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Week 36 - Futures - Burundi F1 (10k) - Bujumbura - Clay
(Preview)
1st Round Rupesh ROY (IND) (1) Vs Philip BARLOW (GBR) Bogdan-Victor LEONTE (ROU) (3) Vs Ronak MANUJA (IND) James FEAVER (GBR) (7) Vs Kaza Vinayak SHARMA (IND)
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Akhenaten
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2
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886
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Week 35 Futures - Mexico F6 ($10k) - Leon - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
L32: Sean Thornley WR 670 v Ruben Gonzales (PHI) WR 945 L32: (5) David Rice WR 491 v Jordan Cox (USA) WR 537 Dr No's opponent and Sean are the highest-ranked unseeded players in the draw.
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steven
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22
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3453
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Week 35 - Futures - Spain F31 (15k) - Santander - Clay
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1 2
)
(Preview)
R32: (1) James Ward WR 269 v (Q) Ivan Martinez Montoro (ESP) UNR Hopefully a nice deep run here from James to stop a slight post US Open fall and then put himself in a very good place to move up the rankings with nothing else to defend all year. Should be looking at a minimum of a SF here. The other seed in this s...
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British_is_Best
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16
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2920
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Week 36 - Futures - Spain F32 (15k) - Oviedo - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: BROWN, Paul (GBR) v BYE
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SMC1809
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0
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657
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Week 35 - Futures - Netherlands F6 (15k) - Middelburg - Clay
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1 2
)
(Preview)
R32: (5) Daniel Smethurst WR 431 v Miliaan Niesten (NED) WR 532 R32: Alexander Ward WR 519 v (WC) Stephan Fransen (NED) WR 1276 R32: Alexander Slabinsky WR 549 v (2/WC) Matwe Middelkoop (NED) WR 288 Ward should come through his opening match fairly convincingly. Slabba has a very tough opener whilst o...
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British_is_Best
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20
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3222
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Week 35 Futures - Poland F7 ($10k) - Bydgoszcz - Clay
(Preview)
R1: GREGORY, Andrew (GBR) WR 870 v ROSENZWEIG, Nicolas (FRA) WR 943 R1: PRITCHARD, Ben (GBR) WR 1155 v PANFIL, Grzegorz (POL) 3 WR 499
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SMC1809
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9
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1616
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Week 35 Challengers - Como ($30,000) - Italy (Clay)
(Preview)
Doubles Interest here R1: (1) Murray/Coetzee (GBR/RSA) v Lorenzi/Giorgini (ITA)
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Smidster
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4
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846
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2010 Toronto Masters 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em contest
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 8
)
(Preview)
As in 2009, the US summer hard court swing Masters 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em will be Canada instead of Cincy, and entries are likely to open very late tomorrow (Friday) or early Saturday at http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/competitions.html, where you can currently find the up to dat...
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steven
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109
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6753
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Week 34 - US Open men's qualifying
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
Nightmare draws (if we're hoping for qualification, anyway) and the cut remained stubbornly high so Wardy and Bloomers didn't make it. QR1: Alex Bogdanovic WR 217 v (wc) Blake Strode (USA) WR 641 (q1) Ilhan v Tomic, Boggo Nemesis Okun v Johnson and (q23) Dodig v Brzezicki (the match the winner of Bog...
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steven
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97
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8063
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Week 34 Futures - Mexico F5 ($10k) - Zacatecas - Hard
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1 2
)
(Preview)
R1: THORNLEY, Sean (GBR) 7 WR 648 v (Q) HOCHWALT, Tyler (USA) WR 1766 R1: RICE, David (GBR) 2 WR 497 v SUPAN, Matias (ARG) UNR Rice's first real test should come in the QF when he's due to meet the 5th seed Nima Roshan, although he lost to Edward Corrie back in June, so anything less than a SF would be a big disa...
