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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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1027
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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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1540
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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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1619
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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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1547
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Week 32 - Challenger ($50k) - Binghamton, USA
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Richard Bloomfield WR 287 v Jared Easton (AUS) WR 783 On the face of it a godo match for Richard - Easton has been in a rut of late and hasn't won a match since March. Easton does however lead the H2H 1-0 and has a 2-0 record against Brits. The other seed in the section is Luka Grecorg WR 363 Edit: cha...
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Smidster
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132
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9100
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Week 33 Futures - Belgium F2 ($10k) - Koksijde (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Simon Roberts v (q9) Germain Gigounon (BEL) WR 1334 QR1: (q10) Liam Broady WR 1425 v Maximillian Dinslaken UNR (GER)
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Smidster
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2
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942
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Week 33 Challenger - San Sebastian, Spain (E30,000), Clay
(Preview)
QR1: (q3) Morgan Phillips WR 406 v BYE QR2: (q3) Morgan Phillips v Inaki Belloso Ausin UNR (ESP) OR Inigo Santos-Fernandez UNR Other seed in section is WR 451 Marc Fornell Mestres
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Smidster
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3
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1071
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New UK Challenger
(Preview)
I see on the latest ATP calender they have a challenger listed in Welwyn Garden City in November. I imagine this will be in Gosling where Tara Moore (and Timoa Babos) are based?
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seagull
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14
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1783
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Week 32 Futures - Spain F29 ($15k) - Irun (Clay)
(Preview)
QR1: Max Gregor UNR v Ruben Ruiz Pastor (ESP) UNR Pastor has a 2-8 record in futures qualifying but with the WR 397 in the section I don't see much hope for Max Morgan should be seeded when the MD is released
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Smidster
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12
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2019
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Week 32 - Challenger - ($100,000 +H) - Istanbul (Hard)
(Preview)
Chris Eaton turns up in qualifying here and plays Andreas Siljeström in the 1st round. If he wins that he will play 1st seed Filip Prpic WR 311. Other seed in his section is 5th seed Juun Mitsuhashi WR 440. Will do exceedingly well to qualify from that Edited to reflect the fact that the tournament will be...
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The Magician Santoro
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7
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1840
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Week 32 Futures - Austria F3 ($10k) - Bad Waltersdorf (Clay)
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1 2
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(Preview)
(6) Joshua Milton (GBR) WR 745 vs. Daniel Geib (AUT) WR 1162 (7) James Feaver (GBR) WR 765 vs. (Q) Gibril Diarra (AUT) UNR Milton has either the WR 1090 or an unranked player in R2; in fact, the only players in his quarter in the top 1000 are him and the other seed. Unfortunately, that's Ervin Eleskovic (SW...
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JM1138
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28
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3548
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Week 32 Futures - Germany F12 ($10K) - Friedberg - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: SMYTHERS, Monti UNR v wc (GER) MATIC, Nico UNR
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SMC1809
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1302
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Week 32 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Brasilia, Brazil (Hard)
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1 2
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(Preview)
R32: Jamie Baker WR 249 v (2) Frederico Del Bonis (ARG) WR 122 We are not having much luck with our draws at Challenger level this week. In my opinion this is arguably the worst draw possible. Del Bonis is a very fast rising 19 year old who has won a Challenger (Rome-2) and has made two other Challenger...
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British_is_Best
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28
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3225
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Week 32 Futures - Belgium F1 ($10K) - Eupen - Clay
(Preview)
Liam Broady plays his first Futures event outside the UK and is seeded to qualify. The other 3 players in his section are unranked, but one (Nick Van Der Meer) was inside 500 for a number of years QR1: James Chaudry UNR v Kristof Lybeer (BEL) UNR QR1: (q4) Liam Broady WR 1424 v Michel Kapteijns (NED) UNR
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DavidC
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4
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1538
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Week 31 - Challenger ($100,000) - Vancouver, Canada (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 21
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(Preview)
Wardy turns up as a WC in qualies and is second seed with a relatively comfortable draw. Dom Inglot also arrives here and is eight seed. QR1: (2) James Ward v BYE(8) Dominic Inglot v BYE QR2: (2) James Ward v (WC) Henry Choi(8) Dominic Inglot v John Paul Fruttero OR Treat Conrad Huey -- Edited by Guid00...
