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QR1: Samm Butler WR 1896 v (q7) Evan King (USA) WR 591 (CH 590 in Nov)



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Butler has just started college at SMU Dallas.

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Samm lost the first set 6-1

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Samm Butler WR 1896 lost to (q7) Evan King (USA) WR 591 (CH 590 in Nov) 6-1 6-2

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It will be interesting to see how Samm comes back from the US college system in a few years time. I watched him play a few times last summer and there is certainly some potential there, good lefty forehand and a nice solid backhand.

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Darren Walsh is back in harness with Adham El-Effendi. smile

R1:  Victor Estrella & José Hernández (DOM/DOM) CR 554 (236+318) vs (PR) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1238 (914+324)

I presume Adham's had a long-term injury, hence the protected ranking.  It seems Dallas is his home town...



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Q1: Jason Jung & Evan King (USA/USA) beat (WC) Michael Ward & Chase Wood (USA) 6-3 6-2

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And it's a winning return:

R1:  (PR) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1238 (914+324) defeated Victor Estrella & José Hernández (DOM/DOM) CR 554 (236+318) by 6-3 5-7 [11-9]  biggrin



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QF:  (LL) Jason Jung & Evan King (USA/USA) CR 793 (457+336) vs (PR) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1238 (914+324)

Fingers crossed for the comeback pair:  the lucky losers took out the third seeds, Mirzadeh & Polansky (CR 319), by 3 & 2 yesterday, so will be no pushovers.  That said, they were the top seeds in the qualifying competition, but were beaten in the FQR by Halebian & Novikov...

As (bad) luck would have it, Darren & Adham are in the top half of the draw & the only seeds left in the draw are the N° 1 pair, Sam Groth & the Gooch. hmm



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Victor Estrella has started winning matches once again, I see. He needs about 165 more points by June to get into the top 100, which he *should* be able to do.



In another part of the world - Alejandro González is now ranked 76, without a single top level win in his account.





-- Edited by Salmon on Thursday 6th of February 2014 09:11:06 PM

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The day goes from bad to worse for the Brits:

QF:  (LL) Jason Jung & Evan King (USA/USA) CR 793 (457+336) defeated (PR) Adham El-Effendi (USA) & Darren Walsh CR 1238 (914+324) by 6-4 3-6 [10-6] cry



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Yes, I had noticed Estrella's push for the top 100 yesterday...that would be some story.



-- Edited by wolf on Friday 7th of February 2014 12:15:53 AM

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I wonder what's the ATP record for being the oldest person to break into the top 100 for the first time? Ignoring people who were around when the rankings were first created, obviously.

All I could find was an unconfirmed equivalent record for the WTA - 

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/tennis-turning-34-obziler-breaks-into-top-100-1.213269



He'll defend - 

0 points in Feb and March
32 points in April
1 point in May
3 points in June

If he can bag one Challenger title somewhere, it should be a walk in the park after that.



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Looks as if (prepared to be corrected by others who know more) he would also be the first top 100 player from the Dominican Republic.

Sorry about the very close loss for the semi-GB pair.

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It doesn't claim to be exhaustive, but there's a fantastic list on MTF - http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=192051




I can't find a (what's the demonym again, Dominican Republican? ) there, but I wasn't aware that Haiti once had a player ranked as high as 22. And a globetrotter, too, going by his bio on the ATP site -  "Born in Morocco and lived there for 10 years, then lived in Zaire for four years and moved to Bordeaux, France at age 14... speaks fluent English, French, Arabic, Swahili, and Creole".


http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ag/R/Ronald-Agenor.aspx



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