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Boys: J300 Sanxenxo, Spain, hard (Week 42)
(Preview)
Good to see the return of Ben Gusic Wan here, after being forced out of the US Open, but he and Conor Brady face strong Spanish seeds in their openers R1 (L32) Benjamin Gusic Wan v (6) Izan Almazan Valiente (ESP) Conor Brady v (2) Bryan Hernandez Cortes (ESP)
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DavidC
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676
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Other events, 2024 - week 41
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J100 Norway (1) Brooke Black has made it to the the QFs (3) Tegan Bush lost in R3 J100 New Zealand Josh Hinton has a BYE and a win to make R3 J60 Croatia Henry Best lost in R1 J60 Italy (5) AleksandarDaskalovic lost in R1 As did Sophie Buzzigoli J60 Ghana (wc) OluwajomilojuAminu won his first m...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Vigo, Spain, hard (Week 41)
(Preview)
Ben Gusic Wan would have been one of the top seeds here, but he was a late withdrawal. Ben is still on the acceptance list for the second Spanish event, a J300 next week. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Miguel Del Castillo Lampon (ESP) v Conor Brady (5) Stefan Horia Haita (ROU) v Zechariah Hamrouni Girls R1 (L32) (1) N...
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DavidC
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8
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1034
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Boys & Girls: J60 Loughborough, Great Britain - hard (week 41)
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(Preview)
We've moved up a level, to a J60 this week Qualis kicked off today Girls Top seed, Alice Haddad, came unstuck, losing to Daisy Wootton (2010) 2nd seed, Isabella Moss, also lost, to Alice Sharp However, most of the other seeds came through Boys A more standard draw, with all the top four q seeds progres...
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Coup Droit
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29
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Boys: J300 Casablanca, Morocco, clay (Week 41)
(Preview)
Maxwell Castle looks for his first win at this level and appears to have a friendly draw R1 (L32) (Q) Ibrahim Benyahia (MAR) v Maxwell Castle
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DavidC
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2
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761
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Other events, 2024 - week 40
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(Preview)
J60 Ghana Henry Beer lost in R1 Alisha Ndukwu and Grace Chinwike had BYES into R2, and Jiselle Okope got a walkover into R2 J60 Albania Erik Ndreu lost in R1. As did Alice Haddad. But AleksandarDaskalovic has two wins and is into the QFs J60 Italy William Moxon lost in R1 J30 Latvia Both Daniella B...
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Girls: J200 Tainan, Chinese Taipei, hard (Week 40)
(Preview)
Allegra Korpanec Davies is seeded 2 in a weak field R1 (L32) Yu Hsi Chen (TPE) v (2) Allegra Korpanec Davies
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DavidC
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5
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932
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Boys: J300 Beijing, China, hard (Week 40)
(Preview)
If Oliver Bonding wins the singles here he would overtake Charlie Robertson as the top ranked Brit R1 (L48) (4) Oliver Bonding bye
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DavidC
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1220
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Boys & Girls: J30 Loughborough, Great Britain - hard (week 40)
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There's a bunch of low-level ITF junior events coming up and the first is a J30 in Loughborough Lots of tiddlers, lots of 'big' names, lots of new names, chance for up-and-coming kids to shine The first round of qualis was played yesterday Girls 13 year-old Jessica Morrison beat the q1 seed 13 year-old...
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Coup Droit
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Boys & Girls: J200 Istanbul, Turkey, hard (Week 40)
(Preview)
5 Brits here, 4 playing home hopes. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Aren Baybars (TUR) v Jay Johnson-Hauldren (5) Conor Brady v Ramazan Kaan Oktay (TUR) Girls R1 (L32) Georgiana Mititelu v Ayse Bal (TUR) (6) Anamaria Federica Oana (ROU) v Brooke Black Sophie Bekker v Nehir Ertan (TUR)
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DavidC
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10
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1273
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Other events, 2024 - week 39
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J100 Austria Top-seed Max Carrier lost in his first match Max Castle, though, got a BYE and a win and is through to R3 J60 Ghana Jiselle Okoye won her R1 and Alisha Ndukwu (as top seed) got a BYE Abimbola Ayinla lost however, as did Henry Beer in the boys J60 Greece Louis Hull is top seed and won his R1 Ro...
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Boys & Girls: US Open, hard (week 36)
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(Preview)
The draw should be out any time, but as this is my last opportunity tonight to set up the thread I am doing so now, hoping that someone else will add the draw when out. The main news concerns injuries - we hope that Mimi Xu's retirement in Canada will not prevent her taking part. Unfortunately Ben Gusic Wan...
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DavidC
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237
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13090
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Boys & Girls: J500 Osaka, Japan, hard (Week 39)
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(Preview)
The Osaka Mayor's Cup has been held as a top level junior event for 31 years, but only one Brit has won a singles title (Martin Lee in 1995). As usual the field here is not as strong as at most J500 tournaments (particularly in the girls event where the top seed is ranked 34), and Oliver Bonding will be look...
