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Boys & Girls: J1 Plovdiv, Bulgaria, clay (Week 15)
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Back in October there was a Grade 1 junior event in Plovdiv won by Jack Pinnington Jones. He beat Pierre-Yves Bailly in the final, who returns as top seed. The one British entrant Will Nolan draws the 7th seed. Kylie Bilchev lost to a seed (who went on to qualify) in qualifying for the girls' event Boy...
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Other events, 2021 - week 14
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With no qualifying draw, it's easy points for the girls who are out in Ghana this week. J5: R1: Hep has a BYE through to R2. There were wins too for: Flora Johnson; Lucy Webber; and Lara Bakhaya But Jade Cole retired half way through. In Egypt, J4, Fabio Nestola lost in round one, but got a win in the doub...
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Youth National series 10u-14u
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W/c 12th April. Best up and coming youngsters competing in 3 groups of 12 per age group. First national competitions for a while.
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Other events, 2021 - week 13
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The girls have descended en masse at the J5 event in Ghana Hephzibah O (age 13) is top seed (and with a BYE through to R2) Lucy Webber (age 17) also has a BYE into R2 Jade Cole (age 14) and Flora Johnson (age 13) are also playing In Egypt, J5, we have Fabio Nestola Also, the same players as last week, and a...
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Other events, 2021 - week 12
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We've got a batch of our girls are in Tunisia for a J5 this week. In qualis, Maria Ustic (age 13) and Anjali Kotecha (age 15) have won their QR1 matches easily. Alaia Rubio Perez got a BYE to QR2 In the main draw, we've got Sophia Johnson (born 2004) and Imogen Haddad (born 2005) In the J5 in Poland, Mat...
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Boys: J1 San Diego, USA, hard (Week 12)
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A stronger field than in the Dominican Republic for this Grade 1, so Jack PJ is second seed. Top seed is Bruno Kuzuhara, one of two boys in the top 10 born after 2003 (the other being the Chinese lad Juncheng Shang, who pushed Liam earlier today in Miami) R1 (L48) (13) Derrick Chen bye (2) Jack Pinnington J...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, hard (Week 11)
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Week 2 in the Dominican Republic with Jack Pinnington Jones again as top seed, but no Leo Borg. Joel Pierleoni doesn't have to qualify this time, and has a good draw against a local wild card whereas Oliver Tarvet has to tackle the second seed, winner of a Grade 1 this year without dropping a set Boys R1 (L...
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Other events, 2021 - week 11
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Singapore, J5: R1: (7) Scarlett Perkins (age 16) def. Sarah-Anne Wong Anqi (SGP) 4-6 6-4 6-3 Aidan Byrne failed to qualify in the boys (indeed, it says he was defaulted at 5-2 down in the second)
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Boys & Girls: J2 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, hard (Week 10)
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The first of two Grade 2 events in the Dominican Republic, where Derrick Chen has been joined by a group of Brits. Oliver Tarvet negotiated qualifying but Joel Pierleoni and Kristina Paskauskas lost out. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Jack Pinnington Jones v Frederic Vogeli (SUI) (Q) Oliver Tarvet v (Q) Jayden Te...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Valencia, Spain, clay (Week 10)
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I wasn't expecting to start a separate thread for this, but Tobey Lock has popped up in the main draw courtesy of a wildcard. There are various dated videos online of him hitting with a range of tennis luminaries, including Roger Federer, at Rafa's academy. The Darley sisters (Cheri and Libby) lost i...
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Boys: JA Criciuma, Brazil, clay (Week 9)
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Traditionally the COSAT (South American Tennis Confederation) Circuit ended with 2 events in Brazil - a Grade 1 Banana Bowl followed by a Grade A. This year although there is a Grade 1 and Grade A it is the latter which is designated as the Banana Bowl (51st for those counting). This year's event was...
