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Girls: Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships, Japan, hard: Grade A (Week 43)
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Emily Arbuthnott has joined the quintet in Japan, and needs to do well here as she was a quarter-finalist last year. Katie Swan has a tough draw against the girl who beat her in the G2 final, as does Jasmine Asghar, playing a strong Aussie R1 (L64) Jodie Anna Burrage v (LL) Sakura Yonehara (JPN) Anastasi...
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DavidC
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22
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2463
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Boys: MTV Total Junior Cup, Finland, hard (indoor): Grade 4 (Week 43)
(Preview)
Piers Foley has made the semis of this grade 4, beating the third seed today. Quarter-finals:Piers FOLEY [8] def. Aaro POLLANEN [3] 6-2 6-3
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Coup Droit
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3
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569
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Boys & Girls: 13th Torneo Internacional Junior de Sanxenxo, Spain, hard - Grade 3 (Week 43)
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The last of the Spanish G3s with Jonathan Gray looking to back up his final last week. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Edson David Ortiz Tovar (MEX) v (5) Joel Cannell Marcus Walters v (8) Alex De Minaur (AUS) Finn Bass v (Q) Maxime Petel (FRA) (6) Fabian Fallert (GER) v Jonathan Gray Girls R1 (L32) (4) Ema Lazic v Noel...
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DavidC
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7
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1510
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Boys & Girls: Chang Thailand ITF Juniors, hard: Grade 2 (Week 43)
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As well as the Japanese GA there is a G2 in Asia, with 3 Brits Boys R1 (L64) Sebastien Butler v (Q) Daisuke Sumizawa (JPN) Girls R1 (L64) (16) Georgina Axon bye (10) Eden Richardson bye
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DavidC
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7
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1124
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Boys & Girls: 7th Kuwait ITF Junior Tournament , Kuwait - hard: Grade 5 (Week 43)
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Another event with British interest: Boys R1: Louis NEWMAN (GBR) def. Atakan GEZER (TUR) 4-6 6-2 6-2 R1: Sherif MAKHLOUF (EGY) [3] def. Karim NAJIA (GBR) 6-4 6-2 R2: Louis NEWMAN (GBR) 6-4 7-6(5) Mohamed ABOULKASSEM (EGY) [6] Girls: R1: Emily APPLETON (GBR) [1] BYE R2:...
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Coup Droit
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2
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638
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Boys & Girls: ITF 4 Autumn Almere 2014, The Netherlands - Hard, indoor - Grade 4 (Week 43)
(Preview)
There's a large Brit contingent in The Netherlands this week: Boys: Matt Story puts out the top seed in the first round 1st Round Matthew STORY (GBR) 1-6 7-6(3) 6-4 Piotr MATUSZEWSKI (POL) [1] Thomas WRIGHT (GBR) 3-6 6-4 6-0 Ryan NIJBOER (NED) Matej VOCEL (CZE) 6-3 6-4 Calum MAC...
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Coup Droit
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877
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Boys & Girls: SAS Junior ITF 1, South Africa - hard: Grade 5 (Week 43)
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In the boys, Giles Hussey and Jack Burkill both won their first round, but then lost their second match. In the girls: R1: Georgia LAWSON (GBR) [5] 6-1 6-1 Jone KRUGER (RSA) Summer YARDLEY (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Manuela HUCKFELDT (RSA) R2: Georgia LAWSON (GBR) [5] 6-4 6-2 Imaan HASSIM (RS...
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Coup Droit
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3
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713
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Boys & Girls: Riad 21, Morocco - Clay - Grade 4 (Week 43)
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Another G4 with a large British contingent: BOYS: 1st Round Barnaby SMITH (GBR) [6] 6-1 6-2 Mohamed Zakaria KHALIL (MAR) Jack MOLLOY (GBR) 6-0 6-1 Karim KHADDARI (MAR) Damian RODRIGUEZ (GBR) 6-4 6-1 Ayoub RHOUT (MAR) Dominic WEST (GBR) 6-3 6-0 Youssef SLIGHOUA (MAR) 1...
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Coup Droit
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531
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Boys: Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships, Japan, hard: Grade A (Week 43)
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Any win would be an improvement on last week. Alexis and possibly Danny appear to have reasonable draws to do that, but would probably play the top two seeds in round 2 if they win. R1 (L64) (WC) Shinji Hazawa (JPN) v Alexis Canter (GBR) (15) Yusuke Takahashi (JPN) v Jay Clarke (GBR) Naoto Kai (JPN) v Da...
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DavidC
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6
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1351
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Boys & Girls: 3rd Torneo Int. Junior, Spain - Hard - Grade 3 (Week 42)
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Lots of Brits here, with mixed results so far: BOYS: R1: Marcus Walter lost to (1) Casper Ruud (NOR) 7-6(4) 6-4 R1: Max Stewart lost to Alxander Erler (AUT) 5-7 6-4 6-2 R1: Finn Bass defeated (7) Alexander Ovcharov (RUS) 6-4 7-5 R1: Jonathan Gray v (8) Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) R1: (3) Joel Ca...
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Coup Droit
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1081
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Boys & Girls: Widjojo Soejono MNC GROUP PELINDO, Indonesia, hard - Grade 4 (Week 42)
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Jack MacFarlane looks for another title here, whilst Georgie Axon has taken over top seed from the unfortunate Holly Hutchinson, who has had to return to London on crutches (ankle) Boys R1 (L64) (4) Jack MacFarlane v Fauzy Ihza Purwantoko (INA) Obert Mulyadi (INA) v (WC) Alastair Gray Girls R1 (L 32...
