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Junior Orange Bowl 2024 entries
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The provisional Junior Orange Bowl acceptance list for December has just been released. Withdrawal deadline is 31 October. These are the GB...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Szekesfehervar, Hungary, clay (Week 43)
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Maxwell Castle came through qualifying to join Allegra Korpanec Davies, but faces a tricky opener against a claycourter ranked just outside 100 Boys R1 (L32) Alejandro Arcila (COL) v (Q) Maxwell Castle Girls R1 (L32) Sara Husar (POL) v (6) Allegra Korpanec Davies
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Girls: J200 Santa Cruz, Bolivia, clay (Week 43)
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Freya Peet is again a low seed for part 2 of her Bolivian odyssey R1 (L48) (13) Freya Peet bye
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Boys & Girls: 2024 ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals, Chengdu, PR China, hard (Week 42)
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With apologies to DavidC but as we didn't have a thread and the draw is now out and play starts this week, I thought we should have one. DavidC, happy if you want to start a new one or edit this or take it down, just allows for any discussion to take place if anyone wishes to comment. Draw is out today: not sure...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, indoor hard (Week 42)
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Ruby Cooling edged a match tiebreak to join the British contingent in the main draw. Daniela Piani has a tricky looking draw against a strong 14year old, who has reached the semis in her last 2 J200 events. Boys R1 (L32) (8) Linus Lagerbohm (FIN) v Zechariah Hamrouni Girls R1 (L32) Daniela Piani v (6) G...
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Other events, 2024 - week 42
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J100 Croatia Maria Ustic lost in R1 J60 Ghana All three girls (Grace Chinwike, Alisha Ndukwu and Myah Harper) have made the singles QFs, AND the doubles SFs  J60 Morocco Leticia Romanova won her R1 matches in singles and dubs (q) Noah Paterson lost in R1 J60 Denmark (2) Louis Hull won his R1...
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Girls: J200 La Paz, Bolivia, clay (Week 42)
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Freya Peet is in Bolivia for a couple of J200 events R1 (L48) (13) Freya Peet bye
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Boys: J300 Sanxenxo, Spain, hard (Week 42)
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Good to see the return of Ben Gusic Wan here, after being forced out of the US Open, but he and Conor Brady face strong Spanish seeds in their openers R1 (L32) Benjamin Gusic Wan v (6) Izan Almazan Valiente (ESP) Conor Brady v (2) Bryan Hernandez Cortes (ESP)
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Other events, 2024 - week 41
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J100 Norway (1) Brooke Black has made it to the the QFs (3) Tegan Bush lost in R3 J100 New Zealand Josh Hinton has a BYE and a win to make R3 J60 Croatia Henry Best lost in R1 J60 Italy (5) AleksandarDaskalovic lost in R1 As did Sophie Buzzigoli J60 Ghana (wc) OluwajomilojuAminu won his first m...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Vigo, Spain, hard (Week 41)
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Ben Gusic Wan would have been one of the top seeds here, but he was a late withdrawal. Ben is still on the acceptance list for the second Spanish event, a J300 next week. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Miguel Del Castillo Lampon (ESP) v Conor Brady (5) Stefan Horia Haita (ROU) v Zechariah Hamrouni Girls R1 (L32) (1) N...
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Boys & Girls: J60 Loughborough, Great Britain - hard (week 41)
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We've moved up a level, to a J60 this week Qualis kicked off today Girls Top seed, Alice Haddad, came unstuck, losing to Daisy Wootton (2010) 2nd seed, Isabella Moss, also lost, to Alice Sharp However, most of the other seeds came through Boys A more standard draw, with all the top four q seeds progres...
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Boys: J300 Casablanca, Morocco, clay (Week 41)
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Maxwell Castle looks for his first win at this level and appears to have a friendly draw R1 (L32) (Q) Ibrahim Benyahia (MAR) v Maxwell Castle
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Other events, 2024 - week 40
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J60 Ghana Henry Beer lost in R1 Alisha Ndukwu and Grace Chinwike had BYES into R2, and Jiselle Okope got a walkover into R2 J60 Albania Erik Ndreu lost in R1. As did Alice Haddad. But AleksandarDaskalovic has two wins and is into the QFs J60 Italy William Moxon lost in R1 J30 Latvia Both Daniella B...