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DavidC
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2839
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New Accelerator Programme for top-20/30 Juniors
(Preview)
The ITF and the ATP have announced the launch of the Accelerator Programme, a ground-breaking initiative designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring tennis players from 2023. The programme will see playing opportunities at ATP Challenger Tour level and ITF World Tennis Tour events res...
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Girls: 2024 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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(Preview)
This weekend sees the start of the European Summer Cups, with the qualifying rounds for the under 14s. Their ultimate goal is a place in the World Junior finals in August. The British team (Danielle Britton, Megan Knight and Liv Zingg ) are in a qualifying group in France, and have started well with a...
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DavidC
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83
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6508
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Boys & Girls: U16 European Junior Championships, Parma, Italy (Week 39)
(Preview)
The final age group European Championships takes place this week in Italy with Mark Ceban and Freya Peet amongst the seeds. Top seeds are Flynn Thomas (the Swiss boy who lost out to Charlie Robertson in the US Open quarters) and Charo Esquiva Banuls (WTA 943) who has had many battles with our top 3 junio...
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DavidC
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10
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1074
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Other events, 2024 - week 38
(Preview)
J100 Mostar AleksandarDaskalovic lost in R1 But is top seed and into the QFs in the doubles Maria Ustic also lost in R1 J100 Canada Athina Schlepphorst qualified and won her R1 match J60 Mauritius Charlotte Perks carries on her good form and has made the QFs As has Ophelia Korpanec Davies J6...
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Coup Droit
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Boys & Girls: J300 Durban, South Africa, hard (week 38)
(Preview)
Its the final week of the South Africa series, with Jay Johnson-Hauldren being given the chance to avenge his loss last week to the seeded German Boys R1 (L32) Jay Johnson-Hauldren v (5) Nikolai Barsukov (GER) Reuben De Klerk (RSA) v Conor Brady Girls R1 (L32) Brooke Black v Fleur De Bresser (NED) Feli...
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DavidC
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7
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918
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J300 Oberpullendorf U18 European Junior Championships, Austria, clay (Week 38)
(Preview)
After decades in Klosters, Switzerland, the under 18 championships move to Austria. Nations are only allowed 2 entries per event, and we haven't selected our strongest players. Hep Oluwadare plays her first junior event since Wimbledon, but will face fourth seed Alena Kovackova if she wins he...
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DavidC
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5
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837
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Boys & Girls: U14 European Junior Championships, Most, Czech Republic (Week 37)
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(Preview)
This year the European Junior Championships moved from July to September, starting this week with the under 14s. Normally the host nation has 4 entries and everyone else 2, but we have 3 boys here, presumably because they are ranked 1-3 in Europe. Boys R1 (L128) (1) Eric Lorimer bye (2) Niall Pickerd-...
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DavidC
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2654
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Other events, 2024 - week 37
(Preview)
There's a busload of GB kids in Accra this week: J30 Ghana We're now left with: QFs: Jiselle Okoye v Alisha Ndukwu Ludovica Bartelli-Jones v (1) RUS Jack Berry v (3) MAR Also, at doubles SF stage, we have Alisha+, Jiselle & Myah Harper, Henry Beer & Finlay Withrow and Jesse Abu+ J30 Maurit...
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842
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Boys: J200 Cairo, Egypt, clay (Week 38)
(Preview)
The second Egyptian J200 sees Maxwell Castle with a decent draw for this level of event. R1 (L32) Seifelden Mostafa Samih (EGY) v Maxwell Castle
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DavidC
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560
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Boys & Girls: J200 Durban, South Africa, hard (week 37)
(Preview)
The South African series ratchets up to a J200 before next week's J300 in the same venue. Elizabeth Evans and Ophelia Korpanec Davies lost in qualifying, but there are still 6 Brits in the main draws (and even more from Russia/Belarus) Boys R1 (L32) Jay Johnson-Hauldren v (5) Nikolai Barsukov (GER) G...
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944
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Boys: J200 Cairo, Egypt, clay (Week 37)
(Preview)
Back in 2012 Katy Dunne won this Smash Academy event in Cairo. Hoping for similar progress this week is Maxwell Castle, who draws a seed in round 1 R1 (L32) Maxwell Castle v (7) Tudor Batin (ROU)
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DavidC
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580
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Other events, 2024 - week 36
(Preview)
J100 South Africa Brooke Black, seeded 4, is through to the QFs Rosie Cho came through qualis but lost 1 & 2 to a 14 year-old wildcard in R1 Last week's finalist, Sophie Bekker, lost to the 6th seed in three sets Elizabeth Evans lost to a qualifier Ophelia Korpanec Davies came through qualis but also...
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