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Boys & Girls: Luxembourg Outdoor Junior Open, Luxembourg, clay - Grade 4 (Week 31)
(Preview)
An even more prosaic title (what it says on the can....).... Ben Draper and Jake Hersey are seeded; Jeremy Gshcwendtner has drawn the top seed. Chelsea May Samways represents GB interest in the girls.
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Coup Droit
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500
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Other events - Week 31
(Preview)
At the G5 in St. Lucia, George Davis - who has only just turned 14 and had only played one junior ITF event before - came through qualifying and won his first round match. So congrats to him on his first ranking points, and good luck in round 2. Max Benaim (5) also won his first round match. Zeki Horoz is also...
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Coup Droit
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535
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Boys: GN Junior ITF, South Africa, Hard - Grade 4 (Week 30)
(Preview)
Three British lads taking part: Jack Burkill won his first round, then lost to the third seed. Nick Brookes (14) made it through to the quarters, beating the second seed en route but lost out to a South African boy. Luke Hammond (8) went one step further, and is now in the semis. In the doubles. Luke and N...
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Coup Droit
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5
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785
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Boys: Swiss Junior Trophy, clay - Grade 2 (Week 30)
(Preview)
Three British boys try their hand at this week's top graded event. Barnaby Smith lost in final qualifying, and missed out on a couple of LL spots. R1 (L32) Ben Draper v Mirko Martinez (SUI) Constant De La Bassetiere (FRA) v Charles Broom (6) Robert Wrzesinski (LTU) v Luke Oakley
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DavidC
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11
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1080
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Girls: Belfast City ITF Junior Tournament, carpet - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034748
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DavidC
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589
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Boys: Belfast City ITF Junior Tournament, carpet - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034748
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DavidC
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514
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Boys & Girls: Other events (Week 29)
(Preview)
The Malahide Java Republic G5 sounds like an Asian tournament, but in fact takes place in the coastal town of Malahide near Dublin (Java Republic being an Irish drinks retailer). There was a large British contingent with eighth seed Luke Simkiss reaching the semi-final of the boys event and Alice Gi...
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DavidC
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1
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446
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Boys & Girls: U14 European Junior Championships, Pilsen, Czech Republic, clay (Week 29)
(Preview)
Along with most European nations we have 2 representatives in both the boys and girls events. Holly Fischer is one of only 2 2003 girls in the draw (most are 2001) Boys R1 (L128) Sergios Kyzas (CYP) v Anton Matusevich R2 TBD v (3) Jack Draper Girls R1 (L128) Anna Samurgasheva (ARM) v Esther Adeshina R2 Ho...
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DavidC
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11
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1557
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Boys & Girls: 2015 European Junior Championships, Klosters, Switzerland, clay - Grade B1 (Week 29)
(Preview)
While our 2 boys will be hard pressed to make much progress (Ryan Storrie will play Mikael Ymer in round 2 if he wins his opener) both our girls are seeded to reach the last 16. However Emily will have to overcome someone who is top 500 WTA in her opener, and Maia faces a tough second match. Emily is defendin...
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DavidC
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1300
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Boys & Girls: U16 European Junior Championships, Moscow, Russia, clay (Week 29)
(Preview)
As usual we have a quartet in Moscow for the European Championships. Seedings are often misleading, being based primarily on Tennis Europe rankings rather than ITF Boys R1 (L128) Jake Hersey v Joao Antonio (POR) R2 Zura Tkemaladze (GEO) v Jack Molloy Girls R2 (L64) TBD v (3) Francesca Jones Zinovia V...
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DavidC
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1291
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Boys: Nike Junior International Queenswood, clay - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034...
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DavidC
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8
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1205
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Boys & Girls: Simacek ITF Junior Open Linz, Austria, clay - Grade 1 (Week 28)
(Preview)
This week's top junior event is this G1, which sees Emily Arbuthnott as top seed, given a late withdrawal from Sofya Zhuk as tharris anticipated in another thread, along with a return to action for Nastya Mikheeva. Ewan Moore narrowly missed out on a seeding, and faces the winner of the Dutch G2 earlie...
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DavidC
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1287
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Girls: Nike Junior International Queenswood, clay - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Despite her efforts in Edinburgh Gemma Heath had to qualify here, and ends up playing the same seed (Camille Verden Anderson) in round 1. Emily Appleton and Megan Davies are the top seeds, while Eliz Maloney is another notable qualifier. Strangely Eliz is unseeded, so it looks like they have done the...
