First challenger lists for 2010 are out and only Evans is entered (although I expect to see Slabba at Sao Paulo qualification).
Hope to see Ward and Boggo in ATP qualification somewhere but won't know until draws are out.
Alt numbers for Ladies are their current position (South has pulled out of both lists). No ITF events for men this week but ladies events out on Thursday
I can't see him playing Doha, as field is strong there and will have a strong qualifying list as well. If he wants to stay in Australia before oz open qualifying then probs play Brisbane but Chennai is the weakest event of the 3. Thats if he plays Week 1 at all
Actually Doha qualifying is usually quite weak - even Howe got in last year!
First Round (1)Karol Beck (SVK) d. Mohammed Al Ghareeb (KUW) 7-5 4-6 6-1 Ivo Klec (SVK) d. Marius Copil (ROU) 6-4 7-6(4) Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) d. (WC)Jaber Nouh (QAT) 6-1 6-0 (5)Lamine Ouahab (ALG) d. Jaroslav Levinsky (CZE) 5-0 ret. (2)Alexander Peya (AUT) d. Artur Chernov (RUS) 6-1 6-3 Sergei Bubka, Jr. (UKR) d. Gregory Howe (GBR) 6-2 6-0 Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) d. (WC)Amer Mezri (QAT) 6-0 6-1 (6)Lukasz Kubot (POL) d. Tobias Kamke (GER) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1 Michal Mertinak (SVK) d. (3)Pere Riba (ESP) 6-4 6-4 Jaroslav Pospisil (CZE) d. (WC)Abdullah Magdas (KUW) 6-0 6-4 Marco Chiudinelli (SUI) d. Rainer Eitzinger (AUT) 5-7 7-5 6-2 (8)Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (ITA) d. (WC)Moussa Shanan (QAT) 6-0 6-0 (4)Miguel Angel Lopez-Jaen (ESP) d. Ali Al Ghareeb (KUW) 6-1 6-1 Christopher Kas (GER) d. Marc Lopez (ESP) 6-2 6-2 Michal Przysiezny (POL) d. Dmitri Sitak (RUS) 6-4 6-2 (7)Matthias Bachinger (GER) d. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-4 6-2
Oh ye! I'd now prefer him to play Chennai first as he'd probs be one of the top seeds in qualifying. Brisbane last year had a really strong qualifying field. Does anyone have any inside info on whether he will actually play ATP qualifying?