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Davis Cup - Euro Africa Zone Group II relegation play-off - GBR v Turkey, 9-11 July 2010
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(Preview)
See some of you, hopefully, the weekend after Wimbledon as we try to avoid a drop to the very bottom division of DC ... I'm sure there will be more detailed previews to follow, but in short, Turkey have just one decent player, Marsel Ilhan (born in Uzbekistan) ranked 121, whose record against Brits is: 0...
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Interview with Roger Draper in the Evening Standard
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/interviews/article-23828463-roger-draper-theres-no-way-ill-quit-even-if-british-tennis-hits-new-low.do
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steven
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Week 17 Futures - Mexico F2 ($15k) - Cordoba, Mexico - Hard
(Preview)
QR1: 1271 (GBR) BARLOW, Philip [5] v BYE
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Week 17 Futures - Australia F3 ($15k) - Ipswich, Australia - Clay
(Preview)
R1: Blake, Myles (GBR) 1111 v (q) Kubler, Jason (AUS) UNR Maybe he can pick up a point here.
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Week 17- Challenger ($125K+H) - Tunis, Tunisia - clay
(Preview)
QR1: Morgan Phillips WR 411 v Mohammed Affes (TUN) UNR Winner to play (q5) Boris Pashanski (SRB) WR 323, who has fallen a long way since getting beaten by Eaton at Wimby but is on his favoured surface here. The other seed in this section is another one who has been beaten by a Brit well outside the top 250, B...
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steven
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Rough or smooth? Something very unusual.....
(Preview)
I was playing last night and something bizarre happened: my partner span his racket "rough or smooth?" only for it to land edge on! Has anyone else had that happen or heard of it it happening? I just wish it was on video, we'd make a fortune on Utube.... Steve
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Week 16 - Challenger ($50K) - Tallahassee, FL, USA - Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: (q2) James Ward WR 257 v Sadik Kadir (AUS) WR 355 QR1: Josh Milton WR 535 v Mait Kunnap (EST) WR 995 Winners to play each other in QR2. The other seed in this section is (q8) Luka Gregorc (SLO) WR 324. QR1: (q7) Josh Goodall WR 312 v Ti Chen (TPE) WR 458 The other seed in this section is (q3) John Millman (AU...
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Week 16 Futures - Turkey F8 ($10k) - Tarsus - clay
(Preview)
Slabba should be in the main draw here. The QD is half-empty. QR1: Monti Smythers UNR v Alexandru Grigorita (ROU) UNR - the winner will play (q3) Andraz Bedene (SLO) WR 981 in the FQR
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Week 16- Challenger- Athens, Greece-€85K+H
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(Preview)
Boggo is up this week for playing in Athens and has been rewarded with a nightmare of a draw. He plays 2nd seed and World Number 49 Phillip Petzschner in the 1st round. Petzschner has been in good form reaching the last 16 of Monte Carlo knocking out Melzer and Garcia Lopez before falling to Andy's conque...
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The Magician Santoro
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Week 16 Futures - Korea F3 ($15k) - Changwon - Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: 588 Dominic INGLOT (GBR) [1] vs UNR Seungri CHOI (KOR)
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Week 16 Futures - Italy F5 ($15k) - Padova (Padua) - clay
(Preview)
Dan Smethurst should be seeded here. QR2: (q9) Neil Pauffley WR 688 v Lorenz Ilg (GER) WR 1336 or Raphael Lustenberger (SUI) WR 1654 - the other seed in this section is (q3) Diego Alvarez (ARG) WR 481 QR2: (q8) Alex Ward WR 599 v Claudio Scatissi (ITA) UNR or Martin Rmus (SLO) WR 1057 - the other seed in this...
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Week 15 Futures - China F4 ($15k) - Guiyang
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(Preview)
QR1: (q2) Myles Blake WR 1104 v He Feng (CHN) UNR Sean Thornley should be in the main draw here.
