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Foot Fault of The Week: Davis Cup, Paris, Pattaya, Eliat, Burnie, and Futures

1 Comment Posted by on January 28, 2013

Davis Cup
World Group:
Canada v Spain
Italy v Croatia
Belgium v Serbia
USA v Brazil
France v Israel
Argentina v Germany
Kazakhstan v Austria
Switzerland v Czech Republic

Group I
Group II

WTA Paris

Category: Premier
Prize Money: $680k
Draws: Main, Doubles, Qualies, OOP
Notable Players: Petra Kvitova, Sara Errani, Marion Bartoli, Dominika Cibulkova, Lucie Safarova, Julia Goerges, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

WTA Pattaya City

Category: International
Prize Money: $220k
Draws: Main, Doubles, Qualies, OOP
Notable Players: Ana Ivanovic, Maria Kirilenko, Sorana Cirstea, Sabine Lisicki, Daniela Hantuchova

Challengers

Eilat Challenger

Category: ITF Women’s $75k Challenger
Draws: ITF, TF
Notable Players: Yulia Putintseva, Elina Svotlina, Michelle Larcher De Brito, Alla Kudryavtseva

Burnie Challenger

Category: Mixed ATP and ITF Women’s Challenger
Prize Money: $50k Men, $25k Women
Men’s Draws: Main, Doubles, Qualies, OOP, MTF
Women’s Draws: Main, Doubles, Qualies, OOP, TF
Notable Players: James Duckworth, James Ward, Olivia Rogowska, Anett Kontaveit

Futures and Satellites

Tijuana, Mexico $15k
Category: Mexico F2 Futures
Draws: ATP, ITF, MTF
Notable Players:

Germany, Nussloch $15k
Category: Germany F4 Futures
Draws: ATP, ITF, MTF
Notable Players:

Palm Coast, FL, USA
Category: USA F4 Futures
Draws: ATP, ITF, MTF
Notable Players:

Feucherolles, France $10k+H
Category: France F3 Futures
Draws: ATP, ITF, MTF,
Notable Players:

Sheffield, England $10k
Category: Great Britain F3 Futures
Draws: ATP, ITF, MTF
Notable Players:

Eilat, Israel $10k
Category: Israel F3 Futures
Draws: ATP, ITF, MTF
Notable Players:

Antalya, Turkey $10k
Category: Turkey F4 Futures
Draws: ATP, ITF, MTF
Notable Players:

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Category: Women’s $10k
Draws: ITF, TF
Notable Players:

Antalya, Turkey
Category: Women’s $10k
Draws: ITF, TF
Notable Players:

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Video: Thomaz Bellucci Barely Escapes The Group Stages In São Paulo

2 Comments Posted by on November 19, 2011

Despite controversially being an outrageous amount of ranking spots higher than anyone else in the draw, Thomaz Bellucci barely crawled over the finishing line of the Round Robin group stages in the ATP Challenger Tour Finals, unimpressively scraping past Slovakia’s Martin Klizan 3-6 6-4 7-6(7). His win moved him safely through the group stages and into the semis, joining the already qualified Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Dudi Sela and Andreas Beck. To say he was excited after defeating the world number 97 is quite the understatement.

And to top it off, he couldn’t even throw far enough for his armband to reach the crowd.

ATP Challenger Circuit, Thomaz Bellucci

Breaking Through

Leave a Comment Posted by on July 18, 2011

It’s been a pretty dull week, but one of the most notable results of the last 7 days came about in the little Aptos 100k Challenger, where Lithuania’s Laurynas Grigelis fought his way to his first ever challenger title, upsetting first and third seeds [#62] Igor Kunitsyn and [#151] Matthew Ebden before defeating Serbia’s resident emo, Ilija Bozoljac in the final.

On one hand it’s a surprise as Laurynas has struggled to find any form since badly injuring his knee earlier on this year in Davis Cup, but with his big serve, stunning backhand and improved forehand, it was more a question of when he would break through as opposed to if. He will rise from #373 in the rankings all the way up to #240 on Monday and hopefully this will only be the beginning of the 19 year-old’s rise up the rankings. Watch out.

ATP Challenger Circuit, Laurynas Grigelis

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