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Guid007
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312
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15554
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Week 31 Futures - Great Britain F12 ($15k) - Roehampton
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2010/AEGON%20Pro-Series/Roehampton%20AUG/Mens%20singles%20qualifying%20draw.pdf
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Smidster
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10851
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Week 31 - Challenger (€64,000+H) - Kitzbühel, Austria
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1 2
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(Preview)
(3) Murray/Coetzee (GBR/RSA) v (WC) Melzer/Weissborn (AUT/AUT) It seems Murray has split with Jonny Marray, who is playing Segovia this week. They were winning challengers for fun at the start of their partnership, but the last six months had not been good, especially when they stepped up to tour l...
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wolf
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18
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3378
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Week 31 Futures - Spain F28 ($10k) - Xàtiva - Clay
(Preview)
Morgan Phillips and Andrew Gregory are once again DAs in Spain. Also: QR1: James Hignett UNR v Sergio Bellester (ESP) UNR - winner to play (q2) Gonçalo Falcão (POR) UNR QR1: James Allemby UNR v Pedro Lizondo Osset (ESP) UNR - winner to play (q7) Arnau Dachs WR 1387 or Sergio Barranco (ESP) UNR
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steven
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1783
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Week 31 - Challenger (€85,000) - Segovia, Spain (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
QR1: (q6) Chris Eaton WR 513 v Michael Hui (USA) UNR Unfortunately, Chris will probably have to get past Samuel Groth, probably the top Brit-basher at the moment, to get into the main draw and get any points.
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steven
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94
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7468
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Week 31 - Challenger ($50,000+H) - Campos do Jordão, Brazil
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1 2
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(Preview)
L32: Jamie Baker WR 247 v (4) Josselin Ouanna (FRA) WR 133 Ouanna was WR 88 as recently as last October, reached the Recanati Challenger semis last week and is on a 9-0 Brit-bashing streak stretching back to 2006, when he lost 5-0 ret. to Mackin, a scoreline that suggests he was struggling with injury o...
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steven
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3156
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Week 31 Futures - USA F21 ($10k) - Decatur IL - Hard
(Preview)
Ryler DeHeart WR 265 is the 'ringer' top seed in qualifying here. Not surprisingly, he won his QR2 match & 0! The other seeds are all ranked outside the top 1200 and there are no ranked players at all in Bugby's section. QR2: Miles Bugby UNR beat Blake Emery (USA) UNR by 6-2 3-0 ret. QR3: Miles Bugby U...
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steven
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1065
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Week 30 Futures - Spain F27 ($10k) - Dénia - Clay
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1 2
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(Preview)
Morgan Phillips and Andrew Gregory are DAs here. QR1: James Hignett UNR v Jose-Manuel Garcia-Vigara (ESP) UNR QR1: Richard Brooks WR 1606 v Santos Sanchez-Patino (ESP) WR 1428 QR1: James Allemby UNR v Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martinez (ESP) UNR
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steven
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20
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3187
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Week 30 - ATP 250 series ($619,500) - Farmers Classic, Los Angeles - hard: doubles
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
It occurred to me that my post about the doubles competition on the singles thread would get buried once the QR2 singles matches got under way, hence this new thread. Wouldn't you just know it: (4) Rohan Bopanna & Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi (IND/PAK) (WR 15) vs Colin Fleming & Ken Skupski (WR 27) Ro...
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Stircrazy
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3261
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Week 31 Futures - Lithuania F1 ($10k) - Vilnius - Clay
(Preview)
QR1: Faraz Siddiqui UNR v Pawel Kur (POL) UNR
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steven
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1
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991
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Week 30 Futures - Great Britain F11 ($15k) - Chiswick - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
Dan Smethurst seems to have come home for the week instead of staying in Italy and is the 'ringer' in the draw, though given their respective form, it'll be interesting if he plays George Morgan in the FQR. I'm not sure if the overall increase in strength of the Q draw relative to recent 10Ks is due to thi...
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steven
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10963
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