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DavidC
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1195
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Girls: Nike Junior International Edinburgh, clay - Grade 5 (Week 27)
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(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034024
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DavidC
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15
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1844
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Boys & Girls: Justine Henin Junior Cup, Belgium - clay - Grade 4 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Jeremy G and Fran Jones have a bye through to round 2 in their respective draws. Also: R1: Barnaby THOROLD (GBR) def. Thibault AKSOYEK (BEL) 6-2 7-6(5)
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Coup Droit
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735
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Boys: Wimbledon 2015, grass - Grade A (Week 27)
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1 2
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(Preview)
The qualifying draw is out, from which it would appear that Jay Clarke, Joel Cannell, Alexis Canter, Ryan Storrie, Ewan Moore and Finn Bass have main draw wildcards QR1 (WC) Marcus Walters v (9/WC) Daniel Nolan (AUS) Jonathan Gray v (11) Yibing Wu (CHN) (3) Tung-lin Wu (TPE) v Lawrence Perrin (WC) Vi...
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DavidC
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28
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4673
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Girls: Wimbledon 2015, grass - Grade A (Week 27)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 13
)
(Preview)
The qualifying draw is out and surprisingly Gabi Taylor has not been given a main draw wildcard. Apart from Katie Swan and Maia Lumsden, who are direct entries, Emily Arbuthnott (if required), Freya Christie, Jodie Burrage, Ali Collins, Lauryn John-Baptiste and Anna Brogan would appear likely to...
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DavidC
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185
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12522
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Boys: Nike Junior International Edinburgh, clay - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034024
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DavidC
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5
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755
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Other events - Week 27
(Preview)
Alastair Gray is through to the QFs at the G4 event in Estonia. R1: Alastair GRAY (GBR) [2] def. Daniel BULIN (RUS) 7-5 6-2 R2: Alastair GRAY (GBR) [2] def. Gustavs LUKSTINS (LAT) 6-2 7-5 Dominic West is also in R2 of the G4 event in the Netherlands.
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Coup Droit
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542
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Boys & Girls: Corfu Cup, Greece - carpet - Grade 4 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Great win for Luke against someone ranked over 700 place higher than him. Boys: R1: Luke SIMKISS (GBR) JWR 1275 def. Efstathios TSIRANIDIS (GRE) [5] JWR 531 7-6(5) 6-4 Max BENAIM (GBR) def. Simon FIALA (AUT) 6-0 6-1 Zeki Horoz and Josh Rose still to play. Girls: Chelsea May SAMWAYS (GBR...
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Coup Droit
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705
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Other events - week 26
(Preview)
In the G4 in Germany, young Fran Jones has come through two rounds: R1: Francesca JONES (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-2 Nikolina PJANIC (CRO) R2: Francesca JONES (GBR) [3] 6-1 6-2 Chantal SAUVANT (GER) Also two wins in the doubles In the G5 in Finland, Will Davies made the quarters: R1: Will DAVIES (...
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Coup Droit
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637
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Girls: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Week 26)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
4 Brits are in the one qualifying round tomorrow at Surbiton, hoping to join Katie Swan, Maia Lumsden, Emily Arbuthnott and some wildcards in the main draw. Emily, Freya Christie and Ali Collins were part of the under 18 team which has been taking part in the Grand Slam Nations Challenge this week at Ea...
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DavidC
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100
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7586
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Boys: TC Bakkum Dutch Junior Open, clay - Grade 2 (Week 26)
(Preview)
Three of our boys are trying their luck in a G2 this week, with a low cut thanks to 3 G2s and Roehampton/Wimbledon R1 (L64) Jack Molloy v Michiel De Krom (NED) Barnaby Smith v (Q) Blake Ellis (AUS) Kaya Gore (TUR) v Alastair Gray
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DavidC
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415
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Boys: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Week 26)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Usually qualifying for the annual Wimbledon warm-up event involves a 32 draw on Thursday and Friday. This year it is just a 16 draw, with one round of qualifying which takes place tomorrow in Surbiton. Jay Clarke, Alexis Canter, Ewan Moore, Joel Cannell, Jonathan Gray and Ryan Storrie are the top ran...
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DavidC
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16
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2336
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Boys: Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF, Bermuda, Clay - Grade 5 (Week 25)
(Preview)
1st RoundHarry BUTLER (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Eliot SPIZZIRRI (USA)Nick BROOKES (GBR) 6-3 4-6 6-3 Eric TOUB (USA)
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5
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1073
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