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DavidC
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8
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1261
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Girls: Dunlop Srixon Japan Open Junior Championships, carpet - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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Katie Swan has flown over from the States after a disappointing tournament there to head a field including 4 other British seeds R1 (L64) (1) Katie Swan bye (14) Anastasia Mikheeva bye (13) Jasmine Amber Asghar bye (11) Emily Smith bye (16) Jodie Anna Burrage bye
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DavidC
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11
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1108
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Boys & Girls: 24th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup, Malaysia, hard - Grade 3 (Week 42)
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Sebastien Butler and Eden Richardson tackle a G3 here before moving to Thailand for a G2 Boys R1 (L64) (15) Sebastien Butler bye Girls R2 (L32) Makoto Ohara (JPN) v (5) Eden Richardson
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DavidC
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5
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704
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Boys: Dunlop Srixon Japan Open Junior Championships, carpet - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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Three British boys here in preparation for next week's GA, all paired with home opposition as was inevitable from the entry list. R1 (L64) Shohei Chikami (JPN) v Alexis Canter Kennosuke Nouchi (JPN) v Daniel Bennett Jay Clarke v Yosuke Watanuki (JPN)
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DavidC
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825
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Boys & Girls AGS2 International Junior Championships, Indonesia, hard - Grade 4 (Week 41)
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Girls R1 Ellie-Rose Griffiths 1365 bt Diandra Berliana (INA) 2073 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 R2 Georgie Axon (3) 315 v Irma Elita Evania (INA) UNR Holly Hutchinson (1) 219 v Oxi Gravitas Putri (INA) UNR Ellie-Rose Griffiths v Watsachol Sawasdee (14) (THA) 1066 Boys R1 Alastair Gray UNR bt Amarif Abimanyu (IN...
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The Optimist
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Boys & Girls: Sanchez-Casal Junior Cup, Spain, clay - Grade 3 (Week 41)
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Several wildcards for Spanish based Brits here, including Francesca Jones, returning from the under 14 Masters Boys R1 (L32) Artem Dubrivnyy (RUS) v (5) Joel Cannell (GBR) (Q/LL) v (WC) Max Benaim (GBR) Jonathan Gray (GBR) v (Q/LL) (Q/LL) v Marcus Walters (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Alice McGinty (GB...
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DavidC
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1233
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Week 41 - Other Results Round-up
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In the Grade 4 tournament, in Latvia, Mason Recci (4) has won two rounds, and made the quarter-finals. In the Grade 4 tournament in Tunisia, Lawrence Perrin (4) has also made the quarters. Perrin and Spanish partner play the all GB pair, Dominic West and Jeremy Gschwendtner (too many consonants in t...
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Coup Droit
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Boys: Hong Kong Open Junior Tennis Championships, hard - Grade 2 (Week 41)
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Jay Clarke is the advance party for the high grade Asian tournaments, but faces a tricky looking match R1 (L32) (7) Kenneth Raisma (EST) v Jay Clarke (GBR)
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DavidC
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4
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577
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Girls: Pan American ITF, hard - Grade B1 (Week 41)
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In spring Katie Swan snuck into the closed Easter Bowl and nearly came away with the trophy. She is again the lone European, hoping to go one step further this time R1 (L64) (WC) Riley McQuaid (USA) v (4) Katie Swan (GBR)
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DavidC
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11
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938
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Boys & Girls: Tennis Europe U14 Masters, Italy, clay (Week 40)
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At the end of each year Tennis Europe runs a Masters event for the top 8 under 14 and under 16s prepared to take part. Four years ago Josh Sapwell won the under 14s and this year it is Jake Hersey's chance to emulate him. He has a tough draw though against German Nicola Kuhn, who beat him in Les Petits As. Th...
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DavidC
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795
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Boys: Wichita Falls ITF, USA, hard - Grade 4 (Week 40)
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Ryan Storrie moves up to a G4, and if successful in round 1 is likely to come up against a strong seed, who like Ryan, has beaten Nathan Ponwith (a G1 finalist) in a G1 this year. R1 (L64) Ryan James Storrie (GBR) v (Q) William Howells (USA)
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DavidC
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1175
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Boys: Waco ITF, USA, hard - Grade 5 (Week 39)
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It's a quiet spell for our top juniors before many head to the Far East or Spain in October. Of particular interest in the next 2 weeks is Ryan Storrie, who made a spectacular debut at a recent G1 event, and now tackles a couple of lower grade events in the US R1 (L64) Eric Rutledge (USA) v (15) Ryan James Sto...
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DavidC
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1896
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Boys: Solaimaneyah International Junior Championship, Egypt, clay - Grade 2 (Week 38)
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Jonathan Gray has been joined for the second Egyptian G2 by Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, who has qualified comfortably but doesn't have the kindest of draws. Jonathan will probably face last week's nemesis Majed Kilani in round 2 if successful in what appears to be a friendly opener. R1 (L32) (Q) Mohamed Abd...
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DavidC
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670
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Boys & Girls: Herodotou Tennis Academy ITF U18, Cyprus, hard - Grade 4 (Week 37)
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Many of the players in last week's Cyprus Grade 3 have stayed on, though this tournament has been downgraded from a G3 last year (when Jasmine Asghar reached the final) Boys R1 (L32) Karl Friberg (SWE) v (8) Freddie McGeehan (GBR) (3) Alexis Canter (GBR) v Seppe Cuypers (BEL) (6) Emil Saveljev (ISR) v D...
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DavidC
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1387
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Boys: Nike Junior Nationals (U12/U14/U16/U18) - Week 34
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This year's Nationals began today. Last year's runner-up Ryan Peniston is top seed in the under 18s (eligible despite being a '95, as he has not yet turned 19) with Ewan Moore (winner of 2 Irish G5s recently) seeded 3, but promoted to 2 on the withdrawal of Dan Little. The under 14s is a strong event with...
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DavidC
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2567
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