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Boys & Girls: EuroElite ITF Junior Malmö Open, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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(Preview)
Although several of the Brits have gone home after week 1, Harry Wendelken is among those who have stayed, looking to open the year with two titles. The girls' draw is not up yet, so the matches are from the oop and not in draw order Boys R1 (L48) (1) Harry Wendelken bye Toby Samuel v (WC) Hannes Tylehed (SW...
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Boys & Girls: The 25th Slovak Junior Indoor, hard - Grade 2 (Week 2)
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Two Brits compete in the traditional first high grade European event Boys R1 (L48) Q/LL v Rahul Dhokia Girls R1 (L32) Victoria Allen v Nina Olyanovskaya (RUS)
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1117
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Boys & Girls: ITF SALK Open, Sweden hard - Grade 4 (Week 1)
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Late start due to new year - Qualifying starts tomorrow. I know Mel South has gone out with Millie and Morgan. Esther, Erin, Maria Budin and Holly Staff are also entered in the girls. Harry Wendelken, Rahul Dhokia, Peter Alam and Ying Hou entered in the boys.
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2802
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Girls: Chandigarh ITF Juniors, India hard - Grade 3 (Week 1)
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Nice to see Emma Raducanu back - not played ITFs since Junior Wimbledon... R32: Emma Raducanu(6) v Prinkle Singh (Ind)
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2774
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Junior rankings
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(Preview)
I have just looked through the latest junior rankings for the boys and it doesn't look like great reading. Most of the boys are due to drop out and there isn't many kncking on the door to replace them. Only Julian and Alex really knocking on the door.Anyone else we should keep an eye out for? 33NORRIE, Ca...
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Boys & Girls: 56th Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U12/U14 (Week 50/51)
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The last major junior event of 2017 is the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl, with Andy Murray a previous winner (under 12). Unfortunately one of our top hopes Jack Pinnington Jones, who retired at the Eddie Herr, has withdrawn. William Nolan draws Bjorn Borg's son Leo. The main draw starts on Wednesd...
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Boys & Girls: Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship , USA, clay - Grade A (Week 49)
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The last week of ITF Junior action is headlined by the Orange Bowl. The main draw, out later today, should feature George Loffhagen, Aidan McHugh, Anton Matusevich, Jack Draper, Emile Hudd, Ali Collins and Gemma Heath. George Davis and Mitchell Johnson lost in qualifying. Round 1 starts tomorrow...
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37
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Boys & Girls: ITF Paradis, Norway, hard - Grade 5 (Week 49)
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The final ITF Junior event of the year to start is in Norway, with Matilda Mutavdzic given a wildcard after reaching the final last week. She faces strong competition, not least from the arrival of Esther Adeshina and Erin Richardson, as well as the Danish top seed, who has already won a G3 and reached t...
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Boys: Delhi ITF Juniors, India, hard - Grade 4 (Week 48)
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R1 (L32): Jacob FEARNLEY (GBR) [7] 6-4 6-0 Rithvik Choudary BOLLIPALLI (IND) (q) Felix GILL (GBR) 6-4 6-2 Lohithaksha BATHRINATH (IND) James STORY (GBR) [6] 6-4 3-6 6-2 Madhwin KAMATH (IND) Rishabh SHARDA (IND) [3] 6-3 6-3 Finn MURGETT (GBR) R2 (L16): Jacob FEARNLEY (...
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Other events - Week 49
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It seems to me that whenever there's a low grade event in France, quite a lot of our players take part, are often seeded - and they usually end up getting completely taken apart. Unfortunately, this week's event only confirmed my theory: Open Sainte Gregoire, France - hard (indoor) - Grade 5 R1 Girls:...
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Boys: MSLTA - Gadre Seafoods ITF Junior Championship, india, hard - Grade 3 (Week 49)
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James Story goes for a third successive ITF singles title R1 (L32) Finn Murgett v Siddharth Thakran (IND) (Q) Felix Gill v (WC) Aman K Patel (IND) (8) James Story v (WC) Prasanna Pravin Bagade (IND) Jacob Fearnley v (2) Megh Bhargav Patel (IND)
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1768
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Boys & Girls: ProAktiv eiendomsmegling, Norway - hard (indoor) - Grade 5 (Week 48)
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Four out of four for GB in Stavanger: R1 (L32): Girls Arabella MOEN (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Mille ELSBORG (DEN) Matilda MUTAVDZIC (GBR) 6-0 2-0 Retired Mathilde TRANBERG (DEN) Boys: (q) James MACKINLAY (GBR) 6-3 7-6(8) Iiro VASA (FIN) [6] Rahul DHOKIA (GBR) [5] 6-3 6-3 Julius ADOM...
