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Goodall v Dorsch
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Josh has got possibly the best draw of all the Brits. Dorsch is rd1 and then Cyril Saulnier [seeded 20] who lost to Auckland in Graz last week is a possibly rd2 opponent and if he got to the final qualies round then Belgian veteran Dick Norman would be seeded to play him.
Dorsch is at a career high ranki...
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US Open qualies
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Entry list:
1 Dancevic, Frank CAN 96
2 Vanek, Jiri CZE 100
3 Pless, Kristian DEN 101
4 Berrer, Michael GER 105
5 Patience, Olivier FRA 106
6 Roitman, Sergio ARG 108
7 Delgado, Ramon PAR 109
8 Koubek, Stefan AUT 110
9 Portas, Albert ESP 113
10 Galvani, Stefano ITA 114
11 Carlsen,...
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Bogdanovic v Okun - US Open qualies rd1
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Alex has the chance to gain revenge tonight for his two DC defeats against Okun. The Israeli is ranked over 100 places below Alex at 257 but he's been in the top 200 [world no 95 in 2002] and that experience has shown both times they've played.
The 1st match was on the hard courts of Tel Aviv in March 200...
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1222
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Italy f28
(Preview)
Doubles main draw
(1)Dusan Karol/Matteo Volante (CZE/ITA) vs Giuseppe Moeri-Delgado/Marco Simoni (GBR/ITA)
Don't know if this is a typo on stevegtenis or if he really is representing Britain.
YOU DECIDE!
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johnnylad
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4
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777
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Germany F13
(Preview)
Qualifying round 1
Jacek Szygowski (GER) d. Joseph Dewhurst (GBR) 6-2 6-2 
No Brits in Main draw
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0
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515
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Bronx 50K Challenger
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
Martin Lee(2), Arvind Parmar(8) and Jamie Baker are all in qualifying here.
Martin faces Carlos Salamanca of Colombia in Round One.
Arvind faces Florin Merge of Romania who Jamie beat last week!
Jamie has drawn 6th seed Peter Wessels of the Netherlands in R1.
Arvind would appear to have the...
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32
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2188
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Manerbio challenger
(Preview)
Qualifying:
Rd1: M Phillips [GB] v A Biasella [It]
A Wright [GB] v A Giraudo [It]
Morgan having his first attempt at challenger qualifying on clay in Italy. In rd1 he faces Alan Wright's conqueror from last weekend, 25 year old Adriano Biasella. Biasella is ranked 732 and hasn't won a mat...
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2
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711
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25K Challenger - Graz
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
)
(Preview)
4 Brits in qualifying here. Draw has been pretty unkind.
James Auckland, Jonny Marray, Jamie Delgado and Ross Hutchins.
Delgado and Hutchins play each other and then the winner faces Auckland(3) or Patrick Gamauf of Austria. He's ranked 1557.
Jonny M(7) has drawn an Austrian Wildcard calle...
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Breaking News
(Preview)
from bbc sport:
Evander Holyfield launched his comeback bid with a second-round stoppage of journeyman Jeremy Bates in Dallas.
The 43-year-old former undisputed heavyweight champion had Bates in trouble at the end of the first round before the bell sounded.
Holyfield continued his onsla...
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Count Zero
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1
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591
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Egypt satellite
(Preview)
Week 1 got underway last week and Britain's David Brewer [world ranking: 1070] got off to a good start on his favoured clay.
Results:
Rd1: D Brewer [GB] bt E Zurabian [Ukr][wr:1204] 6-3, 7-6 
Rd2: D Brewer [GB] bt T Ouahabi [Morocco][7] [wr: 924] 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 
QF: D Brew...
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14
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792
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Spain F26
(Preview)
Qualifying:
Rd1: N Sego [GB] v bye
P Barlow [GB] v P Belloso [Esp]
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10
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795
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Germany F12
(Preview)
This clay-court futures event starts tomorrow, Alex Slabinsky is the only Brit taking part, he's 9th on the entry list.
The main draw isn't available yet due to tenniseurope not having been updated all weekend.
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4
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562
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Romania F16
(Preview)
Qualifying rd1: E Carboo [GB] bt C Stohor [Rom] 6-2, 7-5
Qualifying rd2: E Carboo [GB] bt I Giurgiu [Rom][2] 7-6[7], 6-4
Ekow is unranked while Giurgiu is ranked 1277.
