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James Ward v Andy Murray on clay?
(Preview)
How do you think our new "King of Clay" James Ward would fare against the British No. 1 on his least favoured service? Would Ward take a set off Andy?
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Guid007
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Where is Dan Evans?
(Preview)
Is he on holiday or something? After his ankle injury he played two rounds of qualifying in Ostrava before qualifying and reaching the 2nd round of Edinburgh and now he isn't entered into anything for the next few weeks. Where is he?
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Guid007
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Week 19 - Challenger ($50,000) - Zagreb Open: doubles
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(Preview)
Jamie M & Pavel Vizner are the top seeds here & play Peter Luczak & Sandro Motti (AUS/ITA) in the first round. Here's hoping Jamie can get 2-3 more wins under his belt...
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Week 19 - Challenger (Euro 64K) - Izmir, Turkey
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(Preview)
Loads of Brits here - even Auckland is playing qualies! No sign of Skuppers though QR1: (q1) Joshua Goodall WR 231 has a BYE - plays Kirillov or Sitak QR1: (q7) Ivan Sergeyev WR 337 (UKR) vs James Auckland UNR QR1: Colin Fleming WR 508 vs. Laurynas Grigelis (LTU) WR 1357 - seeds are Kedryuk (8) and B...
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The Knight
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Week 19 - Challenger ($75K+H) - Busan KOR
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(Preview)
L32: Chris Eaton WR 374 v Qualifier This looks promising, since qualifying is weak, with the top 4 seeds ranked in the range 417-635. The winner of this match is likely to face (8) Blaz Kavcic (SLO) WR 267, since he is playing Korean WC Yong-Bun Seo WR 1027. Kavcic's only previous match against a Brit was...
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Week 19 - ATP Masters 1000 Series - Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open: doubles
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
H & H have made it into the MD! They've avoided a seeded pair in the first round, but they still face a tough test: they've drawn the Spanish WCs, Pablo Andújar & Guillermo García López... P.S. The Bryans are the top seeds, but they demonstrated in Belgrade this week that they're anything bu...
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Stircrazy
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Week 19 Futures - Romania F2 ($10K) - Bucharest
(Preview)
L32: FEAVER, James v NEDELCU, Florin UNR
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Week 19, Mexico F5 (10k), Puerto Vallarta
(Preview)
Brooks and barlow both made the FQR here
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Week 19 Futures - Spain F16 ($10K) - Lleida, Spain
(Preview)
Another huge 128 qualifying draw in Spain with 5 wins needed for a rankings point if you start out in QR1. The Wardinator was 6th Alt here, but one advantage of qualifying starting on Friday here is that he should get an SE since he's still in the Balaguer Future. More good news too - the 'dream team' are i...
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steven
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Eastbourne Entry List
(Preview)
Eastbourne 1 Monfils, Gael FRA 10 2 Stepanek, Radek CZE 17 3 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22 4 Gasquet, Richard FRA 23 5 Melzer, Jurgen AUT 27 6 Andreev, Igor RUS 32 7 Seppi, Andreas ITA 36 8 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA 39 9 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 44 10 Benneteau, Julien FRA 46 11 Bolelli, Simone ITA 50 12 Ljubicic, Iva...
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Week 19 Futures - China F4 ($15K) - Wuhan
(Preview)
QR1: Faris Akhazzan UNR v Hui Zhang (CHN) UNR There are only 4 ranked players in this draw. The top seed is ranked 1159 and Faris is in his section. -- Edited by steven on Friday 8th of May 2009 02:13:19 PM
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steven
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Week 18 Futures - Spain F15 ($10K) - Balaguer, Spain
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(Preview)
another huge qualie draw of 128 with the wardinator just missing out on a main draw spot. Q1: Ward (3) v Bye Chamberlain v Bye Sohal v Gimferrer (UNR) Tennant v Lima-Perez (UNR) Armstrong v Bye -- Edited by alex03maccy on Friday 1st of May 2009 11:32:46 AM -- Edited by alex03maccy on Friday 1st of May 2...
