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Boys & Girls: Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD (under 12)
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Our under12s have been battling it out in qualifying groups to try to make the finals of their equivalent to the European Summer Cups in 2 weeks time. The format for both boys and girls is 4 qualifying venues with 2 round robin groups of 4 - the top 2 in each group playing off against the top two in the other g...
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Boys: World Junior Tennis Finals (U14) - Czech Republic (Week 31)
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Unlike last year our under 14 boys team qualified for the World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov. The format here is that 16 nations are divided into 4 groups of 4 for round robin matches, before 2 knock-out matches We are in a group as follows (2) USA (7) GBR Korea Venezuela Our opening match tomorrow i...
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Boys & Girls: Internacional Junior de Leiria, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 31)
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Last year Natalie Beazant was a winner here as top seed. Emma Devine takes over that role this time looking for a second successive title Boys R1 (L64) Jelle Sels (NED) v (Q) Alexander Croker (GBR) Jorge Wilton (GBR) v Andrea Attrice (ITA) (7) Sam Hutt (GBR) Bye Jonathan Cornish (GBR) v (WC) Daniel Vena...
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Boys: European Summer Cups 2010
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The first of the three team events, organised by age category, started this week. Great Britain, represented by Josh Sapwell, Alexander Sendegeya and Peter Ashley in the under 14s beat Portugal and Spain (both 3-0) before losing 2-1 to Poland, so will be unseeded for the finals this weekend in Spain...
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Boys & Girls: Slovenian Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 31)
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Eleanor Dean plays her fourth ITF junior event Boys (Q) Tim Prossor (GBR) v (WC) Linus Erhart (AUT) Girls R1 (L64) (6) Eleanor Dean (GBR) Bye
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Girls: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
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Pippa Horn seeks her third successive title here, and there is a clean sweep on the opening day for our quintet. R1 (L32) (8) Dena Daly (GBR) d. (LL) Stephanie Kinsella (GBR) 6-0 6-1 (3) Caitlin Paige Hindmarsh (GBR) d. (LL) Danielle Geary (IRL) 6-2 6-1 (6) Harriet Dart (GBR) d. Amy Ryan (IRL) 6-2 6-1 Ali...
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Boys: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
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Ben Lott starts his quest for back-to-back titles in Ireland in emphatic fashion R1 (L32) (1/WC) Ciaran Fitzgerald (IRL) d. (Q) Jathan Malik (GBR) 6-4 7-6(5) (5) Max Peara (GBR) d. Jeff Kunsch (LUX) 6-2 5-7 6-0 Johannes Muehlberger (AUT) d. Ernest Didehvah-Sadr (GBR) 6-3 6-0 Benjamin Davies (GBR) d...
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Girls: European Summer Cups 2010
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There are three categories for the European Summer Cups with the under 14s team having successfully negotiated qualifying earlier this week. With Eleanor Dean otherwise occupied in SW19 the team of Katie Boulter, Alice Keddie and Grace Dixon won all three matches against Latvia (2-1), Hungary (2...
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Boys: European Junior Championships 2010, Switzerland - Grade B1 (Week 29)
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just noticed this tourney, golding is in it next week, and apparently it is a 128 draw on clay, the first few rounds should be very straight foward -- Edited by Tennis36 on Friday 16th of July 2010 04:08:39 PM -- Edited by DavidC on Friday 16th of July 2010 06:43:22 PM
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Girls: European Junior Championships 2010, Switzerland - Grade B1 (Week 29)
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Each major European nation is allowed to nominate 2 players in each of 3 categories, and the British nominees are: Under 18: Jennifer Ren, Lucy Brown - Klosters, Switzerland Under 16: Jessica Ren, Katy Dunne - Moscow Under 14: Katie Boulter, Alice Keddie - Pilzen, Czech Republic
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Boys: Moravia Steel Sparta Cup, Czech Republic - Grade 4 (Week 29)
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Toby Martin is having a good tournament here, having reached the semis, but Sid Hazarika was unable to repeat his recent success. R1 (L32) (Q) Maxime Hamou (FRA) d. (8) Sam Hutt (GBR) 6-3 6-3 (3) Tim Srkala (CZE) d. Joshua Page (GBR) 6-3 6-1 Robin Stanek (CZE) d. Sid Hazarika (GBR) 6-3 4-6 7-6(3) (7) Tob...
