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Boys & Girls: 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open, hard - Grade 4 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Finn Bass plays his first ITF of the year Boys R1 (L32) (3) Finn Bass v Karim Abdel Raouf (EGY) (7) Lawrence Perrin v Vlad Andrei Darcu (ROU) Girls R1 (L32) (3) Hana Mortagy (EGY) v Lily Reynolds (7) Donia Abdel-Aziz v Sonia Sualehe (POR)
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DavidC
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6
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1261
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Girls: Panama Bowl, clay - Grade 4 (Week 11)
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The girls move over from Costa Rica to Panama, with Fran Jones copping a tough draw against a player who beat last week's winner in her last tournament R1 (L32) (1) Emily Appleton v Julia Goldberg (USA) (4) Amanda Meyer (USA) v Francesca Jones Eliz Maloney v (3) Carla Hassaine (FRA) (6) Ali Collins v Eug...
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DavidC
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20
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1856
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Boys & Girls: 1st Qatar ITF Junior Open 2015, Qatar, Hard - Grade 5 (Week 11)
(Preview)
Lawrence and Donia through to the quarters Boys: R1: Lawrence PERRIN (GBR) [5] 6-0 6-0 Omar JUFAIRI (QAT) R2: Lawrence PERRIN (GBR) [5] 6-4 3-6 7-5 Yan BONDAREVSKIY (RUS) Girls: R1: Donia ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR) [3] 6-1 6-1 Adelaida ALLAKHVERDIYEVA (KAZ) R1: Lily REYNOLDS (GBR) ...
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Coup Droit
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2
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864
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Girls: Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay - Grade A (Week 11)
(Preview)
The culmination of the COSAT Circuit sees Maia Lumsden again in the same section as Alexandra Sanford. To reach that stage she first needs to get past an Argentinian in the top 200 R1 (L64) Agostina Zamprogno (ARG) v (5) Maia Lumsden
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14
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1415
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Boys & Girls: 35th Tashkent ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan, hard - Grade 2 (Week 11)
(Preview)
A quartet of Brits in the Uzbek capital for a fairly weak G2, all with decent opening draws seemingly (Alexis's opponent has reached a couple of G4 semis this year) Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Ahad Ermatov (UZB) v Jack MacFarlane Sanetulla Kutybaev (UZB) v (3) Alexis Canter Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Valeriya Vorobyov...
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8
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1083
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Boys & Girls: 31. Perin Memorial, Croatia, clay - Grade 1 (Week 11)
(Preview)
The Perin Memorial started today, with a strong performance from Joel Cannell. Jay Clarke has drawn the very short straw of Swedish star and top seed Mikael Ymer Boys R1 (L64) (1) Mikael Ymer (SWE) v Jay Clarke Joel Cannell d. Valentin Guenther (GER) 6-2 6-1 Girls R1 (L64) (4) Aleksandra Pospelova (RU...
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1
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468
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Girls: Costa Rica Bowl, hard - Grade 3 (Week 10)
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(Preview)
Emily Appleton is seeded in the same quarter as the top seed Helen Altick R1 (L32) (Q) Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA) v (5) Emily Appleton
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16
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2174
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Girls: Banana Bowl, Brazil, clay - Grade 1 (Week 10)
(Preview)
A stronger G1 this week, so Maia Lumsden drops from top to fifth seed R1 (L64) (5) Maia Lumsden bye
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DavidC
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14
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1385
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Boys : ITF Kramfors Junior Challenge, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Jake Hersey plays in the second Swedish G4, though Chelsea Samways and Ellie-Rose Griffiths were late withdrawals. Jake could meet Rudolf Molleker in round 2, who beat Jake en route to the European under 14 title last summer Boys R1 (L32) Jeremy Gschwendtner v (LL) Sean Zachory Ellingsen (DEN) Jake...
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DavidC
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579
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Girls: 35th Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay, clay - Grade 1 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Maia Lumsden is top seed hoping to take advantage of a weak G1 as the COSAT circuit enters its final stages, culminating in the Brazilian GA R1 (L64) (1) Maia Lumsden bye
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DavidC
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12
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1312
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Boys & Girls: ITF High Coast Junior World Ranking Tournament, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Success for Ellie-Rose Griffiths in her opener here would potentially lead to a crack at the top seed. Boys R1 (L32) Jeremy Gschwendtner v Kristian Prior (SWE) Girls R1 (L32) Q/LL v Ellie-Rose Griffiths (5) Chelsea May Samways v Jeanne Sapin (FRA)
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4
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775
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Boys & Girls: Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup, Lithuania, hard - Grade 2 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Two of Joel Cannell's rivals for top-ranked Brit are in action here, with Alexis Canter facing the challenge of overcoming the fourth seed. Ema Lazic plays someone show should be very familiar with regular followers of the junior circuit this year - and Ema will be looking to continue the sequence of...
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8
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1127
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Girls: 2015 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U16/U14/U12)
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(Preview)
A strong under 12 team, led by Holly Fischer, who did well at the Orange Bowl and Bolton Teen Tennis, has stormed into the finals to be held at Sunderland in 2 weeks time. The team (Holly, Kylie Bilchev and Andrea Pineda) has posted 3-0 wins over the Slovak Republic and Estonia, not conceding a set, and pl...
