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Girls: European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
(Preview)
The same fate befell the under 14 girls (Francesca jones, Eliz Maloney and Ali Collins) as the boys. A worst possible draw of underranked Spain on clay kiboshed their hopes of reaching the World Junior finals . A 2-1 defeat was followed by an easy 2-0 win over Denmark to finish third in their group. The o...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: Luxembourg Outdoor Junior Open, clay - Grade 4 (Week 32)
(Preview)
A large British contingent here Boys R1 (L32) (1) Louis Tessa (FRA) d. Thomas Wright (GBR) 6-2 6-4 (5) Jonathan Gray (GBR) d. (Q) Loic Cloes (BEL) 6-2 6-2 Barnaby Smith (GBR) d. (WC) Raphael Calzi (LUX) 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2 (8) Piers Foley (GBR) d. (Q) Chase Burton (USA) 6-4 6-2 Lucas Taylor (GBR) d. Mathieu Sc...
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DavidC
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859
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Boys and Girls - Week 32: Other news round-up
(Preview)
At the Grade 3 event in Uzbekistan, Holly Hutchinson, seeded 7th, is through to the semi-finals of the singles.QuarterfinalHolly HUTCHINSON (GBR) [7] 6-2 6-3 Hsiang-Wen HUANG (TPE) Holly and Georgina Axon are also through to the final of the doubles:SemifinalGeorgina AXON (GBR) / Holl...
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Boys & Girls: NBU Cup - Uzbekistan - Clay - Grade 3: Week 32
(Preview)
Not sure what the rules are about starting a tournament thread, but have just noticed we have 4 of our better juniors in this event Girls R1 En-pei Huang (6) (TPE 250) d Georgie Axon (325) 6-3, 6-0 Holly Hutchinson (7) (259) d Guzal Yusupova (UZB 1070) 6-2, 6-1 R2 Holly d Anastasia Tsyganova (RUS 496) 6-0...
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The Optimist
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Boys: European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
(Preview)
The first of the European Summer Cups has started - and unfortunately finished - for our under 14 squad. They were unfortunate to draw Spain in qualifying, whose players are usually underranked, because they don't play many Tennis Europe events. The team of Jake Hersey, Jack Draper and Aidan McHug...
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DavidC
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1076
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Boys & Girls: Belfast City ITF Junior Tournament, carpet - Grade 5 (Week 31)
(Preview)
Belated congratulations to Ewan Moore, who came away with all 4 titles from the Irish G5s. In the absence of Emily Appleton there was no British representation in the later stages of the girls events this week - Holly Horsfall and Ellie-Rose Griffiths reaching the quarters. Boys SF Ewan Moore d. (2) L...
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DavidC
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541
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Boys & Girls: U18 European Junior Championships, Klosters, Switzerland, clay - Grade B1 (Week 30)
(Preview)
No sign of the draw yet, but Joel Cannell, Joshua Sapwell, Emily Arbuthnott and Freya Christie were originally nominated. Unfortunately Josh has had to withdraw, having been unable to recover from the illness which hospitalised him before the Frinton futures, though he expects to be part of the U1...
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DavidC
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Girls: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland, carpet - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
Emily Appleton is the highest ranked of the 9 Brits in the main draw, who all tackle home players. R1 (L32) (Q) Summer Yardley (GBR) v Emily Beatty (IRL) Alice Gillan (GBR) v (WC) Eimear Maher (IRL) (Q) Annie McCullough (IRL) v (7) Donia Abdel-Aziz (GBR) (3) Emily Appleton (GBR) v (WC) Laura FitzGerald...
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DavidC
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Boys: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland, carpet - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100031750
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: U14 European Junior Championships, Pilzen, Czech Republic, clay (Week 30)
(Preview)
We have a strong quartet in the Czech Republic for the under 14s European Championships. Kyle Edmund reached the final in 2009 Boys R2 (L64) Jack Draper (GBR) v Kirill Yarmoshuk (BLR) Andreja Petrovic (NOR) v Jake Hersey (GBR) Girls R1 (L128) Arabella Koller (AUT) v Ali Collins (GBR) (11) Francesca J...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: U16 European Junior Championships, Moscow, Russia, clay (Week 30)
(Preview)
The under 16 European Junior Championships take place as usual in Moscow. Most participants get first round byes, but three of our four representatives play, with Marcus Walters having the novelty of an opponent from Andorra. Boys R1 (L128) Eric Cervos Noguer (AND) v Marcus Walters (GBR) Irakli Me...