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Week 16 Futures - Spain F13 ($10k) - Reus - clay
(Preview)
Dr No is likely to be seeded in the main draw here but oddly the two Brits who are doing well in Madrid this week are not down to play here - Meatball withdrew on 3 April and Morgan Phillips didn't enter in the first place. I wonder if one or both of them are intending to try to qualify for the Rome Challenger....
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Week 15 - Challenger ($50K) - Baton Rouge, LA, USA - Hard
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(Preview)
QR1: Josh Milton WR 539 v (q6) Sebastian Rieschick (GER) WR 423 Wardy, Evo, Baker and Josh were all on the alts list here (1, 3, 6 & 10 respectively) and the top seed in qualifying was the 13th alt for the MD, so I guess it's just about possible that they all scraped in -- Edited by steven on Saturday 10t...
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Week 15 Futures - Spain F12 ($10k) - Madrid - clay
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(Preview)
QR1: KONOV, Simon (GBR) UNR v MOLINA, Emanuele (ITA) 1279 QR1: PAUFFLEY, Neil (GBR) 3 686 v Bye -- Edited by steven on Saturday 10th of April 2010 09:13:45 AM
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Week 15 Futures - TUR F7 ($10k) - Adana, Turkey - Clay
(Preview)
Smythers into QR2! QR1: SMYTHERS, Monti (GBR) UNR v Bye QR1: PRIDDLE, Chris (GBR) 11 1084 v Bye QR2: SMYTHERS, Monti (GBR) UNR v SZMIGIEL, Mateusz (POL) 2 862 QR2: PRIDDLE, Chris (GBR) 11 1084 v NEYKOV, Andreas (BUL) UNR
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Week 15 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte Carlo, Monaco
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(Preview)
Andy and Hutch have recieved a wild card into the doubles and they will face Cermak/Mertinak in the first round. The Bryans await the winner in round two. OK draw but their opponents are at their most comfortable on clay. Edit: I've just noticed this is on the OOP for tomorrow, fifth and last on Court Cen...
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Bloomers
(Preview)
Richard Bloomfield has had an injection into the disc in his back that has troubled him for the last 14 months. The injection proved to be the best option for the 26 year-old, who was considering surgery which would have resulted in a lengthy lay-off. Two weeks after this treatment Bloomfield was able...
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Week 15 - Challenger ($100,000+H) - Johannesburg, South Africa - Hard
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(Preview)
I had a feeling this pair would turn up here before they move on to Korea and I'm really glad they did. The qualifying field is really weak here especially for a $100,000 torny and Chris should definitely qualify. Inglot has it a bit harder with Okun lingering in the final round, but Inglot can just abou...
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New British Tennis Role Model
(Preview)
Guess who! (From Sporting Life) Bogdanovic has become something of a byword for the failings in British tennis - a talented youngster of whom great things were expected but who has failed to live up to expectations. Seven consecutive singles defeats in Davis Cup saw the 25-year-old ostracised by fo...
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Week 14 - ATP 250 ($450,000) - Gran Prix Hassan II - Casablanca, Morocco- Clay
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(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/360/mdd.pdf
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Week 14 Futures - China F3 ($15k) - Chongqing
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(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Myles Blake WR 1147 v Renaud Gabourdes (FRA) UNR
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Week 14 Futures - TUR F6 ($10k) - Antalya
(Preview)
Smythers is back for more! QR1: Monti Smythers UNR v v Ruslan Rakhimov (RUS) UNR QR1: Chris Priddle WR 1304v Dmitry Surchenko (RUS) UNR QR1: James Allemby UNR v Jonas Denker (GER) UNR
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steven
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Week 14 - ATP 250 ($442,500) - US Mens Clay Court Championship, Houston US - Clay
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(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/717/qs.pdf
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Shhh
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Just when you thought...
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(Preview)
British men's tennis had used up its quota of bad news stories for the year.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8603234.stm Innocent until proven guilty, of course.
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