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Boys & Girls: European U16 Junior Championships, Prerov, Czech Republic, clay (Week 29)
(Preview)
The European under 16 Championships usually take place in Moscow, but this year have been moved to the Czech Republic for obvious reasons. Both our girls here are seeded but the boys will have to overcome seeds in their first matches to progress. Boys R2 (L64) Viktor Frydrych v (13) Max Schoenhaus (G...
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DavidC
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14
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Boys: J2 Bogotá, Colombia, clay (Week 29)
(Preview)
A weak Grade 2 gives Josh Manuel the chance to play his first match at this level. Josh has played all over the world, but yet to tackle an ITF in Britain R1 (L64) Josh Manuel v Tomas Marin (COL)
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DavidC
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854
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Boys: J1 Roehampton, grass (Week 26)
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Qualifying started today in Surbiton for the tradition Wimbledon warm-up event. There is as usual a strong field, meaning that seeds in qualifying are ranked inside 100. There was a galling 15-13 defeat for Henry Jefferson in the first qualifying round, but so far Kyle Hughes and Zach Stephens ha...
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DavidC
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Other events, 2022 - week 28
(Preview)
Santo Domingo, J3: Roy Keegan won in R1, singles and dubs Imogen Haddad won her R1 singles but lost in dubs Colombia, J3: Wil Jenkins lost his first match Josh Manuel won his first one Georgia, J4: Gabia Paskauskas lost in R1 against the second seed She's into the SF of the doubles though Taymur Muh...
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Boys & Girls: J5 Cork (Ireland) - carpet (Week 28)
(Preview)
R1 wins for: Luke Hooper, Adam Singleton, Dominik Hagmann, Samuel Chadwick, Arthur Attrill, James Ashworth, Finn Lester, Tom Dunlop Yvonne Subev, Sophia Fredericks-McKee, Amelie Brooks
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Boys: 2022 Wimbledon (Week 27)
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(Preview)
Qualifying starts tomorrow, with likely main draw wildcard recipients being Will Jansen, Patrick Brady, Phoenix Weir, Luca Pow, Ben Gusic Wan, Viktor Frydrych and Henry Searle QR1 (q1) Hayato Matsuoka (JPN) v (qWC) Matthew Rankin (qWC) Henry Jefferson v (q13) Yannik Rahman (USA) (q4) Aidan Kim (...
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DavidC
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3680
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Boys & Girls: Wimbledon 14 & under Invitational Singles, grass (Week 27)
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(Preview)
The first under 14 event at Wimbledon starts tomorrow with 16 boys and 16 girls divided into 4 round robin groups each. Players have been invited from around the world with European places determined at a couple of UK tournaments in June. As a result Mark Ceban, Liam Channon, Arabella Loftus, Isabe...
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DavidC
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17
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Girls: 2022 Wimbledon (Week 27)
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(Preview)
Ranah Stoiber is a direct entrant while Ella McDonald may have sneaked in if there was a late withdrawal. Possible wildcard recipients apart from Ella are Isabelle Lacy, Mingge Xu, Hephzibah Oluwadare, Talia Neilson-Gatenby, Hannah Klugman, Sarah Tatu and Jasmine Conway. Qualifying starts t...
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DavidC
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Other events, 2022 - week 27
(Preview)
Another huge presence in Kenya, J4: Boys: R1 wins for Ezra Annafi and Josh Aston (but they both lost in R2) Others had BYEs through to R2, with wins for: Joel Gibson and Rhys Watters But Tom Aston and Chanula Wickramaratna lost Girls: Annalise Smith lost in R1 Scarlett Perkins got a BYE and then a wi...
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Boys & Girls: J5 Edinburgh - clay (Week 27)
(Preview)
Obviously, all eyes are on Junior Wimbledon, and the top end, but nice to see an outdoor clay J5 event for GB youngsters at the same time (There's also a J5 event in Ireland too) Qualis start today The top seed in the boys is Ben Hudson But LTA young pick Joe Mazingham is also playing. Allegra Korpanec Davi...
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Boys & Girls: J4 Naas (Ireland) - carpet (Week 27)
(Preview)
Not quite so many Brits here this week as in Belfast last week (maybe because it's in Eire, or because there's a J5 at Edinburgh) But still quite a good contingent and worthy of a separate thread It's last round of qualis today, with Finn Lester and Sam Chadwick trying to qualify Mason Dace is the top seed...
