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steven


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Well, QR1 could be worse - three unseeded opponents and a Uruguayan seed! biggrin Slabba looks to me to have the best draw. A pity he's probably the least able to take advantage, but he might surprise us.

QR1: Josh Goodall WR 199 v Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen (ESP) WR 175 - seeds are (q7) Falla and (q26) Sirianni
QR1: Alex Bogdanovic WR 172 v Lukas Lacko (SVK) WR 218 - seeds are (q22) Cipolla and (q9) Massu
QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 268 v K J Hippensteel (USA) WR 705 - seeds are (q25) Huta Galung and (q12) Capdeville
QR1: Richard Bloomfield WR 289 v (q17) Pablo Cuevas (URU) WR 135 - winner may face Peya (c.f. Wimby Q) and the other seed is (q14) Soeda



-- Edited by steven at 01:27, 2008-08-19

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Klein got in, so Jamie is five places out.


1. Gard, Catalin ROU 296
2. Todero, Nicolas ARG 299
3. Francis, Alberto USA 302
4. Coelho, Andrew AUS 303
5. Baker, Jamie GBR 304


Francis will almost surely sign in as an alternate. No idea about the others.

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Not a bad draw at all, and certainly nothing to complain about.

Goodall and Slabba should be 90% certs to win their first round matches, while Boggo should beat Lacko, and Bloomers has a chance to beat Cuevas, whose done nothing since getting to the semi's in Vina del Mar

And none of them have really difficult sections either, as Falla is in dreaful form for Goodall, there's no outstanding player in Bloomers's section, and Slabba's has a load of talented but very inconsistant players

Boggo's section is full of clay courters (other than Olejniczak), so he is still the best bet to qualify

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That's one of the best Slam qualifying draws we've had in recent years. No major obstacles for our main hope, Boggo, and the other 3 guys have a decent chance if they perform well. I'm quite excited about our chance of getting a second player to the main draw.

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QUICK PREVIEWS

Lopez Jaen (v Josh) - CH=173 (last week), most infamous here for beating the Bogster in RG Q after getting bagelled in the 1st set, lost to Morgan Phillips in 2006 but has beaten him twice since.

Lacko (v Boggo) - CH=133 (Oct 2007), beat Boggo 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) in Nottingham in 2006, 2-1 v Brits since then, the loss was to Jim May in Wimby Q last year.

Hippensteel (v Slabba) - CH=150 (2004), has a 5-0 record against Brits, with three of those wins against Matthew Hanlin and one against Bloomers, but all of them were before he reached his career high four years ago.

Cuevas (v Bloomers) - CH=88 (Feb 2008), a top 30 doubles players, beat Jamie B 7-6(6) 6-3 in the FQR here last year before getting thrashed by Muzza 2, 3 & 0 in the main draw, also has a hat-trick of wins against Morgan Phillips.

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Tuesday Play starts 11.00 (16.00BST)

Rich 4th on court 7

Naomi 1st on court 12

Josh 2nd on court 17


Hope that Hurricane Faye blows out before it gets there.


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Radio Tennis are commentating on all four days of qualifying - we'll have to get lucky for this to involve a GB match, but you never know!

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US Open Championships - Qualifying
Flushing Meadows - Corona Park, NY USA

RadioTennis.com is pleased to announce four day coverage of the US Open Men's and Women's Qualifying.

The web cast will take place from the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center - home of the 2008 US Open Championships.

The web cast schedule is as follows:

Day 1: Tuesday: August 19: 7:00 AM (USA Pacific Time) (12 noon BST)
Day 2: Wednesday: August 20: 7:00 AM (USA Pacific Time)
Day 3: Thursday: August 21: 7:00 AM (USA Pacific Time)
Day 4: Friday: August 22: 7:00 AM (USA Pacific Time)

"RadioTennis.com is honored to web cast the Qualifying of the US Open Championships ", states RadioTennis.com's Ken Thomas.

"It should be four tremendous days of world-class tennis from the greatest tennis tournament in the world. I would like to invite the international tennis community to log-on and enjoy this free web cast from New York".

As always, RadioTennis.com will read all incoming e-mails over the air. If you would like to forward a question or comment, e-mail us at TennisQuestion@gmail.com. Please feel free to drop us a line.

NEW: If you would like to talk to Ken directly (inbetween matches) the RadioTennis.com studio phone number is #213-426-8083.

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-- Edited by mjd at 08:02, 2008-08-19

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Coelho withdrew, so Jamie will be the fourth alternate at worst.

1. Gard, Catalin ROU 296
2. Todero, Nicolas ARG 299
3. Francis, Alberto USA 302
4. Baker, Jamie GBR 304



Hopefully Jamie didn't forget to carry his Jason mask. firey.gif




Barring Bloomers, all Brits are favourites for their matches. The second round draws may be tough, except the one that Boggo will get if he wins.

Anyway, I'll be happy if they win one match each and Boggo wins two. Anything more is a bonus.






-- Edited by Salmon at 08:07, 2008-08-19

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I guess Radiotennis will be doing the matches on the show court (although I vageuly recall them doing commentary from one of the outside courts last time).



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kool, Hopefully that legend Ken will be covering the matches.

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gd luck - good chance for rep nd money here

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steven wrote:

QUICK PREVIEWS

Lacko (v Boggo) - CH=133 (Oct 2007), beat Boggo 4-6 6-3 7-6(5) in Nottingham in 2006, 2-1 v Brits since then, the loss was to Jim May in Wimby Q last year.

From memory Lacko lost to Alan Mackin the same event that he beat Boggo in 2006. Anyway, good luck to the Brits, hope we can get one thru'



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Josh due on court any minute...

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Josh is serving at 30-15 first game

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