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Weeks 12-13 - ATP 1000 Series - Miami, USA
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Jamie Murray aims to turn around his form partnering Simon Aspelin and they have as kinder draw as they could have hoped; they face Rik De Voest & Bobby Reynolds (RSA/USA). Reynolds though is fresh off from winning the Sunrise challenger with Booty last week. Ross Hutchins has chosen Jordan Ker...
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Week 13 Futures - USA F7 ($15k) - Mobile, AL
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QR1: David Baxendine UNR v Norman Love (USA) UNR - winner to play winner of the match below QR1: Jack Baker UNR v (q13) Luis Diaz-Barriga (MEX) WR 1219 QR1: (q11) Timothy Bradshaw WR 1165 v Kiril Tcherveniachki (NZL) UNR QR1: Max Gregor UNR v (q5) Yohny Romero (VEN) WR 748 QR1: (q16) Max Jones WR 1536 v Mic...
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Week 13 Futures - Egypt F5 ($10k) - Suiz
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QR1: Nikki Roenn UNR v Ruslan Chomaev (RUS) UNR Hopefully James Feaver not appearing in the qualifying draw and having been Alt-3 to the no. 1 qualifying seed's Alt-5 means he got a main draw DA here in the end.
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Entering ATP Challengers
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I hear that the entry procedure for ATP Challengers has changed? What are the changes? Do you have to enter via an entry form beforehand, if so where can these be obtained from? Can you still sign in for qualies to see if you get in? Cheers guys...
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Colin Fleming: The Return
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"Colin Fleming, an old friend of the Murrays leading North of Scotland's attempt to preserve their Group One status, swears by its value to the extent that he and his partner, Jonathon Pankhurst, have won all nine rubbers so far and he intends to take it with him when he re-embarks next week on his...
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Eaton: Be more patient with British tennis
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Hey guys, Got interview with Chris Eaton up. He says some controversial stuff about most players not making the top 100 til they are past 20 years old. Not sure about that. Anyway, interivew is at alexkayblog.dailymail.co.uk if you fancy a read... and well done mr evans!
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Predictions for 2009
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Who do you see as making a big jump or a big drop in 2009 James Ward - Improvement (Top 200) Has the weapons to push through Alex Bogdanovic - Drop (Top 300) Don't see how he can get back towards the top 100 sadly Josh Goodall - Improvement (Top 120) This is his chance, he has to build on a solid 2008 sooner rath...
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Week 13 Futures - Turkey F3 ($10k) - Antalya 3 - Belek
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QR1: Morgan Phillips WR 1344 v Willian Franco (BRA) UNR QR1: James Allemby UNR v Guillaume Brochard (BEL) UNR QR2: (q5) David Rice v Ruslan Nurmatov (RUS) UNR
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Week 13 Futures - Croatia F4 ($10k) - Rovinj
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QR1: Tom Farquharson UNR v Gil Sala-Bordallo (ESP) UNR QR1: (q16) Nick Cavaday WR 1182 v Bart Brons (NED) UNR The winners will play each other in QR2, with four wins needed to make the main draw - the top seed in the section is outside the top 1000 though.
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Davis Cup - Euro Africa Zone I - GBR v Ukraine 6-8 March 2009
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New thread needed now for the next tie. Venue T.B.C BBC reports that Lloyd is looking to see what surface would best suit our guys. Also becuse it is during the hard court season Glasgow or Birmingham would be best suited. To my despair Crufts is at the Birmingham NEC 5-9th March 2009. They have several '...
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Week 12 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
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I said I thought Aucks might have retired a little too early I think because he has turned up here with Rogier Wassen (NED) and they are the top seeds and the favourites to take the title. In the first round they face Marius Copil & Ivo Klec (ROU/SVK).
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Entries Week 13 - 30/3
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ATP Miami 1000 Week 2 (Hard) - Andy Murray Doubles - Jamie Murray, Ross Hutchins CHALLENGERS No British Entrants This Week FUTURES Turkey F3 $10K (Clay) - (Rice, Phillips, Egerton, Allemby) USA F7 $15K (Hard) - (Bradshaw, Jones, Coupland, Baxendine) Croatia F4 $10K (Clay) - (Cavaday, Farquarson)...
