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Boys & Girls: TIHTA 2010, Aruba - Grade 4 (Week 27)
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Abbi Melrose is in the Caribbean for the first of two Grade 4s and has progressed well to the semis. Although superficially her quarter-final win over the second seed looks the most impressive closer examination suggests that her second round opponent was much stronger - a young American who has re...
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Girls: 9th Mouhafaza Club International ITF Junior tournament, Syria - Grade 4 (Week 27)
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Laura Deigman is in Syria for a couple of Grade 4s and has made a strong start in singles (but lost early in doubles) R1 (L32) (2) Laura Deigman (GBR) Bye R2 (2) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. Natalla Khanejo (IND) 6-0 6-3 QF (2) Laura Deigman (GBR) d. (6) Ushna Suhail (PAK) 6-0 6-0 SF (3) Susanne Celik (SWE) v (2) La...
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Boys: Wimbledon Juniors 2010
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(Preview)
Qualifying starts tomorrow, comprising two rounds, and I can deduce the following pairings from the Roehampton oop Daniel Cochrane v (14) Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) (2) Matthias Wunner (GER) v Lewis Burton (1) Alexis Carlos (MEX) v Richard Gabb Christopher Simpson v (15) Libor Salaba (CZE) Robert Cart...
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Girls: Wimbledon Juniors 2010
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(Preview)
Qualifying starts tomorrow at Roehampton. I haven't found a drawsheet but I can deduce the following first round matches from the oop. There are two rounds, one on Thursday and final qualifying on Friday Sabrina Bamburac v (13) Demi Schuurs (NED) Marie Ba v (14) Santa Shumilina (RUS) Daneika Borthw...
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Boys: AEGON Junior International, Roehampton - Grade 1 (Weeks 24-25)
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2010/AEGON%20Junior%20In...
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Girls: AEGON Junior International, Roehampton - Grade 1 (Weeks 24-25)
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(Preview)
The qualifying draw for Roehampton has been published, with Jo Henderson the only Brit seeded to join our 8 wildcards (see separate thread). Elisha Gabb and Fran Stephenson are missing from the acceptance list, though it is possible that one has been given a wildcard if Jennifer Ren made the cut on ra...
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Boys & Girls: Mediterranee Avenir, Morocco - Grade 1 (Week 24)
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The Rens have opted to come to Morocco to try to take advantage of one of the weakest Grade 1s in the calendar, even though it's not the best preparation for Roehampton/Wimbledon. Boys R1 (L64) Kamil Khalil (LIB) v (Q) James Hignett (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) (8) Jessica Ren (GBR) Bye (4) Jennifer Ren (GBR) By...
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Girls: Gerry Weber Junior Open, Germany - Grade 2 (Week 24)
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With Lucy Brown otherwise engaged in Roehampton and Laura Deigman a late withdrawal Daneika Borthwick is left as the only Brit in the main draw in Halle's grass court event. It's a much stronger event than the Grade 1 in Morocco on clay, with all the seeds here being top 40 (none in Morocco at this level)...
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Boys & Girls: 2010 Wimbledon preview
(Preview)
Laura Robson said last year that she would not be entering Wimbledon juniors again, and this is confirmed on the entry list, leaving Heather, Oliver and George as the only direct entries. Yuki Bhambri is a surprise inclusion on the Roehampton (and Wimbledon) entry list, as is Heather, who will surel...
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Boys & Girls - Roehampton Grade 1 - Wildcards
(Preview)
Given their recent form, hard to believe the LTA had a hand in picking these!
Boys:
Ashley Hewitt
Tom Farquharson
Tom Allen
Liam Broady
Luke Bamebridge
Kyle Edmund
Play-off for the other 2 places on 15th/16th
Girls:
Tara Moore
Jessica Ren
Jennifer Ren
Natalie Beazant
Katy Dun...
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Girls: Raquette D'Or, Morocco - Grade 2 (Week 23)
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The Moroccan series ratchets up a grade this week, with late withdrawals giving Fran Stephenson a seeding position, but Daneika Borthwick has left from last week's group. Fran opens against the player Jo beat last week. R1 (L32) Joanna Henderson (GBR) v (Q) Antonina Ivanenko (UKR) (8) Francesca St...
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Girls: International Grass Court Championships, USA - Grade 3 (Week 23)
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After impressing onlookers in reaching final qualifying in Nottingham Laura Deigman continues on grass on the other side of the pond. R1 (L32) (WC) Julia Casselbury (USA) v (7) Laura Deigman (GBR)
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Girls: Montenegro Open - Grade 4 (Week 20)
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(Preview)
Eleanor Dean made her long-awaited debut on the junior ITF circuit this week, unusually after her first senior tournaments. It's a case of so far so good, with 6 straight sets wins in qualifying and main draw. R1 (L32) (Q) Eleanor Dean (GBR) d. (3) Nina Nagode (SLO) 7-6(4) 6-4 R2 (Q) Eleanor Dean (GBR) d...
