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Week 13 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Barranquilla, Colombia (red clay)
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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
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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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(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
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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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(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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Week 10 Futures - Portugal F2 ($10,000) - Faro - Hard -Outdoor
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(Preview)
Another 128 man quali Matthew SHORT (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-2 Bruno DENADAE BIROCHE (BRA)Nikki ROENN (GBR) 6-4 6-1 Alvaro RIBES BUJALDON (ESP)
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Week 11 Futures - Spain F6 ($10,000) - Badalona - Clay
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Not just a 128-Q draw this week but one without a single bye! QR1: Ashley Mount UNR v (q2) Rafael Mazon-Hernandez (ESP) WR 819 QR1: Nihar Navapurkar UNR v Lofo Ramiaramanana (MAD) UNR QR1: Kyle Edmund UNR v Xisco Munoz Mora (ESP) UNR QR1: Craig Walker UNR v Sergio Martos Gorner (ESP) UNR QR1: (q11) Jack C...
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Week 11 - Challenger ($100,000) - Guadalajara, Mexico - Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: (7) Daniel Evans WR 277 v Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) WR 675 QR1: Alexander Ward WR 348 v (4) Erik Chvojka (CAN) WR 236 -- Edited by British_is_Best on Saturday 10th of March 2012 08:53:46 AM
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Week 11 - Challenger (€30,000 + H) - Rabat, Morocco - Clay
(Preview)
Strange to see an African clay court Challenger have by far the strongest of the three Challenger qualifying draws that have come out so far. So of course, this is where a Brit pops up! Good news though - not seeing him on the entry loists for Spain or Portugal this week, I was a bit worried that whatever fo...
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Week 10 - Great Britain F4 ($15,000) - Tipton - Indoor Hard
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(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2012/180/qs.pdf
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Week 10 Futures - Spain F5 ($10,000) - Reus - Clay
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You may remember Reus, near Barcelona, as the place where Robert Dee got his first win in Futures qualies. There are 4 Brits in a 4-round qualies draw this year: QR1: Kyle Edmund UNR v Carlos Gonzalez Tarrio (ESP) UNR QR1: Nihar Navapurkar v Robert Ziganshin (RUS) WR 1499 QR1: (q12) Jack Carpenter WR 1...
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Week 10 Futures - India F3 ($10,000+H) - Bhimavaram - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: (q5) Miles Bugby WR 1318 beat (wc) Dharmaray Thevar (IND) UNR by 1 & FQR: (q5) Miles Bugby WR 1318 beat (q12) Shi Saito (JPN) WR 1602 by 4 & 5 L32: (Q) Miles Bugby WR 1318 v (Q) Jordi Munoz Abreu (ESP) WR 1710 L32: James Feaver WR 770 v (WC) Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) WR 938 L32: Richard G...
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