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STICKY:
2023 Rankings
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(Preview)
The new rankings will come out on Monday But just to start the thread with a copy of the new names that are now being used instead of Grade 2 or J2 (or whichever generation of names you're up to so far) ITF: The new naming structure, which is to be launched from 1 January 2023, will see the tournaments grade...
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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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Boys & Girls: J500 Plantation, Florida, USA, clay (Week 49)
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The ITF Junior season ends this week, with the prestigious Orange Bowl the leading event. A couple of matches have already finished, with a win for Hannah Klugman but a loss for Hephzibah Oluwadare. Charlie Robertson, Viktor Frydrych and Mika Stojsavljevic are on court now, with live scores here...
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Boys & Girls: J100, Loughborough, GB - hard (Week 49)
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The quali draws are out Lots of empty slots, in both girls and boys...... In the boys, the top two Q seeds are Spanish and Irish Henry Jefferson should be top seed in the MD, hoping to do better than last week In the girls, Zara Burns (IRE) is top Q seed. Hannah Read, who is nearly top-100, should be the top s...
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Other events, 2023 - week 39
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J100 India Yash Bahalkar lost in R1 J60 Togo Top seed Grace Chinwike won her R1 but lost in R2 in three sets Daisy Clifford, seeded 7, also won in R1 but lost out in R2 Daisy has made the semis of the doubles though J30 Ethiopia Billy Moxon won in R1 and also in R2 but lost his QF to the 8th seed Harry Cornhil...
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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: J60, Glasgow, GB - hard (Week 48)
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Boys There's only a 16-entrant quali draw, with 14 GB boys and only two foreign lads The two wildcards have gone to Alex Winder and Alex English Henry Jefferson should be the top seed in the main draw - the event is a bit 'below' him really but I guess because it's in Scotland he wants to play, which makes s...
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Other events, 2023 - week 48
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J60 India Yash Bahalkar lost in R1 J30 Ethiopia Harry Cronhill won his R1 and lost in R2 J30 Togo Daisy Clifford won R1 but lost in R2 But she's into the SFs in dubs J30 Morocco MatildaCabrera Burns lost in R1 J30 Norway Henry Best won his R1 match But Harry Lumb and Tom Chapman lost theirs -- Edited b...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Bradenton, USA, clay (Week 48)
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The penultimate major event on the junior ITF calendar also has under 12, under 14 and under 16 events with limited British interest. In the under 18 event Charlie Robertson and Viktor Frydrych are seeded, but they have had mixed fortune today: Viktor winning and Charlie losing 3 setters. Gabia Pas...
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National Academies
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https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2022/05/blow-for-tennis-scotland-as-stirling-academy-to-close/amp/
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Other events, 2023 - week 47
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Spotted we didn't have a thread for this week, so have just had a check on who is still in action this week - sorry I haven't captured any earlier defeats and apologies if I am missing someone still in action!! J30 Larnaca Singles - Maxwell Castle is into the semis Doubles - Max and Dan Hughes are into the se...
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Boys & Girls: J500 Merida, Mexico, clay (Week 47)
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The second Mexican tournament ifs one of the elite J500s. Charlie Robertson is among early winners today, while Oli Bonding faces a rematch against last week's conqueror Boys R1 (L64) (15) Charlie Robertson d. Izan Almazan Vallente (ESP) 4-6 6-2 6-4 (11) Oliver Bonding v (Q) Abhishek Thorat (USA...
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Other events, 2023 - week 46
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J60 Bahrain Allegra K Davies got a BYE in R1 Flora Johnson won her R1 match Segiy Rafiee won his R1 match too As did Josh Hinton But Issah Ali lost J60 Kenya Macy Denney-Richards is playing here J30 Morocco Sam Park won in R1 Chidi Ike Okut lost Daisy Clifford yet to play J30 UAE Federica Barbieri won her...
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Boys: J300 Zapopan, Mexico, clay (Week 46)
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There are 4 weeks of high grade North American events to finish the junior ITF season. The first only has Oli Bonding, but others join from next week onwards. Oli plays a qualifier or wildcard in round 2 R1 (L48) (3) Oliver Bonding bye
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Boys & Girls: J60 Liverpool, GB - hard (Week 46)
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Qualifying starts tomorrow Boys qualifying is loaded Girls qualifying is half empty again
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Other events, 2023 - week 44
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J100 France Aryan Singh lost in R1 Finbar McGarvey won one match and lost in R2 J60 Senegal Rhys Watters is into the QFs Max Bland and Freddi Sharp made it into R2 Milo Nardelli, Harry Cornhill, Murray Watters,Daniel Joita and Noah Paterson lost in R1 The Watters bros are into the SFs in doubles, as are...
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Girls: Junior Billie Jean King Cup, Cordoba, Spain, clay (Week 45)
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The Junior Billie Jean King Cup follows a similar format to the Junior Davis Cup, with 4 Round Robin groups of 4 playing Monday - Wednesday before place matches from Friday. Finishing in the top 2 of their round robin group should be comfortable for the team of Mingge Xu, Hannah Klugman and Hephzibah O...
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Boys & Girls: J30 Liverpool, GB - hard (Week 45)
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There are 11 spare slots in the girls qualifying draw Which is dreadful, and a real shame But no one is forced to play, it is what it is As such, though, no wildcards obviously. The boys is way more respectable. Which is nice to see. No BYEs. Wildcards were given to a Norwegian lad, as well as Charlie Wood...
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Girls: J200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, hard (Week 45)
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Freya Peet has joined Allegra Korpanec Davies and Gabia Paskauskas for the second Asian J200 R1 (L48) Allegra Korpanec Davies bye Gabby Gregg (AUS) v Freya Peet (7) Gabia Paskauskas bye R2 Allegra Korpanec Davies v (16) Aishi Das (NZL)
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Other events, 2023 - week 45
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J100 Poland Jay Johnson Hauldren and Luke Hooper both lost in R1 J100 Cyprus Max Castle won his R1 match As did Marelie Raath. But Flora Johnson lost. J60 Kenya R1 win for Macy Denney-Richards J30 Bahrain R1 wins for Josh Hinton, Sergiy Rafiee and Ophelia K Davies Issah Ali lost J30 Jamaica Dylan D...
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Boys & Girls: Les Petits As U14 Super Category, Tarbes, France, indoor acrylic (Week 4)
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Rhys Lawlor has come through qualifying to join our four direct entries for the top under 14 event in Europe. Leo and the two girls play tomorrow with live scores available here . Ophelia plays fourth on the streamed court 1, which you can view here Leo is second and Hollie third on unstreamed court...
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Boys: Junior Davis Cup Finals, Cordoba, Spain, clay (Week 44)
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We are one of 16 nations qualified for the Junior Davis Cup finals (details of the players on all 16 teams are here). The British team of Oliver Bonding, Zechariah Hamrouni and Mark Ceban will have their work cut out to win the tournament for a second time (Kyle Edmund, Evan Hoyt and Luke Bambridge won i...
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Boys: 2023 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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A strong under 14 team of Mark Ceban, Rhys Lawlor and Leo Wright begin the journey today, aiming for the World Junior U14 finals in the Czech Republic in August. Their first aim is to qualify for the European finals, and for that they need to beat Portugal today and Ukraine or Cyprus tomorrow. Qualify...
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Girls: J200 Hong Kong, hard (Week 44)
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Gabia Paskauskas and Allegra Korpanec Davies are in the Far East for a couple of J200 events R1 (L32) Yichen Zhao (CHN) v (5) Gabia Paskauskas Shihomi Li Xuan Leong (MAS) v Allegra Korpanec Davies
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