Don't know if you've noticed but Raven Klaasen is the no.1 seed here.  
It's created much excitement on the ravenklaasen.net messageboard - I've copied their thread on yesterday's match below...

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New Delhi R2: Raven v Jiri Krkoska

Mad Elaine : Raven's match starts at 10.30am.  That's 5.30am in South Africa. Argh another early morning. The cat won't be happy.
	     Or does that make it 3.30pm? 
	     Or does that mean it's already happened?  Which dimension am I in again?  Ooh my head!
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Tim : Does anybody know a live stream? 
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Fox : Betfair.
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Tim : Thanks. 
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Crazymixer : Bet Fair is two words, Fox!  Don't you ever learn?  I'm continually mortified by today's youth, and I won't even begin to get on to the male of the species.  :eyes roll:
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Lord Pi : There no corut own.
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Fox : They're on court now.
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Vandergraafgenerator : as this boards expert in all maters czech im predicting a easy win for the miserable skinny cheesemuncher 
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Stevie : If Klaasen wins this he could reach a landmark ranking of 315. There's a graph on my stats page showing how the rankings of Top 315 will pan out over the coming year. By my calculations, Klaasen could be as high as 305 by the beginning of July.
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Ditzy : Hey folks! Just thought I'd let you know about my stonking win yesterday.  Served like a king.  Returned like a god. My match today is about to start.  I'll let you know.  Good luck Raven!
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Oystercatcher : 3-1 down
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Crazymixer : ________________________
	     Crazymixer wrote : :eyes roll:
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	     B***** me!  Even more eye rolling now, the 4th seed  has lost in the top half of the draw in Uzbekistan to a frog 6-4 5-7 6-4.  
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Lord Pi : Stevie, how many 4th seeds hvae lost in the 2nd Ruond to Frenchmen in a Futures this milenium?  Got to keep him busy 
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Stevie (7.8 seconds later) : 87.  Interestingly 19 of those have been to fellow Frenchmen.  The most extraordinary occurance of a 4th seed losing to a Frenchman in the 2nd Round of a Futures was when Roko Karanusic lost to Jordanne Doble in the Luxembourg F2 in Aug 2001.  I imagine most of you remember that one - that was certainly Doble Trouble for Karanusic!
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Tim : Any live streaming? 
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Fox : Betfair.
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Tim : Thanks 
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Oystercatcher : 5-3 down
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Stevie : Wild Sockeye is certainly putting Raven under pressure here. He is aiming to be only the third fish to make a 3rd round this year after Tuna Altuna and Mardy.
I'm sure you all know that Krkoska is nicknamed Wild Sockeye after the world-famous marine biologist Martin Krkosek who specialises in the field of Wild Sockeye Salmon.  I'll be publishing my 11-part encylopedia of tennis nicknames later in the year for those struggling to keep up. 
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Oystercatcher : First set lost 7-5. Come on Raven, wake up!
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Lord Pi : Just found out Boggo's down to play in the Ulan Bator chalenger next week.  Shuld then be in Olympus Mons the following weak, then a grass corut tournament on Triton.  Hopfully will be a week feeled, and can pick up points to push on to the Top 100.
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Gazeboman : Hmm, after 3 years I've still no idea why the Lord thinks we care about Bogdanovic's itinery on board dedicated to Raven Klaasen.  But still, I did hear a good story about the Ulan Bator challenger. Apparently the parties are incredible... the tournament sponsor hires the back room of the Buddha And Anchor and pays 100 top chartered accountants from the region to perform erotic dances for all the players. 
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Crazymixer : rolls eyes.
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Crabby : Surely at least someone this board has the intelligence to realise that the whole world is a just one huge pathetic hoax.  Actually I very much doubt it.
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Ditzy : Hey folks! Just thought I'd let you know I played like a complete gnu-brained millipede today.  Still next week... 
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Vandergraafgenerator : right lets get this straight i havent posted anything for 5 mins thats a crime
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Oystercatcher : Raven won 5-7 7-6(5) ret.!!
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Mad Elaine : Hurrah! The awesome power of voodoo claims another victim! Ha ha ha!! 
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Emoen : Cackle cackle 
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Flathead Trout (The Poster Formerly Known As Panda) : There's only one word to describe Klaasen. And that's The Divine Absolute God-Like Legend. Holy yawzers! That's 3 and a half words!
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Dru : Naughty naughty Flathead Trout.
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Crazymixer : :explodes:
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Tim : Anyone know a stream? 
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Vandergraafgenerator : Tana. its river in norway. hah i am your comedy genuis.
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Jonboy : Klaaseny! 
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Kundabaloni : Disappointed that Raven wasn't willing to take the matchstick to Krkoska early on.  
	Some encouraging post offices from the short spell when he did go for his shotgun but 53% first serves in play gives him almost no community chest especially on these slow hampton courts. 
	I don't understand why he was so passive during the first 3/4 of the match because it was clearly a chimpanzee; point after point ending with a massive phelgm-some error from Raven.  
	The flying monkeys during the second set were surely off-putting, but I really don't know why his breaststroke was quite so hopeless today.  
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Mad Elaine : Well that match was too much for me.  After eating 17 cushions and 2 sofas, and giving the cat a hernia, my neighbour's reported me for husband-abuse. :(  Still, same tomorrow - good luck Raven!
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Heidi : Rohan Weideman & Dean O'Brien won their 1st round doubles match 6-3 6-3.  Pleeeeeaaaaase, someone care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 	
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Akenstupidlongname : Don't know if you've noticed but Sean Thornley is the no.7 seed here.  
It's created much excitement on the seanthornley.net messageboard - here's an excerpt...
	Tom : Anyone know a river?
	Badger : Nope.
	King Sausage Rol : Praise bee two Boggo.  Praise bee two Boggo.  Amen.
	Insane In The Membrane Elaine : Thrice the brinded cat hath mewd
	Emo : Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined
	Third Witch : Harpier cries Tis time, tis time.
	ALL : Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
	      Eye of newt and toe of frog; Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
	      Add thereto a tigers chaudron; Injury fall on Vijay Kannan.
	Lil' Stevie : That's the first time that the wool of bat and the tongue of dog has been couldron-broiled in an India Futures discussion thread since Bangalore in April 2003.  Of course that was when Gregory Carraz surprised us all by taking the title without dropping a set, and when Elaine found out how to stop her noisy dog Barney from barking. 
	Andean Avocet : Sean beat Kannan 6-3 3-6 6-4. 
	seanthornley.net messageboard : Cackle cackle cackle.
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Dru : Raven won 5-7 7-6(5) ret.