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Les Petits As 2009, Tarbes, France
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Last year Liam Broady and Laura Robson were finalists in this major under 14 tournament, and previous finalists have included Rafa Nadal, Richard Gasquet, Marat Safin, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Lindsay Davenport - oh, and a certain Andy Murray! The main draws start tomorrow. Girls Singles R1...
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Boys & Girls: Leuggern Junior Trophy, Switzerland - Grade 4
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Jessica Ren opts for another low-grade tournament, meaning that she will have to reach the semi-final to increase her points tally, whilst Richard Gabb (winner of the LTA 18 & Under Masters) plays his first ITF tournament of the year. Girls Singles R1 (Last 64) (q) Hannah Hume (GBR) v (WC) Laura F...
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Boys: CASIO Hamburg International Junior Tournament Yonex Cup 2009 (G4)
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Tom Farquarson plays here after last week's tournament victory. And 4 others including Geroge Morgan. Kevin KACZYNSKI (GER) Vs Tom FARQUHARSON (GBR) Stefan STERLAND-MARKOVIC (GBR) (12) BYE Elliot BARNWELL (GBR) BYE George MORGAN (GBR) (9) BYE Yannis BALTOGIANNIS (BEL) Vs David WATSON (GBR)
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Tennis Europe Under 14, Bolton - Grade 1
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Most of our top 95 and 96ers are playing in this event, which has attracted a strong entry list, as it comes a week before the prestigious Les Petits As tournament in Tarbes. We currently have 3 boys ranked in the top 10 in Europe in this age bracket, and one of these, Evan Hoyt, has reached the semi-final...
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Boys & Girls: 21st Czech International Junior Championships - Grade 1
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Alaistar Barnes attempts to keep the title in British hands after Dan Smethurst won here last year. R1 Alaistar Barnes (6) bye R2 Alaistar Barnes (6) v Robert Rumler (CZE) or Tobias Blomgren (SWE) In the girls event, Jessica Ren has qualified to join Elisha Gabb in the main draw, but Lucy Brown lost in t...
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Boys & Girls: Nottinghill Junior ITF International, Australia - Grade 1
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All our contingent for the Australian Open Juniors event are here for the second Grade 1 warm-up. Hopefully this means that Laura Robson has made a full recovery from her stomach muscle injury. Hannah James has drawn the short straw, having been paired with the Traralgon winner (who beat world numbe...
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Boys: Magnolia Cup, Poland - Grade 4
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There are a couple of Grade 4 events in Europe this week, and though British interest evaporated early in Austria, Tom Farquharson has reached the semis in Poland in impressive style. Round 1 (last 32) Wojciech LUTKOWSKI (POL) defeated (4) Stefan STERLAND-MARKOVIC (GBR) 6-4 6-0 Tom FARQUHARSON (G...
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Boys & Girls: Copa Gatorade, Venezuela - Grade 1
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This is the third leg of the Latin American circuit, and the last opportunity for Ahmed, Alex and Nicola to make an impact. The next two legs (Colombia and Ecuador) have no British entries. The second leg girls singles in Costa Rica was won by 13 year-old Madison Keys (USA), who is threatening to match L...
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Boys & Girls: Slovak Junior Indoor, Bratislava, Slovakia - Grade 2
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Alastair Barnes opted out of the Australian tournaments for Eastern Europe (there is a Grade 1 event next week in the Czech Republic as well) and came through qualifying (I assume he changed his plans too late to be accepted directly into the main draw, even though the acceptance list showed him as a DA...
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How did we miss this ?
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Thanks to the post about Neil Harmans article about Liam winning in Italy I know now that he won it. How did we (or I) miss this ? This event had live scoring, live video....and we missed it all here. And a young Brit won the whole thing without dropping a set !!! http://www.tenniseurope.org/JuniorTenn...
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Player of the Year Polls - Top Boy
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By David C Top Boy Liam Broady Liam started the year ranked outside the top 100 in Tennis Europe 14 & under, finishing the year at 6, winning the Tennis Europe Junior Masters singles title in October. Liam also reached the singles final in the prestigious Les Petit As tournament and was a key member...
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Australian Juniors British contenders!
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I cannot wait for the Aussie Open to begin, does anyone have some insight as to who from Great Britain has the best chance of taking the title?
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Boys: Vasteras ITF 2009, Sweden - Grade 4
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Overlapping with the Salk Open is a second Swedish Grade 4, which sees John-Randolph Thornton compete in his third main draw within the last 2 weeks. There are no Brits in the Girls event. R1 (Last 64) (5) John-Randolph THORNTON (GBR) Bye (7) Christopher SIMPSON (GBR) Bye Oliver GOLDING (GBR) v Kalle...
