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Boys: Education Cup, Latvia - Grade 5 (Week 35)
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After last week's doubles success in Belarus Joshua Paris is having another good week in a former Soviet republic, this time in singles R1 (L32) Stefan Rhodes (GBR) d. (LL) Skirmantas Macinskas (LTU) 6-3 6-3 (3) Joshua Paris (GBR) d. Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) 6-2 6-2 R2 (3) Joshua Paris (GBR) d. Lauri...
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DavidC
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1
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473
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Boys & Girls: Talentum Cup, Hungary - Grade 3 (Week 35)
(Preview)
Lana Rush plays here after winning the National under 16 title at the weekend while Katie Boulter makes the long trek from Maureen Connolly Trophy success in the States. Boys R1 (L32) (LL) Wei-De Lin (TPE) v Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Livia Hollosy (HUN) v Lana Rush (GBR) (6) Katie B...
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DavidC
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2
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566
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Boys: Budaörs Cup, Hungary - Grade 2 (Week 34)
(Preview)
Tom Colautti has come to Hungary for a couple of higher grade events, and has made a good start. The seed who awaits him beat him in 2 tight sets in a Moldovan Grade 2 earlier in the year R1 (L32) Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Shao-Chi Yang (TPE) 6-1 6-3 R2 Thomas Colautti (GBR) v (6) Aleksandr Ivanovich Spirin (...
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DavidC
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4
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539
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Boys & Girls: Vila Do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 34)
(Preview)
In the third of the Portugese Grade 4s we are guaranteed a finalist Boys R1 (L32) (6) Noam Mazor (ISR) d. Sacha Modica (GBR) 7-5 6-4 (4) Aswin Lizen (GBR) d. Jose Maria Moya (POR) 2-6 6-4 6-1 (Q) Samuel Cabanas (POR) d. Rhett Purcell (GBR) 7-6(5) 7-5 (Q) Max Andrews (GBR) d. (WC) Felipe Cunha Silva (POR) 6-...
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DavidC
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2
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692
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Boys: AEGON Junior Nationals (U12/14/16/18) - Week 34
(Preview)
Unlike with the girls there are a fair sprinkling of ITF top 300 players in the under 18 draw, headed by Scott Clayton, ATP ranked Nicholas Jones and Peter Ashley. Our top 5 will be on their way to Canada this week for a Grade 1. Lewis Roskilly and Julian Cash are the top seeds in the under 16s whilst the tri...
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DavidC
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9
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1057
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Girls: AEGON Junior Nationals (U12/14/16/18) - Week 34
(Preview)
In a departure from tradition all the Nationals are taking place this year in the same week. The under 12s are at the West Hants Club, and the other 3 all in Nottingham. The most interesting of the girls' events is the under 14 where all our top players are in the draw. Indeed the draws for the under 16s/18...
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DavidC
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9
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1692
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Boys: Belkanton Cup, Belarus - Grade 4 (Week 34)
(Preview)
Joshua Paris claims his first ITF title R1 (L32) (Q) Anton Dubrov (BLR) d. (8) Joshua Paris (GBR) 7-6 (5) 6-2 Doubles Final Paris/Zemaitelis (GBR/LTU) d. (4) Dovgan/Liutarevich (UKR/BLR) 6-1 7-6(3)
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DavidC
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0
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519
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Girls: Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, New Haven, USA (Week 34)
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There's a long tradition of Britain playing the USA at women's tennis, starting in 1923 with the Wightman Cup. It has largely been a masochistic exercise, and the Wightman Cup was discontinued in 1990 following a number of one-sided contests. In 1973 a junior version started thanks to the Maureen Co...
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DavidC
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16
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2480
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Boys: USTA International Hard Court, USA - Grade 2 (Week 34)
(Preview)
Apart from the Nationals there are a couple of Grade 2s this week, and Billy Harris is our sole representative here. If he wins his round 2 match he will probably have the tough prospect of facing second seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski R1 (L64) (16) Billy Harris (GBR) bye
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DavidC
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2
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479
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Boys & Girls: 2012 World Junior Tennis Finals, Czech Republic (Week 33)
(Preview)
The under 14 world finals begin on Monday with both our boys and girls having qualified. The format involves 4 round robin groups of 4, with the winners playing off for positions 1-4, second placed teams 5-8 etc. The boys (Jay Clarke, Sam Ferguson and Daniel Bennett) are grouped with top seeds USA, but...
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DavidC
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14
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1110
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Boys: ITF Poznan, Poland - Grade 4 (Week 33)
(Preview)
Julian Cash goes for a second successive Grade 4 title here R1 (L32) Julian Cash (GBR) v Arturs Lazdins (LAT)
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DavidC
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1
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469
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Boys & Girls: XVII International Junior Leiria, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 32)
(Preview)
A large contingent of Brits were here for the first of the traditional Portugese ITFs in August, and Freya Christie + Alannah Griffin maintained their impressive record in doubles this year, chalking up their fifth title within the last 3 months
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DavidC
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2
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447
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Boys & Girls: SunDays Luxembourg Outdoor Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 32)
(Preview)
5 British seeds amongs the contingent in Luxemburg this week Boys R1 (L32) Nathaniel Seyler (FRA) v (8) Julian Cash (GBR) Alexandre Hebras (FRA) v (4) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) (Q) Elias El Khalifa (FRA) v Isaac Stoute (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Rebecca Smaller (GBR) v Alexandra Bezmenova (GER) (3) Katie Boult...
