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Week 30 - ATP 250 ($619,500) - Los Angeles, USA (Hard)
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(Preview)
3 Brits arrive in qualies here, all with difficult draws. QR1:Jamie Baker v Santiago Gonzalez (MEX)(7) Alex Bogdanovic v Nick Lindahl (AUS) James Ward v (4) Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) -- Edited by Guid007 on Saturday 24th of July 2010 05:30:10 AM
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Week 29 Futures - Ireland F1 ($15k) - Dublin - Carpet
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QR1: Jarryd Bant UNR v Federico Raffo (URU) UNR QR1: Connor Schelling-Tisza UNR v Fabio Molle (IRL) UNR QR1: Stefan Sterland-Markovic UNR v (wc) Roman Grogan (IRL) UNR FQR: Bant or Raffo v (q3) Xander Spong (NED) WR 1180 FQR: (q4) Philip Barlow WR 1223 v Schelling-Tisza or Molle FQR: Sterland-Marko...
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Week 30 Futures - USA F20 ($10k) - Godfrey, IL - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: Miles Bugby UNR beat Michael Moore (USA) UNR by 4 & 3 QR2: Miles Bugby UNR v Warren Race (USA) UNR This was the priority 1 event for Monti Smythers (it is quite close to Springfield, after all) but he withdrew from the qualifying list a couple of months ago ... -- Edited by steven on Friday 23rd of J...
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steven
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Paul Annacone's new job
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http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/news/newsdetail.cfm?uNewsID=1094
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steven
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Week 29 Futures - Spain F26 ($10k) - Gandia - Clay
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QR1: (q14) Jack Carpenter WR 1343 v (wc) Victor Gimeno Traver (ESP) UNR QR1: James Hignett UNR v (q16) Kirill Dmitriev (RUS) WR 1369 QR1: Tom Allen UNR v (q4) Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) WR 1015 QR1: James Allemby UNR v Alejandro Andino Vallverdu (ESP) UNR Morgan Phillips is a DA here and this tourname...
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Week 29 Challenger (€30K+H) - Recanati, Italy (hard)
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Daniel Smethurst is top seed in qualifying here. The other seed in his section is 8th seed and WR 856 Roberto Marcora. Should be 3 points in the bag for Smethurst but slip ups happen. Plays Matteo Crosti in his 1st match (edited thread title to include prize money and change clay to hard) -- Edited by stev...
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The Magician Santoro
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Week 29 - Challenger ($50,000) - Lexington, KY, USA (Hard)
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(Preview)
QR1: Dominic Inglot WR 581 v Gastao Elias (POR) WR 806 - winner to play (q3) Brydan Klein (AUS) WR 338 or Yuki Bhambri (IND) WR 475 Jamie Baker is a DA here but I'm not sure what's happened to Bloomers and Eaton, who were both on the entry list here and would easily have got into qualifying (Bloomers woul...
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Week 29 - ATP 250 Atlanta, USA - Hard
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L32: James Ward (WC) WR 288 v Mardy Fish (USA) 6 WR 49 Arguably the worst draw possible
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Week 29 Futures - USA F19 ($10k) - Joplin MO, USA - Hard
(Preview)
Strangely, qualifying here has a 2-page 128 draw but there are only 64 players, so I'll treat it as a 3-round qualifying draw: QR1: Miles Bugby UNR beat Rodrigo Valls (ESP) UNR by 1 & QR2: Miles Bugby UNR v Konstantin Lazarov (USA) UNR
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Wimbledon 2010 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em contest
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(Preview)
The Wimbledon 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em contest is now open for entries at http://www.freewebs.com/britishtennis/Competitions.html Qualifiers have already been placed, since qualifying finished yesterday, and hopefully the fact that Nalbandian, Gasquet (yes, sadly no Numpty or Dam...
