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Week 3 Futures - Turkey F2 ($10,000) - Antalya Kaya-Belek - Hard
(Preview)
L32: (6) Josh Milton WR 381 v (Q) Andrei Gorban (MDA) WR 767 L32: (7) Dan Cox WR 399 v (SE) Sanam Singh (IND) WR 887
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Week 3 Futures - Germany F2 ($10,000) - Stuttgart-Stammheim (Hard)
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Goodall is a DA QR1: Miles Bugby WR 1328 v Franck Pepe (FRA) WR 1028
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Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (hard) - men
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Muzz is on a separate thread in the AM section. L128: (Q) James Ward WR 161 v Blaz Kavcic (SLO) WR 104 (CH 72 last June) Kavcic is predominantly a clay courter, but his one main draw win in a slam outside RG came here last year when he qualified, beat Kevin Anderson in R1 and then took Youzhny to 5 sets. One of t...
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Week 2 Futures - Germany F1 ($10,000) - Schwieberdingen - Carpet
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Goodall and Bloomfield are DAs QR1: (q14) Miles Bugby WR 1327 v Bye -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 7th of January 2012 07:33:49 PM Edit: Sorry. As a German-speaker, I just had to correct the spelling of the venue! -- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 7th of January 2012 08:14:36 PM
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Week 2 Futures - Turkey F1 ($10,000) - Antalya Kaya-Belek - Hard
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(Preview)
L32: (6) Josh Milton WR 381 v Gero Kretschmer (GER) WR 622 (CH 316 in 2010) L32: (7) Dan Cox WR 399 v Marco Cecchinato (ITA) WR 611 (= CH)
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Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying
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QR1: (q31) James Ward WR 161 v Inigo Cervantes Huegun (ESP) WR 221 (CH 209 in 2009) H2H 2-0 to James, both in Spanish Futures in 2008, both went to 3 sets. Former world no. 62 Ivo Minar (CZE) WR 180 or junior Wimbledon Champ Luke Saville (AUS) WR 1176 await the winner in R2 and the other seed in this section is...
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Does Anyone fancy putting heads together to find me a sponsor?
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Hi guys situation is that if i dont find a sponsor for this year then it might be game over.So rather than post on some random websites i thought i would come here where you know me. If anyone knows a rich tennis fan, or someone who owns a business that is a fan of tennis and you think may be at all interested in...
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Week 2 Futures - GB F1 ($15,000) - Glasgow - Hard
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Evans, Ward, Eaton and Rice are DAs. Burton, Morgan, Martin and Gabb have wild cards. Qualifying draw is fairly strong at the top end of things and only two Brits (Thornley and Hudson) would qualify based on seedings. Qualifying Draw A little surprisingly there are only 44 players in the draw. It is a b...
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - Apia International, Sydney (hard)
(Preview)
R1: Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins vs Marcel Granollers & Lukasz Kubot (ESP/POL) The boys are in the top half of the draw with the Bryans... In the other half, the third seeds, "the bloody Poles", Fyrstenberg & Matkowski, are out already, beaten 6-7(4) 6-7(3) by the local WC...
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Week 2 Futures - USA F1 ($10,000) - Plantation, FL - Clay
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Morgan Phillips is a DA here. Qualifying draw has four rounds QR1: (q12) Matthew Short WR 801 beat Austin Robles (USA) UNR 6-2, 6-2 QR1: (q5) Ed Corrie WR 718 beat Alex Rybakov (USA) INR 6-2, 6-1 QR1: Samuel Beddow UNR lost to (q6) Blaz Rolo (SLO) WR 725 6-0, 6-2 QR2: (q12) Matthew Short WR 801 v Va...
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Week 2 Futures - Israel F1 ($10,000) - Eilat - Hard
(Preview)
Smethurst and Marsalek are DAs here. QR1: James Allemby UNR v Mor Bulis (ISR) UNR QR1: (q2) Jack Carpenter WR 1115 v Bye QR2: (q2) Jack Carpenter WR 1115 v Juraj Masar (SVK) UNR Carpenter only has unranked Israelis in his section. Allemby would play another unranked opponent in the second round but...
