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Boys: Belfast City ITF Junior Tournament - Grade 5 (Week 31)
(Preview)
Seven of the eight seeds here are British, looking for a repeat of last week's two titles. The first round pits all 12 Brits against Irish players (forced because half of the players in the draw are Irish) and so far it is 6-3 to Britain R1 (L32) (1) Mason Recci d. Cian Reid (IRL) 6-2 6-2 (WC) Michael Clarks...
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4
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1032
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Girls: Belfast City ITF Junior Tournament - Grade 5 (Week 31)
(Preview)
A new venue for the second Irish Grade 5, moving this year to the Windsor Club in Northern Ireland, home base for top seed and tournament favourite Karola Bejenaru (who duly started with a double bagel today) R1 (L32) Holly Horsfall d. Nicola Drummy (IRL) 5-7 6-2 6-4 (5) Eden Richardson d. (LL) Dearbhi...
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DavidC
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3
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804
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships U14, Plzen, Czech Republic (Week 30)
(Preview)
Of the three sections in the European Championships the under 14 offers the best chance of major progress. Boys R1 (L128) (11) Max Stewart (GBR) bye R2 Amadatus Admiraal (NED) v Finn Bass (GBR) Girls R1 (L128) Rebeka Margareta Mertena (LAT) v Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) R2 Georgina Axon (GBR) v Venla An...
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DavidC
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8
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1652
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Boys: Swiss Junior Trophy - Grade 4 (Week 30)
(Preview)
Earlier in the year Jamie Malik won the indoor Swiss Trophy, and he has returned to claim a title (with Josef Dodridge) in the outdoor version R1 (L64) Joel Vincent Link (GER) d. Jonathan Gray (GBR) 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) R2 Enzo Sommer (SUI) d. (12) Josef Dodridge (GBR) 4-6 6-4 6-4 (4) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) d. (Q...
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DavidC
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0
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758
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Boys: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
This tournament has often been fruitful for Brits, and this time we have the top 6 seeds R1 (L32) (1) Ben Stride v (WC) Eoin McGovern (IRL) Shamael Chaudry v (Q) Manuel Almeida (POR) Robert Leck v (WC) Joseph Mullen (IRL) (3) Sam Rice v (WC) Eoin FitzSimons (IRL) (LL) Luke Maguire (IRL) v Luke Simeone (Q...
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DavidC
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5
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1097
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Girls: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
Edinburgh winner and Newcastle finalist Karola Patricia Bejenaru is top seed here. R1 (L32) (Q) Megan Rogers v Racquel Lyn (USA) Ruth Copas (IRL) v (5) Molly Reed Janine Laabei (IRL) v Georgia Lawson (Q) Emily Appleton v Aubree Ryan-Flynn (IRL) (Q) Anna Bowtell (IRL) v (LL) Meghan Montgomerie Karol...
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DavidC
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8
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1418
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships U18, Klosters, Switzerland - Grade B1 (Week 30)
(Preview)
The warm-up tournaments haven't been particularly encouraging in singles for our 4 representatives, so the best hope for a long run is in doubles. The girls event is headed by the top 4 players in the world rankings. Boys R2 (L64) Mantas Bugailiskis (LTU) v Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) Peter Ashley v Di...
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DavidC
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1064
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships U16, Moscow, Russia (Week 30)
(Preview)
As with all the European Championships age brackets each country (except the host nation) is restricted to nominating 2 players per category - both our highest ranked eligible players (Lana Rush / Joel Cannell) are included Boys R1 (L128) Tim Van Rijthoven (NED) v Jay Clarke (GBR) R2 Joel Cannell (G...
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DavidC
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916
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Boys & Girls: Flower Bulb Tournament, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 29)
(Preview)
A seventh junior title of the week picked up by Andrew Watson in doubles, his second of the year Boys R1 (L64) Shamael Chaudry (GBR) d. (WC) Luuk Wassenaar (NED) 6-2 6-0 (8) Andrew Watson (GBR) Bye R2 (13) Justin Roberts (BAH) d. Shamael Chaudry (GBR) 7-5 6-4 (8) Andrew Watson (GBR) d. Renta Tokuda (IPN)...
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DavidC
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0
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341
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Open Linz, Austria - Grade 1 (Week 29)
(Preview)
Mirabelle Njoze maintains her excellent record of qualifying for top grade events to join four seeded Brits in the main draws. Live scoring is available via a link from the Juniors page of the ITF site Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Zdenek Derkas (CZE) v (8) Evan Hoyt (GBR) (WC) Gregor Hutterer (AUT) v (10) Alexande...
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DavidC
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1445
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Newcastle - Grade 4 (Week 29)
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2013/Aegon%20Junior%20International%20Ne...
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DavidC
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958
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Newcastle - Grade 4 (Week 29)
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Res...
