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Boys & Girls: 42nd City of Florence, Italy, clay - Grade 2 (Week 15)
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(Preview)
This tournament takes place as usual in Easter week, with Fran Jones top seeded in the girls event, taking on the girl who stopped Emma Raducanu's unbeaten start to the year, en route to the title in Copenhagen. Barnaby Smith and Anton Matusevich are highly seeded in the boys event. One of the courts a...
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DavidC
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49
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3862
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Boys & Girls: San Michel International Tournament, Malta, hard - Grade 5 (Week 15)
(Preview)
Quite a few of the Brits in Malta have stayed on for the G5, enjoying a lot of success in round 1 today Girls R1 (L48)Annali OLIVELLE (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Vittoria PASTORINO (ITA)Hannah DAVIES (GBR) 5-7 6-0 6-1 Anja TRBEZNIK (SLO)Amelia BISSETT (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Melody HEFTI (SUI)Zala ULE (S...
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DavidC
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14
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1949
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Boys & Girls: Kenana Cup, Bulgaria, clay - Grade 2 (Week 15)
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(Preview)
This is the third G2 this week with British interest - the draw isn't up yet on the ITF site, but the first round pairings can be deduced from the oop Boys R1 (L32) Karlo Kranic (CRO) v George Loffhagen Q/LL v (3) Finn Bass Girls R1 (L32) Andreea Velcea (ROU) v Esther Adeshina Q/LL v Eliz Maloney
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DavidC
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21
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1743
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Cap d'Ail, France, clay - Grade 2 (Week 15)
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(Preview)
http://www.tennisticker.de/fra/sb.html?tournid=3084
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DavidC
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23
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2069
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Other events - week 15
(Preview)
In Korea, G5: R1 (L64) Peter ALAM (GBR) [13] 6-1 6-4 Jun Hwan LEE (KOR) Krishna AMIN (GBR) 6-3 7-5 Sang Kyun SON (KOR) (Krishna's first ever tournament, so nice to get a win, even if no points - yet) In Egypt, G4: R1 (L32) Zyaan AHMED (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Marwan FAYAD (EGY) In Israel, G4: Nir...
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Coup Droit
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7
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942
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Boys & Girls: Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, clay - Grade 1 (Week 14)
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(Preview)
Tanysha Dissanayake was the only one of 6 Brits in qualifying to progress to the main draw here, though Amarni Banks reached final qualifying, joining 7 other Brits in the main draw. She faces an opponent who has been regularly flagged in junior events against Brits for the past year - the Maltese form...
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DavidC
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46
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3650
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Boys & Girls: Malta ITF U18 World Ranking Tournament, hard - Grade 4 (Week 14)
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(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038850
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DavidC
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16
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3089
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Other events - week 13
(Preview)
In South Korea, G4: R1: Peter ALAM (GBR) [15] BYE R2: Dong-Hyun LEE (KOR) 6-3 2-6 6-4 Peter ALAM (GBR) [15] In Turkey, G4: R1 (L64): Beyda BAYKAL (TUR) [14] 6-1 6-2 M J CHANGWEREZA (GBR) Alina TSYURPALEVYCH (UKR) 5-7 6-4 7-5 Sonay KARTAL (GBR) Oscar WEIGHTMAN (GBR) 7-5 6...
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Coup Droit
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4
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1203
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Boys & Girls: 33. Perin Memorial, Croatia, clay - Grade 1 (Week 13)
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Emily Appleton is top seed here in the week's only G1, while Damian Rodriguez has a tough draw against the second seed, who beat Max Stewart en route to the Australian Open quarters Boys R1 (L64) (11) Jack Molloy v Duje Ajdukovic (CRO) (8) Vlad Andrei Dancu (ROU) v Emile Hudd Damian Rodriguez v (2) Emil R...
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DavidC
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10
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1918
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Boys & Girls: XI ITF Junior GRIP2 Tenis Academy, Benicarlo, clay - Grade 2 (Week 13)
(Preview)
A good few Brits competing in this Grade 2 in Spain. Round 1: Boys (4) Max Stewart v Rafael Izquierdo Luque (ESP) Jack Draper v (8) Louis Dussin (FRA) Hamish Stewart v (WC) Alejandro Garcia (ESP) Jake Hersey v (3) Simon Carr (IRL) Barnaby Smith v Niklas Schell (GER) Anton Matusevich v Daniel Rodrigues...
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tennischamp
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14
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1268
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Boys & Girls: 2nd Qatar ITF Open, hard - Grade 4 (Week 13)
(Preview)
The second Qatar G4 for Holly Fischer and Harry Wendelken. Holly's first opponent has won a G5 this year in India, but those events tend to be fairly weak Boys R1 (L32) Michele Vianello (ITA) v (4) Harry Wendelken Girls R1 (L32) Tanisha Kashyap (IND) v (5) Holly Fischer (6) Melis Yasar (SWE) v (WC) Jessi...
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DavidC
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4
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917
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Boys & Girls: 1st Qatar ITF Junior Open, hard - Grade 4 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Not a huge number of Brits but a couple of our major young hopes are playing this week which makes it interesting. In the girls, Holly Fischer (born 2003) is fourth seed. Jessica Dhome-Casanova also has a wildcard. In the boys, Harry Wendelken (born Dec. 2001) is third seed. Zyaan Ahmed has also come...
