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Week 34 - Challenger ($50K) - Astana, Kazakhstan - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
)
(Preview)
Jamie Baker, Josh Milton & Dan Cox are DAs here. Evo was a main draw DA but withdrew earlier this week and Dan Smethurst was due to play qualifying but ended up having his tonsils out instead if I remember right! QR2: (q5) Alex Ward WR 500 v (wc) Dmitri Sitak (RUS) WR 905 (CH 356 in 2003) or Sardor Pulat...
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Week 34 - ATP 250 series ($553,125) - Winston Salem Open, Winston Salem, NC (hard)
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
QR1: Colin Fleming vs Phillip Simmonds (USA) The seeds in Colin's quarter are Michael Russell (2/USA) & Peter Luczak (6/AUS), whom he'd probably face in the second round, were he to beat Simmonds.
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Week 34 - US Open qualifying (men's)
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
(for reference next year - women's draw posted first as pdf around 23.20 BST) QR1: (q16) James Ward WR 139 v Michael Yani (USA) WR 208 (CH 143 in 2010) H2H 1-0, Wardy won 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) in the 2009 Sarasota semis on his way to the title. The other seed in his section is (22) Matosevic. Bohli and Ram are the ot...
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Week 34 - Challenger (€85,000 +H) - Manerbio, Italy (red clay) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: Simon Greul & Rogier Wassen (GER/NED) vs (2) Martin Emmrich (GER) & Ken Skupski
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950
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Week 34 Futures - Romania F8 ($15k) - Cluj Napoca (Clay)
(Preview)
Cluj Napoca is in Transylvania (watch out for the Count - no, not THAT Count! ) and is the 4th largest city in Romania: L32: (5) Morgan Phillips WR 497 v (Q) Marcel-Ioan Miron (ROU) UNR (CH 697 in 2006) Miron had only played two singles matches on the Futures circuit this year before qualifying here and l...
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1260
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Week 34 Futures - Finland F3 ($10k) - Nastola, Pajulahti (Clay)
(Preview)
James Feaver is a DA here. FQR: (q3) Oliver Hudson WR 1280 v Yan Sabanin (RUS) UNR
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5
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1230
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Week 34 Futures - Spain F30 ($10k) - Orense (Hard)
(Preview)
Dave Rice is likely to be the top seed here, the tournament not being on the devil dust having limited the Spanish entry, it seems. QR1: Michael Suleau UNR v Julian Besteiro Alvarez (ESP) UNR - winner to play (q6) Alexey Nesterov (KAZ) WR 1805QR1: James Allemby UNR v Nika Dolidze (GEO) UNR - winner to p...
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8
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1536
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Week 34 Futures - Belgium F9 ($10k) - Jupille, Liege (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: Marshall Tutu WR 1477 v (WC) Kevin Farin (BEL) UNR
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619
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Week 33 - Summer Universiade - Shenzhen, China
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1 2
)
(Preview)
http://match.sz2011.org/pdf/TE/TEM001000/TEM001000.C50A.ENG.1.0.pdf
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16
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3010
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Week 33 - Challenger: Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup (€85,000) - Cordenons, Italy (red clay) - doubles
(Preview)
R1: (4) Frank Moser (GER) & Ken Skupski vs (WC) Jan Hajek & Thomas Muster (CZE/AUT) R1: Jamie Delgado & Jonny Marray vs (3) Johan Brunström & Andreas Siljeström (SWE/SWE)
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997
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Week 32 - Challenger ($50K) - Binghamton, NY, USA - Hard
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
There are 12 byes in the qualifying draw here but no Brits taking part in it. L32: James Ward v (Q) Qualifier/LL The winner is likely to play 2nd seed Paul Capdeville (CHI) WR 118 (CH 76 in 2009) in R2, who beat James 3 & 4 in AO Q this year.
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Week 33 - Challenger (€30K+H) - San Sebastian, Spain - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Michael Suleau UNR v Armin Rancezot (FRA) WR 1498 - winner to play (q2) Pedro Sousa (POR) WR 494 QR1: (wc) Nikki Roenn UNR v (wc) Philippe Dupuy (FRA) UNR - winner to play (q5) Pablo Martin Adalia (ESP) WR 562 A pity no other Brits are trying to qualify here - the qualifying draw is surprisingly weak...
