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Boys & Girls: ITF Autumn Almere, Netherlands - Hard, indoor - Grade 4 (Week 42)
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Almost a perfect day in the Netherlands: Boys: R1: Luke PURSER (GBR) [6] 6-3 6-4 Ryan NIJBOER (NED) Damian RODRIGUEZ (GBR) 6-1 6-3 Igor STRAATSMA (NED) Louis NEWMAN (GBR) [5] 7-5 7-6(2) Lodewijk WESTSTRATE (NED) Jeremy GSCHWENDTNER (GBR) [7] 7-5 6-3 Christian LERBY (N...
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Juniors by WTA ranking
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I thought it might be interesting to list the WTA players who are still technically Juniors... 1 (16) Bencic 2 (68) Konjuh 3 (80) Ostapenko 4 (104) Kasatkina 5 (156) Kalinina 6 (171) Stewart 7 (202) Osaka 8 (203) Badosa Gibert 9 (209) Bellis 10 (217) Komardina ... 13 (294) Galfi ... 16 (377) Xu ... 32 (44...
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Boys & Girls: Junior International Tournament of Pontevedra, Spain - Hard - Grade 3 (Week 41)
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Great win for Fran Jones, against the second seed: R1: Anastasia MIKHEEVA (GBR) 6-4 6-3 Anastasia KULIKOVA (RUS) Francesca JONES (GBR) 5-7 6-1 6-2 Ludmilla SAMSONOVA (ITA) [2] In the boys, Jack Molloy has drawn the top seed. Ewan Moore, seeded 3, is also playing.
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Other events - week 41
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Emile Hudd lost in R1 in Canada. But in the G5 in Sri Lanka, our 2001 born girls have won their first round: R1: Jizel MATOS SEQUEIRA FERNANDES (GBR) 6-2 6-0 Thanushree VALE (IND) [8] R1: Jonea BACH (GBR) [q] 6-3 6-0 Shrivalli Rashmikaa BHAMIDIPATY (IND)
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Boys: Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships , Japan, hard - Grade A (Week 41)
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Jay Clarke was propelled into the top 50 after consecutive titles in Egyptian G2s, which has earned him a top 8 seeding here R1 (L64) (Q) Sota Fujii (JPN) v Finn Bass Takashi Yasugami (JPN) v Alexis Canter Alastair Gray v Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar (IND) (8) Jay Clarke v Daisuke Sumizawa (JPN)
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Girls: Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships , Japan, hard - Grade A (Week 41)
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Katie Swan is the only top 15 ranked player here and could move back into the top 5 with a good run here. R1 (L64) (1) Katie Swan v Yanni Liu (CHN) (9) Mihika Yadav (IND) v Georgina Axon (WC) Saya Ito (JPN) v (12) Ema Lazic
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Boys & Girls: Babolat HRT Autumn Cup, Denmark - Hard (indoor) - Grade 4 (Week 41)
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Emily is top seed in the girls and going well:1st RoundEmily APPLETON (GBR) [1] 7-6(2) 6-3 Sofia Nami SAMAVATI (DEN) 2nd RoundEmily APPLETON (GBR) [1] 7-5 6-1 Jeanne AUBRION (FRA) In the boys, there were BYEs in R1 but all is good in R2:2nd Round Louis NEWMAN (GBR) [6] 7-5 6-1 Rom...
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Boys: 2015 Tennis Europe Junior Masters U14 (Week 40)
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Jack Draper is the only British player qualified for any of the under 14/under 16 Masters events. The under 14s are an 8 player draw in Reggio Calabria, Italy and Jack opens tomorrow against second seed Filip Cristian Jianu of Romania, a finalist in the European Championships
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Other events - week 40
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In Latvia, in the G4: R1 Boys: Ben DRAPER (GBR) [2] 7-6(2) 6-1 Domantas SAKINIS (LTU) R1 Girls: Camille VERDEN ANDERSON (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Emilija KRAVTAITE (LTU) In the G5 in Sir Lanka, Toby Huffer is playing in the boys and, in the girls, there's Jizel M S Fernandes, who did so well a few weeks...
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Boys & Girls: 26th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup (II), Malaysia, hard - Grade 3 (Week 40)
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With the Grade A Osaka Mayor's Cup next week a number of British players are warming-up here, along with a couple of wildcards (one based at a Kuala Lumpur academy, but Aiman's connection I know nothing about). Unfortunately Jodie Burrage's injury at the Fed Cup means she is a late withdrawal Boys R1 (...
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Boys & Girls: Sanchez-Casal Junior Cup, Spain, clay - Grade 4 (Week 40)
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Max Stewart and Fran Jones are among the British contingent here at the Sanchez-Casal Academy Boys R1 (L32) Max Benaim v Stijn Slump (NED) (4) Max Stewart v (Q) Kerim Han Bilgin (TUR) Alexander Carlos Parker v (6) Alex Dominguez Soto (ESP) (7) Barnaby Smith v Guilherme Wojciechowski Osorio (BRA) (Q)...
