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QR1:  (q8) Mark Whitehouse WR 1192 defeated Yusuke Yoshikawa (JPN) WR 1904 by 3 & 1

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FQR:  (q8) Mark Whitehouse WR 1192 vs Natsuki Yamamoto (JPN) UNR

L32:  (Q) Ryotero Matsumura (JPN) WR 1057 (CH = 931 last November) vs (Q) Mark Whitehouse WR 1192

L32:  (5) Charles Broom WR 430 (CH = 235 in June last year) vs (WC) Hyu Kawanishi (JPN) UNR

Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  Shinji Hazawa & Yamato Sueoka (JPN/JPN) CR 1028 (459+569) vs (2) Charles Broom & Mark Whitehouse CR 511 (287+224)

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 Charles & Mark won in a MTB.

Johnny Aitch wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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L16:  Shinji Hazawa & Yamato Sueoka (JPN/JPN) CR 1028 (459+569) vs (2) Charles Broom & Mark Whitehouse CR 511 (287+224)

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 Charles & Mark won in a MTB.

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Golly gosh, an all British partnership!

Now I know that pro tennis is very much an international game and no doubt most partnerships are mixed nationalities.

But looking through all this week's tournament threads I make it that this is the only men's or women's all British partnership ( Oliver Crawford & David Stevenson were due to be partners in Guangzhou but withdrew ).

Meanwhile I make it that this week there are 29 instances of a Brit partnering another nationality ( 15 men and 14 women ).

Plenty tournaments with a number of GB players players competing and 2 or 3 in doubles, with the absolute being the normal huge men's squad in Tunisia and 5 in doubles, none of whom are partnering each other.

Now while as I said absolutely fair enough and understandable that the majority of partnership are mixed nationalities. But still in the various draws I see loads this week that are from the same nation yet the Brits seem to be actively avoiding each other. Very strange.

indiana wrote:

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Ha, the France 25+H doubles draw hasn't yet been posted and there are 5 all British partnerships in that!  

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It has now!    I must have been typing as you were posting, Indy!  The number of Brits involved meant that it took a while.  For the record, how may of the Brit+pesky partnerships this week are at tournaments where the Brit happens to be ploughing a lone furrow?   

Stircrazy wrote:

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L32:  (Q) Ryotero Matsumura (JPN) WR 1057 (CH = 931 last November) vs (Q) Mark Whitehouse WR 1192

L32:  (5) Charles Broom WR 430 (CH = 235 in June last year) vs (WC) Hyu Kawanishi (JPN) UNR

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 Charles won in straight sets.