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Other events, 2021 - week 9
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This might be a very short thread..... In Tallinn, J5, Vlada Kozak lost in three sets in R1. And is not in the doubles. Nothing else going on, as far as I can see.... (David will do a Banana Bowl JA event thread, I'm sure)
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Other events, 2021 - week 8
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In Dakar this week: Girls: In qualis, Gabia Paskauskas lost her FQR 9-11 in the MTB. In the main draw, we have Sirena Waas (age 14) and Flora Johnson (age 13) Boys: Maceo Simpson came through qualis. Tom Paskauskas lost. In the main draw, there's Will Jansen (seeded 2), Freddie Ridout (4), and Tom...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Siauliai, Lithuania, indoor hard (Week 8)
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Will Nolan is the one British direct entrant here, and has to tackle the JWR37. 13 year old Hephzibah Oluwadare made her first attempt to qualify for a high grade event, but lost to an Estonian who went on to qualify comfortably. Kristina Paskauskas reached final qualifying. Boys R1 (L32) (5) Konstan...
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Boys: J1 Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay (Week 8)
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Derrick Chen's South American tour has taken him to Brazil for the penultimate event. Unfortunately he just missed out on direct acceptance, and lost in the first qualifying round to American Timothy Phung. He is though in the doubles main draw for a change, pairing up with an American to take on a P...
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Other events, 2021 - week 6
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In Turkey, J4, this week we have Matt Southcombe, Fabio Nestola and Joel Pierleoni In Pakistan, J5, the trio from last week, Iman, Alaia and Raahim Agha. are back in action. And joined be Ellie Blackford. Jaquelyn O should be in action again in Nicaragua, J5. -- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 7th of Fe...
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Other events, 2021 - week 7
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Looks like the British action this week is in Dakar, Senegal, where 4 boys are playing and 2 girls. Derreck Chen is also in J1 action down in Paraguay. I am still left wondering why, particularly at Dakar, Senegal, as a place to have 6 of our top juniors, but...
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Boys: J1 Lambare, Paraguay, clay (Week 7)
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Another short South American thread unfortunately. Derrick Chen just scraped in as a direct entry here, but has lost his round 1 match today, and doesn't feature in the doubles draw. R1 (L32) Peter Benjamin Privara (SVK) d. Derrick Chen 6-3 6-4
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Boys: J1 Salinas, Ecuador, hard (Week 6)
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Derrick Chen is the only Brit to take part in a Grade 1 tournament so far this year (the only one to survive in Ukraine) and he is also the sole Brit registered for the first of the abbreviated South America series (other Brits are on the acceptance lists later on, as the COSAT circuit ends in Brazil) . Der...
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Other events, 2021 - week 5
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The Kenyan stint continues with a J5 this week. In the girls, Anjali Kotecha came through qualis. Kristina Paskauskas lost in qualis (as did Gabia and Maria) but got a LL place. Imogen is in the MD (as was Ananya, I'm pretty sure, but I think she's withdrawn) In the boys, Miles Groom also came throug...
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Other events, 2021 - week 4
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In Nairobi, this week, Gabi Paskauskas is joined by older sister, Kristina. GIRLS QR1: Wins for the two Paskauskas sisters, Maria Ustic and Anjali Kotecha QR2: Kristina P (seeded 2) lost but younger sister, born 2006, won hers. A win for Anjali, but Maria lost. BOYS QR1: Miles Groom lost 9-11 in th...
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Other events, 2021 - week 3
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We don't normally concentrate too much of qualis of lower events but there's not a great deal of tennis going on and there's a lot of names I don't know, so good to give them all a shout out..... In Nairobi, J4, in qualis: Girls: Maria Ustic (age 13) won her QR1 match & and then lost her QR2 match, 9-11...
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Boys: J1 Svyatopetrivske village, Ukraine, inddor hard (Week 3)
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Although unsurprisingly most Brits who were on the entry list, including Jack Pinnington Jones, have pulled out one has made the trip to Ukraine R1 (L32) Marko Stakusic (CAN) v Derrick Chen
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Other events - Week 2 2021 Season
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For Week 2 - a number of British juniors are playing in both Belgrade (Joel Pierleoni, Kylie Bilchev, Ranah Stoiber - Given Roach lost first round) and also in Israel (Harry Lazell, Matthew Rankin, Hep).Kylie is top seed and Joel is 2nd seed in Belgrade.
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2020 rankings
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With all the 2001-ers dropping out, our list of boys is looking very healthy now. However, not much change of note for the girls. BOYS 06/01/20 Top 50021+15ArthurFery2002 Great Britain42807.5HEAD 2 HEAD28+21FelixGill2002 Great Britain42695HEAD 2 HEAD71+54JackPinnington Jones2003 Gr...
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