)
For completeness, just noticed there was brief Brit interest in this event earlier this week. L32: Robin Olin (SWE) WR 792 defeated (WC) Craig Walker UNR 6-1 6-4 L16: (1) Giammarco Micolani & Giorgio Portaluri (ITA/ITA) defeated (WC) Taavi Annus & Craig Walker (EST/GBR) 6-0 6-4
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Sandman
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Week 29 - Great Britain F11 ($10,000) - Felixstowe (Grass)
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/Felixstowe-JUL/Mens_singles_main_draw.pdf
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Jack Buxton
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Week 29 - Belgium F4 ($10,000) - Westende (clay)
(Preview)
Oli is the no. 1 seed in a pro circuit event for the first time ... but the three Brits fill lines 1-3 of the draw. L32: (1) Oli Golding WR 513 v Ashley Hewitt WR 1142 L32: Jack Carpenter WR 947 v (WC) Joseph van Dooren UNR (junior CH 98 in Jan) Funnily enough, Ashley leads the H2H against Oli 1-0, having beaten...
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steven
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Week 29 - Germany F10 ($10,000) - Hannover (Clay)
(Preview)
This event is called the Gottfried von Cramm Cup, named after the Baron who is still the last player to lose to a Brit in a grand slam men's singles Final. QR1: James Markiewicz UNR v Christian Braun (GER) UNR
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steven
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Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Granby, Canada (hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
http://www.challengergranby.ca/public/fr/index.html
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mjd
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1862
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Week 29: ATP 500 - bet-at-home Open (German Tennis Championships), Hamburg (red clay) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: Jamie Murray & André Sá (BRA) vs David Marrero & Fernando Verdasco (ESP/ESP) Jamie & André played together a couple of times in September last year, winning a round at the PTT Thailand Open in Bangkok &, the week before that, the actual title at the Moselle Open in Metz, but they w...
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Stircrazy
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824
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Week 29 - Challenger (€42,500) - Bercuit, Belgium (clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
QR2: (q3) Dan Smethurst WR 398 v Arnaud Graisse (BEL) UNR or Romano Frantzen (NED) WR 1898 The other seed in Dan's section is Joris de Loore, Oli's doubles partner in Knokke. -- Edited by steven on Sunday 15th of July 2012 01:06:04 AM
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steven
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Week 29 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Recanati, Italy (hard)
(Preview)
QR2: (q2) Dan Cox WR 519 v Morris Maracci (ITA) UNR or Enrico Becuzzi (ITA) UNR The other seed in Dan's section is (q5) Andrea Agazzi (ITA) WR 760.
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steven
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1048
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Week 29 - Kazakhstan F7 ($15,000) - Astana (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v Aviv Darmon (ISR) UNR The winner will play Syrym Abdukhalikov (KAZ) UNR (but CH 544 in 2009) in the FQR
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steven
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Rankings Improvements - Strength in Depth
(Preview)
I was just flicking back through the historical rankings and I noticed that 4 years ago, during the equivalent week, our 25th ranked male singles player (Josh Milton) had a WR 1017. http://www.britishtennis.net/gbtop25m/2008wk30.htm Now, with that ranking, he wouldn't get anywhere near the to...
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Bob in Spain
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1113
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Week 28 - ATP Newport, $398,250 - Grass
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/315/qs.pdf-- Edited by mjd on Saturday 7t...
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mjd
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