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Week 51 - Hong Kong F3 ($10,000) - Hong Kong (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Marshall Tutu UNR v (q12) Matt Simpson (NZL) WR 1540
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621
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Week 50 - Turkey F48 ($10,000) - Antalya Kaya-Belek (Hard)
(Preview)
Alex Ward (who should be seeded) and Tom Burn are DAs here. QR1: Anthony Hudson UNR v Quentin Robert (FRA) UNR
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steven
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1109
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Week 49 - Cambodia F3 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (Hard)
(Preview)
No Alex Ward this week (he didn't enter in the first place, so clearly always intended his East Asian trip to end with Cambodia F2) but Richard Gabb should be seeded and Joshua Jones is also a DA. Two new Brits in qualies this week - 18-year-old twin brothers. Marcus has recorded a win in Futures qualie...
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6
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1979
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Week 49 - Turkey F47 ($10,000) - Antalya Kaya-Belek (Hard)
(Preview)
Tom Burn should be in the main draw here. Sadly, he has managed to pick the only hard court 10K next week he wouldn't easily be seeded at (though of course that's because it's the only one in the Tennis Europe area, even if it is in the Asian part of Turkey) - based on the entry lists: TUR - seeds WR 225-406...
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steven
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7
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1500
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Team AEGON 2013
(Preview)
ElenaBaltachaLukeBambridgeLiamBroadyEleanorDeanKatyDunneKyleEdmundColinFlemingOliverGoldingEvanHoytRossHutchinsDominicInglotAnneKeothavongJohannaKontaJonnyMarrayJamesMar...
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The Magician Santoro
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2
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785
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Week 49 - Hong Kong F1 ($10,000) - Hong Kong (Hard)
(Preview)
QR1: Anthony Law UNR v Kang Sa-Rang (KOR) UNR - winner to play (q3) Yang Yi-Fan (CHN) WR 1440 in the FQR QR1: Marshall Tutu UNR v Rico Gore (USA) UNR - winner to play (q5) Ryan Chow (CAN) WR 1553 in the FQR
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1911
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Week 48 - Cambodia F2 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Alex Ward should be seeded here, with Richard Gabb and Joshua Jones also in the main draw. QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q8) Yan Sabanin (RUS) WR 1199 Qualifying here also sees the ITF Pro Circuit debut of a qualifying wild card from Myanmar called Win Oo. It remains to be seen whether he lives up to his name - h...
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steven
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29
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3309
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Men's tennis predictions (the GB Angle) - US blogger and our own efforts
(Preview)
http://carrolltennis.wordpress.com/456-2/dear-andy/random-predictions-atp-edition-year-end/
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korriban
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1
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684
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Week 48 - Morocco F10 ($15,000) - Oujda (Clay)
(Preview)
Looks like JWH has got staright into the main draw this time. QR1: Joseph Smithyman UNR v Stijn Kits (NED) UNR FQR: Michael Suleau UNR v Smithyman or Kits
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steven
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5
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1277
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Week 48 - Indonesia F3 ($15,000) - Jakarta (Hard)
(Preview)
FQR: Alan Wright UNR v Arief Rahman (INA) UNR or Indra Utomo (INA) UNR
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steven
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4
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Week 47 - Morocco F9 ($15,000) - Fès (clay)
(Preview)
QR2: (q2) Josh Ward-Hibbert WR 1236 v Hamid Derbani (MAR) UNR or Théo Fournerie (FRA) UNR QR2: Joseph Smithyman UNR v (q6) Mehdi Jdi (MAR) WR 1768 QR2: Michael Suleau UNR v (q7) Nizar Belmati (MAR) WR 1768
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steven
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1608
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Week 47 - Cambodia F1 ($10,000) - Phnom Penh (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Alex Ward and Richard Gabb are down to play in the main draw here, with Alex likely to be one of the top 4 seeds. QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q3) Konstantin Gerlakh (RUS) WR 1181
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steven
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2540
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The Akhenaten Rankings
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
)
(Preview)
These are the ratings I've been working on. I think they are pretty good now. Shows how under-ranked Skupski, Cox and Evans are, and how over-rated Seator is. RankNameRating 7Andy Murray810.6 58Tim Henman692.3 (717.8)226Alex Bogdanovic558.1 275Jamie Baker537.2 333Richard Bloomfield510.7 3...