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Girls: Riad 21, Morocco - Grade 3 (Week 22)
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Fran Stephenson has joined last week's duo in Morocco for the second Grade 3. Daneika Borthwick has to play last week's finalist R1 (L32) (SE) Candelaria Sedano-Acosta (ITA) v (7) Daneika Borthwick (GBR) Dhanielly Quevedo (USA) v Joanna Henderson (GBR) Francesca Stephenson (GBR) v (Q) Gabriela C...
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Boys: French Open Juniors 2010
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(Preview)
We have three boys trying to negotiate 2 rounds of qualifying to join Oliver Golding in the main draw. Jack's opponent has been in good form lately, and beat George Morgan in France. Tom should be favourite against a hard court specialist whilst Ashley beat his opponent on clay last year. QR1 Pavel Kra...
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Boys & Girls: Tennis Sweden Junior Cup - Grade 4 (Week 21)
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Katie Boulter made a rapid transit from Turkey to race through the qualifying competition here, joining Josh Ward-Hibbert in the main draws Boys R1 (L32) (5) Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) v Daniel Masur (GER) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE) v (Q) Katie Boulter (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: 46th Astrid Bowl, Belgium - Grade 1 (Week 21)
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Oliver Golding completes his preparations for the French Open here, joined by qualifier Chris Simpson. Lucy Brown completes the British trio here, and she will have to beat the surprise Copa Gerdau finalist to progress. The Astrid Bowl website promises streaming as per recent years, but it has gen...
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Boys & Girls: 2010 French Open preview
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(Preview)
The entry lists are out for Roland Garros with all our top boys in the main or qualifying draw as expected. Only two of the top 10 (Fucsovics and Tomic) are missing, with Carlos Boluda-Purkiss possibly the favourite on current form. None of our alternates has a realistic chance. In the girls list Heath...
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Girls: RUC Tennis Junior Open, Morocco - Grade 3 (Week 21)
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This is the start of a series of Grade 3 and higher junior tournaments in Morocco. Jo's opponent narrowly beat Natalie Beazant earlier in the year R1 (L32) Natallia Vavulina (BLR) v (7) Daneika Borthwick (GBR) (8) Ashley Dai (USA) v Joanna Henderson (GBR)
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Girls: Nazmi Bari Cup, Turkey - Grade 4 (Week 20)
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Katy Dunne appears to have recovered from whatever caused last week's retirement. Another leading 1995 girl Katie Boulter has joined the British contingent. R1 (L64) (12) Emma Devine (GBR) v (Q) Mariami Skhirtladze (GEO) (4) Seda Arantekin (TUR) v Katie Boulter (GBR) (Q) Pippa Horn (GBR) v Victor...
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Boys: Nazmi Bari Cup, Turkey - Grade 4 (Week 20)
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(Preview)
Kyle Edmund plays his first junior tournament since his success in Nottingham, but has a tricky draw against another talented 1995 boy, who lost narrowly to Luke Bambridge in Nottingham. R1 (L64) (Q) Benjamin Davies (GBR) v (8) Diogo Rocha (POR) (Q) Christopher Heyman (BEL) v (6) Sam Hutt (GBR) (5) J...
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Boys: Trofeo Bonfiglio, Italy - Grade A (Week 20)
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With Oliver Golding, George Morgan and Tom Allen as direct entrants for the main European clay court tournament outside Roland Garros, Richard Gabb, James Marsalek and Lewis Burton have been attempting to join them via qualifying. Lewis lost in the final qualifying round, but Richard and James ma...
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Boys: 31st International Spring Bowl, Austria - Grade 2 (Week 20)
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Chris Simpson joins Robert Carter for the second Austrian Grade 2. With most of the strongest juniors in Milan the draw here looks wide open. R1 (L32) Robert Carter (GBR) v Claude Benz (SUI) (7) Christopher Simpson (GBR) v Morgan Mays (USA)
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GB top 25 juniors month of birth
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I just happened to be looking at the junior rankings and noticed some real bias in the GB boys to dates of birth early in the year. In the top 25, we have 6 - January, 8 - February, 2 - March, 5 - April, 2 - May, 1 - July and 1 - September. That is 23 out of 25 first half of year, 14 out of 25 ( actually 14 of firs...
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Boys & Girls: Instirig Cup, Romania - Grade 5 (Week 19)
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Josh Ward-Hibbert, our 4th ranked 1994 boy, is having a good tournament here, accounting for the second seed en route to today's semis Boys R1 (L32) Stefan Vinti (ROU) d. Jack Busby (GBR) 6-2 3-6 6-2 Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) d. (WC) Doru Andrei Auritei (ROU) 6-2 1-0 rtd R2 Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) d...
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