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Boys & Girls: 7th Bahrain Junior Championships - hard - Grade 5 (Week 43)
(Preview)
Julian had to retire but the others all won: R1 Boys: Kaloyan DIMITROV (BUL) 6-2 1-1 Retired Julian ROBINSON (GBR) R1 Girls: Lily REYNOLDS (GBR) [5] 6-1 6-0 Annika KANNAN (IND) Camille VERDEN ANDERSON (GBR) [4] 6-4 6-4 Alsu SAMIGULLINA (RUS) Donia ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR) [3] 6-1 6...
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Boys & Girls: Curro Junior ITF Week 2, South Africa, hard - Grade 5 (Week 43)
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Nicole Petchey and Eliz Maloney are again the top 2 seeds. Nicole's younger sister Myah is a possible round 2 opponent for Eliz Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Jack Middleton v Thembo Makhanya (RSA) (WC) Bendert Smit (RSA) v (Q) Benjamin Heynold Hugh Morgan (RSA) v (Q) Remus Cope (WC) Freddie Grant v Christiaan Wors...
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Boys: Lee Duk Hee Cup Incheon International Junior Tennis Championships, hard, Korea Rep. - Grade 2 (Week 43)
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Luke Hammond is the one British player left in the Far East, and as Matt commented in last week's thread, is in a loaded G2. It's uncommon to have a top 10 ranked player in a G2, but this has 2, since Korea has two players who were ranked 3 and 4 last week. If Luke wins his opener he is likely to face one of them, Y...
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Boys & Girls: Hong Kong Open Junior Tennis Championships, hard - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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Of the seven Brits in Osaka Katie and Alexis moved to Thailand while the other five decamped here, with none staying for the Japanese G2. Luke Hammond has joined the five, and is on a 15 match unbeaten run thanks to 3 consecutive titles in Southern Africa. Luke's round 1 opponent reached the G3 Sarawak f...
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Boys & Girls: MTV Total Junior Cup, Finland - hard (indoor) - Grade 4 (Week 42)
(Preview)
Another one with a good smattering of Brits, and a good first round showing by all: Boys R1: Joe TYLER (GBR) 6-1 7-6(6) Georgii KRAVCHENKO (UKR) Jake HERSEY (GBR) [4] 6-1 6-2 Emilis RUSAKEVICIUS (LTU) Will DAVIES (GBR) 7-6(1) 7-5 Roni RIKKONEN (FIN) Girls R1: Alice GILLAN (GBR...
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Other events - week 42
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In Canada, G5, Emile Hudd (born 2000) won his first round match: R1: Emile HUDD (GBR) [7] 6-1 6-1 Dickson ZHUANG (CAN) In Sri Lanka (G5), the two 2001 girls got drawn against seeds straight off, and posted decent scores but couldn't get the wins: R1: Da Ye KIM (KOR) [4] 7-5 6-1 Jonea BACH (G...
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Boys: Chang Thailand ITF Juniors, hard - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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There are a remarkable 4 G2 events this week, with this the weakest. Alexis Canter is trying to take advantage. In the girls draw my attention was drawn (by an unusual flag) to a couple of Nepalese qualifiers, who turn out to be 14 year old twins. If either of them make it to the last 16 it looks like they wil...
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Boys & Girls: 14º Torneo Internacional Junior de Sanxenxo - Viajes Interrías, Spain, hard - Grade 2 (Week 42)
(Preview)
The draw has been made for this G2 though qualifying (involving Max Stewart and Barnaby Smith) has yet to complete. Ewan and Jack get the two Spanish Junior Davis Cup players mentioned in last week's G3 thread (Fokina lost in the final). Nastya gets a tough draw against the world no. 25, finalist in a co...
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Boys & Girls: Riad 21, Morocco - clay - Grade 4 (Week 42)
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A lot of our Spanish based players are here: In the boys: R1: Ryan GASKIN (GBR) 6-1 7-6(6) Ali BOUGHABA (MAR) Tomorrow, Alex Carlos Parker and Harry Butler play. In the girls, we have second seed, Lauryn John-Baptiste, Chelsea Samways (8th seed) and Summer Yardley all taking part. It'll be in...
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Boys & Girls: 8th Kuwait Junior Tournament - hard - Grade 5 (Week 42)
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In the boys: R1: Zeki HOROZ (GBR) [5] 6-0 6-2 Varun VENKAT (USA) Fouad BEHBEHANI (KUW) 6-2 6-3 Julian ROBINSON (GBR) [8] In the girls, we have a couple of the top seeds as Lily Reynolds [4], and Camille Verden Anderson [2] represent British hopes.
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Boys & Girls: Curro Junior, South Africa - hard - Grade 5 (Week 42)
(Preview)
There are several lower ranked events this week with a large UK turnout, including this one in South Africa: BOYS: R1: George LOFFHAGEN (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Aaron COHEN (RSA) Matthew BEECHER (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Christiaan WORST (RSA) Benjamin HEYNOLD (GBR) 6-1 6-3 Werner BOTHA (RSA) Alex ZU...
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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)
(Preview)
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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