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Girls: J200 Delhi, India, hard (Week 2)
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Allegra Korpanec Davies had a good week in the J100 (revised Grade 3) event in Chandigarh last week, but didn't quite go far enough to earn one of the first Special Exempts of the year. Nevertheless she has managed to come through 3 qualifiers (the first narrowly) to earn her place in the main draw alon...
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Other Events – Week 1
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There's a J100 (formerly J3) event in Sweden this week with a few young Brits involved. Boys: Dilhan Wasantha made it all the way through qualies to make the MD, meaning Brits have a quartet of Swedish opponents in R1. Albert Widell (SWE) vs [5] Henry Jefferson [3] Charlie Robertson vs Emil Kindhult (S...
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Other events, 2022 - week 52
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Ok, so this probably counts as pretty low on most people's radar BUT - the Top Tier U12 event has been taking place this week in France. In Boulogne-Billancourt Along with the Open Auray Super 12, it's one I always follow. And the Facebook site has had some live coverage Congrats to Liv Zingg (born...
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2022 Rankings
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And so, here we are, 2022 Ranah is now top-50 (+14 after the 2003s have dropped out). And we are back to having two top-100 players. (Which is hardly a lot....) BUT there's a nice bunch in the 100-200 slot now. (Players are 2004-born, unless otherwise noted) Girls Top 600: 44 - Ranah Stoiber ('05) 7...
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Girls U12/U14 Junior Orange Bowl, USA (Week 50)
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Most British attention will be on the under 14 event where unusually we have the top seed, Hannah Klugman, with the main draw beginning tomorrow. however Hannah is not the highest ITF ranked player here. Third seed Emerson Jones is JWR40, having reached a Grade A semifinal already. Also in the field i...
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Boys U12/U14 Junior Orange Bowl, USA (week 50)
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There is a strong concentration of Brits in the under 12s here with the main draws starting on Tuesday. Note that the draws show where players are based, so nationality may be different to that stated U12 R1 (L128) (9) Daniil Berezin (USA) v Manu Seijas-Wright Xander Reese v Dev Vakil (USA) Agustin Ce...
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Boys & Girls: JA Plantation, USA, clay (Week 49)
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The final week of the ITF Junior Circuit climaxes with the most well-known of the 7 non grand slam Grade As - the Orange Bowl in Florida. Although the top 10 ranked girls are absent (most have stopped playing junior events outside slams) there are several girls vying with top seed Ella McDonald for plac...
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Boys & Girls: J3 Loughborough, GB - hard (Week 49)
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The LTA up the ante with a J3 this week Qualifying didn't go too well, with nearly all our players losing to foreign opposition in the FQR The only qualifiers are Finbar McGarvey and Elizabeth Evans Wildcards were given to: MikaStojsavljevic, Brooke Black, Giulia Lesa and Ciara Moore ZechariahH...
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Boys & Girls: J3 Aizkraukle, Latvia - carpet (Week 49)
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This is the second J3 here And we've had mixed results so far.... Girls R1: Top seed, Marelie Raath, lost in three sets But Millie Skelton won Boys R1: Wins for Viktor Frydrych and Joel Gibson But Henry Jefferson lost
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Boys & Girls: J1 Bradenton, USA, clay (Week 48)
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Most of our team in Mexico (except Henry Searle) have moved up to the United States for the last two major tournaments of the year (joined by Ranah Stoiber). Hugo Coquelin gained a Special Exempt for reaching the Merida doubles semi, while luca Pow was originally in qualifying, but got bumped up to th...
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Boys & Girls: J4 Stirling, GB - hard (Week 48)
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The first thing that jumped out at me from the acceptance lists here was the name of Tamara Kuti, ranked 1183, age 15. Not that I'd ever heard of Tamara, which was the point .... who she? From a little research, she was playing for Germany up until recently (but probably based here) So I'm figuring that s...
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Other events, 2022 - week 48
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Israel, J3: Congrats to 16 year-old Luke Hooper, who's made ther QFs, here He beat the 3rd seed along the way, who is ranked about 600 places better than him ! Gabia P has also made the QFs, beating the 2nd seed France, J3: Freddy Blaydes (seeded 2) won his R1 but lost in R2 Morocco, J4: R1 wins for Isab...
