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Gregory Howe
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As I mentioned on the DC thread, GB's oldest currently world-ranked player has started posting on AM.com. I asked him if he'd mind writing a bit about his experiences and how he gets into qualifying for some of the big tournaments and his reply is fascinating - well I think so anyway. Picking up someone...
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Week 9 - Challenger (€42,500+H) - Cherbourg, France
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Oh dear, it looks like the Brits may have to bash each other again QR1: (q2) Richard Bloomfield WR 306 v (WC) Kenny de Schepper (FRA) WR 1190 QR1: Jonny Marray WR 435 v Mathieu Rodrigues (FRA) WR 378 Winners to play each other in QR2. The other seed in this section is (q5) Tim Smyczek (USA) WR 334.
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BT at the DC : Day one - Press Conferences, Match Comment and Gossip
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Will concentrate this time on press conferences and some inside information. Will also give some match comment but not full match by match reports. We must keep the DC page on the bt.net site up to date. Can we have some volunteers to write some match reports ? PM me. BTW had a pleasant welcome from the jo...
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Davis Cup - Josh Goodall vs. Illya Marchenko
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I've started a new thread for the individual matches. Let's see if Josh can get us off to a good start. -- Edited by ForeverDelayed at 14:26, 2009-03-06
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Week 9 - Futures F6 (15k) - McAllen TX, USA
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What on earth is Donald Young WR 130 doing playing qualifying for a 15K Future?! Fortunately, the Brits have avoided his section, though Chris is in the same section as (q2) Vladmir Obradovic (SRB) WR 389, another obvious late entrant (since all the other Q seeds are ranked outside the top 700), and Bu...
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Week 9 - Challenger (€106,500+H) - Bergamo, Italy
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(Preview)
Boggo returns to Bergamo for the first time since 2006, when he won the title there with a mix of good play and good luck: 32 W Arvind PARMAR (GBR) 7-6(5) 6-2 16 W Alex CALATRAVA (ESP) 6-4 6-4 QF O Jean-Michel PEQUERY (FRA) W/O SF W Andreas SEPPI (ITA) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 FR W Simone BOLELLI (ITA) 6-1 3...
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Entries Week 10 - 9/3
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ATP Indian Wells 1000 Week 1 (Hard) - Andy Murray Doubles - Jamie Murray CHALLENGERS Kyoto $35K+H (Indoor Synthetic) - Josh Goodall, Alex Slabinsky (Eaton) FUTURES GB F3 Tipton $15K (Hard) - Jonny Marray, Dan Evans, Colin Fleming, Ken Skupski (Illingworth, Milton, Cox, Arlidge, Flanagan, Willis...
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Week 9 - Futures F1 (10k) - Faro, Portugal
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Tournament Key : M-FU-POR-01A-2009 Dates : 02 Mar to 08 Mar 2009 Venue : Faro, Portugal Surface : Hard Qualy draw is out. 128 draw so 4 rounds to play. QR1: COOPER, Joe (GBR) UNR v bye QR1: EGERTON, Rogan (GBR) UNR v CHATELLE, Francois (BEL) UNR QR1: RAMOS, Francisco (POR) UNR v CLEMENTS, Valentin (GBR) U...
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The Thomson twins
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Matt and Dave Thomson - no idea which is which!
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Week 9 - Futures F1 (10k) - Gatineau, Canada
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Tournament Key : M-FU-CAN-01A-2009 Dates : 02 Mar to 08 Mar 2009 Venue : Gatineau, Canada Surface : Hard Sean Thornley in the MD. Tim Bradshaw may squeak in but defo in the QD. Also Max Jones, Ben Levi, Tom knights & Baxendine should turn up in the QD.
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Week 8 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Wolfsburg, Germany - Doubles
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I think this deserves a separate thread with four Brits in draw. Look who has turned up here Jamie D and Ken Supski Richard has decided to give it a miss Bogdanovic/Olejniczak (POL) vs Brown (JAM)/Colangelo (ITA) Jamie D/Jonny M vs Gajjar( IND)/Raja (IND) (4)Skupski/Rettenmaier (USA) vs Galvano(I...
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Week 8 - British Tour - Swansea
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2009/AEGON%20British%2...