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Player of the Year Polls - Most Improved Girl
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By David C Most Improved Stephanie Cornish Steph has moved rapidly this year from outside 500 to the cusp of the top 100, thanks to a late season spurt, which saw her capture a Grade 2 title in China, before beating a top 50 player in the Eddie Herr Trophy. Joanna Henderson Joanna won a silver medal at the W...
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Boys & Girls: Traralgon Junior ITF International, Australia - Grade 1
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This is the first of 2 Grade 1 events acting as a warm-up for the Australian Open, with the main draw starting on Friday. The disappointing news is that Laura Robson was a late withdrawal (not clear whether this was due to the stomach muscle problem which occurred at the Orange Bowl). Hence there are jus...
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Boys: Casablanca Junior Cup, Mexico - Grade A
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QR1 (4) John-Randolph Thornton bye QR2 (4) John-Randolph Thornton beat Eduardo Martinez (MEX) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 FQR (4) John-Randolph Thornton beat Guillermo Haugen (MEX) 6-2, 6-2 L64 Alex Golding v Rodney Carey (BAH) (Q) John-Randolph Thornton v (WC) Diego Salinas (MEX) Ahmed El Menshawy v (Q) Vict...
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Boys & Girls: Coffee Bowl (Copa del Cafe), Costa Rica - Grade 1
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From the contingent in Mexico, Heather Watson will be heading shortly for Australia, preparing for the AO Juniors, whilst John-Randolph Thornton moved rapidly to Sweden. That leaves just 3 Brits for the second Latin American leg. Alex has his work cut out playing a Casablanca Cup semi-finalist. B...
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Boys & Girls: Salk Open, Stockholm, Sweden - ITF Grade 4
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Both the Ren sisters are seeded here, and the Boys' draw includes John-Randolph Thornton, who played in the overlapping Casablanca Cup earlier in the week, joined here by Elliot Barnwell and qualifier Oliver Golding. Boys Singles R1 Nima MADANI (SWE) Vs Elliot BARNELL (GBR) John-Randolph THORNT...
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Girls: Casablanca Junior Cup, Mexico - Grade A
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The first of the season's 9 Grade A tournaments (including Grand Slams) is the weakest in terms of rankings, given the timing and location of the event. Heather Watson is the main British hope here, being seeded 5. The top seed is the player she beat in the Yucatan Cup final - world number 6 Ana Bogdan Gir...
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The Official BRITISH SUCCESSES Thread : 2008
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Week 02: LEWIS BARNES wins CHANDIGARTH G3 Week 04: DANIEL SMETHURST wins CZECH REPUBLIC G1 Week 05: LISA WHYBOURNE wins BANGLADESH G4 Week 06: AMY ASKEW wins NEW ZEALAND G4 Week 08: LEWIS BARNES and SCOTT SEARS win NETHERLANDS G4 doubles Week 10: ALEXANDRA WALKER wins LATVIA G4 Week 10: MICHAEL DAVIS...
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Girls: Junior Orange Bowl 2008
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The major event for under 14s and under 12s has plenty of British interest. The Qualifying draws were a massive 256 (including some byes). Apart from any qualifiers or LLs in the main draws: U12 R128 Estelle Cascino France v. Lauryn John-Baptiste United Kingdom Mirabelle Njoze United Kingdom v. G...
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Boys & Girls: Prince Cup, Miami, Florida - ITF Grade 4
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Following on from last week's Under 14 and Under 12 events there is an ITF under 18 tournament here (alongside an under 16 tournament), involving many of the boys who took part in the Orange Bowl under 16s. In the girls event Steph Cornish is seeded 2, looking to make further inroads into the top 100. Boy...
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Boys: Junior Orange Bowl 2008
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George Morgan's victory in the Under 14 section here last year will be a hard act to follow. In the main draws, apart from any qualifiers, are: U12 R128 Charley Force United States v Jack Gibbens United Kingdom Yossef Dahan Israel v Joshua Sapwell United Kingdom Q v Peter Ashley United Kin...
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Junior Australian Open 2009
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The entry lists have been announced, and the British involvement will be limited to: Boys: Main Draw Alastair Barnes Qualy James Chaudry Ahmed El Menshawy Girls: Main Draw Laura Robson Heather Watson Hannah James Qualy None Some of the other top juniors may play the Grade 1 events in Latin America an...
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Cheating in British junior tennis
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It's rife - or so this article by Jasper Gerrard in today's (or it could be tomorrow's) Telegraph, reporting the view...
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