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STICKY:
2024 Rankings
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Today's the 'big' day when all the 2005-ers drop out and the ITF junior rankings get recalibrated The girls' list looks very good on the eye - three in the top 50, seven in the top 100.... and three 2009-born girls in the top-500 Girls Jan 1st 2024 7- Hannah Klugman ('09) 15 - Mimi Xu ('07) 42 - Mika Stojsa...
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STICKY:
Junior Rankings - Grade events
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OK. This is a rare foray for me into the Junior section as I don't really start to follow players until they start to hit the futures circuit. But having played tennis in La Manga this week and come a cross some talented GB juniors who were talking about their ranking and the level of events that they had p...
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STICKY:
Forum Code of Conduct
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Code of Conduct can be found HERE
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Girls: J200 Florence, Italy, clay (Week 13)
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As usual the Florence J200 is scheduled to end on Easter Monday. Gabia Paskauskas provides British interest R1 (L32) Greta Petrillo (ITA) v (7) Gabia Paskauskas
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Other events, 2024 - week 13
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There's a bus load in Malta J60 Malta (with three rounds before QFs) R1 wins, Boys: Max Carrier, Harry Abel, Felix B Evans, Joe Mazingham and Matt Mclain R1 wins, Girls: Sarah Copley, (q) Rose Clifton, Ophelia K Davies, Charlotte Holmes, Sofia Aquilina and TiaJakupovic-Kljako Got to feel for poo...
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Boys & Girls: J30 Dublin, Ireland - hard (Week 13)
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The second Dublin J30 sees, again, a reasonable GB turnout (To be honest, there's more Brits at Malta this week, but Malta is going in the 'Other' thread, that's just the way it is ) In the boys, R1 wins for: Louis Hull, Arthur Attrill, Rhys Watters, Lucas Ebery, Max Bland, Rafi Kiss R1 losses for: He...
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Other events, 2024 - week 10
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After the huge success here by Flora and Freya last week, here's hoping for similar exploits this week J100 South Africa So far, going well - both girls are through to the QFs J30 Norway Congrats to 14 year-old Rosie Clifton who qualified and then won her R1 match before losing in R2 - that's her fir...
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Boys: 2023 U16/U18 Junior National Championships, NTC, acrylic (Weeks 14/15)
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As last year the under 16 and under 18 Nationals are being held in early April - but in a reversal this time the under 16s are first. Qualifying starts tomorrow with the qualifying draw available here Live scoring should be here There is a preview page on the LTA website which should have a link to the live...
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Boys & Girls: J30 Dublin, Ireland - hard (Week 12)
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Because we've got a lot of players in Dublin, it can have its own thread I think we'll be relying on the boys though, to justify this ..... BOYS: All four qualifiers were GB lads, namely: Leo Wright; Rafe Samuel; Henry Redfern; and Lucas Ebert And the first three have all got R1 wins too (with Lucas still...
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Girls: J300 Villena, Spain, clay (week 12)
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Oliver Bonding pulled out of this tournament immediately after winning the Brazilian J500, but Gabia Paskauskas is left to provide British interest. R1 (L48) (13) Gabia Paskauskas bye
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Juniors playing professional senior tennis
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With Jack Draper 16 (JCH 38) playing in Egypt and Jake Hersey 17 (JCH 143) both playing this week and Emma Radacanu 15 (JCH 45) doing so well last week, there seemed some value in a pooled thread just to bring things together. There is quite a deep cohort of juniors moving into transition. Such a thread m...
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Boys & Girls: J100 Loughborough, GB - hard (Week 11)
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The second of the J100s kicks off today Boys There's a good turnout in qualis. Last week we had a lot of BYEs (with Daisycat, I believe, pointing out that this was probably linked to team Cup events also taking place that weekend) But this week they're all out in force. The top 4 Q seeds are: Lammas (IRE),...
