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AEGON British Tour 2012
(Preview)
I couldn't find a thread for the 2012 British Tour, so though I'd start one. Anyway, the news is that Fitzy won the final of the BT in Bolton today by a Walkover.
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Week 14 - Vietnam F1 ($10,000) - Ho Chi Minh City - Hard
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(Preview)
R1: Rohan Gajjar [IND/3] WR 520 vs. Jack Carpenter [GBR] WR 1075 R1: Lewis Burton [GBR/4] WR 626 vs. Qualifier Doubles: L16: L.Burton / J.Carpenter [GBR/4] vs. T.Nguyen Hoang / W.Trongcharoenchaikul[VIE/THA/w.c]
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Week 14 - Greece F1 ($10,000) - Heraklion - Outdoor - Carpet
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(Preview)
QR1: Oliver Hudson [GBR/3] vs. Bye QR1: James Ireland [GBR] d. Matej Klobusovsky [SVK] 3-6 6-1 6-1 QR1: Miles Bubgy [GBR/7] d. Adam Novak [CZE] 6-3 4-6 6-2 QR1: Marshall Tutu [GBR] d. Piergiorgio Platto [ITA] 7-5 6-3 QR1: Keelan Oakley [GBR/8] d. Matthias Dorfler [GER] 2-6 7-5 7-6(4) QR2: Oliver Huds...
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Week 14 - Challenger ($50,000) - Tallahassee, FL, USA (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
6 Brits in qualifying and the good news is that they include the 3 of the top 4 seeds!  QR1: (q1) Alex Bogdanovic WR 338 v Ed Corrie WR 634 QR1: (q2) Alex Ward WR 341 v Mark Verryth (AUS) WR 625 QR1: Sean Thornley WR 604 v Ty Trombetta (USA) WR 792 QR1: (q8) Dave Rice WR 439 v (wc) Terrence Whitehurst (USA) UNR...
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Week 13 - Israel F6 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v Roei Baran (ISR) UNR QR2: (q2) Ashley Hewitt WR 1111 v Edan Bakshi (ISR) UNR or Guy Michelevitz (ISR) UNR
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Week 13 - Challenger ($100,000+H) - Le Gosier, Guadeloupe (hard)
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(Preview)
The good news: Evo is 2nd seed in qualifying and Alex is 5th, i.e. the best of the lower seeds. The bad news: I'll give you 3 guesses (*) - though 1 will be more than enough ... QR2: (q2) Dan Evans WR 291 v Darian King (BAR) WR 753 (CH 700 last Nov) or Andreas Siljeström (SWE) UNR (CH 964 in 2010, current DWR 65...
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Week 13 - Bahrain F1 ($10,000) - Manama - Outdoor Hard
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(Preview)
James Marsalek should be seeded here, with Matthew Short also in the main draw. QR1: Gregory Howe UNR v (wc) Omar al Thagib (KSA) UNR QR1: Faisal Jamil UNR v (q11) Jan Blecha (CZE) WR 1922
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Week 13 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Barranquilla, Colombia (red clay)
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(Preview)
The good news: Wardy has drawn a wild card in R1 The bad news: The WC is a former top 10 player & Olympic gold medallist! L32: James Ward WR 162 v Nicolás Massú (CHI) WR 565 (CH 9 in 2004) Edit: Looking at Massú's recent results, that's probably a decent draw after all, though he's still not your stan...
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Times subscribers
(Preview)
Does anyone here subscribe to the Times online ? I'm after a favour...I'm trying to get hold of a couple of Jamie Baker's old Times blogs which I assume will be on the archive The links are below: any chance anyone can PM me the text ? Would be massively grateful if anyone can help me out ! Feb 2005: "...
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Week 13 - ITaly F2 ($10,000) - Cividino - Indoor Hard
(Preview)
L32: (7) Josh Milton WR 408 v (WC) Alessandro Colella WR 799
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Week 12 - Israel F5 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Outdoor Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 18
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(Preview)
QR1: (q10) Ashley Hewitt WR 1106 beat Lukas Michl (CZE) UNR 6-1 5-7 6-0 QR1: (q6) Joshua Jones WR 1004 v Benjamin Ezer (ISR) UNR QR1: (q13) Marko Danis (SVK) WR 1130 beat James Allemby UNR 6-0 6-3 -- Edited by wolf on Sunday 18th of March 2012 01:37:09 PM
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Week 12 - ATP 1000 - Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, FL (outdoor hard) - doubles
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(Preview)
Yet another new partner for Jamie - & a crap draw for the pair! R1: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Mardy Fish & Mark Knowles (USA/BAH) R1: (6) Mahesh Bhupathi & Rohan Bopanna (IND/IND) vs Jürgen Melzer (AUT) & Jamie Murray
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Week 12 - Challenger (€42,500) - Bath (indoor hard)
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(Preview)
Qualies draw here. WCs for Marshall Tutu, Sid Hazarika, Neil Pauffley & Stephen Crawshaw (never heard of him!). So far, Miles Bugby has lost to Yannik Reuter (BEL) by 0-6 6-7(4), Lewis Burton has beaten Richard Gabb b...
