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Girls: Copa Sultana-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, hard - Grade 5 (Week 13)
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After a semifinal and final Anna Brogan looks to go one better this week R1 (L32) (1) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Alyssa Mayo (USA)
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Boys & Girls: Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay - Grade A (Week 13)
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/campeonato-internacional-juvenil-de-tenis-de-porto-alegre
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Boys & Girls: 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open, hard - Grade 4 (Week 13)
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A British invasion here, with 5 of the boys' seeds, including the top 3 Boys R1 (L32) (1) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v (Q) Filip Duda (CZE) Finn Bass (GBR) v Robert Wrzesinski (LTU) (4) Ghassan Alansi (YEM) v Jonathan Grey (GBR) (Q) Omar Elkadi (EGY) v (6) Charlie Ridout (GBR) (7) Piers Farhang (GBR) v Ashkan S...
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Ciutat de Vinaros, Spain, clay - Grade 2 (Week 13)
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Izzy Wallace is one of three Brits here, in the start of three high-grade Spanish events, presumably looking for points to get her into the Roland Garros main draw. Boys R1 (L32) Joel Cannell (GBR) v Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) (Q) Raul Brancaccio (ITA) v Aswin Lizen (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Mathilde Ar...
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Boys & Girls: 30th Perin Memorial, Croatia, clay - Grade 1 (Week 13)
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Two Brits here - Mirabelle Njoze has a good first round draw but Andrew Watson is up against it - firstly against a player with a 15-3 record this year, and if successful the top seed is likely to be next. Boys R1 (L64) Fabian Fallert (GER) v Andrew Watson (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) Mirabelle Njoze (GBR) v (WC) An...
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Boys & Girls: 25th Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior Championships, Philippines, hard - Grade 1 (Week 12)
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The final week of the south-east Asian swing sees Katie Boulter as top seed in the absence of Shilin Xu. Freya Christie is seeded to meet the player who beat her at the Australian Open in round 3 Boys R1 (L64) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) v (WC) Marcen Angelo Gonzales (PHI) Rhett Purcell (GBR) v (Q) Chao-Ting Hsi...
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Boys & Girls: Costa Rica Bowl, hard - Grade 3 (Week 12)
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Anna Brogan meets the player who beat her in a final set tiebreak in Orange Bowl qualifying, towards the start of her comeback last year. Boys R1 (L32) Stephen Madonia (USA) v Stefan Cooper (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (8) Claudia Wiktorin (USA) v Anna Brogan (GBR) -- Edited by DavidC on Monday 17th of March 201...
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Boys: 34th Tashkent ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan, hard - Grade 2 (Week 12)
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Shamael Chaudhry is currently on a 15 match winning streak in ITFs following 3 Grade 5 titles at the back end of last year. Here he steps up to a Grade 2, with a nice opening draw against a 14 year old qualifier. R1 (L32) (Q) Azizhon Turgonov (UZB) v Shamael Chaudhry (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: 44th Banana Bowl, Brazil, clay - Grade 1 (Week 12)
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Gabi Taylor joins Alex Sendegeya for the last two tournaments of the COSAT circuit, but is drawn in a tough section, with top seed Fiona Ferro her opponent if she wins her opener - which is not straightforward either, as her Chilean opponent reached the semifinals of one of the earlier G2s Boys R1 (L64)...
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Girls: Copa Universidad Galileo, Guatemala, hard - Grade 4 (Week 11)
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Anna Brogan has dropped back to a G4 as she continues to rebuild following a lengthy absence last year. So far so good here, though an ex top 100 player bars her path to the final R1 (L32) (3) Anna Brogan (GBR) d. Mishelle Cordero Lopez (GUA) 6-0 6-2 R2 (3) Anna Brogan (GBR) d. Arisha Ladhani (CAN) 6-1 6-2 QF...
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Boys & Girls: Open Super Auray, France, acrylic - under 12 (Week 11)
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Four years ago Maia Lumsden won this prestigious under 12 event, and in the week she made a major step in the under 18s this tournament again sees British representation in the final stages. Holly Fischer, Indianna Spink, Benjamin Heynold, Johannus Monday and Jack Pinnington Jones all lost in the ea...
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Boys & Girls: 23rd Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup, Malaysia, hard - Grade 1 (Week 11)
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A second chance for Katie Boulter and Freya Christie to win a G1 title, but in a stronger field headed by Shilin Xu (WTA 553/JWR 9 ), who beat Jo Konta earlier in the season. It's a 48 draw, which helps our boys avoid seeds unlike last week. Boys R1 (L64) Andrew Li Hei Yin (HKG) v Lewis Roskilly (GBR) Rhett Pu...
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Boys: 34th Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay, clay - Grade 1 (Week 11)
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The COSAT circuit enters its final straight with a couple of G1s before the Brazilian GA. Alex Sendegeya joins this week, and has won encouragingly this afternoon against a South American of similar rank, who was a semifinalist in the G2 last week. His reward is a crack at the Japanese 4th seed, ranked...
