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DavidC · DavidC

For some reason the Uruguay Bowl was shifted from its normal place in the COSAT cycle to after the Copa Gerdau climax this year. As a result there are few Europeans left around, but Natalie Beazant has the misfortune to land in the same quarter as the best one here - top seed Ulrikke Eikeri from Norway. Sh...

DavidC · DavidC

Henry Moore has sculpted his way to a first ITF final with Trinidadian Dawoud Kabli. In the final they meet the two Italians who were great rivals of Luke Bambridge et al in TE14 competitions last year. Boys R1 Calvin Hemery (FRA) d. Henry Moore (GBR) 4-6 6-4 6-3 Doubles Final (3) Kabli (TRI) / Moore (GBR...

DavidC · DavidC

The last chance for the girls to earn significant points in South America, and at least they have avoided top 100 players in round 1 R1 (L64) Jessica Pegula (USA) v Lucy Brown (GBR) Daneika Borthwick (GBR) v Denisa Allertova (CZE) Kerrie Cartwright (BAH) v Elisha Gabb (GBR)

DavidC · DavidC

Another good week for Jennifer Ren here would see her enter the top 100 for the first time. She shouldn't be troubled until the quarter-finals. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Matthew Rossouw (RSA) v (6) Christopher Simpson (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Francesca Stephenson (GBR) v (7) Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) Joanna H...

DavidC · DavidC

Luke Bambridge plays his first ITF tournament of the year, thanks to a wildcard for qualifying, and he has negotiated that and the first round of the main draw R1 (L64) (Q) Luke Bambridge (GBR) d. Martin Lacko (SVK) 6-3 6-1 (9) James Ireland (GBR) Bye R2 (Q) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v (5) Pedja Krstin (SRB) S...

DavidC · DavidC

Jack Carpenter's chances of making an impact in the third Grade A event of the year have been dealt a blow by drawing the top seed and Australian Open champion Tiago Fernandes. George Morgan's draw (for the opening 2 rounds at least) is more favourable. R1 (L64) (1) Tiago Fernandes (BRA) v Jack Carpent...

RedCabbage · RedCabbage

Clay. One GBR entry. LTA u18 #2 and (rah!) Sussex u18 #1, Abbi Melrose. Singles R1 - Abbi Melrose GBR 569 bt Hanna Elving SWE UNR (WC) 6-2 6-2 R2 - Abbi Melrose GBR 569 v Rebecca Poikajarvi 271 (5) Doubles R1 - Melrose GBR/Skymberg SWE v Celik SWE/Njuki SWE (1) -- Edited by RedCabbage on Tuesday 16th of M...

DavidC · DavidC

One of the competitors for longest (and most pretentious) titled junior tournaments sees both our girls do battle with finalists from last week's Grade 4 event in Brunei. If successful they both have tough assignments in round 2 against the top seed (Khromacheva) and number 3 seed (Saisai Zheng) Bo...

DavidC · DavidC

Natalie Beazant made her first appearance since retiring in Ecuador, having been offered a wildcard. Although failing to progress in singles she has reached the doubles final, but Damian Gryzelko was unable to match his recent doubles title. Boys R1 Stefano Napolitano (ITA) d. Damian Gryzelko (G...

DavidC · DavidC

Last year Jessica Ren came away with the trophy here, and Alex Walker is hoping to replicate the feat this year. She has started well, by taking out an in-form seed. Her second opponent won the Copenhagen Grade 4 tournament recently. Boys R1 (L32) (4) Viktor Stjern (SWE) d. Christopher Helliar (GBR)...

DavidC · DavidC

Jack Carpenter and Ashley Hewitt have augmented the British presence here. Jack takes a hit this week, with points from a Grade 1 QF dropping off. To replace them he will probably need to beat world number 3 and Australian Open champion Tiago Fernandes. Ashley has to tackle the winner of last week's As...

DavidC · DavidC

The first of two fairly weak Grade 2s in South Africa sees Jennifer Ren make a stopover between South American and Asian tournaments. Fran Stephenson has drawn the short straw of the top seed. Boys R1 (L32) (6) Christopher Simpson (GBR) v Sebastian Richter (GER) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Ilinca Stoica (ROU)...

DavidC · DavidC

Last year there was a strong British party for a quartet of Asian Grade 1 events. This time just Jessica Ren and Manisha Foster, who negotiated qualifying, are here for the first of these. Jennifer Ren should be completing a four continent schedule within 2 months by joining Jess later on, whilst Jame...

DavidC · DavidC

A problem with Elisha Gabb's entry for this tournament meant that she had to go into qualifying, and lost in the final round, so will have to hope for a Lucky Loser spot. The draw doesn't give me much optimism of British involvement beyond the first round. Lucy plays the world number 8 whilst Daneika onl...

DavidC · DavidC

George Morgan will be looking to build on a fine week in Argentina, as the COSAT circuit moves to Paraguay. He is however in the same quarter as top seed Agustin Velotti, another of the four Argentinan musketeers in or around the top 10 last year. R1 (L64) (12) George Morgan (GBR) BYE Robert Carter (GBR)...

DavidC · DavidC

Richard Gabb and Lewis Burton have been joined by James Hignett in the main draw, after a fine win over the number 2 seed in qualifying. Dan Cochrane and Toby Martin (and Manisha Foster in the girls) all lost in final qualifying. Lewis starts against Stakhovsky Jnr - a familiar opponent for Brits, who...

DavidC · DavidC

Our 1993 girls have struggled to make an impact this year - here is a chance for three of them to buck the trend, though the field here, and in Brazil (next two weeks) is strong. R1 (L64) Elisha Gabb (GBR) v (WC) Isaura Enrique Aguilar (PAR) Lucia Butkovska (SVK) v Daneika Borthwick (GBR) Lucy Brown (GBR)...

DavidC · DavidC

The final week of the Bangladesh trilogy includes Amy Askew, hopefully recovered from whatever caused her withdrawal last week. Eden Silva again was granted a wildcard, which I would have thought she would have been better off refusing to gain useful experience of battling to qualify. Boys R1 (L64...

DavidC · DavidC

Now that the ITF has finally ended its 3 days without junior updates, we find that Damian Gryzelko has won his maiden ITF title in partnership with Kai-Wen Lai Boys R1 (Q) Max Peara (GBR) d. (Q) Jose Javier Ramos (GUA) 7-5 6-3 (13) Damian Gryzelko (GBR) BYE R2 (11) Sebastian Moreno (ESA) d. (Q) Max Peara (...

philwrig · philwrig

Maia Lumsden won this tournament over the weekend. Questions for David. How does this performance rank in the grand scheme of things ? Is it comparable with the Eddie Herr on a European level ?

DavidC · DavidC

Laura Deigman is progressing well again in another weak Grade 5 tournament (only 21 entries with around half unranked), reaching the semis in singles and doubles so far R1 (L32) (1) Laura Deigman (GBR) BYE R2 (1) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. Yesmine Kharrat (TUN) 6-1 6-0 QF (1) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. (7) Nin...

DavidC · DavidC

Our top 1993 boys (minus Oliver Golding, who has opted to play Futures events) are joining the later stages of the COSAT circuit, with this event followed by Grade 1s in Paraguay and Brazil and the Grade A Copa Gerdau. Robert Carter will have to take out the top seed to win any points. R1 (L64) Ivan Coneje...

DavidC · DavidC

Over the next few weeks the junior grand prix circuit culminates in Masters events at under 18 down to under 8 level, starting this weekend with the under 18s Top seed Fran Stephenson was upset in the first round. Here are the draws (boys first): http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.as...

DavidC · DavidC

A step up in grade from last week means a stronger field for the second Bangladesh tournament. Eden Silva has snaffled another wildcard. Boys R1 (L64) James Ireland (GBR) v Wen-Yao Liang (TPE) Ashwin Kuppusamy (GBR) v Wei--Sheng Kao (TPE) Girls R1 (L64) (7) Amy Askew (GBR) BYE (WC) Eden Silva (GBR) v S...

DavidC · DavidC

Jennifer Ren plays her last tournament in South America. Unfortunately the first seed she is scheduled to meet is a very strong local player who recently reached a $25K final. R1 (L64) (11) Jennifer Ren (GBR) BYE

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	Girls: Uruguay Bowl - Grade 2 (Week 12) (Preview) For some reason the Uruguay Bowl was shifted from its normal place in the COSAT cycle to after the Copa Gerdau climax this year. As a result there are few Europeans left around, but Natalie Beazant has the misfortune to land in the same quarter as the best one here - top seed Ulrikke Eikeri from Norway. Sh...	DavidC	6	852	Mar 24, 2010 by philwrig
	Boys & Girls: Open Junior du Conseil General, Guadeloupe - Grade 5 (Week 11) (Preview) Henry Moore has sculpted his way to a first ITF final with Trinidadian Dawoud Kabli. In the final they meet the two Italians who were great rivals of Luke Bambridge et al in TE14 competitions last year. Boys R1 Calvin Hemery (FRA) d. Henry Moore (GBR) 4-6 6-4 6-3 Doubles Final (3) Kabli (TRI) / Moore (GBR...	DavidC	2	668	Mar 22, 2010 by Embittered
	Girls: Copa Gerdau, Brazil - Grade A (Week 11) (Preview) The last chance for the girls to earn significant points in South America, and at least they have avoided top 100 players in round 1 R1 (L64) Jessica Pegula (USA) v Lucy Brown (GBR) Daneika Borthwick (GBR) v Denisa Allertova (CZE) Kerrie Cartwright (BAH) v Elisha Gabb (GBR)	DavidC	7	1383	Mar 20, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys & Girls: South Africa 2 - SATA JNR ITF - Grade 2 (Week 11) (Preview) Another good week for Jennifer Ren here would see her enter the top 100 for the first time. She shouldn't be troubled until the quarter-finals. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Matthew Rossouw (RSA) v (6) Christopher Simpson (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Francesca Stephenson (GBR) v (7) Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) Joanna H...	DavidC	12	1455	Mar 20, 2010 by indiana
	Boys: ITF U18 Empire Cup, Slovak Republic - Grade 4 (Week 11) (Preview) Luke Bambridge plays his first ITF tournament of the year, thanks to a wildcard for qualifying, and he has negotiated that and the first round of the main draw R1 (L64) (Q) Luke Bambridge (GBR) d. Martin Lacko (SVK) 6-3 6-1 (9) James Ireland (GBR) Bye R2 (Q) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v (5) Pedja Krstin (SRB) S...	DavidC	2	667	Mar 18, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys: Copa Gerdau, Brazil - Grade A (Week 11) (Preview) Jack Carpenter's chances of making an impact in the third Grade A event of the year have been dealt a blow by drawing the top seed and Australian Open champion Tiago Fernandes. George Morgan's draw (for the opening 2 rounds at least) is more favourable. R1 (L64) (1) Tiago Fernandes (BRA) v Jack Carpent...	DavidC	5	1215	Mar 18, 2010 by DavidC
	Girls: Sweden Kromfors Junior Challenge - Grade 4 (Week 11) (Preview) Clay. One GBR entry. LTA u18 #2 and (rah!) Sussex u18 #1, Abbi Melrose. Singles R1 - Abbi Melrose GBR 569 bt Hanna Elving SWE UNR (WC) 6-2 6-2 R2 - Abbi Melrose GBR 569 v Rebecca Poikajarvi 271 (5) Doubles R1 - Melrose GBR/Skymberg SWE v Celik SWE/Njuki SWE (1) -- Edited by RedCabbage on Tuesday 16th of M...	RedCabbage	3	788	Mar 18, 2010 by Embittered
	Boys & Girls: 15th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup - ITF World Junior Tennis Championships - Grade 1 (Week 11) (Preview) One of the competitors for longest (and most pretentious) titled junior tournaments sees both our girls do battle with finalists from last week's Grade 4 event in Brunei. If successful they both have tough assignments in round 2 against the top seed (Khromacheva) and number 3 seed (Saisai Zheng) Bo...	DavidC	2	794	Mar 17, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys & Girls: Costa Rica Bowl - Grade 3 (Week 10) (Preview) Natalie Beazant made her first appearance since retiring in Ecuador, having been offered a wildcard. Although failing to progress in singles she has reached the doubles final, but Damian Gryzelko was unable to match his recent doubles title. Boys R1 Stefano Napolitano (ITA) d. Damian Gryzelko (G...	DavidC	3	575	Mar 12, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys & Girls: ITF High Coast Junior, Sweden - Grade 3 (Week 10) (Preview) Last year Jessica Ren came away with the trophy here, and Alex Walker is hoping to replicate the feat this year. She has started well, by taking out an in-form seed. Her second opponent won the Copenhagen Grade 4 tournament recently. Boys R1 (L32) (4) Viktor Stjern (SWE) d. Christopher Helliar (GBR)...	DavidC	3	746	Mar 12, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys: Banana Bowl, Brazil - Grade 1 (Week 10) (Preview) Jack Carpenter and Ashley Hewitt have augmented the British presence here. Jack takes a hit this week, with points from a Grade 1 QF dropping off. To replace them he will probably need to beat world number 3 and Australian Open champion Tiago Fernandes. Ashley has to tackle the winner of last week's As...	DavidC	12	1313	Mar 12, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys & Girls: South Africa 1 - RVTA NWU JUNIOR ITF - Grade 2 (Week 10) (Preview) The first of two fairly weak Grade 2s in South Africa sees Jennifer Ren make a stopover between South American and Asian tournaments. Fran Stephenson has drawn the short straw of the top seed. Boys R1 (L32) (6) Christopher Simpson (GBR) v Sebastian Richter (GER) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Ilinca Stoica (ROU)...	DavidC	11	1451	Mar 12, 2010 by Maza1987
	Girls: ITF/LTAT Junior Championships, Thailand - Grade 1 (Week 10) (Preview) Last year there was a strong British party for a quartet of Asian Grade 1 events. This time just Jessica Ren and Manisha Foster, who negotiated qualifying, are here for the first of these. Jennifer Ren should be completing a four continent schedule within 2 months by joining Jess later on, whilst Jame...	DavidC	3	730	Mar 10, 2010 by DavidC
	Girls: Banana Bowl, Brazil - Grade 1 (Week 10) (Preview) A problem with Elisha Gabb's entry for this tournament meant that she had to go into qualifying, and lost in the final round, so will have to hope for a Lucky Loser spot. The draw doesn't give me much optimism of British involvement beyond the first round. Lucy plays the world number 8 whilst Daneika onl...	DavidC	4	731	Mar 10, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys: Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay - Grade 1 (Week 9) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) George Morgan will be looking to build on a fine week in Argentina, as the COSAT circuit moves to Paraguay. He is however in the same quarter as top seed Agustin Velotti, another of the four Argentinan musketeers in or around the top 10 last year. R1 (L64) (12) George Morgan (GBR) BYE Robert Carter (GBR)...	DavidC	15	1978	Mar 6, 2010 by indiana
	Boys: Luxembourg Indoor Junior Open - Grade 2 (Week 9) (Preview) Richard Gabb and Lewis Burton have been joined by James Hignett in the main draw, after a fine win over the number 2 seed in qualifying. Dan Cochrane and Toby Martin (and Manisha Foster in the girls) all lost in final qualifying. Lewis starts against Stakhovsky Jnr - a familiar opponent for Brits, who...	DavidC	4	1320	Mar 5, 2010 by DavidC
	Girls: Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay - Grade 1 (Week 9) (Preview) Our 1993 girls have struggled to make an impact this year - here is a chance for three of them to buck the trend, though the field here, and in Brazil (next two weeks) is strong. R1 (L64) Elisha Gabb (GBR) v (WC) Isaura Enrique Aguilar (PAR) Lucia Butkovska (SVK) v Daneika Borthwick (GBR) Lucy Brown (GBR)...	DavidC	6	834	Mar 3, 2010 by philwrig
	Boys & Girls: Bangladesh International Junior Championships - Grade 3 (Week 9) (Preview) The final week of the Bangladesh trilogy includes Amy Askew, hopefully recovered from whatever caused her withdrawal last week. Eden Silva again was granted a wildcard, which I would have thought she would have been better off refusing to gain useful experience of battling to qualify. Boys R1 (L64...	DavidC	2	936	Mar 3, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys & Girls: El Salvador Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 8) (Preview) Now that the ITF has finally ended its 3 days without junior updates, we find that Damian Gryzelko has won his maiden ITF title in partnership with Kai-Wen Lai Boys R1 (Q) Max Peara (GBR) d. (Q) Jose Javier Ramos (GUA) 7-5 6-3 (13) Damian Gryzelko (GBR) BYE R2 (11) Sebastian Moreno (ESA) d. (Q) Max Peara (...	DavidC	0	646	Mar 1, 2010 by DavidC
	Girls: Open super 12 Auray (u12) (Preview) Maia Lumsden won this tournament over the weekend. Questions for David. How does this performance rank in the grand scheme of things ? Is it comparable with the Eddie Herr on a European level ?	philwrig	2	1892	Mar 1, 2010 by philwrig
	Girls: ITF/CAT North African Circuit, Algeria - Grade 5 (Week 8) (Preview) Laura Deigman is progressing well again in another weak Grade 5 tournament (only 21 entries with around half unranked), reaching the semis in singles and doubles so far R1 (L32) (1) Laura Deigman (GBR) BYE R2 (1) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. Yesmine Kharrat (TUN) 6-1 6-0 QF (1) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. (7) Nin...	DavidC	2	795	Mar 1, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys: Argentina Cup - Grade 2 (Week 8) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Our top 1993 boys (minus Oliver Golding, who has opted to play Futures events) are joining the later stages of the COSAT circuit, with this event followed by Grade 1s in Paraguay and Brazil and the Grade A Copa Gerdau. Robert Carter will have to take out the top seed to win any points. R1 (L64) Ivan Coneje...	DavidC	21	2641	Feb 28, 2010 by indiana
	Boys & Girls: 2010 LTA Winter Grand Prix Masters - NTC (Preview) Over the next few weeks the junior grand prix circuit culminates in Masters events at under 18 down to under 8 level, starting this weekend with the under 18s Top seed Fran Stephenson was upset in the first round. Here are the draws (boys first): http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.as...	DavidC	5	1470	Feb 28, 2010 by DavidC
	Boys & Girls: Rajshahi International Junior Championships, Bangladesh - Grade 3 (Week 8) (Preview) A step up in grade from last week means a stronger field for the second Bangladesh tournament. Eden Silva has snaffled another wildcard. Boys R1 (L64) James Ireland (GBR) v Wen-Yao Liang (TPE) Ashwin Kuppusamy (GBR) v Wei--Sheng Kao (TPE) Girls R1 (L64) (7) Amy Askew (GBR) BYE (WC) Eden Silva (GBR) v S...	DavidC	4	1481	Feb 25, 2010 by DavidC
	Girls: Argentina Cup - Grade 2 (Week 8) (Preview) Jennifer Ren plays her last tournament in South America. Unfortunately the first seed she is scheduled to meet is a very strong local player who recently reached a $25K final. R1 (L64) (11) Jennifer Ren (GBR) BYE	DavidC	2	727	Feb 25, 2010 by philwrig
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