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UK ITF tournaments
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I'm just looking at the ITF junior calendar and the only 2 ITF junior events in the UK in January and February are at Liverpool. This isn't normal - am I missing something or have the LTA cut back on hosting tournaments?
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Girls J300 New Delhi, India, hard (Week 2)
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The first J300 of the year has Allegra Korpanec Davies as the sole British entrant, stopping off en route to Australia R1 (L32) Eva Marie Desvignes (FRA) v (8) Allegra Korpanec Davies
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Other events, 2025 - week 1
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The TCBB U12 Cat 1 event is taking place in France this week It has been won by Holge Rune, Ekaterina Makarova, Ostapenko, Blancaneaux, Kiki Mladenovic etc etc A presitgious event, which usually has a lot of GB interest (There are also - of course - a lot of winners who do not go on to figure in any signif...
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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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Other events, 2024 - weeks 49 - 52
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J100 Latvia Both Max Carrier and Alisha Ndukwu won their R1 singles Emma Ketler lost J60 Bahrain AleksandarDaskalovic and Maria Ustic won in R1 Maria Nicol lost J60 Togo R1 win for Jesse Abu Gace Chinwike has a BYE and then won in R2 J60 Zimbabwe Kasra Shirazi won in R1 NatashaMashonganyika ...
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Boys & Girls: 2024 Tennis Europe U14 Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco, clay (Week 43)
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In the current Loughborough thread, Rose has drawn our attention to Megan Knight having made the Tennis Europe U14 Masters event. Since Tennis Europe has put out an article with all the qualified players and reactions here I will start the thread early. Eric Lorimer, Scott Watson and Niall Picker...
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Boys & Girls: J500 Plantation, Fl. USA outdoor clay (week 50)
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The final J500 of the season, includes the main under 18 event won by Hannah last season as well as under 16s and then the Junior Orange Bowl for u12 and u14 players later (I think those normally have a separate thread). qualies is underway with Athina Schlepphorst playing and losing her opener. The m...
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Boys & Girls: U12/U14 Junior Orange Bowl, Florida, USA (Week 50-51)
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Usually the Junior Orange Bowl is a week after the under 18 event, but this time it has already started. it is always difficult to work out the British players as the drawsheet does not give nationalities. I have spotted 8 Brits, and there may well be others. Boys U12 R1 (L128) Arnav Nadikatla (USA) v (...
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Boys & Girls: J100 Loughborough, indoor hard (week 49)
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Looks like a strong entry in Loughborough as last weeks J60 players are joined by some higher ranked juniors
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Boys & Girls: J300 Bradenton, Fl. USA outdoor clay (week 49)
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Draws are up for main draw but in qualies, Athina Schlepphorst won through to the FQR, beating the second seeded Jamaican, James, to do so and quite a big beating as well, of 3 and 1. Sadly, she lost in FQR. In main draw, Allegda K-D and Flora Johnson are in the girls, Oli B (seeded 4) and Viktor F go in the bo...
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Girls: J200 Hong Kong - hard (Week 49)
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R1: Isabella Wong def. (5) Yushan Shao (CHN) 6-4 4-6 6-3 R2: Isabella Wong LOST to Mutsumi Uemura (JPN) 7-5 6-2 Shame Isabella couldn't capitalise on the excellent R1 win Still got doubles to come For those interested, the 2010-born winner of Les Petits As this year (Mariia Makarova) is also play...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Oslo, Norway, indoor hard (Week 48)
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A sizeable British contingent here, including many from last week's successful J100 in Stavanger. Unluckily Brits have drawn the top two seeds in the girls event, though that wasn't a barrier to Sophie Bekker last week. Conor Brady is drawn against last week's boys winner, and former Les Petits A...
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Boys & Girls: J60 Stirling, GB - indoor hard (Week 48)
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The quali draws kick off tomorrow Karina Kiss is top q seed in the girls, Mathias Lescano-Vecchi top q seed in the boys
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Boys & Girls: J500 Merida, Mexico, clay (Week 48)
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A strong British cast here for one of the top graded events outside Slams, augmented by Freya Peet who negotiated qualifying. Boys R1 (L64) (3) Oliver Bonding v Kase Schinnerer (USA) (13) Maxwell Exsted (USA) v Viktor Frydrych Valentin Garay (ARG) v (2) Charlie Robertson Girls R1 (L64) (9) Thea Frod...
