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Boys & Girls: LTAT ITF Junior G2, Thailand - Grade 2 (Week 43)
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A second high grade Asian event has a weakened field because of the clash with Osaka. A quartet of Brits hope to take advantage. Boys R1 (L64) (11) Samm Butler (GBR) v Jirat Navasirisomboon (THA) (7) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) v (Q) Tanadon Cholchareon (THA) Tanakit Chobdamtee (THA) v Bjorn Thomson (...
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Girls: Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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A quartet of Brits here with coach Luke Milligan for the Grade 2 and Grade A, with Katy Dunne looking to break into the top 50. Katy, Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart are all seeded and will take on Japanese opposition in round 2, but Anna Brogan has a tough draw with second seed Karin Kennel, who has trounce...
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Girls: Copa Guga Kuerten, Brazil - Grade 4 (Week 42)
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The French Open winner has already got a number of competitions named after him. This one was to feature Jazzi Plews, but as I surmised in another thread she has withdrawn, leaving Lana Rush to try and secure a British win for the third week running. The draw hasn't helped her cause, as first up will prob...
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Boys: Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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This is the warm-up for the Osaka Grade A next week, and Alex Sendegeya could overtake Peter Ashley as our top 1996 with good performances in the two events. Evan Hoyt should join next week providing he doesn't get detained for too long at the Glasgow Futures R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v (WC) Makoto Ochi (JP...
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Girls: Copa Santa Catarina, Brazil - Grade 3 (Week 41)
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The second Brazilian Grade 3 sees the dangerous Carolina Alves again in the same half (but not same quarter) as Lana Rush. Jazzi Plews appears to have the better draw in her quest for a fourth consecutive title, but both have straightforward looking starters R1 (L32) (3) Lana Rush (GBR) v (Q) Suellen A...
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Boys & Girls: Sanchez-Casal Junior Cup, Spain - Grade 4 (Week 41)
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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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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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Boys: Grawe Cup, Croatia - Grade 4 (Week 39)
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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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Boys & Girls: Smash Academy Egypt ITF Junior Tournament - Grade 2 (Week 38)
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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)
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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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Boys & Girls: Solaimaneyah ITF Junior Tournament, Egypt - Grade 2 (Week 37)
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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)
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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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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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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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Boys & Girls: Talentum Cup, Hungary - Grade 3 (Week 35)
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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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Boys: Budaörs Cup, Hungary - Grade 2 (Week 34)
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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)
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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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Boys: AEGON Junior Nationals (U12/14/16/18) - Week 34
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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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