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Girls: 2016 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U12/U14/U16)
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Last year a team featuring Holly Fischer and Kylie Bilchev reached the under 12 final in Sunderland. The third member of that trio Andrea Pineda is still eligible, and is leading the team attempting to qualify this weekend. They have started with a comfortable 3-0 win over Poland (straight sets wins...
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Boys & Girls: ITF Indoor Heuvelrug, Netherlands, Hard (indoor) - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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Anna Loughlan is in the final round of qualifying. Freddie Grant won one Q match and then got knocked out. Bradley Stoneham lost his opening Q match. In the main draw, the Martins sisters are in action. As well as, in the boys, Luke Hammond, Zeki Horoz, Adam Jones and Alastair gray
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Alger Mehdi Buras, Algeria, clay - Grade 5 (Week 7)
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There's a group of lads in qualifying here who all seem to be playing their first ITF tournament, so good luck to them in the FQR: After BYES in QR1: QR2: Sahej MAKER (GBR) 6-0 6-2 Mohand Larbi BOUKARI (ALG) Sebastian TONG (GBR) 6-2 6-3 Lorenzo MISCIA LORENZO (ITA) Kyle STOCKER (GBR) 6-...
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Boys: 2016 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U12/U14/U16)
(Preview)
The Winter Cup season starts with qualifying for the under 12s this weekend. They have made a strong start, beating Slovenia 3-0, thanks to straight sets wins for Louis Davey and Samuel Reeve, who then combined for the doubles. They need to beat the Czech Republic to reach the finals.
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Boys & Girls: DISPUK Copenhagen Winter Cup, Denmark, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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A number of Brits here including two of our top 2001 boys Boys R1 (L64) (7) Jeremy Gschwendtner bye (4) James Davis bye Jack Draper v (LL) Erik Carlsten (SWE) Valdemar Holm (SWE) v (WC) Paul Jubb (3) Louis Newman bye (12) Matthew Summers bye Anton Matusevich v (WC) Martin Nygaard (DEN) Girls R1 (L64) (5...
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Other events (esp. Iran) - week 6
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Young George Davis nicked a very nice R1 win at the G4 in Mexico last night: R1: George DAVIS (GBR) (born 2001) 2-6 6-2 7-6(8) (q) Armando ALCANTARA (MEX) In the G5 in Iran, Donia and Karim Najia both have BYEs through to R2 (Donia+ won her doubles yesterday) -- Edited by Coup Droit on Friday 12th of...
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Boys & Girls: YONEX ITF Hamburg, Germany, hard - Grade 4 (Week 6)
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After qualifying in Istanbul for the Winter Cup U16 finals Aidan McHugh, Ewen Lumsden and Jake Hersey are taking in a G4 event in Germany before next week's finals in France Boys R1 (L64) (6) Aidan McHugh bye (10) Ewen Lumsden bye (5) Jake Hersey bye Girls R1 (L64) (14) Alexandra Hunter bye Anna Loughla...
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Boys: Trofeul D.Sturdza, Moldova, carpet - Grade 2 (Week 6)
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Alastair Gray is seeded here and opens against a local wildcard yet to win an ITF match (8) Alastair Gray v (WC) Vasilii Dontu (MDA)
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Other events - week 5
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Julian Lewis playing in the G4 in Switzerland. Alexandra Yeardley has come through qualis at the Grade 5 in Egypt. Thomas Davies is also in R1 of the boys there.
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Boys & Girls: Tunisia ITF Juniors Tournament, hard - Grade 2 (Week 5)
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Alexis Canter is again seeded three - albeit on a different continent this week - as he seeks another G2 final. However last week's Tunisian G2 winner Javier Barranco Cosano (beating Max Stewart en route) is a potential quarter-final opponent Boys R1 (L64) (3) Alexis Canter bye (15) Max Stewart bye G...
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Boys & Girls: 8th Kenyan Int. Junior Championships, Kenya, clay - Grade 5 (Week 5)
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Not so many hanging around for the G5 event. Boys: Jeremy GSCHWENDTNER (GBR) [1] BYE (wc) Shivam SHAH (GBR) 6-4 1-6 6-3 Fabrice TUYISHIME (RWA) (wc) Anas CHAKROUNI (MAR) 6-3 2-6 7-5 Zyaan AHMED (GBR) Girls: Jonea BACH (GBR) [4] 6-2 6-1 Kalpaka PRADIP (IND) Maanya VISWANAT...
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Boys & Girls: 2016 Australian Open, hard - Grade A (Week 4)
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Our trio all have reasonable draws, though Sultanov won 5 consecutive G3s last year in and around his home country, while Jay and Ema's opponents have won a handful of matches at ATP/WTA level. Jay is the only one on court tonight Boys R1 (L64) Khumoun Sultanov (UZB) v Ewan Moore Mattias Siimar (EST) v (...
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Boys: Donetsk City Cup, Ukraine, hard - Grade 2 (Week 4)
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Alexis Canter plays his third tournament of the year (each on different continents) and is third seed R1 (L32) Joshua Rose v (5) Konstantin Kirovski (SRB) Yevgen Sirous (UKR) v (3) Alexis Canter
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Boys & Girls: 5th Nairobi Int. Junior, Kenya, clay - Grade 4 (Week 4)
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Another big contingent of British youngsters, and the last week of the tour, I believe, for those who have specially gone out: R1 Boys: (LL) Zyaan AHMED (GBR) 6-2 3-6 6-2 Ntamba RADJABU (BDI) (Q) Charley GREGORY (GBR) 2-6 6-1 6-1 Lee SADLER (CAN) Younes MOUKTABIL (MAR) 2-6 6-4 7-6(5)...
