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Other events, 2024 - week 37
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There's a busload of GB kids in Accra this week: J30 Ghana We're now left with: QFs: Jiselle Okoye v Alisha Ndukwu Ludovica Bartelli-Jones v (1) RUS Jack Berry v (3) MAR Also, at doubles SF stage, we have Alisha+, Jiselle & Myah Harper, Henry Beer & Finlay Withrow and Jesse Abu+ J30 Maurit...
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Boys: J200 Cairo, Egypt, clay (Week 38)
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The second Egyptian J200 sees Maxwell Castle with a decent draw for this level of event. R1 (L32) Seifelden Mostafa Samih (EGY) v Maxwell Castle
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Boys & Girls: J200 Durban, South Africa, hard (week 37)
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The South African series ratchets up to a J200 before next week's J300 in the same venue. Elizabeth Evans and Ophelia Korpanec Davies lost in qualifying, but there are still 6 Brits in the main draws (and even more from Russia/Belarus) Boys R1 (L32) Jay Johnson-Hauldren v (5) Nikolai Barsukov (GER) G...
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Boys: J200 Cairo, Egypt, clay (Week 37)
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Back in 2012 Katy Dunne won this Smash Academy event in Cairo. Hoping for similar progress this week is Maxwell Castle, who draws a seed in round 1 R1 (L32) Maxwell Castle v (7) Tudor Batin (ROU)
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Other events, 2024 - week 36
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J100 South Africa Brooke Black, seeded 4, is through to the QFs Rosie Cho came through qualis but lost 1 & 2 to a 14 year-old wildcard in R1 Last week's finalist, Sophie Bekker, lost to the 6th seed in three sets Elizabeth Evans lost to a qualifier Ophelia Korpanec Davies came through qualis but also...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Rakovnik, Czechia, clay (week 36)
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Mark Ceban is seeded 2 here, hoping to take advantage of a relatively weak J200 in a grand slam week Boys R1 (L48) Maxwell Castle v (LL) Jakub Vrtilka (CZE) (2) Mark Ceban bye Girls R1 (L48) Georgiana Mititelu v (Q) Sofie Maresova (CZE)
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Other events 2024 - week 35
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As CD is being distracted by Marilyns and Munros (see Chat section) here is a round-up of other junior ITFs. The first 7 events still have British involvement.J100 Johannesburg (South Africa)15 year old Sophie Bekker has reached the final beating the top seed today (ranked 159) . Ophelia Korpanec...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Repentigny, Canada, hard (Week 35)
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In 2023 Mimi Xu beat Hannah Klugman in a rare all British final at this level. Mimi therefore joined Andy Murray and Marcus Willis as the only British winners here in the tournament's 38 years. The pair are back hoping to repeat their success. Boys R1 (L48) (10) Oliver Bonding bye (16) Viktor Frydryc...
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Tennis Europe U14 & U12 Events - Cat 2 - London & Reading, GB (week 30)
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Dukes Meadow, London, is hosting a Cat 2 U14 TE event this week And Bradfield centre in Reading is hosting a Cat 2 U12 event Not quite sure why () but I've decided to give them a separate thread.... The U12 is a round robin pool event The U14 is a classic draw (with consolation draw) Both also have doubles ...
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Boys & Girls: U14/U12/U11 National Championships, Nottingham, hard (Week 34)
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The National Championships for the lower age groups take place this coming week, with the under 14 boys starting tomorrow (along with under 11 round robin matches). The draw is up for the under 14 boys, including 2 of the team from the World Juniors (Eric Lorimer and Scott Watson) as top two seeds. No...
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Boys & Girls: J300 College Park, USA, hard
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Most of our US Open bound contingent play in Canada the week beforehand, but Oliver Bonding and Charlie Robertson have opted to start their preparations here Boys R1 (L48) (14) Charlie Robertson bye (12) Oliver Bonding bye Girls R1 (L48) Allegra Korpanec Davies v Trinetra Vijayakumar (USA)
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Boys & Girls: J100 Barcelona, Spain - clay (Week 34)
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Mixed success already here, with Ruby beating the top seed !  But second and third seeds, Dani P and Freya, losing Girls: R1: Ruby Cooling def. (1) Philippa Faerber (GER) 6-2 6-3 There were also R1 wins for (4) Hollie Smart And Abby Kelliher, who came through qualis, and then beat a 15 year-old...