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DavidC
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Girls: Nike Junior International Queenswood, clay - Grade 4 (Week 29)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100031771
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DavidC
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Boys: Nike Junior International Queenswood, clay - Grade 4 (Week 29)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100031771
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: 19th Wilson - Tivoli Trophy, Romania, clay - Grade 3 (Week 29)
(Preview)
A strong group of Brits, including Anastasia Mikheeva and Jodie Burrage here. Max Stewart needs to scalp a former top 100 player and top seed to progress Boys R1 (L32) (1) Dominik Stary (CZE) v Max Stewart (GBR) (LL) David Pata (ROU) v Jay Clarke (GBR) Marcus Walters (GBR) v Akos Kotorman (HUN) Girls R1...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: Simacek ITF Junior Open Linz, Austria, clay - Grade 1 (Week 29)
(Preview)
A number of British seeds here, including Maia Lumsden who has managed to snaffle a wildcard. Anna Brogan would have to tackle the top seed if she wins her round 1 encounter. Boys R1 (L64) (11) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) v Bjorn Thomson (IRL) Girls R1 (L64) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Mayuka Aikawa (JPN) (7) Gab...
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DavidC
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Boys: Nike Junior International Edinburgh, clay - Grade 5 (Week 28)
(Preview)
As usual Edinburgh hosts a Grade 5 at this time of year, which gives an opportunity for young teenagers to make a mark. Half of the first round was played today, including a win for Jake Hersey, who is our top ranked under 14 in the Tennis Europe rankings. Another 14 year old, Jack Molloy, was among the...
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DavidC
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Girls: Nike Junior International Edinburgh, clay - Grade 5 (Week 28)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamenti...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: Justine Henin Junior Cup, Belgium, clay - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Justine Henin's club hosts a G4 event with 4 of the top seeds from Britain, plus week 27 finalist Charles Broom Boys R1 (L64) (1) Joel Cannell (GBR) bye (3) Luke Oakley (GBR) bye (SE) Charles Broom (GBR) v (WC) Loic Cloes (BEL) (2) Alexis Canter (GBR) bye Girls R1 (L64) (2) Eden Richardson (GBR) bye -- Edi...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: Allianz Kundler German Juniors, clay - Grade 1 (Week 28)
(Preview)
http://www.tennisscores.de/livescore/itfjun/livescorer.html
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DavidC
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Boys: Wimbledon 2014, grass - Grade A (Weeks 26/27)
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(Preview)
Several boys made it into qualifying eventually as the cut-off dropped, though all will have to beat a seed to reach final qualifying. It would appear that Alex Sendegeya, Rhett Purcell, Josh Sapwell, Julian Cash, Joel Cannell and Jamie Malik have main draw wildcards QR1 (WC) Marcus Walters v (12) A...
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DavidC
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Girls: Wimbledon 2014, grass - Grade A (Weeks 26/27)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 8
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(Preview)
Unusually we have a seed in qualifying (normally all British players ranked that high get main draw wildcards). In this case it is Emily Smith, who withdrew a few days ago and so needed a wildcard for qualifying. Her section (with Lana Rush) and the one including Jasmine Asghar plus Anna Brogan presen...
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Boys: HEAD Cup Bruchköbel, Germany, clay - Grade 4 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Charles Broom is having a great tournament here, reaching his maiden ITF final R1 (L64) Charles Broom (GBR) d. (WC) Niklas Fischer (GER) 6-2 6-1 R2 Charles Broom (GBR) d. (Q) Lucas Hellfritsch (GER) 6-2 3-6 6-1 R3 Charles Broom (GBR) d. (5) Joel Vincent Link (GER) 6-4 6-4 QF Charles Broom (GBR) d. Lucas...
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DavidC
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Boys: Oceana Open Junior Championships, Fiji, hard - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Piers Foley got knocked out in the third round but Luke Hammond is through to the semis, and together the boys have made the doubles final: Singles: QF: Luke HAMMOND (GBR) 6-0 6-4 Edwyn RAMOS (AUS) SF: Luke HAMMOND (GBR) v Jack WONG (HKG) [1] Doubles: Semi-Final: Piers FOLEY (GBR) / Luke H...
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Boys & Girls: Biesterbos Open, Netherlands, clay - Grade 2 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Apart from Wimbledon there are a couple of Grade 2s this week Boys R1 (L64) (LL) Nikola Aleksic (SRB) v Luke Oakley (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (LL) Julia Rosenqvist (SWE) v Georgina Axon (GBR)
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DavidC
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Boys and Girls: Week 26: Other news round-up
(Preview)
Although all the main attention is on Roehampton this week, there are quite a few lower ranked ITF tournaments happening this week with young Brits playing, some going very well and some not so well(!), but it seems more efficient to group them together: Tunisia, Grade 4 All three lads came through t...
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