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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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Forum Code of Conduct
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Code of Conduct can be found HERE
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Boys & Girls: French Open Juniors, clay (Week 40)
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This will be only the second Grand Slam of the year, and therefore has attracted a few players who might have otherwise given it a miss. Four girls could in theory enter with their WTA ranking (top 400), and two of these have done so (Daria Lopatetska and Emma Raducany - Coco Gauff and Clara Tauson being...
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Other events - week 38
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In Albania, J5: Roy Keegan and Louie Fletcher both got R1 wins. Nick Philibert lost, but it was to the 3rd seed, very close score (7-6(4), 7-5) and Nick is only a 2005-er so a good show. In Germany, J4, Ranah Stoiber won her R1 match. Luca Pow lost in R1. Will Nolan, a wildcard, came through qualis and is n...
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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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2020 rankings
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With all the 2001-ers dropping out, our list of boys is looking very healthy now. However, not much change of note for the girls. BOYS 06/01/20 Top 50021+15ArthurFery2002 Great Britain42807.5HEAD 2 HEAD28+21FelixGill2002 Great Britain42695HEAD 2 HEAD71+54JackPinnington Jones2003 Gr...
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Other events - week 37
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In Montenegro, J4, Louie Fletcher got a R win. But Max Castle and SergeiVukasinovic lost. In Albania, J5, Roy Keegan won two matches and is into th QFs, but Nick Philibert lost to the top seed in R2. Alex Michael and Isabella Townsend lost in R1. In Bosnia, J4, young Vlada Kozak won her R1 match. In...
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Boys & Girls: J3 Bruchköbel, Germant, clay (Week 37)
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This is the highest grade event this week, with Kylie Bilchev and Kristina Paskauskas playing their first event since the resumption. Will Nolan lost narrowly to a seeded Belgian last week in the quarters, while Jack PJ won his battle. The losing players from those encounters face off tomorrow Boy...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Plzen, Czech Republic, clay (Week 36)
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A similar field for the second Czech Grade 2 event Boys R1 (L32) Alexandr Koliev (CZE) v (7) Jack Pinnington Jones (WC) Hynek Barton (CZE) v William Nolan Girls R1 (L32) (6) Amelia Bissett v (WC) Tereza Valentova (CZE)
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Other events - week 36
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In Riga, J4, Louie Fletcher got a win today. In Barcelona, J4, Tommy Harrison also won his R1 match In Montenegro, J5, Sergei Vukasinovic won his R1 match too, but Maxwell Castle lost. In Romania, J5, Sarah Tatu won. In Porto, J5, there were wins for Phoenix Weir and Sashi Kempster. Daniela Kotara lo...
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Boys: J1 Pancevo, Serbia, clay (Week 36)
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The first Grade 1 event since the resumption, albeit with Grade 3 points. Ali Habib unfortunately retired from his second qualifying match R1 (L32) (5) Luka Petrovic v (WC) Romeo Hadzimehmedovic (SRB)
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Boys: J2 Bytom, Poland, clay (Week 36)
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Matthew Rutter has moved away from the British bloc in Larnaca, where he reached the doubles final last week, to take part in this Polish Grade 2 R1 (L32) (WC) Martyn Pawielski (POL) v Matthew Rutter
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Other Events - Week 35
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Over the years there has been a smattering of British winners of the Aphrodite Cup in Cyprus (such as Alexis Canter and Jasmine Amber Asghar), and there has been a large contingent of Brits there this week trying to follow suit. We have reached finals day with a couple of Brits left in: J4 Larnaca, Cypr...
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Boys: J2 Novi Sad, Serbia, clay (Week 35)
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Normally this would be a Grade 2 event, but this year (in common with all other Grade 2 and Grade 1 events) it will only offer Grade 3 ranking points. Luka Petrovic is close to the ITF top 100 and is seeded 4 R1 (L32) (4) Luka Petrovic v (WC) Uros Delic (SRB) Ali Habib v (3) Igo Kudriashov (RUS)
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Boys & Girls: J2 Rakovnik, Czech Republic, clay (Week 35)
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Finally after 25 weeks we have ITF Junior events However to take account of those who are unable/unwilling to travel, apart from the Roland Garros Grand Slam (scheduled for October) a maximum of Grade 3 points will be available and rankings will be over a 2 year period (see this ITF news release for th...
