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Boys & Girls: J5 Loughborough, GB - hard (indoor) (Week 37)
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There's obviously a very large turnout of GB players here In both the girls and boys there are four top-1000 ranked players (all British): Daniela Piani (542), Scarlett Perkins (547), Abby Kelliher (747), Mia Wainwright (804) Luca Bluett (558), Luke Hooper (754), Tom Aston (783), Kyle McKay (916)...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Montreal, Canada, hard (Week 37)
(Preview)
A couple of Brits trying their luck here, but they will need to get past seeds in their openers Boys R1 (L32) (6) Liam Drover-Mattinen (CAN) v Roy Keegan Girls R1 (L32) Imogen Haddad v (5) Naomi Xu (CAN)
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1642
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Girls: J2 Cairo, Egypt, clay (Week 37)
(Preview)
The second Egyptian Grade 2 has a stronger field, so Given Roach had to play in qualifying - and negotiated that with ease. However she has drawn the top seed, who we saw playing Ella McDonald in the Durban Grade 1 final R1 (L32) (1) Darja Suvirdjonkova (SRB) v (Q) Given Roach
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1472
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Girls: J2 Cairo, Egypt, clay (Week 36)
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Given Roach is our lone entrant here, and is rewarded with a draw against a wildcard R1 (L32) (WC) Lojain Kamel (EGY) v Given Roach
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1533
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Boys & Girls: 2022 US Open (Week 36)
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Qualifying for the US Open starts tomorrow, with draws out later tonight. Patrick Brady should be in qualifying, while Will Jansen may need to join him. He is currently 2 out of the main draw, but at least one of the Special Exempts should be allocated to a player still involved in the Canadian Grade 1...
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DavidC
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8110
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Other events, 2022 - week 36
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Spain, J3: Ruby Cooling (2007) has taken over from Hannah, as our young GB representative in Spain. And is doing well, having won two rounds and into the QFs Mauritius, J4: Max Castle came through qualis, made the QFs before losing to the top seed, and is also into the semis of the doubles Theo Purki...
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Boys: J2 Rakovnik, Czech Republic, clay (Week 36)
(Preview)
Oliver Bonding plays his first Grade 2 event outside of the UK, and appears to have a good draw against a Lucky Loser R1 (L48) (LL) Matyas Kozlovsky (CZE) v Oliver Bonding
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4
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1574
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Other events, 2022 - week 35
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Latvia, J3: R1 wins for Oliver Bonding, Anthony Wright and Jade Cole Lebanon, J4: Serena Manca was R1 and lost in R2 to the top seed Singapore, J4: Scarlette Perkins won two rounds before losing in the QF to the top seed Ghana, J4: Roy Keegan, top seed, unfortunately lost in R1. As did Chanula Wickr...
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Girls: J3 Barcelona, Spain, clay (Week 35)
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A second Grade 3 in Barcelona with Hannah Klugman seeded to meet Mathilde Ngijol Carre again in the final R1 (L32) Daniela Lozano (ESP) v Georgina Hays (WC) Elena Noguero Asensio (ESP) v (2) Hannah Klugman
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DavidC
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1805
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Boys: 2022 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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In 2020 the European Summer Cups were cancelled while in 2021 some countries, including GBR, opted out because of Covid. Hence this is the first time in 3 years that there is British participation. The under 14s have just started their qualification groups, with 8 nations qualifying for the final...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: J2 Novi Sad, Serbia, clay (Week 35)
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Mimi Xu is a late withdrawal from this Grade 2 event, but Isabelle Lacy has returned, while Henry Searle and Hugo Coquelin have joined Luca Pow in the boys event. Boys R1 (L32) Marko Maksimovic (SRB) v Henry Searle Hugo Coquelin v (Q) Lazar Dimitrijevic (SRB) (8) Luca Pow v Vuk Radjenovic (SRB) Girls R1...
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1518
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Boys & Girls: J1 Pancevo, Serbia, clay (Week 34)
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Luca Pow and Mingge Xu move on from the Czech Republic to Serbia. Isabelle Lacy is a late withdrawal (she and Mimi withdrew from their doubles last week) but is still down for the Grade 2 event in Serbia next week. Boys R1 (L32) Luca Pow v Adriano Dzhenev (BUL) Girls R1 (L32) Gaeul Jang (KOR) v (7) Mingge Xu...
