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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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1114
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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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Boys & Girls: Wilson ITF Junior Classic, Austria - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Eddie Herr Under 14 champion Peter Ashley made his ITF debut here, but failed to qualify, unluckily running into the German (Johannes Haerteis) who beat him in the Tennis Europe Masters event. Girls R1 (L64) Kyra Akinnibi (GBR) d. (WC) Alina Novacek (AUT) 6-0 6-0 Rosalie Willig (GER) d. Alannah Grif...
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Boys & Girls: Vasteras ITF, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Grace Dixon has returned home to take part in the Glasgow $10K but the British contingent in Sweden has been augmented by under 16 national champion Jonny O'Mara Boys R1 (L32) Amar Hromic (SWE) v (Q) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) (WC) Elias Ymer (SWE) v Evan Hoyt (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Alice Keddie (GBR) v Federica E...
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Boys & Girls: Seat Salk Open, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 1)
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Two years ago Jennifer Ren won here whilst Oliver Golding reached the final, and there is a small group of Brits here hoping to emulate them. Boys R1 (L32) (6) Fred Simonsson (SWE) v Evan Hoyt (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Lisa Andersson (SWE) v Alice Keddie (GBR) Cornelia Emily Lister (SWE) v (8) Grace Dixon (GB...
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Girls: Coffee Bowl, Costa Rica - Grade 1 (Week 1)
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Although Katy Dunne et al withdrew from this event there is still British interest in the guise of Georgina Sellyn, who has a winnable opener against a local player, with third seed Danka Kovinic awaiting the winner R1 (L64) Maria Jose Chavarria (CRC) v Georgina Sellyn (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: Evert ITF, USA - Grade 4 (Week 45)
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There are slim pickings this week and next on the junior ITF circuit, before the big North American tournaments. This is one of two Grade 4 tournaments this week (the other has no British interest) and Georgina Sellyn comes here on the back of a maiden quarterfinal last week in South Carolina Boys R1 (L...
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Boys: 33rd International Casablanca Junior Cup, Mexico - Grade A (Week 0)
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Here we go again, as the first event of the 2011 season starts Oliver Golding is comfortably the top seed here, and should not be troubled by his first opponent, who lost comfortably to George Morgan recently, and to Clay Crawford earlier in the year. The opening match is due to take place later today R1...
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Boys: Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U14/U12 (Weeks 50-51)
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Peter Ashley aims to go one better than Luke Bambridge last year, who won the Eddie Herr followed by the American tournament bridging the gap to the Orange Bowl but was unable to complete the hattrick. Joshua Sapwell's fine year in Europe culminating in the Masters title earns him the number 1 seeding...
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Girls: Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U14/U12 (Weeks 50-51)
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A number of our top 1996 - 1998 girls have given the tournament a miss, including Auray champion Maia Lumsden who is currently in the final of a Tennis Europe Under 14 event. However Jazzi Plews has strengthened the under 12 entry. Under 14 R1 (L128) Lana Rush (GBR) v Margret Atlason (ISL) (9=) Maria Shi...
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Girls: Botswana International Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 50)
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Katy Dunne aims for a double in Southern Africa. Her next scheduled tournament is a Grade 1 event in Costa Rica, and I hope she sticks to the higher grades after that. R1 (L64) (1) Katy Dunne (GBR) Bye R2 (1) Katy Dunne (GBR) v Nelise Verster (RSA)
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