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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after his good run last week, is still listed on the acceptance list here but not in the draw so presumably has withdrawn.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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Boys & Girls: Canadian Open Junior Championships, hard - Grade 1 (Week 35)
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Katie Swan returns to action for this US Open warm-up event. Both boys have relatively friendly round 1 draws but Ryan will meet second seed Yunseong Chung if successful. Boys R1 (L64) (WC) Elijah Ogilvy (CAN) v Alexis Canter Ryan James Storrie v (LL) Sami Kirberg (USA) Girls R1 (L64) (1) Katie Swan by...
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Other events - week 35
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Re the other events around the world (with GB interest): In the G5 in Bucharest: R1: Max BENAIM (GBR) [4] 6-4 7-6(2) Andrei ALEXANDRESCU (ROU) Tudor DIACONU (ROU) 7-6(3) 7-6(3) Zeki HOROZ (GBR) the boys, playing together, won their first round doubles match too In Argentina (G5), a...
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Boys & Girls: ITF International 2015 , Serbia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 35)
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A disappointing loss today for Ewan Moore, but a good win for Charles Broom and Ema Lazic also progressed Boys R1 (L32) Charles Broom d. (4) Alexander Ovcharov (RUS) 7-5 6-3 Bojan Jankulovski (MKD) d. (3) Ewan Moore7-5 6-2 R2 Charles Broom v Michiel De Krom (NED) Girls R1 (L32) (4) Ema Lazic d. (WC) Olga...
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Boys & Girls: Aphrodite Cup, Cyprus, hard - Grade 3 (Week 35)
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A large British contingent includes the top 3 boys seeds Boys R1 (L32) (1) Lawrence Perrin v Nikita Parfenov (RUS) Louis Newman v (8) Alexandros Skorilas (GRE) (WC) Panagiotis Nearchou (CYP) v Luke Purser Luis Erlenbusch (GER) v (3) Ben Draper (7) Mykyta Mashtakov (UKR) v Daniel Bennett Alexander A...
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Boys: Solymania ITF Junior Tournament, Egypt, clay - Grade 2 (Week 35)
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A surfeit of top junior events this week (1 G1 and 3 G2s) making for relatively weak draws. Jay Clarke hopes to take advantage of this one. R1 (L32) Mohamed Aboulkassem (EGY) v (2) Jay Clarke
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Boys & Girls: Moser Czech Junior Open, clay - Grade 2 (Week 35)
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Another weak G2 sees a raft of British seeds Boys R1 (L64) (10) Finn Bass bye (14) Alastair Gray bye Girls R1 (L64) (9) Francesca Jones bye (4) Jodie Anna Burrage bye (3) Georgina Axon bye
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Other events - week 34
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There are a lot of low-ranked ITF events this week, with one or two GB representatives taking pary. The French G4 will have a thread of its own as there are several players, especially girls, there. And, of course, the big events in Hungary and, in particular, North America... But for the rest: In the G...
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Boys & Girls: Hungarian Open, clay - Grade 2 (Week 34)
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A second Hungarian G2 - apart from the 7 in the main draw Finn Bass lost in qualifying Boys R1 (L32) (4) Ewan Moore v Zsombor Piros (HUN) Charles Broom v (Q) Marcell Bartakovics (HUN) Girls R1 (L32) Jodie Anna Burrage v (Q) Alexandra Pisareva (UKR) (WC) Csenge Furak (HUN) v (7) Ema Lazic Anastasia Mikhee...
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Boys & Girls: Prince George’s County International Hard Court Junior Tennis Championship, hard, USA - Grade 1 (Week 34)
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There are two hardcourt G1 events before the US Open - this being the first. Katie Swan and Emily Arbuthnott are scheduled for the Canadian G1 starting on Sunday. Boys R1 (L64) Gianni Ross (USA) v Alexis Canter Vasil Kirkov (USA) v Ryan James Storrie Girls R1 (L64) (WC) Hailey Baptiste (USA) v (8) Maia L...
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Boys & Girls: Tournoi Int. de Clermont-Ferrand, France, clay - Grade 4 (Week 34)
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Two of our recent National champions taking part here, Gemma (U14 champ) and Lauryn (U18 champ). With the French national championships having taken part this summer too (two separate sessions, as it's juniors, and seniors, and series championships). SO: Lauryn, GB U18 champ, has drawn Mylene Ha...
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Boys & Girls: ITF Sweden Junior Open, Sweden, clay - Grade 5 (Week 34)
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Victoria Allen, age 14, got her first ITF points in style  R1: Victoria ALLEN (GBR) 6-0 6-0 Nelly BRANNHOLM (SWE) Julian Robinson lost his match though. Andrew Rozanov and Matt Clegg got byes through to R2.
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Junior Nationals
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I know that this has been discussed ad nauseum before (but what the heck). The 18s nationals entry list for girls is once again very weak. There are plenty of arguments against it (again, I know) but why not experiment and give the winner a main draw wildcard into Wimbledon? I accept it is 10 months away...
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