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Boys: J300 Indian Wells, USA, hard (Week 11)
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Last year Oliver Bonding reached the final here, and benefited from practicing with some of the men. This year Viktor Frydrych has the opportunity. R1 (L48) (4) Viktor Frydrych bye
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Other events, 2024 - week 11
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Hannah Read continutes to struggle.... J100 Cyprus Top seed, Hannah Read, got a BYE and then lost in R2, 3& 1 Hannah Rylatt, though, got a BYE and then won her next match Annabel Hristova lost in R1, As did Max Castle J60 Latvia Lawrie Wilkin lost in R1 J60 France Letiticia Romanova lost in R1 J6...
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Boys: J500 Blumenau, Brazil, clay (Week 10)
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The second J500 of the year is the famous Banana Bowl, and Oliver Bonding has a potential banana skin of a match against a Spaniard in the top 100 R1 (L64) (7) Oliver Bonding v Rafael Segado Esteve (ESP)
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Girls: J300 Vrsar, Croatia, clay (Week 11)
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Marelie Raath tries her luck at a J300. To progress she will need to beat one of the stand-out under 14s last year (European Championship finalist) R1 (L48) Dusica Popovski (SRB) v Marelie Raath
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Boys & Girls: J100 Loughborough, GB - hard (Week 10)
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A slightly disappointing turnout in qualis The boys has a normal three-round quali draw - but with nine byes The girls only has a two-round draw However, it all kicks off today In the boys, the top four quali seeds are: Enrico Franchi, Conor Brady, Nanda (IND), Kai-Luca Ampaw In the girls, the top f...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Nonthaburi, Thailand, hard (Week 10)
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The second That tournament ratchets up to a J300, with a similar field to last week. Boys R1 (L48) (5) Benjamin Gusic Wan bye Girls R1 (L48) (1) Mika Stojsavljevic bye (3) Hephzibah Oluwadare bye Allegra Korpanec Davies v Irem Kurt (TUR)
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Boys & Girls: Kungens Kanna & Drottningens Pris Tennis Europe U14 Super Category, Sweden, acrylic (Week 9)
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This is the second of the Super Category Tennis Europe events this year (after Les Petits As) with most of the TE top 10 ranked present. There should be live streaming from 4 courts here and live scores from all courts here Tomorrow Ruben Stanmore opens on court 4 (9.30 GMT) while Scott Watson is sched...
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Other events, 2024 - week 9
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J100 South Africa R1 wins for Freya Peet (2008) and Flora Johnson (2007) J60 Norway Mark Ceban is top seed and won his R1 match Lawrie Wilkin is 5th seed and also won his R1 J30 Algeria Cael Guthrie lost in R1
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Boys & Girls: J200 Nonthaburi, Thailand, hard (Week 9)
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Thailand hosts a J200 followed by a J300 with 3 Brits highly seeded this week. Boys R1 (L48) (4) Benjamin Gusic Wan bye Girls R1 (L48) (1) Mika Stojsavljevic bye (WC) Maya Boonyaaroonnnet (THA) v Allegra Korpanec Davies (3) Hephzibah Oluwadare bye edited for week number -- Edited by DavidC on Saturd...
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Boys: J300 Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay (Week 9 )
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Oliver Bonding plays the second of the three South American tournaments he has entered R1 (L32) (Q) Thiago Guglieri (BRA) v Oliver Bonding
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Other events, 2024 - week 8
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J60 Luxembourg Annabel Hristova is top seed, and Isabella Walker is second seed - so a GB final would be nice, girls And it's started well, with both of them getting a win As did Serena Manca Tamara Kuti lost, however J100 Austria Tia BonitaJakupovic-Kljako lost in R1 J100 Netherlands Luke Hoope...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, hard (Week 8)
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The second J200 in the Dominican Republic includes the same Brits as for the first except Ciara Moore and Allegra Korpanec Davies Boys R1 (L48) Jay Johnson-Hauldren d. Lev Seidman (USA) 6-3 1-6 6-3 R2 (12) Ronit Karki (USA) v Jay Johnson-Hauldren Girls R1 (L48) (6) Gabia Paskauskas bye (Q)Adla Lopez...
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Girls: J200 Siauliai, Lithuania, indoor hard (Week 8)
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Freya Peet tries her luck here and faces a Latvian who beat Emerson Jones in last year's Billie Jean King Cup finals R1 (L32) Beatrise Zeltina (LAT) v Freya Peet
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