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Boys & Girls: Trofeul D.Sturdza, Moldova - Grade 2 (Week 7)
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The main Moldovan tournament has upgraded this year from a Grade 3 to Grade 2 and added streaming from Centre Court. Pippa Horn is the one British player scheduled on that court. She's up ninth, with a very early start so probably early evening for anyone wanting to watch her ( http://discovery.md/c...
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15
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1868
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Boys: 11th Monastir ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 6)
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An augmented British complement for the second Tunisian Grade 2 R1 (L32) (WC) Marouan Ferchichi (TUN) v Joshua Page (GBR) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Mehdi Abid (TUN) Joao Barra (POR) v Toby Mitchell (GBR) (Q) Tomas Papik (CZE) v (SE) Jathan Malik (GBR) (5) Danil Zelenkov (MKD) v Scott Clayton (GBR)
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Girls: 11th Monastir ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 6)
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No easy draws for the trio trying to make progress in the second Tunisian Grade 2 R1 (L32) Katie Boulter (GBR) v (8) Alice Matteucci (ITA) (3) Mayar Sherif (EGY) v Beth Askew (GBR) Harriet Dart (GBR) v Dominika Paterova (CZE)
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DavidC
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2
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785
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Boys: 10th SFAX ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 5)
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The first of 2 Grade 2s in Tunisia gives Scott Clayton the opportunity to break his 2012 duck and progress towards the top 100 R1 (L32) (Q) v (8) Scott Clayton (GBR) (6) Michal Kianicka (SVK) v Toby Mitchell (GBR)
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Girls: 10th SFAX ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 5)
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After becoming our youngest WTA ranked player Harriet Dart returns to Junior action for two Grade 2s. Alannah Griffin and Eden Silva are in final qualifying R1 (L32) Cristina Ene (ROU) v Beth Askew (GBR) (5) Klaartje Liebens (BEL) v Katie Boulter (GBR) Seraina Jaeger (SUI) v Harriet Dart (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: 2012 Australian Open - Grade A (Week 4)
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Liam Broady, Kyle Edmund, Josh Ward-Hibbert and Luke Bambridge await tomorrow's draw. They will not be joined by Jonathan Cornish or Katy Dunne though, after today's first 2 rounds of qualifying. Katy had a better match than of late, coming within 2 points of defeating a Japanese girl who used to be i...
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Boys And Girls:ITF East African 18 & Under Junior Circuit 2012 Kenya - Grade 4(Week 5)
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Notice we've got a couple of players involved in this. L64: Mikey Puttick (LL) beat Aakash Goyal (IND) 4-6 6-3 7-5 L64: Aswin Lizen beat John Lutaaya (UGA) 6-0 6-0  L32: Mikey Puttick (LL) Lost to Okkie Kellerman(13) (RSA) 7-5 6-2 L32: Aswin Lizen Beat Amadi Kagoma (10) (BDI) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3...
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Boys: Inka Bowl, Peru - Grade 2 (Week 5)
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Georgina Sellyn has ended her stint on the Latin American circuit, having cracked the top 100, but Tom Hill has rejoined it R1 (L64) (9) Tom Hill (GBR) v Andres Cabezas (ECU)
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674
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Girls: Nicholas Machiavello, Ecuador - Grade 2 (Week 4)
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Georgina Sellyn is back on hard courts this week, but without Tom Hill. Justine De Sutter is in the opposite half of the draw, so any rematch this week will be welcome, given that it would be a final, and also entry into the top 100 R1 (L64) (10) Georgina Sellyn (GBR) Bye
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Boys: Safina Cup, Czech Republic - Grade 4 (Week 4)
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Tom Colautti starts his 2012 campaign in a strong Grade 4, where despite being ranked inside 150 he is not top seed. R1 (L32) James Elliott (GBR) v Marin Mise (CRO) (Q) Christopher Hobgarski (GER) v (2) Thomas Colautti (GBR)
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Boys: Gujrat NRE Coke ITF Juniors - Grade 3 (Week 4)
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Samuel Sutton is our only representative here in the last of 3 high grade events in India, where Joshua Ward-Hibbert made his breakthrough last year R1 (L32) Samuel Sutton (GBR) v (5) Sahil Deshmukh (IND)
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Girls: DHL 24th Czech International Junior Indoor Championships - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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Eleanor Dean is seeded to reach the quarter-finals here, and as it is a Grade 1, rather than last week's Grade 2, another quarter-final would give her a rankings boost Her doubles partner Antonia Lottner is a possible quarter-final opponent. R1 (L64) (8) Eleanor Dean (GBR) Bye
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Boys: DHL 24th Czech International Junior Indoor Championships - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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This tournament saw British success through Dan Smethurst in 2008, and has a weak field because of there being 2 other Grade 1s this week Boys R1 (L64) Billy Harris (GBR) v Mohamed Shabib (DEN) (4) Sam Hutt (GBR) Bye Christopher Pearce (GBR) v (Q) Igor Zubov (RUS) (11) Joshua Page (GBR) Bye
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Boys & Girls: Copa Barranquilla, Colombia - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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Georgina Sellyn continues her journey through the Americas, and her success so far has earned her a seeding and a bye. However a strong opponent is likely to await in round 2 Boys R1 (L64) Jordan Tucker Daigle (USA) v Tom Hill (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) (13) Georgina Sellyn (GBR) Bye
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Boys & Girls: Loy Yang Traralgon International, Australia - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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So far this year our girls have eclipsed the boys. Here's a chance for the boys to respond, with the top 4 ranked in action. Play starts on Sunday, but does not include Jonathan Cornish or Katy Dunne, who disappointingly lost their opening qualifying matches. Kyle and Liam look to have comfortable ope...
