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Davis Cup day 3 - Jamie Baker v Sergei Bubka
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This match is the 5th and final rubber of the tie
They've played twice before, both times in the juniors. Jamie won 6-4, 6-4 on grass in rd1 of the Roehampton junior championships in 2004 and a few weeks later he won 6-1, 7-6[1] in rd3 of junior Wimbledon.
Bubka reached a high of no 4 in the juniors...
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GB F13 - Nottingham
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Started a thred for this homw futures event which starts Monday in Nottingham GB F13 - Nottingham - Hard Main draw should feature : 1. Richard Bloomfield 5. Lee Childs 6. J Marray 14. A Slabinsky 15. Neil Bamford 16. Ian Flanagan Quali draw should include... 18. Tom Rushby 22. R Irwin 23. Rob Searle 24. T...
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Rwanda F1
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The next stop on the African tour, Amadeus Fulford-Jones, Ed Seator, Alex Miotto and James Feaver are competing here
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Spain F30
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(Preview)
Qualifying:
James Ward hasn't entered, I presume he's got a SE place.
Rd1:
R Brooks [GB][14] v J Jimenez [Esp]
A Wright [GB] v R de la Rosa [Esp]
R Dee [GB] v G Gomez [Esp][6]
O Podlewski [GB] v M Palacios [Esp]
A Gomez [GB] v D Prats Catalan
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USA F23 Costa Mesa California
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2 Brits in qualifying.
Matt Hanlin is seeded 12. Haven't seen him for a while.
Max Jones also in draw. Never heard of him!
Hanlin lost in first round to Ben Gonzales of USA. Score was 75 03 when Hanlin retired...in other words he was winning but was unlucky to have to retire. 
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Baker on DC
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edit: this is from todays Times
TWO years ago my ranking was in the 600s and the Davis Cup was something that Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski did for Great Britain. Today, in Ukraine, I may find out that I’m playing for my country for the first time and that fills me with wonder.
If it happens, ther...
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futures and sats - clear up
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Hey all
What is happening about the futures and sats next year. Could somebody clear up whats going to happen, cheers?
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Tarragona Challenger
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Qualifying: Rd1: M Phillips [GB] bt G Burniol [Esp][6] 5-7, 7-5, 6-2  A superb victory for Morgan over the in-form Spaniard. Burniol is ranked over 150 places higher at 457 and at the beginning of September he won a futures tournament on clay in Poland. Last week he took a set off former top...
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Kentucky grade 1 juniors
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(Preview)
Britain's Michael Thompson and Graeme Dyce have both qualified. Thompson is 16 and lives in South Africa. His favourite surface is grass and he's coached by former British no 1 doubles player Neil Broad who played many DC ties.
Rd1: M Thompson [GB] v T Hodorov [Isr]
G Dyce [GB] v H Dil [Holland...
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Orleans 75K Challenger
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(Preview)
Quite a few Brits will be competing here next week.
Entry list:
1 Sluiter, Raemon NED 91
2 Norman, Dick BEL 106
3 Tipsarevic, Janko SCG 107
4 Saulnier, Cyril FRA 132
5 Bozoljac, Ilia SCG 136
6 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 142
7 Bastl, George SUI 145
8 Dupuis, Antony FRA 158
9 Lisnard, Je...
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Brits in Futures Week 38
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Brits in Futures Week 38 Rwanda F1 - Clay MD : 9 - A Miotto 10 - Fulford-Jones Alts : Ed Seator Sweden F5 - Gothenburg - Hard Alts : Ross Connolly ( Also in Alts for GB F13 ) Spain F30 - Madrid - Hard Alts : James Ward GB F13 - Nottingham - Hard MD : 1. Richard Bloomfield 5. Lee Childs 6. J Marray 14. A Slabinsky 15....
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Spain F29
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James Ward and Richard Brooks have both qualified, superb effort from them
Qualifying results:
Rd1: R Brooks [GB][10] bt F Zeballos [Bol][unranked] 6-4, 6-2
J Ward [GB][8] bt M Czerwinski [USA] [unranked] 6-1, 6-3
Rd2: R Brooks [GB][10] bt S Gutierrez [Esp][unranked] 6-...