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Boys & Girls: Eddie Herr ITF, USA, clay - Grade 1 (Week 48)
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Anton Matusevich and Ali Collins are added to the British entry from last week. Ali faces the 14 year old Danish girl who recently reached a $15K final, and won another the following week. Boys R1 (L64) (Q/LL) v Anton Matusevich (WC) Ronan Jachuck (USA) v (15) George Loffhagen (8) Tomas Machac v Jack Dr...
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DavidC
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2646
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Changes to ITF junior circuit - 2018
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from ITF website The ITF Board of Directors has approved the recommendations of the Junior Circuit Committee to make rules changes in relation to on-court coaching and the service let, as well as adjust the Junior Circuit ranking points system. Selected Junior Circuit rule changes for 2018 The ful...
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Other events - week 48
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Young Millie Bissett couldn't follow up on her great run in Liverpool last week. Croatia, G4: R1: Kristyna LAVICKOVA (CZE) [4] 6-4 6-3 Amelia BISSETT (GBR) Kenya, G5: R1 (L48): Russell HENDERSON (GBR) [11] BYE Luka PETROVIC (GBR) 6-0 6-1 KENNEDY MUSEMBI (KEN) R2 (L32): Russell...
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Boys: Eddie Herr ITF (U14) - Week 48
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There is a good group of our top under 14s here. In addition there were a couple of boys in the under 12s who lost today in round 1, and some girls who lost in qualification for the under 14s/12s. R1 (L64) (6) Jack Pinnington Jones d. Orhan Umur (TUR) 6-4 6-3 (3) Aidan Mayo (USA) d. William Nolan 6-3 6-3 (7) Jo...
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Boys & Girls: XXXI Yucatan Cup, Mexico, clay - Grade 1 (Week 47)
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The British contingent has been in Mexico has been strengthened this week, with the addition of Aidan McHugh, George Loffhagen, Jack Draper and Gemma Heath. The girls top seed Maria Lourdes Carle is currently on the live stream ( http://copayucatan.com.mx/partidos-en-vivo/ ) and Emile Hudd's m...
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Boys: ITF East Africa Junior Circuit, Kenya - clay - Grade 5 (Week 47)
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Young Luka (age 14 and unranked) is bombing along, having taken out the second seed, ranked 681. Russell (just turned 16) is keeping him good company. And the two together are cutting a swathe through the doubles too. R1 (L48): Russell HENDERSON (GBR) [5] BYE Luka PETROVIC (GBR) 6-0 6-1 ...
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Boys & Girls: Nike Junior international Liverpool, Grade 5 (Week 47)
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The last of the GB junior tournaments is upon us and it is back on the Wirral again. This tournament has brought to prominence some high profile juniors who have won this event - Jodie Burrage, Emma Raducanu, Aidan McHugh etc TE has just finished this week and was dominated by foreigners, but the best Br...
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Holly Fischer and Emma Raducanu
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Unless i'm mistaken. Neither has played any junior event since Wimbledon and I'm not sure if they've played any senior events. Any news about where they are?
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Boys: Marshall Open in Honour of Dudi Sela, Israel, hard - Grade 3 (Week 47)
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Second week in Israel for Tad Maclean, who is up first tomorrow. Hopefully his opponent isn't as fast out of the blocks as his name would suggest. R1 (L32) Gianmarco Ferrari (ITA) v Tad Maclean
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Junior Tennis in London
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A friend of mine is a teacher in London (Enfield/Braintree area) and he has a new pupil who is 14 and a national age group champion in Romania. The family are wondering what opportunities there are in the area. I asked delicately how much money the family has, and it seems that they have some, but not unli...
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Boys: HAP International Junior Tournament, Israel, hard - Grade 2 (Week 46)
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Tad Maclean is on a winning streak in juniors, having won his last tournament in Dundalk during the summer (and picked up his first ATP point since then), and has come through qualifying here. R1 (Q) Tad Maclean v (WC) Alexander Gaponenko (ISR)
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Boys & Girls: Abierto Juvenil Mexicano, clay - Grade A (Week 46)
(Preview)
http://www.tennisticker.de/mex/sb.html?tournid=3360
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Other events - week 45
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UAE, G4: R1: Zyaan AHMED (GBR) [2] 6-0 6-0 Erkin TOOTOONCHI MOGHADAM (IRI) Connor THOMSON (GBR) 6-2 6-2 Sina MOGHIMI (IRI) [8] Sara EL GHAZOULY (EGY) [7] 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 (q) Eleanor BAGLOW (GBR) Canada, G5: R1 (L64): Mitchell JOHNSON (GBR) 4-6 6-3 6-3 Brandon PONOMAREW (...
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