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Boys & Girls: 18th Serbia Junior Open Novi Sad, clay - Grade 2 (Week 36)
(Preview)
Barnaby Smith has moved over from Hungary to join the two girls in the second Serbian G2 Boys R1 (L32) (7) Konstantin Kirovski (SRB) v Barnaby Smith Girls R1 (L32) (3) Francesca Jones v (WC) Julia Nina Jankovic (SRB) (7) Ali Collins v Xin Yu Wang (CHN)
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Girls: Pancevo International, Serbia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 35)
(Preview)
A big week for top-end junior tournaments with 1 G1 and 3 G2s. Fran Jones and Ali Collins have picked arguably the strongest G2. Fran has a toughish assignment against one of the highest ranked non-seeds, who has reached a G1 quarter-final R1 (L32) (3) Francesca Jones v Daria Solovyeva (RUS) (6) Ali Co...
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Boys & Girls: Hungarian Open, clay - Grade 2 (Week 35)
(Preview)
Last week Barnaby Smith sneaked into the Hungarian G2 as a Lucky Loser, and proceeded to be the last Brit standing. This time he successfully negotiates qualifying to join 4 other Brits. Jack Draper plays the 4th seed, who beat Jake Hersey and Jack Molloy en route to a G3 final earlier this month, while...
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Boys & Girls: Aphrodite Cup, Cyprus - hard - Grade 4 (Week 35)
(Preview)
Five out of seven young Brits came through the final quali round. To join Olivia Elliott and a cluster of about 6 boys in the MD. BOYS FQR:Douglas MACINTOSH (GBR) [2] 4-6 6-3 6-0 Lorenzo LORUSSO (ITA) [6]Giulio ZEPPIERI (ITA) 6-0 6-4 Blu BAKER (GBR)Hamish STEWART (GBR) [4] 6-2 7-6(2...
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Boys & Girls: Canadian Open Junior Championships, hard - Grade 1 (Week 35)
(Preview)
A welcome return to action for Ryan Storrie and Katie Swan, since their Wimbledon retirements, as all of our US Open entrants warm up here. Alastair and Katie play today - the 4th meeting this year for Alastair and his Uzbek opponent, who is ranked inside the ATP top 900: 2-1 to Alastair so far Boys R1 (L6...
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Boys & Girls: TC Bucuresti Trophy, Romania - clay - Grade 5 (Week 35)
(Preview)
Again, quite a lot of younger players here: R1: Morgan CROSS (GBR) [7] 6-4 0-6 6-4 Diana IACOB (ROU) Charlotte NAVINWEINSTEIN (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Alexandra Sofia Laima PLAVITU (ROU) Ioana Alexandra NEGOITESCU (ROU) 0-6 7-6(3) 6-3 M J CHANGWEREZA (GBR) Morgan and Charlotte are both b...
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Other events - week 35
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In Argentina, G5 (the 'El Sauce' Cup  ): R1: Kelly ARAUJO (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Ornela Rocio CARDONE (ARG) Freddie Grant is playing in Mauritius again this week In India, G4, Sahej qualified in a nail-biter (7-6(8) in the final set) and has now won his R1 match: R1 (48) : (q) Sahej MAKER (GBR) ...
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Boys: Smash academy Egypt ITF Junior Tournament, clay - Grade 2 (Week 35)
(Preview)
Last year Jay Clarke won both Egyptian G2s to propel himself to a ranking for direct acceptance to Slams in his final junior year. Looking to take the same path in an equally weak event (just 4 players ranked inside 200 on entry) are Finn Bass and Max Stewart R1 (L32) (4) Max Stewart v Nikshep Ballekere Ra...
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Boys: Int. de Clermont-Ferrand, France - clay - Grade 4 (Week 34)
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Anton Matusevich is number 2 seed here. Julian Robinson also playing. But an upset for our 3rd seed, Will Davies: R1: (wc) Kyrian JACQUET (FRA) 6-3 6-2 Will DAVIES (GBR) [3]
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Boys & Girls: Riga Open, Latvia - clay - Grade 4 (Week 34)
(Preview)
Louis Newman is 4th seed here, and Alex Parker is seeded 6th Summer Yardley is here for the girls. -- Edited by Coup Droit on Monday 22nd of August 2016 03:12:06 PM
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Other events - week 34
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There are a number of lower ranked ITF junior events with British interest this week. (Cyprus and Latvia have their own threads) In Sweden, it's Sweden 2 - GB 1 : Sweden G5: R1 Boys: Hugo REGNER (SWE) 6-0 6-2 (LL) Lewis HALL (GBR) Rahul DHOKIA (GBR) [5] 6-4 7-5 Oskar JONSSON (SWE) Oliver AND...
