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Boys & Girls: Sanchez-Casal Junior Cup, Spain - Grade 4 (Week 41)
(Preview)
We currently have a few Brits based at the Sanchez-Casal Academy, and 2 of them (Aswin Lizen and Max Andrews) are playing their home tournament. Max won his last junior tournament and recently picked up his first ATP point but faces a tough match against a Spaniard who has reached a Grade 2 final this ye...
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Girls: Riad 21, Morocco - Grade 4 (Week 40)
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Gabi Taylor, one of the members of the team which reached the World Junior Tennis finals in August, plays only her second ITF tournament here R1 (L32) (LL) Asmae Benzit (MAR) v Gabriella Patricia Taylor (GBR)
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8
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1169
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Girls: XVI Londrina Open ARTHROM, Brazil - Grade 3 (Week 40)
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Normally our Juniors play in South America on the COSAT Circuit (Jan-Apr) but rarely appear at any other time. This year there are 2 parties over here. Five of our top 1998 boys, including Jay Clarke and Sam Ferguson, are in Argentina for 3 Grade 5s - gaining experience but with little success in the fir...
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1424
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Boys: Grawe Cup, Croatia - Grade 4 (Week 39)
(Preview)
As there is no British interest in this week's Grade 2 (China) the most significant tournament for us is this Grade 4 with Peter Ashley and Josh Sapwell as top seeds. Peter has little opportunity to progress his ranking here, but if Josh wins the title he can leap to close to 200 R1 (L64) (1) Peter Ashley (...
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1157
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Boys & Girls: Smash Academy Egypt ITF Junior Tournament - Grade 2 (Week 38)
(Preview)
Harriet returned to England for the Shrewsbury 75K whilst Lana couldn't maintain last week's form, and lost in qualifying. That leaves Tom Hill and Katy Dunne from last week's quartet. Katy's first round opponent is no pushover, having reached a Grade 2 final this year Boys R1 (L32) Petros Chrysoch...
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Boys: 14th Serbia Junior Open Novi Sad - Grade 2 (Week 37)
(Preview)
The second of the Serbian Grade 2s saw Josh Sapwell cop a tough draw against the strong Russian who defeated Jonny O'Mara in last week's semi. The other 3 have all progressed easily to round 2 though R1 (L32) (7) Peter Ashley (GBR) d. Alexandru Buzelan (ROU) 6-0 6-2 Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) d. (WC) Mar...
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922
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Boys & Girls: Solaimaneyah ITF Junior Tournament, Egypt - Grade 2 (Week 37)
(Preview)
The first of two Grade 2s in Egypt. Katy Dunne has a tough draw against a girl who has won her last 2 tournaments, and trounced Eleanor Dean 2 & earlier in the year Boys R1 (L32) Farzin Danny Amiri (USA) v Tom Hill (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (4) Katy Dunne (GBR) v Aliona Bolsova (MDA) (8) Maria Marfutina (RUS...
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Akhenaten Junior Ratings
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Thought you might be interested in how my junior ratings look. These are all players eligible to play in juniors. Also shows what they are ranked in my Mens rankings. It takes into account all Mens tour results plus all Junior results of Grade G1 and above. The ones in bold played Wimbledon Juniors th...
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Boys: US Open 2012 - Grade A (Week 36)
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With 4 direct entries (Liam Broady, Kyle Edmund, Josh Ward-Hibbert and Luke Bambridge) Evan Hoyt needs to win 2 matches starting today to join them. His opener looks very winnable, though his opponent did beat Peter Ashley earlier in the year. QR1 (4) Evan Hoyt (GBR) v Naoki Nakagawa (JPN)
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Boys & Girls: Aphrodite Cup, Cyprus - Grade 3 (Week 36)
(Preview)
Harriet Dart is amongst the British contingent here Boys R1 (L32) Robbie Ridout (GBR) v (WC) Andreas Stylianou (CYP) Dmitry Mnushkin (RUS) v (7) Samm Butler (GBR) (Q) Athos Stoupenos (CYP) v Jamie Malik (GBR) (6) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) v (Q) Kemal Turker (CYP) Girls R1 (L32) (Q) Fanny Ostlund (S...
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996
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Boys & Girls: Pancevo International, Serbia - Grade 2 (Week 36)
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A stong British quartet here appear to have decent round 1 draws Boys R1 (L32) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) v Zvonimir Babic (CRO) Filip Kraljevic (CRO) v (6) Peter Ashley (GBR) (WC) Strahinja Rakic (SRB) v (3) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (5) Katy Dunne (GBR) v (WC) Violeta Jankovic (SRB)
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Boys & Girls: Moser Czech Junior Open - Grade 2 (Week 36)
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In-form Julian Cash joins 3 British seeds in this Grade 2 Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Dominik Kellovsky (CZE) v Julian Cash (GBR) (10) Thomas Colautti (GBR) Bye (16) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) Bye Girls R1 (L64) (9) Katie Boulter (GBR) Bye
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Boys & Girls: Mauritius Open - Grade 5 (Week 35)
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3 Brits have been out in Mauritius for 2 weeks (I can think of worse places for a fortnight) and Samuel Taylor reached the final in week 1, going one better in week 2 Boys R1 (L32) Samuel Taylor (GBR) d. (LL) Naesar Jawoor (IND) 6-2 6-1 (WC) Maxime De Clippel (RSA) d. (WC) Joel Jones (GBR) 6-1 6-2 R2 Samuel Ta...
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Boys: Canadian Open Junior Championships - Grade 1 (Week 35)
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(Preview)
Liam and Evan join the trio who played the Winnipeg Futures this week as a warm-up for this event and the US Open R1 (L64) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v Christian Garin (CHI) Evan Hoyt (GBR) v (Q) Daniel Shebshayevich (USA) (7) Liam Broady (GBR) Bye (6) Josh Ward-Hibbert (GBR) Bye (12) Kyle Edmund (GBR) Bye
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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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609
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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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692
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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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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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846
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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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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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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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Girls: Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, New Haven, USA (Week 34)
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(Preview)
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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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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636
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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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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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