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Week 12 Futures - Spain F11 ($10k) - Zaragoza
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QR1: (q6) Alexander Ward WR 892 v Francois-Arthur Vibert (FRA) WR 1900 Qualifying is only a 64 draw here, so no sign of the dream team
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Week 12 - Futures F2 (15k) - Kolkata, India
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After falling in the first round of the main draw last week Niall Angus continues his search for his first ranking point: QR1: Niall Angus UNR beat Saurav Sakul (IND) UNR 6-3, 7-5 FQR: Niall Angus UNR v (q2) Yannick Nelord (IND) WR 1444
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Week 12 Futures - Turkey F2 ($10k) - Antalya
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QR1: James Allemby UNR v Radim Urbanek (CZE) UNR QR1: Rogan Egerton UNR v Roman Kislyanskiy (RUS) WR 1878 QR2: (q5) David Rice WR 876 v Vladislav Khudziy (RUS) UNR or Ouassel Hared (ALG) UNR Morgan Phillips is using his PR (protected ranking) to get a place in the main draw here.
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Week 12 - Challenger ($50K) - Khorat, Thailand
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Slabba seems to have stayed in Thailand instead of coming back for Jersey: QR1: (WC) Faris Akhazzan UNR v (WC) Pongsatorn Benjamas (THA) UNR QR2: Akhazzan or Banjamas v (q1) Izak van der Merwe (RSA) WR 282 QR2: (q3) Alex Slabinsky WR 338 v Dmitri Sitak (RUS) WR 624 or (WC) Prach Mahathvorn (THA) WR 1562 L...
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Week 12 - Futures F3 (10k) - Porec, Croatia
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A 128 qualifying draw and Tom Farquharson is our sole Brit: QR1: Tom Farquharson UNR beat Maximillian Mayer (AUT) UNR 6-0, 6-1 QR2: Tom Farquharson UNR v Marko Mijacevic (CRO) WR 1444
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Week 11 Futures - Great Britain F4 ($15k) - Bath
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Q draw now out, with at least one unexpected WC ... -- Edited by steven on Saturday 14th of March 2009 07:14:34 PM
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Jersey Challenger Entry List
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Don't know alts yet: Main Draw Bachinger, Matthias GER 220 Niland, Conor IRL 278 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 198 Pavlovs, Deniss LAT 287 Bubka, Sergei UKR 269 Poch-Gradin, Carlos ESP 261 De Chaunac, Sebastien FRA 203 # Robert, Stephane FRA 281 Fischer, Martin AUT 205 Smeets, Robert AUS 216 Galvani, Stefan...
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Week 11 Futures - New Zealand F2 ($15k) - Hamilton
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QR1: (WC) Matthew Short UNR beat Michael Pigou (NZL) UNR by 4-6 6-4 6-3 QR2: (WC) Matthew Short UNR lost to (q6) Joshua Crowe (AUS) WR 893 by 7-5 7-6(5) Another short outing for Matthew, but at least he won a match this week and pushed Crowe to two close sets.
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Entries Week 12 - 23/3
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ATP Miami 1000 Week 1 (Hard) - Andy Murray Doubles - Jamie Murray CHALLENGERS Jersey EUR 42,500 (Hard) - Alex Bogdanovic, James Ward, Richard Bloomfield (Eaton, Marray, Fleming, Skupski, Thornley) Khorat $50K (Hard) - Josh Goodall (Slabinsky) FUTURES Spain F11 $10K (Clay) - (Ward A) Turkey F2 $10...
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Week 11 - Challenger ($50K) - Bangkok, Thailand
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QR1: (WC) Faris Akhazzan UNR v (q8) Rohan Bopanna (IND) WR 317 QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 338 v Raven Klaasen (RSA) WR 320 Surprise WC for Akhazzan here. The Brits are in the best two qualifying sections.
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Week 12 - Futures F3 (15k) - Wellington, New Zealand
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I wish Shorty would pick some weaker tournaments because he is more than capable of getting a point on the board: QR1: Matthew Short UNR bye QR2: (q6) Dayne Kelly (AUS) WR 922 beat Matthew Short UNR 6-4, 7-6(2)
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Week 11 Futures - Turkey F1 ($10k) - Antalya
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QR1: James Allemby UNR v BYE QR1: (q11) Morgan Phillips WR 1351 v BYE QR2: James Allemby v Gozdur/Dorman (UNR/UNR) QR2: (q11) Morgan Phillips WR 1351 v Esat Tanik (TUR) UNR Allemby is in top section headed by WR 969 Other seed in Morgans section WR 1032
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Weeks 10/11 - ATP Masters 1000 Series - Indian Wells: doubles
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The draw is out & both the Murray boys are down to play, Andy in theory (i.e. if he's fit!) with Ross Hutchins (he obviously has the Murray seal of approval! ) & Jamie, as already reported elsewhere, with Simon Aspelin of Sweden. Neither pair is seeded & the top seeds, surprise, surpris...
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