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Week 7 - ATP 250 Series - Marseille, France
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(Preview)
Muzza may have withdrawn here but there is still some British interest - not a bad QR1 draw, but there are no points unless you win three matches in qualifying here: QR1: Richard Bloomfield WR 323 v Massimo Dell'acqua (ITA) WR 419 The seeds in this section are (7) Falla WR 193 and (1) Istomin WR 103. Rich...
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Week 8 - Challenger (€30,000+H) - Wolfsburg, Germany
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(Preview)
Two of our Davis Cup outcasts are out in Germany but have been drawn in the same section of a draw which is headed by an old foe. QR1: Jonny Marray WR 434 v (q4) Frederik Nielsen (DEN) WR 277 QR1: (q8) Richard Bloomfield WR 318 v Kevin Deden (GER) WR 524
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TennisLive TV
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hey guys, has anyone else checked this out? really good quality stream, i wonder if boggo's match was on it, as its much better than the standard one. aparently they will be doing some fo wolfsburg too. www.tennislive.tv
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Week 8 - Davis Cup Play-offs - NTC
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(Preview)
This event, wether you like it or not, starts Monday 23rd February. OOP for Monday: Monday - Colin Fleming v Josh Goodall Monday - Chris Eaton v Alex Slabinsky Monday - Dan Evans v James Ward Every one plays again on Wednesday and then Friday. From the LTA... "Taking place at the National Tennis Ce...
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Entries Week 9 - 2/3
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ATP Davis Cup v Ukraine (Indoor Hard) - Andy Murray, Ross Hutchins, Josh Goodall, Chris Eaton CHALLENGERS Bergamo EUR 127,500K +H (Indoor Hard) - Alex Bogdanovic FUTURES USA F6 $15K (Hard) - (Arlidge, Brassington, Priddle) Portugal F1 $10K (Hard) - (Barlow, Egerton, Clements, Cooper) Canada F1...
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Week 8 Futures - Spain F7 ($10k) - Terrassa
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Hoping to join Matt Illingworth in MD QR1: Pierre Clad UNR v Laureano Agullo Juan (ESP) UNR QR1: (q8) David Rice WR 901 v Alvaro Cajigal ESP (UNR) Ward was entered but is still in Cartagena
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Week 8 - ATP 250 series - Delray Beach: doubles
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Draw here. Both Jamie, who's defending his half of the title he won with Max, & Dusan & H &...
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Davis Cup - No Murray - Hypothetical
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Ok with murray looking a bit doubtfull, who, if you were team captian who would you pick for the ukraine tie if andy wasn't available? (you can pick any GB player, even if not at the play off) My team: Boggo Bloomers Eaton Ross Boggo to play illy on day 1, Eaton to play Stak Rich and Ross in the dubs on Sat then...
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Aus Open 2009 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em
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Still not quite sure where the time to do this is going to magically appear from, but we'll manage it somehow - this is just a reminder that entries for this competition will open on Friday sometime after the main draw comes out. Qualifiers are likely to be placed by early afternoon on Saturday and entr...
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Why?
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I know this subject has been done to death but.......I still cannot get over it. The new ranking points this is. All last years points were doubled but, unless you win the event, this years points are pretty similar to the undoubled points. A quarter final in a 15k last year won 3pts, doubled to 6pts, t...
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Week 8 - Challenger (€106,500+H) - Besancon, France
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Aucks is here partnering Kristof Vliegen (BEL) and they have drawn Mikhail Kukushkin & Alessandro Motti (KAZ/ITA). The seeds in their section are the 2nd seeds; the veterans Chris Haggard & Pavel Vizner (RSA/CZE).
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Week 7 - ATP 250 series - Marseille: doubles
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Draw here. H & H are again seeded fourth & play Bolelli & Seppi in the the first round. It's a tough draw for them, but it's to be hoped that they can put their defeat at t...
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Week 7 - Futures F2 (15k) - Trento, Italy
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(Preview)
L32 Q2: (1) Josh Goodall WR 198 v Farrukh Dustov (UZB) WR 446 (CH: 173 Apr 2007) L32 Q2: (3) James Ward WR 289 v Philipp Oswald (AUT) WR 402 L32 Q2: (5) Alex Slabinsky WR 335 v Roman Jebavy (CZE) WR 429 It'll be so disappointing if we don't get the top half finalist here, won't it! From the OoP at http://www.sp...
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