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Week 29 Futures - Romania F8 ($10k) - Craiova - Clay
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QR1: (wc) John Brady UNR v (q2) Younes Rachidi (MAR) WR 1043
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steven
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Week 28 - Challenger ($75,000) - Aptos, California (Hard)
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(Preview)
Alex Bogdanovic (7, GBR) v Richard Bloomfield (SE, GBR) Inevitable wasn't it?
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Week 28 Futures - Italy F9 ($15k+H) - Fano - Clay
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R1: SLABINSKY, Alexander (GBR) WR 605 v (q) GIUSTINO, Lorenzo (ITA) WR 1098
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Week 28 Futures - Spain F25 ($10k) - Elche - Clay
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QR1: HEWITT, Ashley (GBR) 14 v JORQUERA, Juan Jose (ESP) QR1: HIGNETT, James (GBR) v MA, Ya-Nan (CHN) 5 QR1: ALLEMBY, James (GBR) v SANCHIS-HERNANDEZ, Emilio (ESP) QR1: ALLEN, Tom (GBR) v wc MORENTE-GEMAS, Ignacio (ESP) QR1: CARPENTER, Jack (GBR) 10 v MISHRA, Shivang (IND)
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Week 28 - ATP 250 - Båstad, Sweden - red clay
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Jamie and Jonny are here this week, trying their luck. First match against the Italian duo, Seppi and Vagnozzi.
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helki
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Week 27 - ATP 250 - Newport, USA - grass
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(Preview)
Both Brits are in the same qualifying section here: QR1: (q3) Alex Bogdanovic WR 172 v (WC) Jordan Kerr (AUS) UNR (winner to play Michael Kohlmann (GER) WR 915 or Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 256) QR1: Richard Bloomfield WR 557 v Artem Sitak (RUS) WR 350 (winner to play Jordan Cox (USA) WR 597 or (q8) Giovann...
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Bloomfields Comments
(Preview)
If you haven't heard it, there's a short audio of Richards thoughts on the BBC site http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8812797.stm His comments seem to touch on something that I have thought for a long time and is often mentioned here, the lack of structure to the funding system. Sometimes...
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Davis Cup - Euro Africa Zone Group II R1 - GBR v Turkey, 9-11 July 2010
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(Preview)
http://www.sportspromedia.com/deals/_a/eurosport_replaces_bbc_to_broadcast_davis_cup/
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Week 27 Futures - Great Britain F9 ($10k) - Ilkley (grass)
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(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2010/AEGON%20Pro-Series/Ilkley%20JUL/Mens%20singles%20qualifying.pdf
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Week 28 Futures - Germany F9 ($10k) - Trier - Clay
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QR1: CHAUDRY, James (GBR) v MOELLERS, Kim (GER) QR1: RICHARDS, John (GBR) v GANET, Patrick (AUS)
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Poor Blooms!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-1293282/Tennis-Richard-Bloomfields-match-Christophe-Rochus-1m-betting-probe.html
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Wimbledon roof
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Now that Center Court has a roof, does anyone else agree that it is time for night matches? The Australian Open and the US Open both have it and the atmosphere is great, and therefore the tounament all the better for it. I understand that the council says that matches can't go on beyond 11pm but i'm sure Wi...
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Scottish Davis Cup Team ?
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Week 27 - Challenger (€42,500) - Scheveningen, Holland (Clay)
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(Preview)
Morgan Phillips turns up here in qualifying and perhaps a little surprisingly has ended up as the 2nd seed. Has a bye in round one, will face either Tim van Terheijden or Mischa Nowicki in round two, and is seeded to face Ante Pavic, ranked 577 in the final round. Should qualify here which will be a great b...
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2009 or 2010...What was the better year for GB Tennis (Compare up to Week 27)
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This thread is sort of like a half-term report (just off should have been done in Wk 26 not 27 but we've had a great week this week) on the performance of GB tennis players. By this time last year, we had two challenger winners in Dan Evans (Jersey) and James Ward (Savannah) whilst Cox had won a 15k future,...
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