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Luca Pow
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As he's our 2022 U18 National Champion (having beaten the defending champion, Will Jansen), and will be playing Adult Wimbly Qualis, it's time to have a thread for Luca Pow. He also won the U18 doubles title, with Henry Searle. And previously won the U12 and U14 nationals too. Currently at the Loughb...
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Ryan Peniston
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We don't seem to have a thread for Ryan(?) but he does fly under the radar a bit. Ryan has had a sort of break through season but by hard graft and consistency rather than one big tournament. He started the 2021 picking up points at futures levels and 5 or 6 times qualified for challengers but could not w...
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Amarni Banks
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Marni has a lot of supporters, and has been a real tennis talent (IMO) for some time now. Aggressive game. Lots of rackethead speed. Spent a lot of time in Spain, honing her game. Based at the NTC for a while. Now back at Bolton tennis academy full-time, I believe. Rather hampered by injury in the last few...
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Jacob Fearnley
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Jake appears not to have a dedicated thread, but given that he won his second ITF title in Esch-sur-Alzette last weekend (his first being in Edgbaston last October, when he had to qualify & went on to beat Kyle in straight sets in the final) (both M25s), I thought he deserved one. He had an SE for the...
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Maia Lumsden
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(https://thebigracket.org/2018/01/05/10-minutes-with-maia-lumsden/)!
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Blu Baker
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Congrats to Blu on getting selected for sponsorship by Token Stars. It will be interesting to see what sort of year he has - there's definitely good potential there, and he's been a fave for a while, but one could argue that he is currently 'fully priced in', there's no 'rough diamond' argument there. ...
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Lauryn John-Baptiste
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Lauryn comes from the East End of London and is a junior I saw play quite a bit (because she was London-based) A good athlete, a well-rounded game, good ball skills - a lot better than many of her cohort and (IMO) always in the 'interesting' group, if not in a 'stand-out' group. She managed to get hersel...
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Ben Gusic Wan
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Born 2007, Ben has had a lot of followers in the junior threads, largely thanks to (a) his exuberance on court, (b) his excellent timing and vision of the game and (c) not being the tallest of lads But today, 7th April, he won the national championships - and that's time for his own thread British Nation...
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Josh Ward-Hibbert
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Just in case anybody subscribes to The Times, is prepared to cough up a quid for a day's access to the web site or can get to a library which still offers a selection of daily papers (or at least what used to be the broadsheets), there was a lovely article by Neil Harman (OldEchoMan when he posts on this site...
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Johannus Monday
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https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2021-02-26/hull-tennis-player-johannus-monday-proving-a-big-...
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Oliver Crawford
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24 year old WR 215 has switched allegiance to GB. Parents are from Birmingham. He will play Aus Open qualifiers next week
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Alex Ward
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Bad news about Alex, I'm afraid. He's cracked a bone in his radius so he's going to be out for a few months. Such a shame as he was going so well.  http://instagram.com/p/qwXLw_KQl0/
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Brooke Black
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From CD Her dad is Wayne Black; Cara Black is obviosuly then her aunt - and dad is married to Caras former doubles partner, Kazakhstan-born Irina Selyutina, who is Brooke's mumIt's a huge tennis family background And young Brooke has been trained to be a top tennis player, it's the clearly state goa...
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Alastair Gray
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Perhaps this could have gone in the US College thread but Ali doesn't appear to have his own thread yet, so I thought this achievement warranted this at least. Ali won the Hall of Fame Invitational for college players and so guaranteed himself a WC into the MD of the Newport ATP 250 next year. http://www...
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Charlie Robertson
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Charlie Robertson, born 2006, has been heavily featured by the Mail over the last couple of days. He has a junior career high ranking of 25 and is currently JWR30. From Forfar, he was at the National Academy in Stirling until it closed this summer. He is now unsupported and seeking funding. The Murrays...
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Amelia (Millie) Rajecki
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It seems to me that Millie should have the ultimate honour of an Individual Player Thread Millie was a promising junior, but not an out-an-out star Now age 21, and having been in the US college system, she has developed really well her best points, the strength and power of her game. She's also improvi...
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Jonny O'Mara
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Couldn't find a thread for Jonny so I thought I would start one. I had the pleasure of meeting up with Jonny this evening in La Manga. He was drafted in to take part in their regular Friday night exhibition match and turned up expecting to play some friendly light hearted doubles with some of the coaches...
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Marcus Willis
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http://lobandsmash.com/2015/09/10/marcus-willis-exciting-player-youve-never-heard/
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Stuart Parker
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Stuart, who turned 23 at the end of last month, doesn't appear to have a dedicated thread, so I thought I'd start one, given the amount of success (seven wins) he's enjoyed in the UTR Pro Series in France this month. He's beaten:Laurent Lokoli (WR 358/CH = 207 in April 2015) (3 & 5, 3/8),Gleb Sakhar...
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Brandon Walkin
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According to OER and ATP we seem to have acquired a new player from AUS? Aged 29 with a current ranking of 806 (CH 702 in 2020). Anyone got any info on him and what this is all about - seems an odd move at this stage of his career?
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Matilda Mutavdzic
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I suddenly realised that Matilda doesn't have her own thread - now that can't be right Matilda (born 2004) won her first adult ITF 15k title a few weeks ago, and got herself a nice starter WTA ranking too (WTA 1028) She's now ranked Junior ITF 24 She's the LTA's top girl hope (leaving aside Emma Raducanu...
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Clarice Ouvarova
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As I recall, Emma's main journey towards top tennis started with a J5 she won at age 13 (nearly 14) So Clarice Ouvarova deserves a thread She's born in 2010 but still age 13And has just won the singles AND the doubles in the J30 in the Dom RepI've never seen her play and there's not much info about her in Br...
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Hephzibah Oluwadare
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I know she's terribly young to have her own thread but I think this forum is going to be talking about Hephzibah an awful lot in the years to come so I'm starting a thread for her now. Having just turned 13 ten days ago (born 31 October 2007), she is an extremely impressive player and athlete - a strong girl,...
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Ranah Stoiber
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https://tennishead.net/emma-raducanu-inspires-me-reveals-top-british-talent-ran...
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Isabelle Lacy
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At age 15, Isabelle Lacy (born 2006) is very well thought of by the LTA and has now zoomed into the adult WTA rankings, at WR 1182, with 11 points, after coming through qualis at the ITF 100k at Surbiton. A tall, slender girl, with good arm speed, nice technique, and a back-of-the-court game that gets goo...
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