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LTA Youth National Series, U10/U11/U12/U14/U16/U18 (Weeks 32 - 34)
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Nice to be able to report on events with week numbers again after 22 weeks without! The LTA is organising 3 weeks of competition in various age groups at five venues, but with the under 16 and under 18 aimed at top juniors being played in Nottingham. The under 18 winners gain wild cards into the followin...
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Route map for junior ITF / Tennis Europe
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Yesterday Tennis Europe and the ITF released statements revealing a route map at last for the return of competitive junior events. Tennis Europe has the more detailed statement - planning to start from August 31 with lower grade events, but no Grade 1 or Super Category for the time being and no unde...
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Corona virus and the lta
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I know this forum is based more around international tennis tournaments, but whats everybodys thoughts on the uk situation? Obviously we are coming up to the weekend and I guess there are over 200 events uk wide happening. Do you think the lta should act and cancel all events?
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Boys & Girls: J2 Valencia, Spain, clay (Week 10)
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Jack Pinnington plays his first ITF event for 6 months, the first in a series of 3 high grade events in Spain Boys R1 (L32) Luka Petrovic v (WC) Carles Arteche Vaquer (ESP) (Q) Xavi Matas Ortega (ESP) v William Nolan (Q) Henrique Rocha (POR) v Jack Pinnington Jones Girls R1 (L32) Amelia Bissett v Julia Av...
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Boys & Girls: J2 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, hard (Week 10)
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This year two tournaments in the Dominican Republic have upgraded to Grade 2s and attracted a strong field as a result. Derrick Chen and Jasmine Conway play Canadian siblings. Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Max Basing v Leo Raquin (FRA) Dawid Taczala (POL) v (7) Toby Samuel Lui Maxted v JC Roddick (USA) Derrick Ch...
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Boys: J1 Casablanca, Morocco, clay (Week 9)
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Luka Petrovic returns to action after his marathon tour of Latin America, and has to tackle a top 100 ranked boy. Luka is joined by Will Nolan, who seems to have a more favourable draw against a local wildcard with modest record R1 (L32) Simeon Terziev (BUL) v Luka Petrovic William Nolan v (WC) Hamza El A...
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Other events - week 9
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Sweden, J4: In the boys, Matt Rankin won his R1 match but Sam Reeve (last week's finalist in Norway) lost out. In the girls, Ella MacDonald won in two sets but plays the top seed next. Talia Neilson Gatenby lost very easily against the second seed.
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Boys & Girls: J1 Kazan, Russia, indoor hard (Week 8)
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Arthur Fery moves from British pro events to being top seeded in central Russia for a Grade 1 junior event. Boys R1 (L48) (1) Arthur Fery bye (Q) Anton Arzhankin (RUS) v Peter Alam Girls R1 (L48) (6) Matilda Mutavdzic bye (WC) Anna Grigoreva (RUS) v Jasmine Conway
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Boys & Girls: 2020 Tennis Europe major tournaments U14/U12 (Week 8)
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This week there are two major Tennis Europe tournaments. For the under 14s the Kungens Kanna and Drottningens Pris is a well established event in Sweden in the top Super Category. Usually there is live streaming (I haven't found a link yet) but there are definitely live scores The main draw featu...
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Other events - week 8
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Algeria, J4: With a title now under her belt, Millie Mae Matthews carried on where she left off last week, this time beating the top seed in R1, 6-3 2-6 6-3 Nora Khediri and Cheri Darley are also in the MD Louie Fletcher is in the boys. Austria, J3: Millie Bisset, seeded 2, won her R1 match. Spain, J3: Bar...
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