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Week 31 Futures - Spain F28 ($10k) - Xàtiva - Clay
(Preview)
Morgan Phillips and Andrew Gregory are once again DAs in Spain. Also: QR1: James Hignett UNR v Sergio Bellester (ESP) UNR - winner to play (q2) Gonçalo Falcão (POR) UNR QR1: James Allemby UNR v Pedro Lizondo Osset (ESP) UNR - winner to play (q7) Arnau Dachs WR 1387 or Sergio Barranco (ESP) UNR
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steven
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11
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1736
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Week 31 - Challenger (€85,000) - Segovia, Spain (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q6) Chris Eaton WR 513 v Michael Hui (USA) UNR Unfortunately, Chris will probably have to get past Samuel Groth, probably the top Brit-basher at the moment, to get into the main draw and get any points.
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steven
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94
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7190
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Week 31 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Campos do Jordão, Brazil
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Jamie Baker WR 247 v (4) Josselin Ouanna (FRA) WR 133 Ouanna was WR 88 as recently as last October, reached the Recanati Challenger semis last week and is on a 9-0 Brit-bashing streak stretching back to 2006, when he lost 5-0 ret. to Mackin, a scoreline that suggests he was struggling with injury o...
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steven
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22
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3078
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Week 31 Futures - USA F21 ($10k) - Decatur IL - Hard
(Preview)
Ryler DeHeart WR 265 is the 'ringer' top seed in qualifying here. Not surprisingly, he won his QR2 match & 0! The other seeds are all ranked outside the top 1200 and there are no ranked players at all in Bugby's section. QR2: Miles Bugby UNR beat Blake Emery (USA) UNR by 6-2 3-0 ret. QR3: Miles Bugby U...
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steven
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1021
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Week 30 Futures - Spain F27 ($10k) - Dénia - Clay
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Morgan Phillips and Andrew Gregory are DAs here. QR1: James Hignett UNR v Jose-Manuel Garcia-Vigara (ESP) UNR QR1: Richard Brooks WR 1606 v Santos Sanchez-Patino (ESP) WR 1428 QR1: James Allemby UNR v Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez (ESP) UNR
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steven
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20
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3074
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Week 30 - ATP 250 series ($619,500) - Farmers Classic, Los Angeles - hard: doubles
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
It occurred to me that my post about the doubles competition on the singles thread would get buried once the QR2 singles matches got under way, hence this new thread. Wouldn't you just know it: (4) Rohan Bopanna & Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi (IND/PAK) (WR 15) vs Colin Fleming & Ken Skupski (WR 27) Ro...
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Stircrazy
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Week 31 Futures - Lithuania F1 ($10k) - Vilnius - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Faraz Siddiqui UNR v Pawel Kur (POL) UNR
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steven
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950
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Week 30 Futures - Great Britain F11 ($15k) - Chiswick - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
Dan Smethurst seems to have come home for the week instead of staying in Italy and is the 'ringer' in the draw, though given their respective form, it'll be interesting if he plays George Morgan in the FQR. I'm not sure if the overall increase in strength of the Q draw relative to recent 10Ks is due to thi...
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steven
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85
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10642
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Week 31 - ATP Washington - Legg Mason Tennis Classic
(Preview)
Richard Bloomfiled doesnt do things easy does he? He could have gone to Vancouver challenger where he would have been 4th seed in qualifying, instead he appears here in a qualifying draw of 24 as the last entry. I expect he has memories of that match against Arnoud Clement when he took him to 3 sets and a 3...
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mjd
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2391
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Week 30 - ATP 250 series (€450,000) - Studena Croatia Open, Umag - red clay
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Here's a turn-up for the books - Jamie M with a new partner: R1: Jeff Coetzee (RSA) & Jamie Murray vs Alexandr Dolgopolov & Stéphane Robert (UKR/FRA) At least they're not facing seeds!
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Stircrazy
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27
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2651
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Week 30 - Challenger (€85,000 +H) - Friuli-Venezia-Giulia International - Cordenons, Italy - red clay
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Fresh from their success in Recanati last week, Delgo & Lovro Zovko step up to the Tretorn Challenger Series level in Cordenons, where they are the third seeds: R1: (3) Jamie Delgado & Lovro Zovko (CRO) vs Dusan Lojda & Benoît Paire (CZE/FRA) -- Edited by Stircrazy on Sunday 25th of July...