Qualifying rd3: E Carboo [GB] v N Nejdi [Mor]
A great chance for Ekow to qualify, facing an unranked Moroccan...
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8
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595
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Thailand F5
(Preview)
Myles Blake is in the main draw here this week.
34 year old Briton Gregory Howe (with no world ranking) attempted to qualify and won two rounds but lost in round of 16. I wonder why he bothered.
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3
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543
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Binghampton 50k challenger
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
There will plenty of British players in action in this tournament next week. Richard Bloomfield, Martin Lee and Arvind Parmar are direct entries into the main draw and Jamie Baker, Josh Goodall, Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray will be playing qualifying which starts tomorrow.
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62
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3340
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GB F12 - Wrexham
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1 2
)
(Preview)
The Qualifying Draw has been released.
A lot of our young guns are involved including Ian Atkinson, Chris Llewellyn, David Rice, and for once Daniel Cox doesn't get a wild card into the main dra...
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27
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1993
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Player of the month - July
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Nominees:
Alex Bogdanovic: Achieved a career best result in Newport earlier this month, making his 1st ATP quarter-final.
Richard Bloomfield: Made the semis of the Dublin 50K Challenger, helping him rise to a career high ranking of 200.
Martin Lee: Made the quarters of the Mancheste...
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19
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1297
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Cordenons 50k+H Challenger
(Preview)
For some reason Alan Wright has again moved up to Challenger qualies here. In round 1 he plays Adriano Biasella (Ita). A win in round 1 would see Alan play the 5th seed who received a bye.
Full Qualifying Draw
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532
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Senegal F2
(Preview)
Chris Hartfield in QD :
QD1 - bt Arthur Albert (Gha) 7-6(4) 5-4 retired. (The name is no joke!) QD2 - lost to Pelach Torres (Esp) 3rd seed 6-4 6-3 -------------
MD : Myles Blake, Fulford-Jones & Ross Connolly.
Robert Dee was on the alts list but did not appear in the QD.
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3
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717
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Senegal F1
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1 2
)
(Preview)
That eagerly awaited tournament-the day has arrived.
Q1:
Chris Harfield (GBR) d. (WC)Yannick Languina (SEN) 6-1 6-2
Omar Laalej (MAR) d. Alexander Johnston (GBR) 6-4 7-5
Final Q:
Chris Harfield (GBR) d. Sylvain Ruest (CAN) 6-1 6-0 This appears to be Chris's first main draw appearance t...
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25
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1662
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Josh Milton
(Preview)
The 16 year old from Cardiff is now the British no 2 in the juniors with a career high ranking of 137 which he's just reached with back to back tournament wins in Winchester and Ireland.
He's beaten top British U18 Simon Childs in Winchester and the no 2 U16 in Britain Marcus Willis, in Ireland.
T...
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GB F11 - Ilkley
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Qualifying draw is finally available - not too many British seeds here. They have already played the first two rounds and there are 3 guaranteed British qualifiers:
Qual Round 3:
Charroin vs Aniola
Ken Skupski vs Matt Illingworth
Groth vs McGahon
La Porte vs Simon Fergus...
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27
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1774
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TMS Toronto
(
1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
Qualifying rd1:
A Parmar [GB] v A Falla [Col][11]
The 1st meeting for Arvind will the 23 year old Columbian leftie ranked 122. Falla's best ranking is 110 reached this year. He's spent the past few years on the cusp of the top 100, never quite been able to break in. He has qualified for several sl...
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Brits in Futures Week 32
(Preview)
Brits in Futures Week 32 : 7-11th August Senegal F2...cannot wait !!!! MD : 4-Myles Blake 7-Fulford-Jones 18 Ross Connolly Alts : Robert Dee & Dan Cottier....these two may pop-up anywhere though next week....? GB F12 MD : 1 - Matt Smith 3 - Alan Mackin 5 - Lee Childs 9 - J M...
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Spain F25
(Preview)
Qualifying:
The usual suspects are in action here. James Ward is seeded 8th and he and Oscar Podlewski are our best hopes. Robert Dee, perhaps mistakenly decided against sampling the delights of Senegal this week and he's also in action here.
Rd1:
R Dee [GB] v I Vicente-Fibla [Esp][14]...
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