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2012 Boodles Challenge
The 2012 Boodles Challenge was an exhibition tournament held before Wimbledon to serve as a warm-up to players. Taking place from 19 June 2012 to 23 June 2012 at Stoke Park in London, it was the 11th edition of the Boodles Challenge. Marin Čilić won the title. Participants On 21 March 2012, the tournament organisers released a preliminary list of 5 players that will compete in the tournament: * Juan Martín del Potro * Alexandr Dolgopolov * Richard Gasquet * Gaël Monfils * Stanislas Wawrinka Later, between May and June, 6 more players were confirmed: * Marin Čilić * Novak Djokovic * John Isner * Andy Murray * Gilles Simon * Janko Tipsarević Results Day 1 (June 19) Day 2 (June 20) Day 3 (June 21) Day 4 (June 22) Day 5 (June 23) References {{reflist External links Official website Boodles Challenge Boodles Challenge Boodles Challenge Boodles Challenge Boodles Challenge The Boodles Tennis Challenge (former Boodle and Dunthorne Champions Challe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Poges
Stoke Poges () is a village and civil parish in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. It is centred north-north-east of Slough, its post town, and southeast of Farnham Common. Etymology In the name Stoke Poges, ''stoke'' means " stockaded (place)" that is staked with more than just boundary-marking stakes. In the 1086 ''Domesday Book'', the village was recorded as ''Stoche''. William Fitz-Ansculf, who held the manor in 1086 (in the grounds of which the Norman parish church was built), later became known as William Stoches or William of Stoke. Amicia of Stoke, heiress to the manor, married Robert Pogeys, Knight of the Shire 200 years later, and the village eventually became known as Stoke Poges. Robert Poges was the son of Savoyard Imbert Pugeys, valet to King Henry III and later steward of the royal household. Poges and Pocheys being an English attempt at Pugeys which ironically meant "worthless thing". The spelling appearing as "Stoke Pocheys", if applicable to this villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |