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Boys & Girls: Costa Rica Bowl - Grade 3 (Week 10)
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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...
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Boys & Girls: ITF High Coast Junior, Sweden - Grade 3 (Week 10)
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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)...
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DavidC
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Boys: Banana Bowl, Brazil - Grade 1 (Week 10)
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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...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: South Africa 1 - RVTA NWU JUNIOR ITF - Grade 2 (Week 10)
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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)...
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DavidC
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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...
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DavidC
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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...
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DavidC
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Boys: Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay - Grade 1 (Week 9)
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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)...
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DavidC
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Boys: Luxembourg Indoor Junior Open - Grade 2 (Week 9)
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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...
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DavidC
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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)...
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DavidC
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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...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: El Salvador Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 8)
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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 (...
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DavidC
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Girls: Open super 12 Auray (u12)
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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 ?
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Girls: ITF/CAT North African Circuit, Algeria - Grade 5 (Week 8)
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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...
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DavidC
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Boys: Argentina Cup - Grade 2 (Week 8)
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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...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: 2010 LTA Winter Grand Prix Masters - NTC
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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...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: Rajshahi International Junior Championships, Bangladesh - Grade 3 (Week 8)
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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...
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DavidC
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Girls: Argentina Cup - Grade 2 (Week 8)
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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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Boys: Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup, Lithuania - Grade 3 (Week 8)
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Christopher Helliar has joined the duo playing in Moldova last week for another Grade 3 event. I guess that the w/o given by Dan and James in the doubles semi last week was to enable James to play qualifying here - something he has successfully negotiated. R1 (L32) Egor Gerasimov (BLR) v Christopher He...
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DavidC
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Boys: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2010 (U14 & U16)
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Last year we won the Tennis Europe Winter Cup under 14s for only the third time, and this year's team doesn't appear to have quite the same strength. Nevertheless they should qualify for the finals in Italy a fortnights time. The team of Shakeel Manji, Peter Ashley and Joshua Sapwell are seeded 2 in the...
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DavidC
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Girls: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2010 (U14 & U16)
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Qualifying takes place from Friday to Sunday for the finals of the Tennis Europe Winter Cup, which take place in the Czech Republic in a fortnight's time. In both categories the format is a team competition with 2 singles and 1 doubles, and 2 consecutive wins are required to make the finals. The under 1...
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DavidC
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U18's County Cup - Group 1 - Blog
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I thought it may be of interest if I blogged a bit from the U18's County Cup group one event which is taking place this weekend at the University of Bath. I was there both today and yesterday so thought I'd give a bit of an incite into the up and coming Briitish tennis stars of tomorrow. To be honest this will...
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Boys & Girls: Kenya International Junior Championship - Grade 5 (Week 7)
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Laura Deigman has won her first ITF singles title, taking advantage of a weak field with only two other players ranked inside 1000. Boys R1 Christian Throm-Jones (GBR) BYE Tommy Bennett (GBR) d. Romain Barbosa (BEL) 6-4 6-2 Kevin Albonetti (ITA) d. Steven Billington (GBR) 6-4 7-5 R2 Guillaume Rause...
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DavidC
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Boys: ITF Junior Cup Copenhagen Indoor, Denmark - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Connor Glennon looks for his second successive title as the group who did well in Finland are joined by some other 1993 (and one 1992) boys. Connor starts against one of the Danish boys who beat GBR in the Tennis Europe Winter Cup on Sunday. R1 (L32) Oystein Steiro (NOR) v Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) (WC) Hans...
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DavidC
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Boys: Trofeul D Sturdza, Moldova - Grade 3 (Week 7)
(Preview)
With so many Brits exiting singles today here at least is a tournament where interest is maintained. Moldova's major junior tournament intriguingly promises semi-live scores, but in spirit with life in the country (well described in Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks - where he takes on...
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DavidC
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Girls: Copa Milo Chile Deportes - Grade 2 (Week 7)
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Last year Steph Cornish reached the final of a weak tournament here. This year's field is considerably stronger, with Jennifer Ren only just grabbing a low seeding. The first seed she is scheduled to meet is top 50 player Katarina Paliivets, though there is a useful Ukrainian blocking her path to tha...
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