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Week 18 Futures - Great Britain F6 ($10K) - Edinburgh
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
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(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Resources/Competition/2009%20Wild%20Card%20Process%20-%20Men.pdf
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steven
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Week 19 Futures - USA F11 ($10K) - Tampa, USA
(Preview)
another mammoth qualie draw, we've got 4 guys trying their luck. QR1: Eimon Heywood UNR v Andrew Dottino (USA) UNR QR1: James Whike UNR v Edmund Sanford (USA) UNR QR1: Tristan Kaye UNR v Justin Lunn (BAH) UNR QR1: Matthew Short UNR v Angel Diaz-Mendez (PUR) UNR
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alex03maccy
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Week 18 - Challenger ($50K) - Savannah GA, USA
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Wardy is a DA for this Challenger on green clay and the Bishop has popped up in qualifying: QR1: Paul Bishop WR 1545 v Kaes van't Hof (USA) WR 654 QR2: Bishop or van't Hof v (q8) Ricardas Berankis (LTU) WR 491
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steven
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Week 18 - Challenger ($100K) - Ramat Hasharon, Israel
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
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(Preview)
QR1: (q4) Chris Eaton WR 380 v Artem Sitak (RUS) WR 592 QR1: (q7) Jonny Marray WR 417 v Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR) WR 1871 Unfortunately, both Brits are in the same qualifying section, though perhaps that is quite fortunate in a super-Challenger like this, especially when the other four players in the secti...
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steven
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Week 18 - ATP 250 Series - Belgrade, Serbia.
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Hutch & Huss are trying their luck here. They are seeded 3 and in the 1st round their opponents will be Levinsky & Scherrer (CZE/SUI). They are due to meet Nestor & Zimonjic (CAN/SRB), the top seeds, at the semi-final stage. Fingers crossed they get that far.
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helki
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Queen's Club Wildcards
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1 2
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(Preview)
Who is likely to get one this year? My bets are Cox/Foreign Player, Eaton, Evans, Goodall and Ward.
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Guid007
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Week 18 - Challenger (€30,000 +H): San Remo Tennis Cup (red clay) - doubles only
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1 2
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(Preview)
Half-expected Aucks to turn up here: he has teamed up with the Brazilian, Marcio Torres, & they are the fourth seeds. They play the Italian WCs, Fabio Colangelo & Vico Uros, in the first round. Should be OK for the QFs... Unfortunately, Delgo, with the Dutchman, Jesse Huta Galung, in...
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Stircrazy
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Week 18 - ATP 250 series - München. Germany.
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1 2
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(Preview)
Jamie M has turned up here with Pavel Vizner in tow. I think they have partnered up once (?) before, without too much success. First-round match is against this week's conquerors of Aucks & Goody, Petzschner & Peya, who are the 3rd seeds. That'll be a good 'un to win.
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helki
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Week 18 Futures - Mexico F4 ($10K) - Coatzacoalcos
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1 2
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(Preview)
Not all the Brits have 'escaped' Mexico yet, and there have been so many w/ds that there are only two qualifying rounds. QR1: Richard Brooks UNR v Graco Morlan (MEX) UNR QR1: Philip Barlow UNR v Adolfo Guerrero Contreras (MEX) WR 32-year-old Morlan played his first Futures qualifying match since 19...
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steven
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Week 18 Futures - Romania F1 ($10K) - Craiova
(Preview)
L32: Feaver v Luncanu (3) WR 468
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alex03maccy
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Week 18 Futures - USA F10 ($10k) - Orange Park, FL
(Preview)
So after playing till Wednesday for nothing Shorty once again goes in search of that elusive first point in another massive draw QR1: Matthew Short UNR v (q12) Jonathan David (CAN) WR 1708 Other seed in section WR 1162 (Ty Trombetta)
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Smidster
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Rome Masters 'Battle of the Boards' pick 'em 2009
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
The ROME MASTERS 1000 'BATTLE OF THE BOARDS' PICK 'EM contest is now open for entries at http://www.britishtennis.net/Competitions.html Qualifiers will be placed by Sunday evening UIK time, but you are welcome to enter before that if you need to, as long as you don't mind picking matches involvin...
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steven
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Week 18 - Challenger (€30+H) - San Remo, Italy
(Preview)
I didn't expect there to be any Brits for this week's red clay Challenger, but I'm glad I checked: QR2: Ashwin Kuppusamy v (q7) Boy Westerhof (NED) WR 343 (both had byes in QR1) 17-year-old Ashwin is just outside the top 1000 juniors and lost to Lewis Burton 2 & 2 in R1 of the Nottingham Junior G4 tourn...
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