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Boys & Girls: J3 Aizkraukle, Latvia - carpet (Week 48)
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Although the big profile events are over in the States now, this J3 has a lot of well-ranked GB players, including: Girls: (1) Marelie Raath, (5) Millie Skelton Boys: (3) Viktor Frydrych, Henry Jefferson, Joel Gibson -- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 27th of November 2022 07:51:13 PM
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Boys & Girls: JA Merida XXXV Copa Mundial Yucatan, Mexico, clay (Week 47)
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A stronger field for the Mexican Grade A event, which means Ella McDonald drops down to 4th seed (top seed in the Grade 1). Phoenix Weir, Henry Searle and Imogen Haddad are the only Brits on today's schedule Mimi Xu has a tough looking draw against a girl who played Kaitlin Quevedo (last week's winne...
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Other events, 2022 - week 47
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Morocco, J5: Young Leticia Romanova qualified but lost in R1 in three sets. She got a win in the doubles though. Gonzalo Cotter also lost in R1 Slovenia, J4: Joel Gibson won R1 Saudi, J5: Issah Ali lost in R1 Vlada Kozak has a BYE into R2 Panama, J5: Athina Schlepphorst has a BYE into R2 Norway, J5: Ver...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Kiryat Shmona, Israel, hard (Week 47)
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Luke Hooper is I think the last direct entry here, but hasn't had much luck with the draw, facing the second seed. Gabia Paskauskas plays an Italian with a good recent record on clay, but less so on hard Boys R1 (L32) Luke Hooper v (2) Vit Kalina (CZE) Girls R1 (L32) Emma Ottavia Ghirardato (ITA) v Gabia P...
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Other events, 2022 - week 46
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Morocco, J5: Hector Fullone lost in R1 But Sam Park lost in the QFs Dubai, J4: Max Castle lost in R1 Vlada Kozak got one win in singles and one in dubs Slovakia, J3: Ellie Blackford lost in R1 -- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 17th of November 2022 03:33:57 PM
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Boys & Girls: J1 Guadalajara, Mexico, clay (Week 46)
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There are 4 weeks of high grade tournaments in Mexico/USA to end the ITF Junior season, with strong British presence and good first round draws on paper Boys R1 (L64) Luca Pow v (WC) Santiago Valle-Saenz (MEX) Hugo Coquelin v (Q) Ernesto Ruy Sanchez Pavon (MEX) (15) Phoenix Weir v Ilyas Milad Fahim (MA...
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Boys & Girls: J4 Liverpool - hard (Week 46)
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Not surprisingly, this event is a lot stronger than the J5 event in Liverpool last week. Girls: Firstly, congrats to Celine Ricaud (the Tennis Europe U14 winner at Liverpool last week) who got through two quali rounds, before going out in the FQR Also, congrats to Sophia Kovacheva (2008), Isabelle B...
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Boys & Girls: J5 Liverpool - hard (Week 45)
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First round starts tomorrow and is played at the same time as a Tennis Europe comp, hence no qualifying There is a J4 next week Will struggle to get down this week, but hoping to see some play next week.
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Boys & Girls: J3 Leszno, Poland - hard (indoor) (Week 45)
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Ruby Cooling won her R1 match As did Hannah Rylatt - which is even more noteworthy as she beat the second seed Millie Skelton lost, though In the boys, Charlie Robertson and Viktor Frydrych also won their R1 matches
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Boys & Girls: J3 Nicosia, Cyrpus - hard (Week 45)
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Ben Gusic Wan won his R1 match, as did Max Carrier Finbay Mcgarvey lost In the girls, Ellie Blackford (second seed) also won, but Gabia Paskauskas lost & 1
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Other events, 2022 - week 45
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Bahrain, J4: Max Castle is into the QFs of the singles Vlada Kozak and partner are into the SFs of the doubles Kenya, J4: Losses for two lads in R1 Macy Denney-Richards was one-win-one-loss in singles but is into the semi-finals of the doubles Barbados, J5: Ed Alder and LeonardoSantoro-Fergus...
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Boys; Junior Davis Cup finals, Antalya, Turkey (Week 44)
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The Junior Davis Cup finals start in Turkey tomorrow and the draw has been made, pitting us against 4th seeds Italy, the Czech Republic and India in the group stage. The nominated team of Henry Searle, Viktor Frydrych and Oliver Bonding will have their work cut out particularly against Italy and the...
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Other events, 2022 - week 44
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Belgium, J4: R1: Wins for Joel Gibson and Dilhan Wisantha Losses for six others Cyprus, J5: Finbar McGarvey has won two rounds and is into the QFs Max Carrier won R1 but lost in R2 Kenya, J4: Luke West lost; Macy Denney-Richards has a BYE USA, J4: Tom Aston lost; Athina Schlepphorst has a BYE Bahr...
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