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Week 2 - ATP 250 - Heineken Open, Auckland (hard)
(Preview)
A tougher draw for Jamie Murray & Paul Hanley in Kiwi-land than for Colin & Ross in Oz: R1: (4) Santiago Gonzįlez & Christopher Kas (MEX/GER) vs Paul Hanley (AUS) & Jamie Murray I seem to recall that Gonzįlez is one of Jamie's many previous, not very long-term, partners...
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2012 Ranking Predictions - The Boys
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OK, as discussed in another thread, I thought it worth having a little competitioin, predicting the rankings of our currently top ranked teenagers. The competition will be based on the following, which may sound familiar. I hope you don't mind me stealing your rules, RBBOT 1. Predict the senior wo...
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Week 1 British Tour - Billesley (Men)
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http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=664220F7-D4D7-4DAC-B4A2-FECD8EBD6722&draw=3-- Edited by seagull on Thursday 5th of January 2012 11:28:30 AM
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Chennai, India (Hard)
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http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/891/qs.pdf(edit was just for the thread title) -- Edited by steven on Friday 30th of December 2011 07:07:12 PM
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Brisbane, Australia (hard)
(Preview)
http://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t47018008/week-1-atp-250-brisbane-australia-hard/
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Doha, Qatar (hard)
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QR1: James Ward WR 162 v (wc) Mousa Zayed (QAT) UNR If James can get past the 17-year-old Qatari, he could face 5th seed Martin Klizan in QR2. Klizan is the Slovakian no. 3 and played two singles rubbers in each of Slovakia's DC ties last year so is more than likely to be one of Wardy's opponents in the Febru...
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2011 GB Men and Women Singles Predictions Competition
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I know there are a few prediction threads about, but there don't appear to be any proper competition ones like Shhh has organised so well over the last couple of years, but will not be doing for next year. So I thought I'd do one for 2011, this time based on 6 GB men and 6 women singles players, and once again...
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A Few Thanks
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(Preview)
Following tennis is far easier now than a decade or so ago when I first became interested. Then it was as though tournaments were to be held in secret and various obstacles were put in the way and whoa betide anyone who wanted to know results or where and when players might be playing. Though things have...
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British Tour Masters
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(Preview)
The 32 draw Masters event kicks off on Thursday, £2k to the winner. Josh Goodall, Dan Evans, Richard Bloomfield, Fitzy and Marcus Willis all line up in the 1st round.
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Week 51 Futures - Brazil F44 ($10K) - Brasilia - Clay
(Preview)
L32: Ed Corrie WR 746 v (WC) Pedro Guimarćes (BRA) UNR The winner is likely to face top seed Romboli in R2.
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Top 250
(Preview)
Recently being inside the top 250 by the time Queens came around made you eligible for a Wimbledon WC (though didn't mean it was automatic by any means). Regardless of whether it leads to the valuable WC or not, top 250 by then would be a decent goal for a few of our players. Interestingly enough, sever...
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Amazing Fact
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"The LTA employs nearly 300 members of staff at a cost of £13.3m, an average salary of £45,000"http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/16190056.stm
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Week 50 Futures - Turkey F35 ($10K) - Antalya - Hard
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(Preview)
Oli is a DA here, so he will have one last chance to nick the year-end top GB teenager in the ATP rankings spot from Lewis Burton - he will need to reach the semis to overtake him though and the QFs to tie Liam's points total for 2nd place in that mini-contest. QR1: Joshua Bexon UNR v Aggelos Venizelos (GRE) U...
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Week 50 Futures - Brazil F43 ($10K) - Guarulhos - Clay
(Preview)
Ed Corrie returns to action with a kind-looking R1 draw against an unranked 16-year-old. L32: Edward Corrie WR 746 v (WC) Caio Rocha Martins (BRA) UNR There is also a 14yo Brazilian WC here by the name of Joćo Lucas Magalhćes Hueb de Menezes ...
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