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Boys & Girls: Larnaca Junior Cup, Cyprus - clay - Grade 5 (Week 34)
(Preview)
We have a large number of British youngsters who should be in the main draws when they are posted. In the meantime, two others have come through qualifying (called Tad and Blu !!! ): FQR:Tad MACLEAN (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Matteo RUZZI (ITA)Blu BAKER (GBR) 7-5 6-1 Sergios KYZAS (CYP)
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Boys: Budaors Cup, Hungary, clay - Grade 2 (Week 34)
(Preview)
Contrasting draws in this the highest grade tournament of the week with British interest (no Brits in the US G1 main draws), with Jack Molloy and Damian Rodriguez taking on the top seeds, whilst Max Stewart and Finn Bass land wildcards. Barnaby Smith is also in qualifying having reached tomorrow'...
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Girls: Nike Junior Nationals (U18/U16/U14/U12) - Week 33
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The under 14s is the first of the Nationals to get underway at Nottingham (venue for the under 16s and under 18s - the under 12s being in Bournemouth). Several of our top under 14s are missing, leaving Indianna Spink and M J Changwereza as top seeds, both safely through to round 2. The under 18s also has a w...
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Boys: Nike Junior Nationals (U18/U16/U14/U12) - Week 33
(Preview)
http://lta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=04340777-5030-4E8A-B1D3-FDA85D7D6DB5
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Boys & Girls: Vila do Conde Junior, Portugal, carpet - Grade 5 (Week 33)
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Girls: R1 (L64): (q) Tanysha DISSANAYAKE (GBR) 6-2 6-1 Carolina CARDOSO (POR) Annali OLIVELLE (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Carolina CUNHA SILVA (POR) Amarni BANKS (GBR) [10] BYE Eleanor BAGLOW (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Aleksandra ZLATAROVA (BUL) R2 (L32): (q) Tanysha DISSANAYAKE (GBR) 5-7 6...
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Boys & Girls: Taca Diogo Napoles, Portugal, clay - Grade 4 (Week 32)
(Preview)
25 Brits are in the main draws for the second Portuguese G4 including last week's finalist Joe Tyler (seeded 1), Will Davies (seeded 3) and Camille Verden Anderson (6) Early wins for Will, Matt Story (8), Dominic West (12), Freddie Grant, Matthew Clegg, Eleanor Baglow, Amarni Banks and Alexandra Hu...
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Other events - week 32
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In Slovenia, G4, Ewen Lumsden came through qualifying (as a late entrant wildcard), was seeded 2 in the main draw, but lost out in R1. Isabella Nunez also lost in R1. Ryan Gaskin has won two matches, though, and is now in the QFs: R1: Justin SCHLAGETER (GER) 6-2 6-2 Ewen LUMSDEN (GBR) [2] R1: Ryan G...
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Boys & Girls: Copernicus Bowl, Poland, clay - Grade 3 (Week 32)
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7 Brits here, with Damian Rodriguez facing the most difficult draw against a home player ranked in the top 30 who has reached 4 G2 finals in the last few months. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Kacper Zuk (POL) v Damian Rodriguez Jake Hersey v (5) Mattia Frinzi (ITA) (16E) Vincentiu Andrei Niculescu (ROU) v (7) Jack Mo...
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Boys: 2016 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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(Preview)
The boys had more fortune than the girls in the draw for the first European Summer Cups (u14) and avoided the top qualifying seed (Czech Republic) until today, by which time qualification had been assured. The team of Benjamin Heynold, Barney Fitzpatrick and Toby Samuel beat Portugal 3-0 and Poland...
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Girls: Epetion Cup, Croatia - clay - Grade 5 (Week 31)
(Preview)
Maria Budin is top seed here. Charlotte Navinweinstein has a wc but has drawn the second seed. Aleksandra Topalovic has been drawn against the 8th seed. (Graziella Barrett, Vicki Subev, Jack Navinweinstein and Nathan Fernandes lost in qualifying).
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Boys & Girls: Junior de Leiria, Portugal - clay - Grade 4 (Week 31)
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There are tons of GB youngsters playing all over the place this week. And a huge cohort of them seem to have descended on Portugal. In the Boys, there are: James Story and Joe White - who lost their last rounds in Q but who both got in as LLs; Seeds (1) Jack Molloy; (2) Joe Tyler; (3) Will Davies; (7) Emile Hu...
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Girls: 2016 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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(Preview)
The first of the European Summer Cups, the under 14s, concluded qualifying today for the finals, as the tournament acts as a qualifier for the World Juniors in August. The draws for these are something of a lottery, and unfortunately we ended up in a group where we add to face one of the four strongest n...
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Boys & Girls: Luxembourg Outdoor Junior Open, clay - Grade 4 (Week 31)
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After a good week in Switzerland Anton Matusevich scales back to a G4, joined by some of our top younger junior girls Boys R1 (L32) (4) Anton Matusevich v Alexander Maarten Jong (NED) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Eva Marie Voracek (GER) v (LL) Lauren Armstrong (3) Esther Adeshina v Celine Fritsch (GER) (WC) Meri...
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Boys & Girls: 2016 European Junior Championships, Switzerland, clay - Grade B1 (Week 29)
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Our two boys here will do well to win a round, and if they do they will face two of Europe's top juniors Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Mate Valkusz. Max lost narrowly to Finn's opponent in a G2 earlier in the year, while Finn was well beaten by Max's opponent in another G2. The girls have a much better chance of p...
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