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Stircrazy
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Week 30 - Challenger ($50,000) - Granby, Canada (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
Bloomers turns up as top seed in qualies here with a pretty straightforward draw, having a bye in the first round and the following matches against unknown Canadians. QR1:(1) Richard Bloomfield v BYE QR2:(1) Richard Bloomfield v Yoann Re (CAN) OR (WC) Filip Peliwo (CAN)
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Guid007
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Week 30 - ATP 250 ($619,500) - Los Angeles, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 16
)
(Preview)
3 Brits arrive in qualies here, all with difficult draws. QR1:Jamie Baker v Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)(7) Alex Bogdanovic v Nick Lindahl (AUS) James Ward v (4) Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) -- Edited by Guid007 on Saturday 24th of July 2010 05:30:10 AM
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Guid007
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Week 29 Futures - Ireland F1 ($15k) - Dublin - Carpet
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
QR1: Jarryd Bant UNR v Federico Raffo (URU) UNR QR1: Connor Schelling-Tisza UNR v Fabio Molle (IRL) UNR QR1: Stefan Sterland-Markovic UNR v (wc) Roman Grogan (IRL) UNR FQR: Bant or Raffo v (q3) Xander Spong (NED) WR 1180 FQR: (q4) Philip Barlow WR 1223 v Schelling-Tisza or Molle FQR: Sterland-Marko...
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steven
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Week 30 Futures - USA F20 ($10k) - Godfrey, IL - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: Miles Bugby UNR beat Michael Moore (USA) UNR by 4 & 3 QR2: Miles Bugby UNR v Warren Race (USA) UNR This was the priority 1 event for Monti Smythers (it is quite close to Springfield, after all) but he withdrew from the qualifying list a couple of months ago ... -- Edited by steven on Friday 23rd of J...
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steven
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1804
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Paul Annacone's new job
(Preview)
http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/news/newsdetail.cfm?uNewsID=1094
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steven
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910
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Week 29 Futures - Spain F26 ($10k) - Gandia - Clay
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q14) Jack Carpenter WR 1343 v (wc) Victor Gimeno Traver (ESP) UNR QR1: James Hignett UNR v (q16) Kirill Dmitriev (RUS) WR 1369 QR1: Tom Allen UNR v (q4) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) WR 1015 QR1: James Allemby UNR v Alejandro Andino Vallverdu (ESP) UNR Morgan Phillips is a DA here and this tourname...
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steven
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Week 29 Challenger (€30K+H) - Recanati, Italy (hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Daniel Smethurst is top seed in qualifying here. The other seed in his section is 8th seed and WR 856 Roberto Marcora. Should be 3 points in the bag for Smethurst but slip ups happen. Plays Matteo Crosti in his 1st match (edited thread title to include prize money and change clay to hard) -- Edited by stev...
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The Magician Santoro
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3509
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Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000) - Lexington, KY, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
QR1: Dominic Inglot WR 581 v Gastao Elias (POR) WR 806 - winner to play (q3) Brydan Klein (AUS) WR 338 or Yuki Bhambri (IND) WR 475 Jamie Baker is a DA here but I'm not sure what's happened to Bloomers and Eaton, who were both on the entry list here and would easily have got into qualifying (Bloomers woul...
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steven
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Week 29 - ATP 250 Atlanta, USA - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
L32: James Ward (WC) WR 288 v Mardy Fish (USA) 6 WR 49 Arguably the worst draw possible
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British_is_Best
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60
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4851
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Week 29 Futures - USA F19 ($10k) - Joplin MO, USA - Hard
(Preview)
Strangely, qualifying here has a 2-page 128 draw but there are only 64 players, so I'll treat it as a 3-round qualifying draw: QR1: Miles Bugby UNR beat Rodrigo Valls (ESP) UNR by 1 & QR2: Miles Bugby UNR v Konstantin Lazarov (USA) UNR
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steven
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1047
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Wimbledon 2010 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em contest
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
)
(Preview)
The Wimbledon 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em contest is now open for entries at http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/Competitions.html Qualifiers have already been placed, since qualifying finished yesterday, and hopefully the fact that Nalbandian, Gasquet (yes, sadly no Numpty or Dam...
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steven
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Week 29 Futures - Romania F8 ($10k) - Craiova - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: (wc) John Brady UNR v (q2) Younes Rachidi (MAR) WR 1043
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steven
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1
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751
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Week 28 - Challenger ($75,000) - Aptos, California (Hard)
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 14
)
(Preview)
Alex Bogdanovic (7, GBR) v Richard Bloomfield (SE, GBR) Inevitable wasn't it?
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Guid007
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12789
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Week 28 Futures - Italy F9 ($15k+H) - Fano - Clay
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1 2
)
(Preview)
R1: SLABINSKY, Alexander (GBR) WR 605 v (q) GIUSTINO, Lorenzo (ITA) WR 1098
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