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Boys & Girls: 3rd Hammamet ITF Juniors Tournament, Tunisia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 4)
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Unsurprisingly given political developments there are fewer Brits than usual in Tunisia for the G2s Boys R1 (L32) Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) v Max Stewart Girls R1 (L32) Ilona-Georgiana Ghioroaie (ROU) v Donia Abdel-Aziz
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Will Katie Swan be junior no.1?
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There is a real chance Katie can push for Junior no.1 statusXU, Shilin+1 CHN10 Jan 1998141102.50 2BELLIS, Catherine-1 USA08 Apr 1999171042.50 3SHYMANOVICH, Iryna BLR30 Jun 199722974.38 4GALFI, Dalma HUN13 Aug 199824927.50 5VONDROUSOVA, Marketa CZE28 Jun 199925907.50 6KASAT...
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Boys & Girls: ITF East Africa 18&U, Kenya, clay - Grade 4 (Week 3)
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A heap of names one doesn't recognise, which is always nice.... Well done to Arran, age 14. R1: (Q) Arran TRAINOR (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Ntamba RADJABU (BDI) Younes MOUKTABIL (MAR) 6-4 2-6 6-4 (LL) Charley GREGORY (GBR) Pavel MIROBYAN (RUS) 6-2 6-3 (LL) Ronan SAHNI (GBR) Zlatan PALAZOV (B...
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Boys & Girls: 8th Fujairah Tennis & CC ITF Junior Championships, UAE, hard - Grade 4 (Week 3)
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Two boys through the qualis: FQR:Jack MIDDLETON (GBR) 6-7(6) 6-2 6-3 Mohammed Atif SHEIKH (IND) [7]Brandon MURPHY (GBR) [3] 6-3 7-6(1) Javod DONIYOROV (UZB) Remus Cope is also in the main draw. Emile Hudd is also on the list but not in the draw (he retired, I think, in his doubles last we...
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Boys & Girls: Kolkata ITF JUNIORS, India, hard - Grade 3 (Week 3)
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Just Finn and Jodie remain for the last of the high grade Indian events. Neither G2 winner is in the field but the beaten finalists are in the opposite half of the draw to Finn and Jodie Boys R1 (L32) (1) Finn Bass v Kabir Manraj (IND) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Yubarani Banerjee (IND) v (2) Jodie Anna Burrage
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Boys & Girls: AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International, Australia, hard - Grade 1 (Week 3)
(Preview)
The traditional Australian Open warm-up event features our 3 grand slam entrants. Jay takes on his Wimbledon doubles partner, who is one of the highest ranked non-seeds. Boys R1 (L64) Andres Gabriel Ciurletti (ITA) v Ewan Moore (8) Jay Clarke v Lukas Klein (SVK) Girls R1 (L64) Ema Lazic v Oana Gavril...
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Boys & Girls: Sport Hotel Kurz Junior Classic, Austria, carpet (indoor) - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Nell Miller is here in the girls and will play her first round match tomorrow. In the boys: R1: Bradley BUCKLAND (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Karol PALUCH (POL) David CIERNY (SVK) 6-1 6-0 Matthew CLEGG (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: RPM Junior Open, Czech Republic, hard - Grade 1 (Week 2)
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Ewan Moore was a surprise finalist here last year, but has opted for Australia, so will drop out of the top 50 next week. Boys R1 (L64) (7) Ryan James Storrie bye Ben Draper v Borna Gojo (CRO) Girls R1 (L64) (5) Georgina Axon bye Eleonora Molinaro (LUX) v Lauryn John-Baptiste
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Boys & Girls: EuroElite ITF Junior Malmo Open, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Eliz Maloney looks to build on her strong start in Sweden last week Boys R1 (L32) Anton Ornberg (SWE) v (LL) Toby Huffer (4) Louis Newman v Johannes Foss Abrahamsen (NOR) Joe Tyler v (5) Gilbert Jaeger (SWE) (6) Will Davies v Peter August Anker (NOR) (WC) Filip Tensing (SWE) v Joshua Rose (Q) Duje Ajduko...
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Boys & Girls: India ITF Juniors 2, hard - Grade 2 (Week 2)
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Finn Bass and Jack Molloy have been shunted down the seeding order by Alexis Canter's arrival in New Delhi. In week 1 Jack narrowly lost in round 1 to the eventual champion Lingxi Zhao, and he gets a repeat. Top seed Mahak Jain has lost to a Brit in her last 3 tournaments. Megan Davies gets the chance to mak...
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Boys & Girls: 15th Abu Dhabi Country Club ITF Junior Championships, UAE, hard - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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There's a good turn out here. Donia and her Egyptian brother are here. As is Gemma Heath and Emile Hudd. Brandon Murphy (little fave) has been drawn against the second seed, which is a shame, but who knows... And the lad who burst on the scene last autumn in Africa, barely having played in ITFs before, an...
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