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Week 12 Futures - UAE F1 ($10,000) - Fujairah - Hard
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(Preview)
One of Fitzy's old doubles partners (in Kashiwa last year) Gregory Howe is trying to win a Futures match is his 40s (he turned 40 in November) today against a player less than half his age. He is in a qualifying section which has no ranked players in it but it could be tough because Song has won a lot of mat...
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Week 12 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Rimouski, Canada - Hard
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(Preview)
Both Brits have drawn seeds in R1: L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 343 v (6) Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 212 (CH 198 last month) L32: Alex Ward WR 348 v (8) Stéphane Bohli (SUI) WR 221 (CH 113 in 2010) Authom was the player who beat James Ward 1 & 2 in Indian Wells Q. Bohli is on a 6-match losing streak which started wit...
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Week 12 - ATP 1000 - Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, FL, USA - hard
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(Preview)
QR1: James Ward WR 163 v (q24) Andrey Golubev (KAZ) WR 145 Not the kindest draw, given that Golubev was ranked 33 in 2010 and despite having a lean year last year, partly due to injuries (he had to retire here last year- illness) drawing Rafa in R1 of the USO, etc, he has managed to qualify and reach R2 of th...
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Aberdeen cup
(Preview)
hi im new here and recently read an article about a competition between scotland and england called the aberdeen cup. It seems to have only been played twice with scotand winning both times (yay) and i was wandering what had happened to it. It seems like a great idea. Was it cancelled due to lack of inter...
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Week 12 - Switzerland F2 ($10,000) - Vaduz - Indoor Carpet
(Preview)
Liechtenstein. 2 rounds of qualifying QR1: (q16) Harry David Meehan WR 1879 v Jessy Kalambay (SUI) UNR If he wins he will probably play the big serving German Robin Kern in the FQR.
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Week 11 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Sarajevo, Bosnia & Hercegovina - Hard
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(Preview)
Both Brits are in the bottom quarter of the draw: L32: Jamie Baker WR 247 v Philipp Oswald (AUT) WR 256 L32: Josh Goodall WR 264 v Fabrice Martin (FRA) WR 286 (H2H 0-1, 6-4 7-6(4) Cherbourg 2010) The winner of Jamie's match is likely to play 5th seed Dustin Brown (GER) WR 177 in R2, while the winner of Josh's...
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Week 12 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Marrakech, Morocco - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Morgan Philllips WR 460 lost to (q5) Alessio di Mauro (ITA) WR 263 by 7-5 4-6 6-1 
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Week 11 Futures - GB F5 ($15,000) - Bath (Hard)
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(Preview)
Boggo and Bloomers amongst those lining up in Bath this week.
QR1:
Round 1
Nicolas ROSENZWEIG (FRA) [1] BYE
Samuel TAYLOR (GBR) 7-5 3-6 6-2 Charlie REGIS (GBR)
Quentin ROBERT (REU) 6-3 6-0 Christopher CLAYTON (GBR)
Stefan STERLAND-MARKOVIC (GBR) BYE
James FEAVER (GBR) [2] BYE
James IRE...
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Week 11 - Challenger ($125,000+H) - Dallas Tennis Classic, Dallas, TX (outdoor hard)
(Preview)
R1: (WC) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh vs Lukas Lacko & Lukas Rosol (SVK/CZE) A tough draw for the boys, & if they get past the Slovak-Czech combo, they'll in all probability face the top seeds, Santiago González & Scott Lipsky (MEX/USA)!
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Week 11 Futures - Israel F4 ($10,000) - Herzlia - Hard
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(Preview)
Fitzy and George Morgan have given Bath a miss to play in the main draw here. QR1: James Allemby UNR v Michael Simonian (ISR) UNR QR2: (q3) Joshua Jones WR 1004 v Pelle Briffoz (BEL) UNR or Edan Bakshi (ISR) UNR QR2: (q6) Ashley Hewitt WR 1106 v Edan Leshem (ISR) UNR or Romain Bogaerts (BEL) UNR QR2: Allem...
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Week 11 Futures - Portugal F3 ($10,000) - Loulé - Hard
(Preview)
Dan Smethurst should be one of the top seeds in the main draw, James Marsalek is also a DA here and Matthew Short was 1st on the Alt list, so looks to have got in too. QR1: Michael Suleau UNR v Georgios-Emanuel Koutloubasis (GRE) UNR QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Daniel Faria (POR) UNR -- Edited by steven on Friday...
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Week 10 - ATP 1000 - BNP Paribas Masters, Indian Wells, CA, USA - hard
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Goodness knows how Wardy managed to get seeded in Indian Wells qualifying when Hev & Laura didn't, but still, good for him! QR1: (q23) James Ward WR 163 v Maxime Authom (BEL) WR 212 (q9) Pospisil CAN WR 114 is the top seed in this section.
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