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Akhenaten
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106
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10682
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Week 47 - Turkey F45 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
(Preview)
Toby Martin has scraped into the main draw here, I think. QR1: Mihail Vorobiev UNR v Andrei Ionita (ROU) UNR QR2: Vorobiev or Ionita v (q11) Tomislav Jotovski (MKD) WR 1287 QR2: (q10) Tom Farquharson WR 1218 v Giovanni Grieco (ITA) UNR or Florian Barth (GER) UNR
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steven
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1295
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Week 47 - Challenger ($35,000) - Toyota, Japan (Carpet)
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1 2
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(Preview)
R1: Jamie Baker WR 251 v (1) Yuchi Sugita (JPN) WR 122
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wolf
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21
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2177
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Josh Goodall: Great Britain number two may retire in summer - From BBC
(Preview)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/20398356
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Count Zero
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4
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639
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Week 46 - USA F32 ($10,000) - Bradenton, FL (Clay)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Luke Bambridge is the only British direct acceptance here, Kyle (on 28 Oct), Liam (late w/d on Monday) & Matt (late w/d on Tuesday) having all withdrawn. All GB & unranked unless stated: QR1: Alex Sendegeya v T. Connor Shives (USA) QR1: Jakob Kolb v Sander Brendmoe (NOR) QR1: Tom Hill v Samue...
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32
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4593
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Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Champaign, IL, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
Boggo & Smethurst should be in the main draw here. QR1: (q7) David Rice WR 605 v Sean Thornley WR 964 QR1: (wc) Sam Holt UNR v Andrew Carter (USA) WR 893 QR2: (q1) Josh Milton WR 398 v Stephen Hoh (AUS) WR 1043 or (wc) Ross Guignon (USA) UNR QR2: (q7) David Rice WR 605 or Sean Thornley WR 964 v Pavel Krainik...
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Week 46 - Thailand F6 ($10,000) - Phuket (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Alex Ward should be the top seed here, with Marcus Willis joining him in the main draw again too. QR1: (wc) Humzah Mahmood UNR v (q2) Warit Sornbutnark (THA) WR 1116 QR1: Jathan Malik UNR v (q10) Hung Jui-Chen (TPE) WR 1353 -- Edited by steven on Saturday 10th of November 2012 12:14:48 AM
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Week 43 - Great Britain F18 ($15,000) - Cardiff (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/6674/qs.pdf
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steven
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Week 46 - Challenger ($50,000) - Yokohama, Japan (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: (7) Jamie Baker WR 237 v Matt Reid (AUS) WR 270 (CH 254 in Apr) They met in R2 of the Lexington Challenger in July, when Jamie won more games but the Aussie edged it 7-5 in the 3rd.
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8
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1350
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Week 46 - Czech Republic F9 ($10,000) - Jablonec nad Nisou (carpet)
(Preview)
Re-match of last weeks final! L32: Neil Pauffley WR 525 v Roman Jebavy (CZE) WR 464
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Week 46 - Turkey F44 ($10,000) - Antalya - Kaya-Belek (hard)
(Preview)
It looks like George Morgan has scraped into the main draw here without needing to qualify like he did for F43. QR1: Philip Sikman UNR v Tobias Simon (GER) WR 1921 (CH 1618 last Dec) QR1: (q14) Tom Farquharson WR 1216 v Emile Gillot (BEL) UNR
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Week 46 - Challenger (€106,500+H) - Helsinki (Hard)
(Preview)
L32: Josh Goodall WR 236 v Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) WR 167 (CH 35 in 2009) H2H 0-2, but he has improved from a 1 & 1 loss in 2007 to a 6 & 2 loss in Nottingham earlier this year. Unfortunately, the winner is likely to play top seed Jarkko Nieminen (WR 47) in R2! -- Edited by steven on Sunday 11th of November...
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Week 45 - USA F31 ($10,000) - Niceville, FL (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
)
(Preview)
Matt, Kyle, Luke & Liam are all direct acceptances here but there is only one Brit in qualifying - the Brits who qualified in Pensacola (at least two of whom I think are at Florida State) are at the University of Florida) all withdrew from this event a couple of weekends ago. QR2: Jakob Kolb UNR v Ale...
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steven
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