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DavidC
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6308
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Boys: 2015 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U16/U14/U12)
(Preview)
The season of Winter Cups is underway with our under 12s qualifying today for their final in 2 weeks time. The team of Derrick Chen, Jack Pinnington-Jones and William Nolan beat Turkey 3-0 and Ukraine 2-1, so play Denmark tomorrow for seeding rights in the final in 2 weeks time. The under 14/under 16 qu...
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DavidC
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14
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2766
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Boys & Girls: Porsche Gjovik Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Jack Molloy is second seed here, hoping to bag a second singles title of this year Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Valdemar Holm (SWE) v (6) Ben Draper (4) Barnaby Smith v Maxence Broville (FRA) Louis Newman v Sebastian Mermersky (USA) David Norfeldt (SWE) v Damian Rodriguez (WC) Johannes Foss Abramsen (NOR) v (2) J...
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DavidC
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13
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1746
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Boys & Girls: 25th Bavarian Junior Championships , Germany, carpet - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Eden Richardson, Emily Appleton, Megan Davies and Lauryn John-Baptiste are on the acceptance list for the girls event which has one fewer round Boys R1 (L64) James Davis v (Q) Adrian Oetzbach (GER) (8) Lucas Taylor bye
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10
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1223
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Boys & Girls: Almere, Netherlands - hard - Grade 4 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Lots of British interest here too: Dominic unfortunately had to retire but Jeremy lost in the final Q round but made it in as a LL and then took full advantage of a nice draw: R1: (Q) Jeremy GSCHWENDTNER (GBR) 6-3 6-3 (WC) Ronetto VAN TILBURG (NED) R1: Lukas VEJVARA (CZE) [1] 7-6(2) 4-1 Retired ...
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Boys & Girls: Copenhagen Winter Cup, Denmark, hard - Grade 4 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Two of our top 2000s Ali Collins and Francesca Jones are playing here Boys R1 (L32) Philip Hjorth (DEN) v (Q) Louis Newman Ben Draper v (Q) Maximilian Gatev (SUI) Girls R1 (L32) Camille Verden Anderson v (8) Lillian Gabrielsen (NOR) Linnea Bjork (SWE) v Francesca Jones (Q) Hanna Wikberg (SWE) v Ali Col...
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10
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1471
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Boys & Girls: Trofeul D.Sturdza, Moldova, hard - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Anastasia Mikheeva was a late withdrawal here. OOP and a live stream is available via http://www.sturdzacup.md/ Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Maxim Budat (MDA) d. Jack MacFarlane 6-3 5-7 6-2 Charles Broom d. Cagatay Sami Soke (TUR) 4-6 6-3 6-3 R2 (6) Pavel Motl (CZE) v Charles Broom Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Vlada Med...
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4
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797
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Boys: NZ ITF Summer Championship Auckland, New Zealand - hard - Grade 3 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Despite not much success in the lower tiered NZ tournaments in the last couple of weeks, Alastair seems to have peaked nicely for the Grade 3 one R1: Alastair GRAY (GBR) 4-6 7-5 6-3 Mayez Jupiter ELRICH (AUS) [15] R2: Alastair GRAY (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Kazuki SHIMIZU (JPN) R3: Alastair GRAY (GB...
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532
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Boys & Girls: Mediterranee Avenir- Casablanca, Morocco, clay - Grade 1 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Plenty of British interest in the last of the big North African events. Joel's first opponent had a good record on clay towards the end of 2014 (semis or better of 4 consecutive G2-G4 events) Boys R1 (L64) Riccardo Roberto (ITA) v Joel Cannell Lukas Klein (SVK) v Jonathan Gray Girls R1 (L64) Lily Reynol...
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5
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952
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Boys & Girls: 2nd Hammamet ITF Juniors Tournament, Tunisia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 5)
(Preview)
Jonathan Gray and Joel Cannell are in Tunisia for the second G2, joining Holly Hutchinson. Although seeded Joel has a fairly tough draw. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Mohamed Oualha (TUN) v Jonathan Gray (7) Joel Cannell v Alberto Romero De Avila Senise (ESP) Girls R1 (L32) Holly Hutchinson v Chiraz Bechri (TU...
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DavidC
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6
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1439
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Other tournaments - Week 5
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In Nairobi, G5, Jack Molloy couldn't keep that winning feeling, and lost his first round match to an Italian qualifier (what a difference a week makes . .. ) Both he and Bradley Stoneham are in R2 of the doubles, though (not together) In the G4 in New Zealand, no joy for Alistair Gray. In the Swiss G4, Lu...
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Boys: ITF East Africa U18 , clay - Grade 4 (Week 4)
(Preview)
A couple of different names, and second seed Jack Molloy, in action here: Two victories and a bye - a good first round :) R1: Karim NAJIA (GBR), age 14 6-4 7-6(5) Kobe VANDELANOTTE (BEL) R1: Bradley STONEHAM (GBR), age 16 6-4 5-7 6-4 Youcef RIHANE (ALG) R1: (2) Jack MOLLOY, age 15 - BYE
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1093
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Girls: 2015 Australian Open, hard - Grade A (Week 4)
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(Preview)
The draw for the Australian Open places Katie Swan in the same section as top seed Shilin Xu, but she has a decent draw in the opening round (Jade Lewis did scalp a top 50 player last week though). Maia Lumsden faces the tricky prospect of home hope Kimberly Birrell, a semi-finalist here last year and fin...
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