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Week 32 - Challenger (€85,000) - Cordenons, Italy - red clay!
(Preview)
The name of the competition in Cordenons is something of a challenge in itself: Zucchetti Kos Tennis Cup Internazionali del Friuli Venezia Giulia, the last three word being the name of an autonomous region in NE Italy whose capital is Trieste)! The two Jamies must be gluttons for punishment, as t...
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Stircrazy
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693
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Race to the top 500
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
A handful of players are in the hunt to be the first Brit to break into the top 500 since October 2005, currently they need 50 points. The order of columns in the tables below is: - effective points - name - running points (includes points from last week's Futures and this week's Challengers) + points fro...
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steven
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36
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3002
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Week 32 Challenger - Brasilia-2 ($35k+H) - Brazil - hard
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: (7) Josh Goodall WR 189 v Marcel Felder (URU) WR 268 L32: James Ward WR 206 v (5) Eduardo Schwank (ARG) WR 161 Given the surface, Josh couldn't have asked for much nicer draw, with a qualifier or the Dominican Republic's finest (Estrella) awaiting the winner in R2 and if Wardy had to get a seed in R1 h...
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steven
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27
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2702
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Week 32 - Challenger - Istanbul ($50 000) - Turkey.
(Preview)
Aucks and Marray are plying their trade here this week. They are seeded 2 and will take on the French pair, Robert and Sidorenko in the first round. I hope they have another good week and make it to the final this time.
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helki
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1
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640
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Calendar
(Preview)
The ATP website has updated, after the 3 x 10k's in Septmber we have 2 x 15k's in October (inodoors) followed by a blank week and then a 50k on carpet in Jersey starting 9th November. Thats it for the year. I had hoped for another run of 10k's and, the challenger not be to be on the Channel Islands which wil...
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Shhh
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6
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735
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Week 32 - ATP Masters Series - Montreal, Canada
(Preview)
Andy & Hutch are up on LS against the alternate pairing of Coetzee & Melzer, who have replaced Troicki & Kas in the draw.
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wolf
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11
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678
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Week 31 Challenger - Campos do Jordão ($50k+H) - Brazil
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
Wardy and Josh are down to play here next week and with Josh's first lot of New Delhi points due to come off on 10 August, James will be the new GB no. 2 on that date unless Josh gets further than him here. I noticed that teniscampos, which turns out to be tournament twitter, has started following the botb tw...
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steven
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6485
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Week 31 Challenger - Vancouver ($100k) - Canada - hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
)
(Preview)
L32: Alex Bogdanovic WR 213 v (Q) Qualifier Let's hope Alex being in the draw here means that the week off has enabled Boggo to sort out the injury problem. The winner of this match will play (1) Rajeev Ram (USA) WR 105 or Scoville Jenkins (USA) WR 269. Ram's ranking rocketed after he won Newport ATP last m...
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steven
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133
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9027
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Week 32 - Futures F6 ($15K) - Tehran, Iran - clay
(Preview)
QR1: Mohammad Reza Farzanehfar UNR v (WC) Vahid Rezaei (IRI) UNR This is the first match on the ITF circuit for both players.
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steven
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2
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781
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Week 32 - Futures F12 ($10K) - Cairo, Egypt - clay
(Preview)
QR2: Alex Watt UNR v Yuri Matyychuk (RUS) UNR or Bassam Beidas (LIB) UNR
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steven
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1
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713
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Week 31 Futures - GB F11 ($15k) - Ottershaw (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 12
)
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2009/AEGON%20Pro%20Series/Foxhills%20AUG/Singles%20qualifying%20draw.pdf-- Edited by steven on Sunday 2nd of August 2009 10:44:51 PM
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Smidster
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Week 31 - ATP 500 Series ($1,402,000) - Washington, USA - Doubles
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Given all the discussion around here recently about the Davis Cup, it was pretty obvious who Huss and Hutchins would end up drawing here... Yes, they've drawn the Polish pair of Fyrstenberg and Matkowksi in the first round!!! Fyrstenberg/Matkowski are 10th in the doubles race this year and won the E...
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ForeverDelayed
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1978
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Week 31 - Challenger - San Marino (€85 000) - Doubles.
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Jamie D and Jamie M are trying their luck here this week. First up for them will be the POR/ARG duo of Rui Machado and Sergio Roitman. Roitman, part of the team who knocked them out in Umag last week when he was paired with fellow Argentine, Dabul. If they manage to get through this one they are likely to m...