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Boys And Girls: Wilson ITF Junior Classic 2012 Austria Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Close, but not close enough (Q) Millie Stretton Lost to Lilla Barzo (1) (HUN) 6-3 0-6 6-4 Unlucky against a player ranked 268 in the world. -- Edited by Reeltime on Tuesday 10th of January 2012 05:37:50 PM
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Boys & Girls: Copa Gatorade, Venezuela - Grade 1 (Week 2)
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Georgina Sellyn will look to build on her excellent week in Costa Rica, and has a nice opener against a local wildcard, but Pippa Horn is a late withdrawal Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Juan Sebastian Marino (COL) v Tom Hill (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) (WC) Gabriela Anzola (VEN) v Georgina Sellyn (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: Slovak Junior Indoor - Grade 2 (Week 2)
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Chris Pearce and Billy Harris open their 2012 campaigns in Slovakia, whilst Eleanor Dean is on the girls' entry list (no drawsheet yet) Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Martin Caro (SVK) v Christopher Pearce (GBR) Billy Harris (GBR) v Filipp Kekercheni (UKR)
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Boys & Girls: Vasteras Junior ITF, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Freya Christie has not recovered after her retirement last week, leaving 3 Brits to contest the second Swedish event. Anna Brogan has to tackle last week's beaten finalist. Boys R1 (L32) Serdar Bojadjieva (SWE) v (LL) Joshua Paris (GBR) (WC) August Zetterberg (SWE) v (2) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR...
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Boys & Girls: 11 Sanxenxo International Junior Tournament, Spain - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Scott Clayton is top seed, and as it is only a Grade 4 event he needs to win it to make any significant rankings progression. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Scott Clayton (GBR) v Scott Cayre (FRA) (WC) Aleksei Nerushenko (ESP) v Sebastien Rey (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Aleksandra Zenovka (RUS) v Lolade Ogungbesan (GBR...
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Boys: Copa Del Cafe, Costa Rica - Grade 1 (Week 1)
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Our quintet should be looking for an improvement on last week's showing as the Latin American Circuit moves from clay to hard for a couple of weeks. It was fairly inevitable that Artur Completo would be drawn against a Brit - he played 13 different ones last year. R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v Artur Completo...
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Boys & Girls: Seat Salk Open, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 1)
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In 2009 Jennifer Ren was a winner, and Oliver Golding a finalist, here. We have 5 this year trying to emulate those performances Boys R1 (L32) (3) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) v Vincent Thierry Schneider (GER) Julian Cash (GBR) v Serdar Bojadjieva (SWE) Girls R1 (L32) Emilia Granstrom (SWE) v Rebeccas...
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Girls: Copa Del Cafe, Costa Rica - Grade 1 (Week 1)
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A stronger British presence in the girls event than last week, though Pippa Horn and Georgina Sellyn will have to tackle the top 2 seeds if they win their openers. Pippa will do well to win her match, against an opponent who has won a minimum of 2 matches in every ITF main draw she has been in. R1 (L64) (WC)...
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Boys & Girls: 1 Torneo Internacional Junior de Pontevedra, Spain - Grade 3 (Week 1)
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Unusually Spain hosts a couple of junior ITFs in January and Scott Clayton could make the top 100 by reaching the final here. Boys R1 (L32) (3) Scott Clayton (GBR) v Jaume Pla Malfeito (ESP) Samm Butler (GBR) v (Q) Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP) Carlos Bautista Enrique (ESP) v David Fox (GBR) Girls R1 (...
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Boys & Girls: Rankings at the start of 2012
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Indiana remarked in another thread about the depth of talent on the boys' side amongst 94-96 born. Since the last event of 2011 has been added (the first of 2012, the Casablanca Grade A, starts on Boxing Day) it's possible to work out the rankings for the start of 2012 (give or take a position, for the odd...
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