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Other events, 2024 - week 34
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J100 Uzbekistan Poor Leticia Romanova has come through qualis twice - and twice drawn the top seed (and twice lost very easily) J100 France R1 win for Matt Upton But Enrico Franchi lost, as did Eva Hutchins J60 Argentina MATHIASLescano-Vecchi lost in R1 J60 Tunisia Grace Chinwike has won he...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Pancevo, Serbia, clay (week 34)
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Tough draws against seeds for our 2 representatives here Boys R1 (L32) Mark Ceban v (4) Sergio Planella Hernandez (ESP) Girls R1 9L32) (7) Daphnee Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) v Flora Johnson
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Boys & Girls: J60 Porto, Portugal - hard (Week 33)
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BOYS R1 wins for: Liam Channon; Harry Abel; Daniel Franco-Key; Nicholas Fisk; Felix Bockelmann Evans (Sam Chadwick lost) R2 wins for: Nick Fisk, Harry Abel and Felix GIRLS Abi Redman, Celine Ricaud and Daisy Clifford lost in R1 Ella Blomfield and Victoria Marshall (LL) won their R1 and then los...
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Other events, 2024 - week 33
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J100 Uzbekistan Letitia Romanova came through qualis successfully but drew the top seed, unfortunately, and lost in R1 J100 Poland A R1 win for Dan Hughes Sarah Copley yet to play J60 Argentina Matt Lescano-Vecchi lost in R1 in singles but got a win in doubles J60 Skopje Rhys Watters and Leo Wr...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Rutesheim, Germany, clay (Week 33)
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After being part of the successful European Summer Cup team last week Hollie Smart has come through qualifying here to join 5 other Brits in the main draw. Boys R1 (L32) Lieven Mietusch (GER) v Maximilian Carrier (WC) Sebastian Gampert (GER) v Jay Johnson-Hauldren Girls R1 (L32) (Q) Polina Humeniuk...
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Girls: 2024 Wimbledon (Week 28)
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Qualifying starts tomorrow at Roehampton for this, with Hannah Klugman, Mimi Xu and Mika Stojsavljevic in the main draw on ranking. Roehampton wildcards went to Gabia Paskauskas, Hephzibah Oluwadare, Daniela Piani, Isabelle Lacy, Hollie Smart, Brooke Black, Allegra Korpanec Davies and Flora...
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Boys: J200 Sydney, Australia, hard (Week 33)
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Josh Hinton has been plugging away on the ITF Junior circuit for 2 years, mainly in Australasia, with modest success, but his ranking is high enough to gain entry to his second J200 event (his first was here a year ago) R1 (L48) Lachlan McFadzean (AUS) v Josh Hinton
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J30 Bradfield 2, GB - clay - week 32
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The second J30 at Bradfield Boys Qualifers are: Alex Mirrington (age 14) (a new name to me); Jomi Ominu; Ollie Knight; Simon Hegarty Wildcards: None Seeds (in order): Matt Upton, Arthur Attrill, Jesse Clarkson, Alex Winder Girls: GB Qualifiers: Mia Tinsley (age 14); lucy Bear (age 14); Gabrie...
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Other events, 2024 - week 32
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J100 Belgium Edie Griffiths lost in her first match Tia BonitaJakupovic-Kljako won in R1 before losing to the 2nd seed J100 Zimbabwe Josh Aston won his R1 before losing out Harry Cornhill lost in R1 J60 Luxembourg Nick Fisk won his R1 match Laim Channon and Sam Chadwick lost J60 Skopje Murray Wat...
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Boys & Girls: 2024 U14 World Junior Finals, Prostejov, Czech Republic, clay (Week 32)
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The under 14 world finals start tomorrow in the Czech Republic, with like last year both our teams qualifying. The boys team (Eric Lorimer, Niall Pickerd-Barua and Scott Watson) are seeded 3, in a round robin group with Japan, Canada and Netherlands. They play Netherlands tomorrow. The girls tea...
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J30 Bradfield, GB - clay - week 31
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Always nice to see a lower-ranked domestic event giving everyone a chance BOYS The top seeds are: Matt Upton; Arthur Attrill; Igesund (RSA); Nicolas Fisk WCs went to Matt Ground; Eric Lorimer: Niall Pickerd-Barua; Henry Redfern Coming through qualis were: Mo Aminu; Josh Craze; Michael Wilson; Kr...
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Other events, 2024 - week 31
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There's a Super Cat. U14 event in Germany, on clay, this week Only two of our players involved - but high profile ones Scott Watson is top seed in the boys Dani Britton is 5th seed in the girls, in a strong field
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Boys: 2024 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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We have a strong team for the first of the European Summer Cup qualifiers - the under 14s - which start today. Eric Lorimer, Niall Pickerd-Barua and Scott Watson will be aiming to qualify for their final in Spain next weekend, and then for the World Juniors in August. However their draw is testing as,...
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