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Sweden F4
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(Preview)
Qualifying:
Rd1: R Connolly [GB][5] v bye
Rd2: R Connolly [GB][5] bt M Zerhusen [Ger] 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Rd3: R Connolly [GB][5] bt D Nylen [Swe][13] 6-4, 6-3
Main draw:
Rd1: R Connolly [GB] v D Kumlin [Swe][q]
An excellent opportunity for Ross to win another point and move close...
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New Orleans Challenger
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This one's in the USA next week, not to be confused with the Orleans challenger which is occurring in France at the same time.
Josh Goodall is the only British representative here, he was 1st on the alternates list but he's now into the main draw.
Entry list:
1 Delic, Amer USA 148
2 Reynol...
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Jamie Delgado interview
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/Interviews/060912Delgado.htm?BSMGuid=1c4cd614-b3b1-4e0f-87c0-7275daa9d146
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Australia F8 - 15K
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Rd1:
M Blake [GB] v R Steckley [Can][8]
A Kennaugh [GB] v D To [Aus]
C Eaton [GB] v R Smeets [Aus][2]
Unfortunately, it looks like only Andy Kennaugh has any chance of progressing to rd2  Myles' opponent is ranked 663, reaching a high of 527 in 2005. Steckley is one of the on-form...
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Holland F7
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Rd1: D Brewer [GB] v J Sirianni [Aus][3]
Extremely tough rd1 draw for David against the ITF player of the month for August. 31 year old Sirianni won two futures events on clay in Germany and Holland which rocketed him up the rankings to 333. His career high ranking is 199, reached in 2003 after he'd b...
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France F13
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Rd1: L Childs [GB] v J Pequery [Fr][1]
Horrible, horrible draw for Lee. Feel really gutted for him after such a good run last week.
Pequery is beatable though, he's ranked 265 and Lee has beaten lots of higher ranked players. Pequery will be playing h...
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France F12
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(Preview)
Main draw -
L Childs vrs R Jouan (qualifier)
R Hutchins vrs A Sidorenko (7)
Hard match for Ross. Hopefully Lee can get through
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Brits in Challengers Week 37
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Orleans, France 6 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 142 22 Lee, Martin GBR 219 Alternates 4. Bloomfield, Richard GBR 226 12. Parmar, Arvind GBR 25 Bloomers could make it with just a few withdrawls....Paramar may have to qualify.
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Genova Challenger 25K
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1)Melvyn Op Der Hejide (NED) vs Adriano Biasella (ITA) Nicolo Marchioretto (ITA) vs Alberto Carbonari (ITA) Alessandro Motti (ITA) vs Morgan Phillips (GBR) Andrea Maffei (ITA) vs (7)Dekel Valtzer (ISR) (2)Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA) vs Massimo Dell'Acqua (ITA) Fabio Colangelo vs Filippo Fig...
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Australia F7
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Main Draw- 1st round
C Eaton vrs D Fernandez (r. 876)
M Blake vrs J Lemke (Unranked)
A Kennaugh vrs D Jelfra (r. 1550)
Good chance for Andy and Myles to go through
Unfortunately E Corrie lost his last qualifying match, and G Howe and I Atkinson lost their first round game
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Holland F6
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A good choice of tournament for David Brewer, he's done well to get direct entry for a 15K and he's also got a decent draw.
Rd1: D Brewer [GB] v M Vassiliev [Rus]
Vassiliev is ranked 46 places below David at 984. He's lost 7 of his past 8 matches, breaking a 6 match losing streak in Germany last week...
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Bulgaria F3
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Qualifying rd1: D Tarpov [Bul][9] bt P Barlow [GB] 6-3, 6-2
Rd1: J May [GB] v T Cazes [Fr]
Jim faces Frenchman Thomas Cazes-Carrer who was the last direct acceptance with a ranking of 1133, 335 places below Jim. He hasn't played since July, he's been out after sustaining an injury in a fut...
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LTA site
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I have exchanged a few e-mails with LTA and Roger Drapier and suggested inprovements for the LTA site. A player blog for example and Q & A's with players explaining fans needs for info behind the players and..........well just complaining about the issue at length! They pro...
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