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Girls: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2011 (U14 & U16)
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Katy Dunne is named in the under 16 team, along with Grace Dixon and Katie Boulter, aiming to win the Winter Cup for the first time. The qualifications take place this weekend in 4 groups, 2 progressing from each. Our girls are in Zutphen (Netherlands) and are fortunate to be in the weakest group, earni...
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Cup Copenhagen Indoor, Denmark - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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Eddie Herr champion Peter Ashley stormed through qualifying to make his ITF Junior main draw debut Boys R1 (L32) Tom Hill (GBR) v Daniele Pepe (ITA) (Q) Dennis Merdan (SWE) v Matthew Kirby (GBR) Robin Haden (SWE) v (Q) Peter Ashley (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Grace Dixon (GBR) v Yuriko Miyazaki (JPN) Lina Ake...
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Boys: 3rd Kenya International Junior Championship - Grade 5 (Week 7)
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The second Kenyan grade 5 has a much stronger field, so Isaac Stoute and David Fox are relegated to minor seeds R1 (L64) Amadi Kagoma (BDI) d. (WC) Rishi Shah (GBR) 7-6(4) 6-1 (12) Isaac Stoute (GBR) Bye (13) Jorge Wilton (GBR) Bye (Q) Lucas Poelman (GBR) d. Derrick Atunga Onyancha (KEN) 6-3 6-4 Sebasti...
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1972
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Girls: ITF 4 Indoor Almere, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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With 2 of the top 3 seeds we hope for prolonged involvement here. There are good chances of wins in the Anglo-Dutch clashes, but Harriet has drawn a short straw playing a talented French girl, who beat Pippa Horn in the final of a tournament last year. R1 (L32) (1) Laura Deigman (GBR) v (LL) Sophie Blom (...
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Boys: ITF 4 Indoor Almere, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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Sam Hutt will be looking to regain his position in the top 200 with a strong performance here R1 (L32) Dean Tjin-a-Ton (NED) v Myles Orton (GBR) (4) Sam Hutt (GBR) v Ignacio Gonzalez Muniz (ESP) Jordan Angus (GBR) v Filip Smalyanyy (RUS) (6) Joshua Page (GBR) v Denis Kapric (GER)
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708
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Boys & Girls: Mombasa International Junior Championship, Kenya - Grade 5 (Week 6)
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This is the first of 3 tournaments in Kenya with a large British contingent, including Isaac Stoute and Beth Askew Boys R2 (L32) (8) Samm Butler (GBR) d. (Q) Jamin Luvembe Esikumo (KEN) 6-0 6-0 (4) David Fox (GBR) v Jeroen Royakkers (BEL) (9) Michail-Anastasios Psarros (GRE) v Scott Clayton (GBR) Fel...
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Girls: 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open - Grade 5 (Week 6)
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Following on from last week's doubles final Tiffany William has had a good week in singles so far R1 (L32) Tiffany William (GBR) d. Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND) 6-2 6-1 (Q) Emilia Box (GBR) d. (3) Carol Augustine-Benito (ESP) 2-6 6-3 6-4 R2 Tiffany William (GBR) d. (4) Dinara Khalilova (RUS) 6-4 6...
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934
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Boys & Girls: 2011 Tennis Central 18 & U ITF Summer Championships, New Zealand - Grade 4 (Week 6)
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The last of three tournaments in NZ for Verena Jane Scott et al. She is seeded to meet her doubles partner in the quarters. Boys R1 (L64) (LL) Taihakurei Durie (NZL) v Benjamin Davies (GBR) Rhett Purcell (GBR) v Joseph Bray (NZL) Girls R1 (L64) (5) Verena Jane Scott (GBR) Bye
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Boys & Girls: 1st Qatar ITF Junior Open - Grade 5 (Week 5)
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Thomas Colautti stays in the region after last week's final and is joined by Tiffany William, playing her first junior ITF match for 9 months, though she has been active in 10K qualifiers and won at least one leg of the British Tour. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Rashed Al Falasi (UAE) v Thomas Colautti (GBR) Girls...
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Grades and rankings in juniors
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Ok, I give up. Can anyone point me in the direction of an explanation of the grades and rankings in junior tennis. The ITF site is proving impossible. A couple of questions I have are: Do the grades refer to age brackets, or is it purely on ability? (i.e a grade 5 would likely see exceptional 14 year old...
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Boys & Girls: Auckland 18 & Under ITF Summer Championships, New Zealand - Grade 3 (Week 5)
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Week 5 has little junior activity until the weekend, when qualifying takes place for the European Winter Cup. Among those in action Verena Jane Scott is looking for a second successive title. Just as in Burnie there has been an influx of juniors from the Australian Open, and Verena Jane is seeded to m...
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Boys & Girls: Oman International Junior - Grade 5 (Week 4)
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Thomas Colautti has had his best week on the ITF circuit but will have to overcome the top seed and fellow 1995 in the final, who was one of the leading lights in the Tennis Europe under 14s Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Martin Beran (CAN) d. (Q) Lucas Poelman (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Mahmoud Zazou (EG...
