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Boggo and Josh will be in the main draw here and it looks like the plane arrived this year and we actually have a qualifying competition - either that or players turned up for the sign in hoping they'd get straight through to the main draw again!

QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 351 v (WC) Matthieu Meyzen (FRA) UNR
QR1: (q6) James Ward WR 280 v (WC) Christophe Godot (FRA) UNR

They couldn't have asked for better QR1 draws! smile.gif Slabba is 3rd on Centre after 10.00 NCT = 23.00 Friday GMT, but it'll be an even later night for anyone Waiting for Godot, because Wardy's match with him is 4th on Court 1.

The seeds in Slabba's section in the order he could meet them are (q7) Matteo Marrai (ITA) WR 287 and (q1) Alexander Flock (GER) WR 230, while the other seed in Wardy's section is (q2) Dieter Kindlmann (GER) WR 237. So it won't be easy for either of them to qualify, but these are the kind of players they need to start beating if they are hoping to make a big move this year.

-- Edited by steven at 22:49, 2009-01-02

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A reminder of last years qualies.......

New Caledonia challenger qualifying
December 31, 2007 - January 6, 2008

Singles
Seeds: (cut: none)
none

First Round (Qualifying Round)
(WC)Aurelien David (FRA) bye
(WC)Yvonick Rivat (FRA) bye
(WC)Anthony Azcoaga (FRA) bye
(WC)Philippe Poignon (FRA) bye




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Main draw:

Boggo has 8th seed Rik De Voest (wr: 159). He's 0-3 in previous matches against De Voest

Josh has a qualifier....winner will play 3rd seed Mannarino which isn't good

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Qualies - mixed news:

QR1: Alex Slabinsky WR 351 bt (WC) Matthieu Meyzen (FRA) UNR 6-0, 6-1
QR1: (q6) James Ward WR 280 bt (WC) Christophe Godot (FRA) UNR 6-0, 6-0

QR2: Alex Slabinsky WR 351 bt (q7) Matteo Marrai (ITA) WR 287 6-4, 6-4
QR2: (q6) James Ward WR 280 lost to Nicholas Tourte (FRA) WR 1064 6-7(5), 5-7


Great result for Slabba who now plays top seed Alex Flock (WR 230) tomorrow for a place in main draw. Wardy had a tough one against Brit-basher Tourte who's been ranked 200ish.



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Shame for Wardy; hopefully this is his first and last 250+ ranking difference loss of the year, otherwise he won't achieve what everyone knows he can.

For Slabba, Flock is definitely beatable and especially if he is consistently aggressive and keeps the UE's to a minimum.


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Bad start to the season for Wardy. I wish he'd gone to Doha or Chennai. But I guess its the challenger circuit he has to try and crack this year rather than ATP.

Tourte is a complete ringer at 1064 though. Not that any of the detractors will pay a blind bit of notice to that.

Good result for Slabba vs Marrai - hope he can keep it going against Flock who hasn't been tested yet so hopefully Slabba is a set up before Flock notices.



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tough opener for boggo, and we will get a 1st view at the new points difference - with him defending 14 from last year, but only 8 avalible for a 1st rd win.

would be surprised if alex has any joy here, he's never really enjoyed playing in the southern hemisphere, combined with a tough opponent doesnt look good.
bitof side info for anyone who is interested, boggo will be using head racquets this year (as opposed to babolat), one of the micro-gel prestiges.

shame for ward to lose to a player outside the top 1000! but tourte is a well known brit-basher.

good win by slabba, lets hope he can keep it going vs flock.

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Boggo could certainly have done without drawing a seed when he's trying to snap a 10-match losing streak, but you could turn that around and say he's a better player than de Voest and should be putting everything into this match because a confidence-boosting win here could be just what he needs to help him make a strong start to the year.

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It's double de Voest for Boggo

4)Alex Bogdanovic/Joshua Goodall (GBR) vs Rik de Voest/Scoville Jenkins (RSA/USA)

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slabba won 3 and 4 got jenkins in main draw... slabba must have had a jolly good off season, that seemed easy to qualify considering his efforts last year in the us challenger Qs

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Get in!

Go Slabba - you can take Jenkins

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Goodall gets Kindlmann

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yeah i was thinkuing slabba to beat jenkins, didnt realise that jenkins's oonly about ten places higher than flock




boggo and slabba both play singles tommorow

-- Edited by freerider at 10:01, 2009-01-04

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and goodall plays singles tommorow dont know how i missed him on the oop

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good work by slabba. lets hope he can see off Jenkins too.

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