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Coup Droit
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9
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1194
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Boys & Girls: IV ITF Junior GRIP2 Tennis Academy Vinaros, Spain, clay - Grade 2 (Week 12)
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(Preview)
A large British contingent here, including three seeds, boosted by Emma Raducanu and Gemma Heath coming through qualifying. Emma drew a short straw though, playing against a strong local player who won back to back $10K events last year Boys R1 (L32) Daniil Klimov (GER) v (7) Jack Draper (3) Max Stew...
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DavidC
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19
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2907
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Boys: USTA International Spring Championships, hard - Grade 1 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Dominic West is the only Brit in action in this G1 event, and he has just started - live scores at http://www.tennisticker.de/usa/usta-sb.html R1 (L64) William Woodall (USA) v Dominic West
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DavidC
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3
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669
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Girls: 21st Namangan ITF Juniors, uzbekistan, hard - Grade 3 (Week 12)
(Preview)
The second Uzbek event is a G3 with a lower cut-off, allowing Victoria Allen to join Anna Loughlan in the main draw. Victoria didn't have much luck in the draw though, facing a highly rated 14 year old who won the G2 without dropping a set. R1 (L32) Daria Snigur (UKR) v Victoria Allen (WC) Valeriya Voroby...
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DavidC
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3
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766
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Girls: 37th Tashkent ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan, hard - Grade 2 (Week 11)
(Preview)
Victoria Allen was top seed in qualifying but failed to progress, leaving Anna Loughlan as the sole Brit in the main draw. R1 (L32) Anna Loughlan v Dariya Detkovskaya (KAZ)
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DavidC
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5
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946
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Girls: High Coast Kramfors Junior Challenge, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 11)
(Preview)
The girls couldn't do worse than last week - and they didn't - three wins: R1: Tiegan AITKEN (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Maren NORDKLEV (NOR) Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR) 6-7(6) 6-3 6-2 Lissi KUBRE (EST) Indianna SPINK (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Ares TEIXIDO GARCIA (ESP)
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Coup Droit
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671
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Boys: 29th Sarawak Chief minister's Cup, Malaysia, hard - Grade 1 (Week 11)
(Preview)
We've only got one lad, and he's a wildcard, but you can hardly put a Grade 1 tournament under 'other events' ... ... and he has drawn another wildcard so here's hoping for at least a couple more posts.... R1 (L48): (WC) Liu Hui Retallick (GBR) JWR 1876, JCH 1411 (born 2001) v (WC) Phuong Van Nguyen (VIE...
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Coup Droit
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Other events - week 10
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Complete and utter washout by the girls in Sweden, G4: R1: Saara ORAV (EST) 7-5 7-5 Tiegan AITKEN (GBR) Benedetta IVALDI (ITA) [3] 6-3 6-2 Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR) Jacquline NYLANDER ALTELIUS (SWE) 2-6 6-4 6-2 Indianna SPINK (GBR) Diana KHODAN (UKR) / Lisa WANG (SWE) ...
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Coup Droit
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Boys: Copa El Salvador, Hard - Grade 4 (Week 9) - and other events
(Preview)
As another of our interesting 2001-ers, young George Davies has been going about his business, as usual, in South and Central America, clocking up the points. (There's only him in the event, and can't see any other Brits except those in South Africa, but if any other junior news comes up this week it co...
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Coup Droit
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13
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1135
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Boys & Girls: Brooklyn Union Axnosis Jnr ITF, South Africa, hard - Grade 3 (Week 9)
(Preview)
This is the highest grade event of the week with British interest, who started today by handing out some bakery products Boys R1 (L48) (8) Freddie Grant bye R2 (8) Freddie Grant v (Q) Christiaan Venter (RSA) Girls R1 (L32) (7) Victoria Allen d. (WC) Maja Gledic (RSA) 6-0 6-0 MJ Changwereza d. Samantha J...
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Boys & Girls: Siauliai Open, Lithuania, hard - Grade 2 (Week 8)
(Preview)
3 Brits are seeded here, after Eliz Maloney cruised through qualifying (her acceptance ranking wasn't good enough for main draw entry, but winning the Moldova G2 has boosted her ranking hugely) Boys R1 (L32) Justin Schlageter (GER) v (8) Anton Matusevich (Q) Kirill Yarmoshuk (BLR) v (4) Barnaby Sm...
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DavidC
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13
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2054
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Boys & Girls: ALK Open, Finland, Hard - Grade 4 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Nice win by young Annali in particular: Boys R1: Ying HOU (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-1 Jonathan ANAS (FIN) Girls R1: Sasha HILL (GBR) [5] 7-5 6-1 Shauna HEFFERNAN (IRL) R1: Annali OLIVELLE (GBR) 6-3 6-4 Katriin SAAR (EST) [7]
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Coup Droit
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913
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Boys & Girls: ITF Oslo Open, Norway, Hard - Grade 4 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Oslo has been a happy hunting ground for Brits, with Emily Smith, Jodie Burrage and Jack Draper all winners of this tournament in the last 4 years. Emma Raducanu looks for her second title this month. Boys R1 (L32) (4) Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) v Aaron Hepburn Lukas Ridemar (SWE) v (2) Joshua Rose Girls R1 (...
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11
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2226
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Other events - week 8
(Preview)
A large assortment of lower ranked tournaments with one or two young British players having a go this week.... In Kazakhstan, G4, Zyaan Ahmed is playing. In the South Africa, G5, two wins for the girls: R1 (L32) M J CHANGWEREZA (GBR) 6-0 5-1 Retired Danica MALAN (RSA) Sasha SOUTHGATE (GBR) ...
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