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steven
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5
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1190
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Week 33 Futures - Finland F2 ($10k) - Kotka (Clay)
(Preview)
James Feaver is a DA here. QR1: (q6) Oliver Hudson WR 1276 v Andrei Soltoianu (MDA) UNR
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Week 33 - Challenger ($50K) - Karshi, Uzbekistan - Hard
(Preview)
Evil draw for Evo: L32: Dan Evans WR v (2/SE) Denis Istomin (UZB) WR 81 (CH 39 last August) Istomin won the Samarkand Challenger Final today, though he will have to get used to a new surface quickly because that was played on red clay and probably explains why he was not intending to play Karshi originall...
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5
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1167
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Week 33 Futures - Belgium F8 ($10k) - Koksijde (Clay)
(Preview)
Matthew Short should have been a DA here but is nowhere to be seen in the draw. However, Marshall Tutu has qualified and has got what looks at first sight like a very nice draw against an unranked fellow-qualifier, until you realise that he will be ranked again tomorrow, having qualified and beaten Gig...
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Week 31 - Challenger ($100K) - Vancouver, Canada - Hard
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 22
)
(Preview)
Wardy and Boggo are DAs here and Colin must have been stunned to find himself seeded in qualifying and with such an inviting draw: QR2: (q7) Colin Fleming WR 712 v Travis Rettenmaier (USA) UNR (CH 273 in 2006) or Zachary White (CAN) UNR The winner will play the winner of (q4) Maciek Sykut (USA) WR 598 v Chr...
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Week 32 - ATP 1000 series: Rogers Cup, Montréal (hard) - doubles
(
1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
Here's a surprise: R1: Andy Murray & Jamie Murray vs (WC) Erik Chvojka & Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN/CAN) The eighth seeds, Booty & JJR, lie in wait in the second round, should the bruvs manage to get past the Canuck WCs!
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69
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Week 32 Futures - Turkey F23 ($10k) - Istanbul (Hard)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
L32: Oliver Golding WR 790 v Issam al Tawil (SYR) WR 1057 - prob. (3) Coco for the winner L32: Richard Gabb WR 1198 v Qualifier - prob. (6) Rosenholm for the winner L32: (5) Alex Ward WR 502 v Qualifier - Leonte or Altuna for the winner L32: Ashley Hewitt WR 1292 v Dane Propoggia (AUS) WR 834 - prob. (2) Klein f...
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17
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2553
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Week 32 - Challenger: San Marino CEPU Open (€85,000) - San Marino (red clay) - doubles
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
R1: Martin Klizan & Sandro Motti (SVK/ITA) vs (4) Jamie Delgado & Jonny Marray I hope to God J&J have a more successful campaign in San Marino than they did last week in Segovia. 
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16
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1776
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Week 32 Futures - Belgium F7 ($10k) - Eupen (Clay)
(Preview)
L32: James Feaver WR 821 v (Q) Armel Rancezot (FRA) WR 1498
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Week 32 Futures - Austria F5 ($10k) - Innsbruck (Clay)
(Preview)
Not the best R1 draw, but at least whatever forced him to retire against Rohan last month didn't keep him out for too long. L32: Myles Blake WR 1258 v (2) Michal Konecny (CZE) WR 516 -- Edited by steven on Sunday 7th of August 2011 03:59:58 PM
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Week 31 Futures - GB F12 ($15,000) - Cumberland (Hard)
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 11
)
(Preview)
Qualifying draw Presumably Fitzy and Burton made it as DAs and Eaton was bumped to the main draw.
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153
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Week 32 Futures - Latvia F1 ($10k) - Jurmala (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Robert Nawrocki UNR lost to (wc) Kriss Baglais (LAT) UNR by 3 & 4  QR1: Ned Boone UNR beat Simas Malakauskas (LTU) UNR by 7-5 6-7(9) 7-6(6)  QR2: Ned Boone UNR lost to Anton Pavlov (EST) UNR by 2-6 6-0 6-3 Looks like the very long QR1 match may have led to Ned running out of steam after the 1s...
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Week 32 Futures - Spain F28 ($15k) - Irun (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Michael Suleau UNR beat Norbert Nagyi (AUT) UNR by 4 & 4 QR2: Michael Suleau UNR lost to (5) Antonio Garcia Sanchez (ESP) WR 1690 by 1 & 3
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Week 31 - Challenger: Castilla & León Open (€85,000) - Segovia (hard) (doubles)
(Preview)
R1: (1) Jamie Delgado & Jonny Marray vs Roberto Bautista & Iván Navarro (ESP/ESP) R1: Karol Beck (SVK) & Ken Skupski vs (4) Adrián Menéndez & Andreas Siljeström (ESP/SWE) Ken's obviously slumming it this week: his Danish title-winning partner in Recanati, Freddie Nielsen, i...
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