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DavidC
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8
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954
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Boys: 2012 European Summer Cups (U14/U16/U18)
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Our strongest team of 1998s start the season of European Summer Cups trying to qualify for next week's under 14 finals, which serve as qualifiers for the World Junior Team Cup in August They open today as top seeds in their group against Serbia, and Sam Ferguson has won the opening singles. Jay Clarke,...
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DavidC
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15
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2001
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Boys: 17th Slovenian Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 31)
(Preview)
Samm Butler reaches his second ITF final R1 (L64) (7) Samm Butler (GBR) d. (Q) Tomislav Podvinski (CRO) 6-2 6-0 (5) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. (Q) Andrea Turco (ITA) 7-5 6-3 R2 (7) Samm Butler (GBR) d. (Q) Lorenz Fink (AUT) 4-6 6-3 6-4 (5) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR)d. Robert Suchan (GER) 6-3 6-2 R3 (7)...
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DavidC
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1
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412
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Girls: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 31)
(Preview)
Dominique Covington goes for her second title in Ireland, and all seeds negotiated the first round successfully. Unusually all 16 matches were decided in straight sets
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DavidC
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5
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1049
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Boys: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 31)
(Preview)
As last week a large contingent of Brits for the second Irish Grade 5, but not last week's winner Andrew Watson. Isaac Stoute was an early casualty
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DavidC
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5
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730
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Girls: 2012 European Summer Cups (U14/U16/U18)
(Preview)
The season of European Summer Cups starts today with qualifying for the under 14 finals - which serve as qualifiers for the World Team Junior Championships in August. We have our strongest team (Maia Lumsden, Gabriella Patricia Taylor and Jazzi Plews) and have quickly reached an unassilable 2-0 in...
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DavidC
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12
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1193
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships (under 18), Switzerland - Grade B1 (Week 30)
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(Preview)
The European Championships count as an enhanced Grade 1 event (more points in the later stages) but our trio are unseeded (it appears that Pippa Horn is a late withdrawal), and will be hard pushed to make the later stages Boys R1 (L128) Nichita Cepak (MDA) v Jonny O'Mara (GBR) Evan Hoyt (GBR) Bye R2 Evan...
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DavidC
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15
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2027
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Boys & Girls: Swiss Junior Trophy - Grade 4 (Week 30)
(Preview)
5 Brits here, all seeded Boys R2 (L32) (WC) Nathan Elia Schmid (SUI) v (16) Joshua Paris (GBR) Philipp Moritz (AUT) d. (7) Samm Butler (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (14) Jamie Malik (GBR) d. Moritz Kandt (GER) 6-3 7-6(1) (SE) Ruben Greiner (GER) v (2) Thomas Colautti (GBR) Girls R2 (L32) (8) Katie Boulter (GBR) v (LL...
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DavidC
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6
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927
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships (under 14), Czech Republic - Week 30
(Preview)
The under 14s represent our best chance of success in the European Championships, with 4 seeded players (each country being allowed 2 representatives). Seedings are based on Tennis Europe rankings, which are more reliable for the boys than the girls, some of whom (like Jazzi) are playing more ITFs...
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DavidC
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6
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696
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Girls: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
The Irish Grade 5s have been a happy hunting ground for Brits in recent years. There are 16 in the main draw (32) hoping to continue this trend including Alannah Griffin (2), Freya Christie (3), Dominique Covington (4), Rebecca Smaller (5), Jasmine Amber Asghar (6) and Farah Abdelaziz (7)
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DavidC
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5
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981
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Boys: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
As usual the Irish Grade 5s are dominated by British entries The British seeds are (1) Sebastian Rey, (4) Ryan Peniston, (6) Christopher Morrow, (7) Andrew Watson and (8) Christopher Reynolds
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DavidC
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5
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1006
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships (under 16), Russia - Week 30
(Preview)
Anna Brogan's confidence should be good after 2 impressive low-grade tournaments, but there are several very highly ranked players to test her here, including two of the top 5 in the ITF rankings Boys R1 (L128) (13) Julian Cash (GBR) Bye Jacopo Stefanini (ITA) v Lewis Roskilly (GBR) Girls R1 (L128) A...
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DavidC
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4
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721
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Girls: Flower Bulb Tournament, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 29)
(Preview)
Jazzi Plews stays in the Netherlands after last week's success and is joined by Katie Boulter, who will be hoping to bloom following 3 first round defeats in her comeback (though she did reach a doubles final in Belgium last week) R1 (L32) (LL) Margot |Yerolymos (FRA) v (6) Katie Boulter (GBR) Jazzi P...
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10
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1010
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