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Girls: Junior Fed Cup finals, Spain, clay - Grade C (Week 39)
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Madrid's Caja Magica is the venue for this year's Junior Fed Cup finals. Although we only scraped in to the final 16, the addition of Katie Swan (joining Jodie Burrage and Ali Collins, under the captaincy of Lucie Ahl) has given us a seeding. There are 4 groups of 4, though I can't find the draw at present...
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Other events - week 39
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Gemma Heath is continuing her lITF Juniors stint, this time at the G4 in Bosnia: Going better this week too: Singles R1: Gemma HEATH (GBR) def. Laura TOMIC (BIH) 6-4 3-6 6-4 Doubles R1:Laura CAZACU (ROU) / Gemma HEATH (GBR) def. Armina IZIC (BIH) / Karla KILIC (CRO) 6-1 6-2 In the...
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Boys: China Junior 16 Beijing, hard - Grade 2 (Week 39)
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After a modest start in a G3 event last week the level ratchets up a notch to G2 for Alexis Canter and Lawrence Perrin, though they have both managed to draw home wildcards. I notice that Alexis and Lawrence are the only Europeans in the field. R1 (L32) (4) Alexis Canter v (WC) Bo Hou Chang (CHN) Lawrence...
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Boys & Girls: Losinj Junior Cup, Croatia, clay - Grade 4 (Week 38)
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Gemma Heath tries her luck further afield after a strong summer in UK and French tournaments. Boys R1 (L64) Martin Atanasov (BUL) v Matthew Summers (4) James Davis bye Girls R1 (L32) Leonarda Janko (CRO) v Gemma Heath
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Boys: China Junior 15 Guangzhou, Hard - Grade 3 (Week 38)
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Singles: R1: Alexis CANTER (GBR) [2] 7-6(3) 6-1 Yi Zhou LIU (CHN) R1: Zhao LINGXI (CHN) 6-1 6-2 Lawrence PERRIN (GBR) Doubles: R1: Damon KESARIS (RSA) / Lawrence PERRIN (GBR) [3] 6-4 6-3 Rimpei KAWAKAMI (JPN) / Bang Shuo YIN (TPE) R1: Alexis CANTER (GBR) / Brian TRAN (...
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Other events - week 37
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There's very little going on this week (a down time after all the G2s and US Open etc.). Apart from the Togo event (separate thread ), the following events have MD British junior interest: Chile G4 - Lily Reynolds Honduras G5 - George Davis and qualifier Blu Baker (now THAT'S a good name) Azerbaijan G5...
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Girls: ITF Junior Circuit, Togo, Hard - Grade 5 (week 37)
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Julian Robinson, after his good run last week, is still listed on the acceptance list here but not in the draw so presumably has withdrawn. The entry list is pretty small (no qualies and lots of R1 byes). Which is good for the Martins twins. R1: (8) Essence Martins - BYE R1: (6) Destinee Martins - BYE R2...
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World University Games, Gwanju 2015
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http://www3.lta.org.uk/Tennis-Foundation/News1/2015/June-2015/...
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Boys & Girls: Herodotou ITF U18, Cyprus, hard - Grade 4 (Week 36)
(Preview)
A big GB contingent here... In the girls, qualifier, Constandena Nicolaou, once again gets the short straw, drawing the second seed, But in the boys, we have the top three seeds - (1) Lawrence Perrin, (2) Jack Molloy, & (3) Ben Draper - plus Luke Purser, Daniel Bennet, and (q) Josh Goodger.
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Boys: Smash International Junior Championships, Egypt, clay - Grade 2 (Week 36)
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Jay, going for the double double, is second seed this week: R1: (2) Jay Clarke v Alex Dominguez Soto (ESP)
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Other events - week 36
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Grade 5 events: In Chile, Lily Reynolds is doing well, and has made the quarters. In Switzerland, Josh Rose got a bye, then won his R2 match, before losing in the third round. Bradley Stoneham had to retire in his first match in Italy which is a shame - hope he's OK. George Davis also lost out in R1 in Hondu...
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Circuit, Togo, Hard - Grade 4 (week 36)
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The Martin twins (born April 2001) are playing for the second week out in Africa: R1: Destinee MARTINS (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Carmen KPADONOU (BEN) [5] Essence MARTINS (GBR) 6-1 6-2 Chelsea AGAOUGA (BEN) [10] The media love to portray these girls as the next Williams sisters; it's a bit facile b...
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Girls: US Open Junior Tennis Championship, Hard - Grade A (week 36)
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Very sad but this title has to read 'girls' and there is no British representation in the boys event, not even the qualis. Alexis Canter was down, and very close to making it. In fact, the Irish player, Bjorn Thomson, was one lower on the acceptance list and he made the qualis. So I'm not quite sure why Ale...
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Boys & Girls: 17th Serbia Junior Open Novi Sad 2015, clay - Grade 2 (Week 36)
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Ema going for back-to-back titles . .. R1: Charlie Broom v (5) Tim Ruehl (GER) R1: (3) Ewan Moore v (q) Riccardo Balzerani (ITA) R1: (4) Ema Lazic v Lisa Lebedzeva (NED)
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