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DavidC
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1376
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Boys & Girls: 18th Wilson - Tivoli Trophy, Romania - Grade 3 (Week 29)
(Preview)
Peter Ashley is third seeded here, joined by Rhett Purcell, who picked up a title in the Netherlands last week, and Maia Lumsden. Boys R1 (L32) Rhett Purcell (GBR) v (WC) Vlad Andrei Dumitru (ROU) (WC) Valentin Vanta (ROU) v (3) Peter Ashley (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Maia Lumsden (GBR) v (7) Raluca Georgia...
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DavidC
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843
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Boys & Girls: Leeuwenbergh ITF 4 Junior Championships, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Georgina Axon looks for her second ITF singles title Boys R2 (L32) Gian Marco Moroni (ITA) v (8) Rhett Purcell (GBR) (15) Sam Rice (GBR) v Niels Kok (NED) Girls R1 (L32) Sasha Alexander (AUS) v (3) Georgina Axon (GBR)
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DavidC
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606
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Anyone who saw Joshua Sapwell's Wimbledon interview will have picked up that his schedule for the next few weeks starts here, and he is top seed followed by Lewis Roskilly, Ben Stride and Jay Clarke. Under 14 star Max Stewart is a possible second round opponent for Josh. http://www.lta.org.uk/NewW...
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DavidC
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8
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996
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 28)
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20...
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DavidC
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7
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954
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Boys: Justine Henin Junior Cup, Belgium - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Joel Cannell has been in good form lately with a final and semi in Tunisia, and he has added another semi plus his second doubles title of the year here R2 (L32) (6) Joel Cannell (GBR) d. Thibault Saive (BEL) 6-2 6-3 (8) Andrew Watson (GBR) d. (WC) Tom Jottrand (BEL) 6-1 7-6(4) R3 (6) Joel Cannell (GBR) d....
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DavidC
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359
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Boys & Girls: Allianz Kundler German Juniors - Grade 1 (Week 28)
(Preview)
This is the top grade event this week, and Alex Sendegeya, Harriet Dart plus Isabelle Wallace are here in preparation for the European Championships in 2 weeks time. Although Alannah Griffin lost in qualifying, there was success for Mirabelle Njoze and Emily Smith, who join the main draw Boys R1 (L6...
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DavidC
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976
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Eleanor Dean
(Preview)
Where is she? I remember she made the 3rd round of Wimbledon juniors a few years back, and seemed to be progressing through the women's rankings.... But I haven't heard anything about her in a while.
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Boys: Wimbledon Juniors - Grade A (Week 27)
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(Preview)
Jonny O'Mara's failure to enter Wimbledon, made him ineligible for a wildcard according to LTA rules, but a compromise has been made and Wimbledon have awarded him a qualifying wildcard along with 5 others. Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie make the main draw on ranking, while Luke Bambridge could hav...
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Girls: Wimbledon Juniors - Grade A (Week 27)
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
Qualifying starts tomorrow with new Brit Jessica Simpson making the draw on ranking, and joined by 5 wildcards. It would appear that as well as Katy Dunne, Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart main draw wildcards have probably gone to Isabelle Wallace, Lana Rush, Anna Brogan, Gabi Taylor, Freya Christie...
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DavidC
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4341
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Boys: Amman International Tournament 2 , Lebanon - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
A maiden title here for Luke Oakley in an all-British final R1 (L32) (7) Luke Oakley (GBR) d. (WC) Abdulla Ahli (UAE) 6-1 6-0 (Q) Piers Farhang (GBR) d. (WC) Fahad Al Jahani (UAE) 6-4 6-0 R2 (7) Luke Oakley (GBR) d. (LL) Indra Patwardhan (IND) 6-1 6-1 (Q) Piers Farhang (GBR) d. (WC) Hamzeh Al-Aswad (JOR) 6...
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DavidC
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560
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Boys and Girls : Corfu Cup, Greece - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Again, while the big Wimbly juniors is going on, some smaller tournaments are proving successful for the young GB players. On the boys side, Alex Canter has made the semi-finals, having beaten the top seed, and Luke Simeone also is in the semis, capitalising on beating the third seed in R1: R1 : Alex...
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Boys: Pajulahti Cup, Finland - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Just to say that Sacha Modica, the fourth seed, has lived up to his ranking, making the semi-final, with victories as follows: R32 : Sacha MODICA (GBR) [4] 3-6 7-5 6-2 Patrick KAUKOVALTA (FIN) R16 : Sacha MODICA (GBR) [4] 1-6 6-4 6-1 DENIS MERKULOV (RUS) QF : Sacha MODICA (GBR) [4] 6-0...
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Boys: Biesterbos Open, Netherlands - Grade 2 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Clay Crawford missed out on Wimbledon and turns up here as one of the seeds R1 (L64) (13) Clay Crawford (GBR) bye Fran Zvonimir Zgombic (CRO) d. Rhett Purcell (GBR) 2-6 7-6(3) 6-2 (WC) Joris Bodin (NED) d. Christopher Reynolds (GBR) 4-6 6-2 7-6(3) R2 Tim Van Rijthoven (NED) v (13) Clay Crawford (GBR)
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540
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