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Boys: Donnybrook Junior International, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 29)
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A large British contingent is here hoping to take advantage of a weak field. R1 (L32) (1) Sander Brendmoe (NOR) v Christian Throm-Jones (GBR) (Q) Matthew Kirby (GBR) v (WC) Peter Mimnagh-Fleming (IRL) Tom Lawless (IRL) v (8) Aaron Banasik Banasik (GBR) (4) Max Peara (GBR) v Darragh Glavin (IRL) Mich...
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Girls: Donnybrook Junior International, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 29)
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Pippa Horn looks for her second successive Grade 5 title here (1) Elliesa Ball (GBR) v (WC) Maeve Helen Crowley (IRL) (LL) Alicia Robinson (GBR) v (Q) Francesca Bullani (ITA) Beth Askew (GBR) v Mari Kalma (EST) (Q) Emily Gibbens (GBR) v (6) Emily Madill (IRL) (3) Pippa Horn (GBR) v (WC) Alexandra Drumm...
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Boys & Girls: St.Maarten Juniors Open, Netherlands Antilles - Grade 4 (Week 28)
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A successful week so far for our trio in the Caribbean, with all having reached the quarter-finals of singles and semis of doubles, but with tough tasks to progress further Boys R1 (L64) (10) Damian Gryzelko (GBR) Bye (6) Clay Crawford (GBR) Bye R2 (10) Damian Gryzelko (GBR) d. Jean-Baptiste Vivies...
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Newcastle - Grade 4 (Week 28)
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The second home tournament this month is a grade higher than last week. As a result Kyle Edmund drops down to 5th seed and is in the same section as the Belgian top seed. Toby Martin takes over as second seed, fresh from making an impact on the Pro ITF circuit Draw is here: http://www.lta.org.uk/Global...
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Newcastle - Grade 4 (Week 28)
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Open, Austria - Grade 1 (Week 28)
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Disappointingly Liam Broady (along with Andrew Bettles) is a late withdrawal here, thus weakening his chance of direct entry to the US Open. His current ranking of 64 has sometimes been good enough, but last year the cut was 55. Jennifer Ren plays here in preparation for next week's European Champio...
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Girls: 26th Damascus International Junior Tournament, Syria - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Laura Deigman goes for the Syrian double, and is again the second seed with a bye to the last 16 R1 (2) Laura Deigman (GBR) Bye
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Boys: Ex Pilsen Wilson Cup, Czech Republic - Grade 3 (Week 27)
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Liam Broady has the task of making a quick transition from grass to clay in search of points to help towards reaching the US Open main draw. His draw against a wildcard should help. Luke Bambridge has a more difficult opener against someone who was in the top 200. Round 1 (L32) (1) Liam Broady (GBR) v (WC)...
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Fran Stephenson won last year's event and there is a strong British presence here again including the following seeds 1) Ruth Seaborne 2) Elliesa Ball (plays Pippa Horn in round 1) 3) Emma Devine 5) Taro Keens 6) Caitlin Paige Hindmarsh 7) Sian Bayliss
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
This event starts on Monday with a mainly British field. The home seeds are: 1) Sam Hutt 2) Kyle Edmund 3) James Ireland 4) Sid Hazarika 5) Jack Busby 6) Daniel Elston
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Girls: Airberlin German Juniors - Grade 1 (Week 27)
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Oliver Golding was a late withdrawal here, leaving British interest with Natalie Beazant and Fran Stephenson. Both have testing but winnable opening matches R1 (L64) (Q) Mayya Katsitadze (RUS) v (16) Natalie Beazant (GBR) (14) Yuliya Lysa (UKR) v Francesca Stephenson (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: TIHTA 2010, Aruba - Grade 4 (Week 27)
(Preview)
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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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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