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Girls: Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships, Japan, hard - Grade A (Week 42)
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Usually there are a cluster of Brits for this Grade A tournament and subsequent G2 events, but this year there is just Emily Appleton, having used a $10K event in Indonesia as warm-up. Emily is in the same quarter as top seed and Wimbledon champion Anastasia Potapova (who she lost to at Roland Garros),...
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Boys & Girsl: 10th Kuwait ITF junior tournament, Kuwait, hard - Grade 5 (Week 42)
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Zyaan Ahmed is in the main draw. And in the girls, there's Alexandra Hunter as top seed, Donia Abdel-Aziz (3), Charlotte Navinweinstein and Morgan Cross (7).
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Girls: Bahia Juniors Cup, Brazil, clay - Grade 3 (Week 42)
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As we only had two starters here, I'd normally have put it in an 'other' thread. But with so many youngsters playing in the half-term week(s) (or pre-half term week), all the events have their own threads. So here's Brazil on its own. And it warrants one as, being a G3, points are high and young Erika, for...
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Boys & Girls: 5� Torneo Internacional Junior de Pontevedra, Spain, hard - Grade 2 (Week 41)
(Preview)
7 boys in the main draw here and 7 boys and girls in qualifying, which has most of the seeds inside the top 300, including Jack Draper and Nell Miller. Jack is in a very tough section, with the other seed being Timofey Skatov, the Russian who was top European under 14 last year and who was instrumental in Ru...
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Other events - week 41
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One of our little possible stars of the future is playing the G5 in Turkey this week and started with a win (but gets the second seed next): R1 (L32): M J CHANGWEREZA (GBR) (born 2003) 6-4 6-1 Doga TURKMEN (TUR) Andrew Rozanov is also in the main draw. In Kuwait, G5: R1 (L32): Donia ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR)...
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Other events - week 40
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In Malaysia, G4: R1 (L64): Liu Hui RETALLICK (GBR) (born 2001) 6-0 6-2 Ryutarou OKUMURA (JPN) R1 (L64): Christian Didier CHIN (MAS) [10] 6-1 6-1 Aiman DOYLE (GBR) In Brazil, G4: R1 (L32): Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR) [8] (born 2001) 6-2 6-3 Isabela OLIVEIRA DE SOUZA (BRA) In the...
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Boys & Girls: Sanchez-Casal Junior Cup, Spain - clay - Grade 4 (Week 40)
(Preview)
With 7 British boys in the main draw, they've done amazingly well not to be drawn against each other. Aidan McHugh is top seed, Ewen Lumsden is 4th and Jake Hersey 6th. Also playing are Paul Jubb, Ryan Gaskin, Dominic West and Harry Butler. In the girls, young Marni Banks (age 13) has come through quali...
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Girls: 2016 Junior Fed Cup finals, Budapest, Hungary, clay (Week 39)
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The draw for the Junior Fed Cup finals, which start tomorrow, should be out shortly. Fran Jones, Eliz Maloney and Nell Miller were the originally nominated players, so hopefully Fran has recovered from whatever caused her to retire in her last junior match. We will not be seeded. http://www.hunte...
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Girls: Curro Junior ITF Week 2, South Africa, hard - Grade 3 (Week 39)
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The second South African tournament ratchets up to a G3 with a similar field to last week, though a Thai girl has flown in as top seed and is Holly's potential quarter-final opponent. R1 (L32) Megan Lombardi (RSA) v Holly Fischer
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Other events - week 39
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In Brazil, G4, Kelly and Erika lost in R1. But Erika (born Nov. 2001) has made the semis in the doubles: Singles R1: Georgia GULIN (BRA) [4] 6-4 6-4 Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR) Gabriela AZAMBUJA (BRA) 6-3 6-0 Kelly ARAUJO (GBR) Doubles QF: Erika BATISTA DODRIDGE (GBR) / Rebeca C SILVA...
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Girls: Curro Junior ITF Week 1, South Africa, hard - Grade 4 (Week 38)
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Holly Fischer is in South Africa for a G4 followed by G3. Mark Petchey's youngest daughter Myah is also in the field. R1 (L32) Holly Fischer v (Q) Biance Van Zyl (RSA)
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Other events - week 38
(Preview)
Not much going on these weeks (although watching young Holly F, over in the RSA). But Soto has a team over in Albania, G5, where Ryan Gaskin is the top seed: R1: Ryan GASKIN (GBR) [1] 3-6 6-2 6-2 Davide INNOCENTI (ITA) Young Josh Curwen also won a round in qualis before losing out. Also, in Latvia...
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Boys: Solymania ITF Junior tournament, Egypt , clay - Grade 2 (Week 36)
(Preview)
The second Egyptian G2 has the same top 4 seeds in the same positions in the draw (forced by Max and Finn having to be in separate halves) R1 (L32) (4) Max Stewart v Adham Gaber (EGY) Yan Bondarevskiy (RUS) v (2) Finn Bass
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Other events - week 37
(Preview)
After last week in Benin, Julian Robinson is playing in Togo, G4 In Sri Lanka, G5, both Scarlett Hutchinson (Holly's sister) and Anoushka Woolley lost in the final Q round. But Anoushka got a LL spot and made the best of it: R1: Anoushka WOOLLER (GBR) 6-3 6-0 Chaithali ADINATH NARDE (IND) In Sw...
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Boys: 2nd Torneo Internazionale Junior "Citta Di Palermo", Italy, clay - Grade 3 (Week 37)
(Preview)
After his impressive maiden run to a G2 final last week Barnaby Smith is seeded in a G3. His first round opponent has won a couple of G5s recently R1 (L32) Francesco Liucci (ITA) v Dominic West Jeremy Gschwendtner v (Q) Manuel Mazza (ITA) (8) Barnaby Smith v Riccardo Perin (ITA)
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Other events - week 36
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In Iran, G5: R1: Zyaan AHMED (GBR) 6-4 7-6(5) Mohammad Mahdi SOHRABI (IRI) In Sri Lanka, G5: R1: Anoushka WOOLLER (GBR) 6-1 6-0 Oneli PERERA (SRI) R1: Ling Hsuan WEI (TPE) [8] 6-3 6-3 (LL) Scarlett HUTCHINSON (GBR) Julian Robinson and Aaron Trainor should be the in the MD in Benin...
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Boys & Girls: US Open 2016, hard - Grade A (Week 36)
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We have 3 main draw acceptances (Ryan Storrie, Emily Appleton and Katie Swan) whilst Ewan Moore is in qualifying. Alastair Gray, the fifth member of our quintet is currently second alternate for the main draw, and I don't think any of the players left in Canada will be eligible for a Special Exempt, so...
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Boys & Girls: Herodotou U18, Cyprus - hard - Grade 4 (Week 36)
(Preview)
With kids going back to school, there is a marked drop in GB presence from last week. GIRLS R1: (wc) Constandena NICOLAOU (GBR) 6-0 6-1 (wc) Eleni MAKRIDE (CYP) Anthoula PANAGIOTOU (CYP) 7-6(8) 6-7(5) 6-3 (q) Alexandra YEARDLEY (GBR) BOYS R1: (LL) Michael CLARK (GRE) 6-2 6-3 ...
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Boys: Moser Czech Junior Open, clay - Grade 2 (Week 36)
(Preview)
As last week there are 3 G2 events - with Jack Molloy and Jake Hersey here R1 (L64) (13) Jake Hersey bye (5) Jack Molloy bye
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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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