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SMC1809
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22
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3274
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Week 34 Futures - Poland F6 ($15k) - Poznan - Clay
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
It looks like Alex was a late entry here. QR1: SLABINSKY, Alexander (GBR) 1 v BYE QR1: PRITCHARD, Ben (GBR) 2 v BYE
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SMC1809
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34
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4580
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Week 34 - Challenger (E64,000+H) - Manerbio, Italy (Clay)
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1 2
)
(Preview)
QR1: Alexander Ward (GBR) WR 524 v 8 Javier Marti (ESP) WR 403 QR1: 4 Daniel Smethurst (GBR) WR 366 v BYE
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SMC1809
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23
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2314
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Week 34 Futures - Austria F5 ($10k) - Poertschach - Clay
(Preview)
R1: FEAVER, James (GBR) WR 764 v MARCHEGIANI, Jacopo (ITA) WR 1012
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SMC1809
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4
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1468
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Week 34 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Geneva, Switzerland
(Preview)
QR1: Pablo Martin-Adalia (ESP) beat (WC) James Allemby (GBR) 6-4 6-3 Jamie Murray is here, partnering Yuri Schukin - http://jamiemurray.org/news/article/583
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wolf
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8
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1809
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Week 34 Futures - Italy F23 ($15k) - Piombino - Hard
(Preview)
A tough draw for Burnham: R1: PICCARI, Francesco (ITA) 1 v ARLIDGE, Burnham (GBR) Doubles: L16: ARLIDGE (GBR) / JAKUPOVIC (GRE) v FIORAVANTE (ITA) / RODRIGUEZ (COL)
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SMC1809
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1
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837
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Week 34 Futures - Belgium F3 ($10k) - Huy - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: ROBERTS, Simon (GBR) v VERHAEGEN, Terry (BEL) QR1: BROADY, Liam (GBR) 7 v STERBELLE, Julien (BEL)
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SMC1809
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5
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1216
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Week 34- ATP 250 Series: ($663,750) - New Haven (Hard)
(
1 2 3
)
(Preview)
Wardy is up in qualifying here... Plays Brydan Klein first, if he wins that likely to play 4th seed and WR 85 Fabio Fognini. Bjorn Phau is the other seed in this section. Wardy will do exceedingly well to get any points here me thinks!
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The Magician Santoro
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34
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3458
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Week 34 Futures - Netherlands F5 ($15k) - Enschede - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: SMYTHERS, Monti (GBR) v BYE QR1: ROESSING, Malte (GER beat BUKSH, Ameer (GBR) 6-2 6-0 QR1: DORNBUSCH, Michel (GER) beat RICHARDS, John (GBR) 6-4 6-3 QR2: MORAING, Mats (GER) beat SMYTHERS, Monti (GBR) 6-0 6-0
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SMC1809
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0
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530
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Week 34 Futures - Croatia F5 ($10k) - Vinkovci - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: MILAN, Marin (CRO) beat SIDDIQUI, Faraz (GBR) 6-3 7-5
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SMC1809
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0
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550
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Week 33 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Salvador, Brazil (Hard)
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
R32: Jamie Baker WR 249 v Giovanni Lapentti (ECU) WR 231 Not a bad draw for Jamie. The two met only a couple of weeks ago in the R16 of Campos Do Jordao where Lapentti won through 6-4, 7-6(4) so hopefully time for revenge here for our man!
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British_is_Best
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18
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3575
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Week 33 Futures - Poland F5 ($15k) - Olsztyn (Clay)
(Preview)
(6) Alexander Slabinsky (GBR) WR 565 vs. (Q) Pawel Kur (POL) UNR (4) Daniel Cox (GBR) WR 485 vs. (Q) Robert Godlewski (POL) WR 1521 Andrew Gregory (GBR) WR 823 vs. Igor Bujdo (POL) WR 1153 Pretty nice draws - Slabba would play another Polish Q in R2, while Coxy wouldn't play anyone inside the top 1000 eith...
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JM1138
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14
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2159
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Week 33 Futures - Latvia F1 ($10k) - Jurmala- Clay
(Preview)
R1: Q Matteo MARFIA (ITA) WR 1768 Vs Ben PRITCHARD (GBR) WR 1158 Ben plays the same opponent in the doubles too L16: ERIKSSON (SWE) / SEKULIC (SWE) (4) Vs BROTTENBERG (SWE) / SIDDIQUI (GBR) L16: MARFIA (ITA) / ROVETTA (ITA) Vs PRITCHARD (GBR) / ROSENZWEIG (FRA)
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SMC1809
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3
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1015
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Week 33 Futures - Austria F4 ($10k) - St Poelten (Clay)
(Preview)
R1: James Feaver WR 764 v Marc Rath (AUT) WR 836 R1: (6) Joshua Milton WR 622 v (Q) Jan Blecha (CZE) WR 1379 Feaver likely to meet top seed (Lemke WR 302) in next round
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Smidster
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9
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1533
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Week 33 Futures - Bulgaria F4 ($10k) - Sofia (Clay)
(Preview)
Simon Konov (GBR) UNR beat (qWC) Nikolay Draganov (BUL) UNR 6-2 6-3 And then... Simon Konov (GBR) UNR beat (q6) Sebastian Padure (ROU) WR 1598 1-6 6-4 6-3 FQR: Simon Konov (GBR) UNR vs. Petar Tomic (SRB) UNR Good stuff so far, hopefully his opponent is no relation to Bernard!
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JM1138
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7
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1612
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Week 33 Futures - Italy F22 ($15k+H) - Esta Padova (Clay)
(Preview)
R1: Alexander Ward WR 507 v (WC) Tomas Tenconi (ITA) WR 658 R1: Dan Smethurst WR 367 v Q/LL Alex would play 2nd seed in R2 and Dan could play Dimitrov at the same stage
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Smidster
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7
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1537
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