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Boys & Girls: NWU PUK/RVTA ITF 2, South Africa, Hard - Grade 2 (Week 11)
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The second week of G2s in South Africa sees Maia Lumsden with the toughest draw seemingly, a chance to avenge last week's defeat by the eventual runner-up. Rob Smith is blogging, mainly focusing on Ben Stride's preparation, at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog Ben has a much better draw tha...
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Boys: ITF Kramfors Junior Challenge, Sweden, clay - Grade 4 (Week 11)
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The final week of Scandinavian tournaments for Max Stewart et al, with all 3 boys avoiding seeds R1 (L32) Daniel Bennett (GBR) v (LL) Lukas Uney (SWE) Thomas Wright (GBR) v (WC) Max Lindqvist (SWE) Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (AUS) v Max Stewart (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: Chang Thailand ITF Juniors, hard - Grade 1 (Week 10)
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After a tough 2 weeks in Thailand playing $10K events, ending up by drawing the top seed, Katie Boulter becomes the hunted top seed here. She has a lot of points to defend in the next few weeks, having reached a couple of G1 finals in the 2013 Asian swing, plus winning a G2 in Spain. She opens against a 14 yea...
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Boys & Girls: NWU PUK/RVTA ITF 1, South Africa, Hard - Grade 2 (Week 10)
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There are 2 weeks of G2s in South Africa, with a strong British contingent, especially on the girls' side. Rob Smith is blogging at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog adding a lot of colour to proceedings. Boys R1 (L32) Jay Clarke (GBR) v Kris Van Wyk (RSA) Ben Stride (GBR) v (3) David Poljak (CZE...
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Boys & Girls: ITF High Coast, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 10)
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Stabekk finalist Dan Bennett and Max Stewart made convincing starts to their next Scandinavian tournament Boys R1 (L32) Max Stewart (GBR) d. Emil Pettersson (SWE) 6-1 6-3 Daniel Bennett (GBR) d. Jasper Akerlund (SWE) 6-0 6-2 Thomas Wright (GBR) v (Q) Filippo Mora (ITA) Girls R1 (L32) Georgia Lawso...
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Boys & Girls: Stabekk Junior International Open , Norway, hard - Grade 5 (Week 9)
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Max Stewart plays his first ITF this year, and is the only Brit facing a seed here, albeit not one with a particularly daunting record. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v (Q) Jacob Eskeland (NOR) Thomas Wright (GBR) v (LL) Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar (NOR) Matteo Martineau (FRA) v Sebastien B...
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Girls: Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup, Lithuania, hard - Grade 2 (Week 9)
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Izzy Wallace is here, presumably searching for points to get back in the top 50 and improve her chance of direct entry into Roland Garros. Her opener looks friendly enough, but she is in the same half as the top seed Anna Kalinskaya, who has already won a G2 this year. R1 (L32) (4) Isabelle Wallace (GBR) v...
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Girls: ITF Oslo Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 8)
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Lots of British interest here in the girls event as well as the boys R1 (L32) (1) Claudia Wiktorin (USA) v Emily Appleton (GBR) Alisa Solovieva (RUS) v (5) Rebecca Smaller (GBR) (4) Eden Richardson (GBR) v (Q) Sille Tranberg (DEN) (WC) Synne Braten (NOR) v Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) Julie Rosenqvist (SW...
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Boys: ITF Oslo Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 8)
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The Brits have come in force to Oslo - so much so that there are more Brits than Norwegians in the main draw, including the top 5 seeds R1 (L32) (1) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v (Q) Vilhelm Fridell (SWE) Freddie McGeehan (GBR) v (WC) Fredrik Moe (NOR) (Q) Finn Bass (GBR) v (7) Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) (4) Ben Str...
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Boys & Girls: ITF 4 Indoor Almere, Netherlands, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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Jay Clarke and Anastasia Mikheeva are seeded here Boys R1 (L32) Benjamin Schweizer (GER) v Marcus Walters (GBR) Thibault Saive (BEL) v Jonathan Gray (GBR) Hugo Schott (FRA) v (4) Jay Clarke (GBR) (Q) Sebastien Fred Morel (LUX) v Sam Rice (GBR) Luke Oakley (GBR) v Eduard Guell Bartrina (ESP) Girls R1 (...
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Girls: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2014 (U12/U14/U16)
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The Winter Cup season started this weekend with the under 12s, who have put in 2 sterling performances to reach the finals in Sheffield in 2 weeks time. After crunching Bulgaria 3-0 they overcame strong resistance from Romania today, the host nation for their qualifying group. Emma Raducanu and I...
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Boys: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2014 (U12/U14/U16)
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Last year the under 12s actually won this event, but there will be no repeat this year. Johannus Monday and Benjamin Heynold both lost 2.5 hour matches to Belarus, so the team are playing for the minor positions. The under 14s and under 16s (the latter including Max Stewart in the nominations) try to qu...
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