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helki
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Week 31 - Segovia Challenger [€106,500 +H] - 2009
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: Jonny Marray GBR vs Raul Guardia ARG UNR Guardia is an unranked 17 year old who lost to Orion Modebe earlier this year Everyone's favourite wildcard Grigor Dimitrov likely awaits in round two, with 5th seed wr. 326 Ramos-Vinolas the probable opponent in the final qualifier
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The Knight
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23
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2332
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Week 31 - Futures F27 ($10K) - Bakio, Spain - hard
(Preview)
GB has one week of the year with a Challenger and a Future but Spain, after 25 Futures in 30 weeks, has a Challenger, a clay court Future and a hard court Future next week! This hard court one is the weaker of the two: QR1: (q5) Philip Barlow WR 1827 v Javier Padilla-Jerez (ESP) UNR QR1: Richard Brooks UNR v E...
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steven
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3
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881
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Week 30 Challenger - Granby ($50k+H) - Canada
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1 2 3 4 5 … 30
)
(Preview)
Boggo is the reigning champion here, but whether or not he will play is touch and go, obviously. Evo is definitely in, either as a late DA or as a special exempt since he is still playing in Lexington. Meanwhile,as with all tournaments held in Québec (it seems), the qualifying draw is ridiculously wea...
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steven
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15717
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Week 31 - Futures F11 ($10K) - Cairo, Egypt - clay
(Preview)
Thought it might be worth adding the surface to the thread title as on the women's threads. Anyway: QR2: Alex Watt UNR v (q1) Ivan Nedelko (RUS) WR 1077
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steven
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1
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Week 31 - ATP 500 Series ($1,402,000) - Washington, USA
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
)
(Preview)
QR1: Dan Evans WR 249 v (q6) Lukasz Kubot (POL) WR 136 Another intriguing DC warm-up match, 4th on Grandstand after 10 am local / 15.00 BST, so it probably won't be on before 19.30 BST. Kubot hasn't played a Brit since beating Jamie Murray 5 & 3 in Queen's qualifying list year. He has a 3-2 record v Brit...
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steven
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Week 31 - Futures F26 ($10K) - Xativa, Spain - clay
(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v (q2) Romain Sichez (FRA) WR 1361 QR1: Humzah Mahmood UNR v Joaquin Perez-Cases (ESP) UNR QR1: Gary Chamberlain UNR v Guillem Collado-Castells (ESP) UNR
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steven
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744
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Week 30 - Futures F10 ($15K) - Ilkley, UK
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
)
(Preview)
This is the only Future that has Brits as DAs next week and for a change, the LTA has managed to post the main draw WCs in advance.. They are: - Dr No - the Wardinator - Brassington - Coupland - Pauffley as reserve (if Rice ends up as a DA, I assume)
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steven
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The return of Bloomfield
(Preview)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8178981.stm
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spud
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Week 30 - ATP (€450,000) - Umag, Croatia - Doubles.
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Jamie D & Jamie M are having another go together, at this event! They are unseeded and their first-round opponents are the Argentine pair of Brian Dabul & Sergio Roitman. Will they get a win?
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helki
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1834
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Week 29 - Penza Challenger [50K] - 2009
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Dan Cox WR 478 v (WC) Sergey Sukhov (RUS) UNR A seeding in qualifying was the best Dan could realistically hope for when he entered, and he's got a very reasonable draw here, with (5) Artur Chernov (RUS) WR 599 the highest-ranked player standing in the way of a place in the main draw. Good luck!...
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steven
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30
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3792
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Week 30 - ATP 250 Series ($630,500) - Los Angeles, USA
(Preview)
H&H are seeded 4th here with the field being stronger than the one last week in Indianapolis. In the first round they face Yen-Hsun Lu & Dusan Vemic (TPE/SRB).
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wolf
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7
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862
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Week 30 Challenger - Belo Horizonte ($35k+H) - Brazil
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Goodall will turn up here on his own of course after James pulled out. He turns out seeded 5th at the event but is in the same quarter as the 2nd seed Zeballos (an argentine clay courter). In the first round Goody faces Rogerio Dutra Da Silva (pauses for breath), a brazilian ranked 231. The brazilian has...
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