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Girls: J200 Tainan, Chinese Taipei, hard (Week 40)
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Allegra Korpanec Davies is seeded 2 in a weak field R1 (L32) Yu Hsi Chen (TPE) v (2) Allegra Korpanec Davies
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Boys: J300 Beijing, China, hard (Week 40)
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If Oliver Bonding wins the singles here he would overtake Charlie Robertson as the top ranked Brit R1 (L48) (4) Oliver Bonding bye
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Boys & Girls: J30 Loughborough, Great Britain - hard (week 40)
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There's a bunch of low-level ITF junior events coming up and the first is a J30 in Loughborough Lots of tiddlers, lots of 'big' names, lots of new names, chance for up-and-coming kids to shine The first round of qualis was played yesterday Girls 13 year-old Jessica Morrison beat the q1 seed 13 year-old...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Istanbul, Turkey, hard (Week 40)
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5 Brits here, 4 playing home hopes. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Aren Baybars (TUR) v Jay Johnson-Hauldren (5) Conor Brady v Ramazan Kaan Oktay (TUR) Girls R1 (L32) Georgiana Mititelu v Ayse Bal (TUR) (6) Anamaria Federica Oana (ROU) v Brooke Black Sophie Bekker v Nehir Ertan (TUR)
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Other events, 2024 - week 39
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J100 Austria Top-seed Max Carrier lost in his first match Max Castle, though, got a BYE and a win and is through to R3 J60 Ghana Jiselle Okoye won her R1 and Alisha Ndukwu (as top seed) got a BYE Abimbola Ayinla lost however, as did Henry Beer in the boys J60 Greece Louis Hull is top seed and won his R1 Ro...
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Boys & Girls: US Open, hard (week 36)
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The draw should be out any time, but as this is my last opportunity tonight to set up the thread I am doing so now, hoping that someone else will add the draw when out. The main news concerns injuries - we hope that Mimi Xu's retirement in Canada will not prevent her taking part. Unfortunately Ben Gusic Wan...
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Boys & Girls: J500 Osaka, Japan, hard (Week 39)
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The Osaka Mayor's Cup has been held as a top level junior event for 31 years, but only one Brit has won a singles title (Martin Lee in 1995). As usual the field here is not as strong as at most J500 tournaments (particularly in the girls event where the top seed is ranked 34), and Oliver Bonding will be look...
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New Accelerator Programme for top-20/30 Juniors
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The ITF and the ATP have announced the launch of the Accelerator Programme, a ground-breaking initiative designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring tennis players from 2023. The programme will see playing opportunities at ATP Challenger Tour level and ITF World Tennis Tour events res...
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Girls: 2024 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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This weekend sees the start of the European Summer Cups, with the qualifying rounds for the under 14s. Their ultimate goal is a place in the World Junior finals in August. The British team (Danielle Britton, Megan Knight and Liv Zingg ) are in a qualifying group in France, and have started well with a...
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Boys & Girls: U16 European Junior Championships, Parma, Italy (Week 39)
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The final age group European Championships takes place this week in Italy with Mark Ceban and Freya Peet amongst the seeds. Top seeds are Flynn Thomas (the Swiss boy who lost out to Charlie Robertson in the US Open quarters) and Charo Esquiva Banuls (WTA 943) who has had many battles with our top 3 junio...
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Other events, 2024 - week 38
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J100 Mostar AleksandarDaskalovic lost in R1 But is top seed and into the QFs in the doubles Maria Ustic also lost in R1 J100 Canada Athina Schlepphorst qualified and won her R1 match J60 Mauritius Charlotte Perks carries on her good form and has made the QFs As has Ophelia Korpanec Davies J6...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Durban, South Africa, hard (week 38)
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Its the final week of the South Africa series, with Jay Johnson-Hauldren being given the chance to avenge his loss last week to the seeded German Boys R1 (L32) Jay Johnson-Hauldren v (5) Nikolai Barsukov (GER) Reuben De Klerk (RSA) v Conor Brady Girls R1 (L32) Brooke Black v Fleur De Bresser (NED) Feli...
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