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Other events, 2024 - week 48
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J100 Latvia Alisha Ndukwu lost in R1. She got a win in doubles though. Max Carrier made the QFs in singles, before losing out But has made the finals of the doubles - good luck, Max J100 Hong Kong Isabella Wong got a R1 win, before losing in R2 J60 UAE AleksandarDaskalovic lost to the top seed, in three s...
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Other events, 2024 - week 47
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J100 Norway A great start in Norway as Sophie Bekker beats the top seed 6-1 6-0  And Dani P wins hers with ease, Ruby takes it to a third-set TB but gets the win, and Brooke yet to play In the boys, Max Carrier won in three. But LL Ron Roopesh lost, as did Zech Hamrouni J60 Estonia Dani Britton won he...
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Boys & Girls J300 Zapopan, Mexico, clay (Week 47)
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The first of the four big North American events to finish the ITF junior season has just three Brits, but others should join for the J500 next week. Freya Peet lost in qualifying Boys R1 (L48) (1) Oliver Bonding bye Girls R1 (L48) Allegra Korpanec Davies v (Q) Ichino Horagawa (JPN)
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Other events, 2024 - week 46
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J100 Kenya Matt Upton has made the QFs J100 Mexico Freya Peet got a BYE and then a win in R2 Young Clarice Ouvarova won her R1 but lost a close match in R2 J100 Slovakia Ben Gusic Wan, as top seed, is into R2 after a three-set win in R1 Shout out for Leticia Romanova, though, who came through qualies and then...
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Girls: 2024 Billie Jean King Cup finals, Antalya, Turkiye, clay (Week 46)
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The team of Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic and Hollie Smart bid to become the first British team to win the Billie Jean King Cup this week. A team featuring Heather Watson and Tara Moore reached the final in 2008. The draw has been made and we are top seeded ahead of the USA, in a round robin group th...
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Boys & Girls: J60 Liverpool, Great Britain - hard (week 46)
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Qualifying starts tomorrow for the J60 with the girls, in particular, field much stronger. Isabelle Moss, has to qualify after making the quarter final. Megan Knight is on the entry list
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Boys & Girls: J30 Liverpool, Great Britain - hard (week 45)
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The first week of the back to back Liverpool tournaments starts this week with J30 and a TE event at the same. Qualifying for the TE is on the Wirral as the site cannot cope with the numbers. I'm planning to get down most days and I see some top GB players entered for TE. Quite a lot of the J30 players are fairl...
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Other events, 2024 - week 45
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J100 Cyprus Ben Gusic Wan is top seed And won his R1 match, although with a pretty tight score Max Castle also won But AleksandarDaskalovic lost J60 Kenya Matt Upton is into R3 Nahla Jeilan lost her first match J30 Cameroon Jesse Abu won in R1 Grace Chinwike (top seed) has a BYE J30 Morocco Sofia...
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Other events, 2024 - week 44
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J100 Botswana Josh Aston and Ophelia K Davies are both through to their respective QFs in singles Both are also into the SFs in dubs J60 Finland Young Daniella Britton (still 13) has made it to the SFs in singles, beating the top seed 6-1 6-3 along the way Also into the doubles final In the boys, Louis Hu...
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Other events, 2024 - week 43
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J100 Mexico Athina Schlepphorst has a BYE into R2 J60 Botswana Josh Aston won in R1 Ophelia K Davies has a BYE into R2 J60 Morocco Leticia Romanova and Lara Savic won their R1s Macy Denney-Richards lost hers, against the 2nd seed J60 Spain Nick Fisk had a Bye, and then a win, to make R3 Rocco Richards...
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Junior Orange Bowl 2024 entries
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The provisional Junior Orange Bowl acceptance list for December has just been released. Withdrawal deadline is 31 October. These are the GB...
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