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1002
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Boys & Girls: Kolkata ITF Juniors, India - Grade 3 (Week 4)
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The final act of the Indian trilogy sees Joshua Ward-Hibbert seeded, but to match his two semis so far he will probably have to get past last week's nemesis Rishabdev Raman (who went on to win the tournament without dropping a set) Boys R1 (L32) Vilasier Khate (IND) v (Q) Jordan Angus (GBR) Robbie Ridou...
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Boys & Girls: Sunsmart 18 and Under Canterbury Championships, New Zealand - Grade 4 (Week 4)
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Verena Jane Scott has reached her second doubles final of the year here Boys R1 (L64) Thomas Sizeland (NZL) d. Rhett Purcell (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (14) Benjamin Davies (GBR) d. (WC) Benjamin William Johnston (NZL) 6-3 6-4 R2 (14) Benjamin Davies (GBR) d. James Sheppard (AUS) 6-4 6-1 R3 Takashi Saito (JPN) d. (...
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Les Petits As 2011, Tarbes, France
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The prestigious under 14 event starts on Monday with plenty of British interest. Liam Broady and Laura Robson were recent finalists, but the indications are that a repeat is unlikely this year. In the marginally weaker warm-up Teen Tennis tournament in Bolton, there were just a couple of British qu...
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Girls: 2011 Australian Open Juniors - Grade A (Weeks 3-4)
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Jennifer Ren should be in the main draw, and after a number of withdrawals Laura Deigman is seeded to join her QR1 (7) Laura Deigman (GBR) Bye
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Boys & Girls: Copa Barranquilla, Colombia - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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Georgina Sellyn lost out in qualification here (but made the doubles quarters). However doubles specialist Damian Gryzelko has gone one better so far for the best tournament of his career. However their semi is against the winners of the Venezuelan leg, featuring world no. 6 Hugo Dellien Boys R1 (L...
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Boys & Girls: Czech International Junior Indoor Championships - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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The Czech Indoor Grade 1 has been a good hunting ground for Brits in recent years. George Morgan and Ashley Hewitt were semifinalists last year, and Dan Smethurst won it in 2008. The trio who played last week in Slovakia should be joined by Jessica Ren Boys R1 (L64) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v (WC) Marek Rout...
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Boys & Girls: Delhi ITF Juniors, India -- Grade 2 (Week 3)
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Joshua Ward-Hibbert gets a chance to repeat last week's first round upset against an Indian Junior Davis Cup player in this weak Grade 2 event Boys R1 (L32) Joshua Page (GBR) v Saurabh Singh (IND) (5) Vinod Gowda (IND) v Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) (WC) Aditya Vikram (IND) v (Q) Jordan Angus (GBR) Girls...
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Girls: Hong Kong ITF Junior Tournament - Grade 4 (Week 3)
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Verena Jane Scott is one of the most frequent competitors on the ITF Junior Circuit, faring better generally in doubles, as here R1 (L32) Verena Jane Scott (GBR) d. (6) Kamonwan Buayam (THA) 6-1 6-3 R2 (LL) Hui-Zhen Ruan (TPE) d. Verena Jane Scott (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Doubles Final (1) Ip/Klyueva (HKG/RUS)...
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Boys & Girls: Loy Yang Traralgon International, Australia - Grade 1 (Weeks 2/3)
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George Morgan and Kyle Edmund are down to warm up for the Australian Open here, but I cannot find the drawsheet for the Boys event. Laura Deigman is our sole representative in the Girls, and she literally has a monumental task to beat a 14 year old opponent whose height is recorded as 4 metres on the ITF wo...
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Boys & Girls: Australian Open 2011 Preview
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Oliver Golding has surprisingly opted to give the Australian tournaments a miss, though he is down to play the Casablanca Grade A after Christmas. Kyle Edmund is set to make his Australian Open debut, having sneaked into the top 100 this week thanks to other players losing points. Boys MD 4 George Mo...
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Boys: India ITF Juniors 1 - Grade 3 (Week 2)
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India hosts a couple of relatively weak Grade 3 and Grade 2 tournaments. Joshua Ward-Hibbert is the advance party trying to take advantage, but hasn't been favoured in the draw. R1 (L32) Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) v (6) Vinod Gowda (IND)
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Girls: Copa Gatorade, Venezuela - Grade 1 (Week 2)
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For the second week running Georgina Sellyn gets a first round draw against a low-ranked local player. This year these two Grade 1s have been extraordinarily weak in depth, with no first-round matches involving two players ranked in the top 1000. R1 (L64) (WC) Viviana Onorato (VEN) v Georgina Selly...
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Boys: Slovak Junior Indoor Tournament - Grade 2 (Week 2)
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Robert Carter, Luke Bambridge and Toby Martin will try to go one better than Tom Farquharson, who was a finalist here last year. Toby's opening match as a qualifier is against the player who finished one place above Peter Ashley in the Tennis Europe Under 14 rankings last year. R1 (L64) (6) Robert Cart...
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