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Other events, 2022 - week 34
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The girls rather bombed at theJ3 in Egypt: J3, Egypt: R1 losses for Flora Johnson, Serena Manca, Daniela Piani and Abby Kelliher However, Given Roach got a win in three sets Better in the boys: R1 wins for Henry Searle and Hugo Coquelin France, J3: R1 wins for Lucia Cassidy and Giulia Lesa Ghana,...
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Boys: J1 College Park, USA, hard (Week 34)
(Preview)
Wil Jenkins is the sole British representative in Maryland R1 (L64) Joseph Oyebog Jr v Wil Jenkins
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DavidC
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1857
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Boys & Girls: U14 Category 1 All England Junior International, Roehampton, grass (Week 23)
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(Preview)
This is the inaugural under 14 category 1 grass court event. The only British seeds are Arabella Loftus (7) and Sophie Bekker (8). Other names likely to be familiar include Mark Ceban, Liam Channon and Georgiana Mititelu ( played Les Petits As) along with Hollie Smart (last year's National under 1...
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DavidC
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31
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7496
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Other events, 2022 - week 33
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QFs and better: Egypt, J3: Henry Searle and Hugo Coquelin both lost in the semis But together are into the doubles final Daniela Piani and Given Roach are into the girls dubs final Zimbabwe, J3: Phoenix Weir and Viktor Frydrych are into the semis And in the doubles final, Phoenix & Joel Gibson...
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Boys & Girls: U14/U12/U11 National Championships, Nottingham, hard (Week 33)
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The National Championships for younger age groups, including under 11s this year, get under way tomorrow. The format is round robin groups with the first 2 in each going through to the last 16 knock-out. Under 11s and under 12s start with live scoring available here In the under 12s two of our Europ...
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4629
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Other events, 2022 - week 31
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J4, Zimbabwe: Oliver Critchley and Tom Aston lost in R2 Joel Gibson and Ashley Hunter lost in R1 Santo Domingo, J5: Sophie Bekker (age 13) has won two matches and is into the QFs Belgium, J5: Joe Mazingham has also won two matches and is into the QFs Fran Simpson lost in her first match (both draws) S...
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Boys & Girls: J1 Durban, South Africa, hard (Week 31)
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Qualifying has just begun for the second tournament being held at the Curro club, this time a Grade 1 event. Phoenix Weir, Freddy Blaydes, Ella McDonald and Hephzibah Oluwadare should be in the main draw on Tuesday. Zach Stephens, Henry Jefferson , Millie Skelton, Ellie Blackford, Marelle Raath...
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Boys & Girls: J1 Prague, Czech Republic, clay (Week 33)
(Preview)
Mimi Xu has moved to Prague, joined by Isabelle Lacy and Luca Pow. Finn Lester lost in qualifying Boys R1 (L48) Luca Pow v Simon Myslivec (CZE) Girls R1 (L48) (12) Mingge Xu bye (9) Isabelle Lacy bye
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10
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2077
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Boys & Girls: J5 Edinburgh, UK - clay (Week 32)
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There's a J5 this week at Edinburgh Unlike Bradfield, the entry list isn't quite as highly ranked, or as deep There was no quali draw for the girls and two BYEs in the MD, which is pretty feeble However, it makes it a very good opportunity for those inscribed. Boys: An Italian lad, Federico Scotuzzi,...
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Other events, 2022 - week 32
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Belgium, J3: Oliver Hague had a BYE, won a match, then lost Jamie Diack, though, is into the QFs Ghana, J5: SophieQuagraine and LonjaEngemise won in R1 and then lost their R2 match Chanula Wickramaratna lost in R1 J5 Skopje: Vlada Kozak lost in her first match Spain, J5: Kai-Luca Ampaw lost i...
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Boys & Girls: JA Pretoria, South Africa, hard (Week 32)
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Although it doesn't have the depth of top 50 players that most Grade As have the girls event does have a couple of grand slam runners-up in Sofia Costoulas (Australia) and Luca Udvardy (Hungary). Ella McDonald slots in as 4th seed, joined by Marelle Raath via qualifying but Millie Skelton and Ellie B...
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Girls: J2 Renningen.Rutesheim, Germany, clay (Week 32)
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Mimi Xu continues on clay and is seeded 4 here. R1 (L32) Anouk Richter (GER) v (4) Mingge Xu
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894
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Boys: J1 Bytom, Poland, clay (Week 32)
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A short thread to note Finn Lester successfully qualifying for his first Grade 1, albeit unable to make an impression in the main draw R1 (L48) Albert Saar (SWE) d. (Q) Finn Lester 6-1 6-1
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