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Other events, 2022 - week 26
(Preview)
Malta, J5: A whole coachload of GB kids here. Only Allegra K Davies and Brooklyn Bamburac are still in the singles. Most lost in R1 But R1 wins for: Jay-Johnson Hauldren, Sofia Aquilina and Sophia F-McKee Canada, J4: R1 win for Gabi Rawles
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Boys & Girls: J5 Belfast - carpet (Week 26)
(Preview)
Lots of GB interest here, needless to say. Boys: Luke Hooper, Jack Curtis and Adam Singleton are through to the singles QF Girls: Jade Cole, Lily Harper, Amelie Brooks and Isabella Wong are through to the singles QF
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Girls: J1 Roehampton, grass (Week 26)
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(Preview)
Although there is a strong entry as usual for this 64 draw event it is weaker than the boys' event, and a couple of (I assume) late main draw withdrawals caused Brits to take the places of the top 2 qualifying seeds. Add to that a couple of good wins for Sofia Johnson and Issey Purser over minor seeds and we...
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Boys & Girls: J1 Nottingham, grass (Week 25)
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(Preview)
The first of the ITF junior grasscourt events is listed as a Grade 1 but it remains to be seen whether it will receive Grade 1 points, lower grade or none at all following the ITF announcement last month that "ITF ranking points will only be retained in UK-based LTA tournaments in ITF World Tennis Tour, J...
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DavidC
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Other events, 2022 - week 25
(Preview)
Canada, J3: Gabi Rawles won one round in the singles, then lost in R2 And is into the SFs of the doubles Almaty, J3: Josh Manuel lost in R1 in singles and in the QFs in dubs Kenya J5: BOYS R1 wins for: Kit Henderson, and BYEs for a whole heaps of others R2 wins for: Joel Gibson; Chamula Wickramaratna; Rhy...
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Other events, 2022 - week 24
(Preview)
Erin Pearce and Marelie Raath are in South Africa still, despite being on the entry list for Nottingham J1 next week They've both won two rounds in their singles and are into the QFs They're also into the SFs of the doubles J5, Niksic Louise Booker lost in R1, but got a win in the doubles J5, Canada Gabr...
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Boys: J2 Cancun, Mexico, hard (week 24)
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After a disappointing first week Phoenix Weir's second Cancun tournament steps up to a Grade 2 R1 (L48) (2) Phoenix Weir bye
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Other events, 2022 - week 23
(Preview)
Erin Pearce won the J5 in Wrexham a few weeks back. She's now in South Africa, in a J4, and has come through qualis very easily, and then won two rounds, also quite easily, and is into the QFs. Where, however, she'll now have to play the top seed Canada, J5: Gabriella Rawles won in R1 Mexico, J3: Phoenix Wei...
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Other events, 2022 - week 22
(Preview)
The most interesting 'other event' for juniors this week is actually the British Tour level 2, on grass, at North Oxford. Mimi and Hep are the top two seeds in the women's (with Allegra K Davies, Given, Jaqui O etc also playing) In the boys, Luca Pow lost in the first round which is worrying as he's got hi...
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Boys & Girls: J4 Edinburgh, GB - clay (Week 22)
(Preview)
Late start, but this is now underway. The boys draw is very strong, the girls less so.
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Girls: 2022 French Open (weeks 21/22)
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(Preview)
Ella McDonald begins her campaign tomorrow to try to join Ranah Stoiber in the main draw QR1 Kaitlin Quevedo (USA) v (q13) Ella McDonald
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Other events, 2022 - week 21
(Preview)
Croatia J3: I noticed that Hannah Klugman is playing in Croatia in a J3 and has made the semi final. Beat the 6th seed in 1st round and the 2nd seed in the Quarter Final. Think this is her first overseas ITF junior event? Also played doubles but got knocked out in the Quarters
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Boys & Girls: J5 Wrexham, GB - hard (Week 21)
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(Preview)
The first round of qualis has been completed. All foreign interlopers have been beaten (one Indian girl has a BYE through to QR2 but we can't hold that against her  ) There are very few top-1000 players taking part, as befitting a J5, so great to see a lot of lower ranked, and younger players, h...
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Other events, 2022 - week 20
(Preview)
Santo Domingo, J3: Mason Dace and Roy Keegan both lost in R1 Mason+ beat Roy+ in dubs Estonia, J3: GeorgianaMititelu lost in R1 of singles but won one round in doubles. Portugal, J3: Hugo Coquelin lost his first match Albania, J5: Erik Ndreu and Max Castle lost in R1 Max got a win in doubles though...
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