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Boys: 18th International Junior Tournament Citta' Di Prato, Italy - Grade 2 (Week 18)
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It's the turn of Andrew Bettles to take on the role of lone Brit in an Italian Grade 2. He has a testing opener against a player who beat Brit-basher Matthias Wunner in last week's event. R1 (L64) Andrew Bettles (GBR) v Edoardo Eremin (ITA)
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Boys: 27th International Tournament of Salsomaggiore, Italy - Grade 2 (Week 17)
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A quiet couple of weeks on the junior front but Liam Broady appears to have made it to Italy, after missing out on being top seed in Bulgaria last week presumably because of travel problems. Unfortunately the first seed he is down to meet is the in-form Alessandro Colella, winner in Cap D'Ail (the only...
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Boys & Girls: Naples ITF, USA - Grade 4 (Week 17)
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Eddie Herr winner Luke Bambridge returns to Florida courtesy of a wildcard and starts intriguingly against an ambidextrous opponent who claims to have started playing tennis at 15 (he is 16 now). Boys R1 (L64) Damian Gryzelko (GBR) v Balaji Jothishankar (USA) Henry Moore (GBR) v (6) Trey Strobel (U...
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Boys: Open International Juniors de Beaulieu sur Mer, France - Grade 1 (Week 16)
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Its a critical week for many of our boys trying to make Roland Garros. Oliver Golding and George Morgan should have enough points for the main draw, whilst Jack Carpenter (and Tom Allen, playing in Spain) should have enough for qualifying, but needs at least a QF to be in with a chance of a main draw entry...
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Girls: Open International Juniors de Beaulieu sur Mer, France - Grade 1 (Week 16)
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Its the final opportunity for our quartet in France to make an impression in singles. Lucy Brown is seeded, but would probably need to beat strong local hope Caroline Garcia in order to reach the quarter-finals and gain points. Garcia is ranked just outside 600 WTA and has won a Grade 1 junior event thi...
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Boys: IX Campeonatos Internacionales Junior de Tenis de la Comunidad Valenciana, Spain - Grade 2 (Week 16)
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Tom Allen needs to win the title here, in a weak Grade 2, to have a realistic chance of making Roland Garros by direct entry. R1 (L32) (Q) Laureano Agullo Juan (ESP) v (LL) James Hignett (GBR) (LL) Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin (ESP) v (2) Tom Allen (GBR)
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Week 2, Nottingham - Grade 4 (Week 15)
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Luke Bambridge's quest to improve on last week's semifinal should be tested early on in a quarter that includes top seed Robert Carter, Alexandre Favrot and Toby Martin. He opens against 6th seed Ciaran Fitzgerald, and if he survives from his quarter then another match against Dimitri Bretting is...
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Week 2, Nottingham - Grade 4 (Week 15)
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Boys: Open d'Istres Ouest Provence, France - Grade 2 (Week 15)
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Oliver Golding returns to Junior action for the first time since the Australian Open, and may wish he hadn't bothered, as his first task is to subdue the resurgent Carlos Boluda-Purkiss. Tom Allen draws the top seed for the second week running, whilst Andrew Bettles enters the draw courtesy of an exe...
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Girls: Open d'Istres Ouest Provence, France - Grade 2 (Week 15)
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Fran Stephenson joins the trio in France and has the misfortune to draw the top seed. R1 (L32) (1) Cristina Dinu (ROU) v Francesca Stephenson (GBR) Lucy Brown (GBR) v (8) Olga Ianchuk (UKR) Amy Bowtell (IRL) v Daneika Borthwick (GBR) Natalie Beazant (GBR) v Klara Fabikova (CZE)
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Tennis Europe U14 round-up: Weeks 13/14
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Even though the 1995 boys had a successful year with 4 in or around the Tennis Europe top 10 the category 1 titles eluded them. During the past two weeks over the Easter holidays there have been two such events with British success at last. The first week in Livorno, Italy, had a strong field, but Joshua S...
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Week 1, Nottingham - Grade 4 (Week 14)
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2010/AEGON%20Junior%20International/Nottingham%20APR%2018U%20ITF/Girls%2018U%20singles%20main%20draw.pdf-- Edited by wolf on Monday 5th of April 2010 01:43:42 PM
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Week 1, Nottingham - Grade 4 (Week 14)
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Global/Downloads/Results/2010/AEGON%20Junior%20International/Nottingham%20APR%2018U%20ITF/Boys%2018U%20singles%20main%20draw.pdf-- Edited by wolf on Monday 5th of April 2010 01:44:27 PM
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Boys: Cap D'Ail, France - Grade 2 (Week 14)
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Most of our top boys are tackling this series of Grade2s/1 in France looking for points to reach the Roland Garros main draw or qualifying. The competition is strong though, with most of the field ranked inside 100. Richard Gabb has to tackle the winner of the Copa Gerdau Grade A R1 (1) Romain Arneodo (F...
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Girls: Cap D'Ail, France - Grade 2 (Week 14)
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First of a series of 3 Grade 2s/1s in France with British interest. It's a strong field, and Daneika's opponent has reached a Grade 1 final R1 (L32) Natalie Beazant (GBR) v Daria Salnikova (RUS) (3) Sophia Kovalets (UKR) v Daneika Borthwick (GBR) Lucy Brown (GBR) v (LL) Reka Muller (HUN)
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Boys: USTA International Spring Championships - Grade 1 (Week 14)
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British interest here is not likely to last long (in singles at least), but we do have two entrants. If Dan Cochrane manages to get past the 2008 Orange Bowl U14 winner then he will probably be up against the top seed R1 (L64) (WC) John Harrison Richmond (USA) v Daniel Cochrane (GBR) James Ireland (GBR)...
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Boys & Girls: V ITF Junior Ribarroja del Turia, Spain - Grade 3 (Week 14)
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Liam Broady returns to junior action here, needing to win the tournament to break into the top 100 for the first time. He didn't have the best start today, losing his doubles. Boys R1 (L32) (16E) Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP) v (2) Liam Broady (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (7) Heini Salonen (FIN) d. Elliesa Ball (GBR)...
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Boys: City of Florence International Tournament, Italy - Grade 2 (Week 13)
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After struggling on hardcourts and recently pulling out of Futures events Tom Allen returns to action on his favourite surface of clay. He is down to play a series of European junior events, trying to make the cut for Roland Garros. R1 (L64) (5) Tom Allen (GBR) bye
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Girls: Malta U18 ITF - Grade 4 (Week 13)
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Katy Dunne plays her first ITF event of the year, but another leading 1995 girl Pippa Horn, failed to negotiate final qualifying. R1 (L64) (Q) Borislava Botusharova (BUL) v (Q) Morven McCulloch (GBR) (12) Katy Dunne (GBR) Bye (Q) Charlotte Phillips (GBR) v (LL) Cyrine Ben Sheikh (TUN) Kyria Dunford...
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Boys & Girls: Dunlop Japan Open - Grade 1 (Week 13)
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Jennifer Ren's form in South Africa has given her a top 8 seeding, and hence better chance of picking up the big quarter-final points, in the weakest of the four Asian Grade 1s. James Marsalek just sneaked a low seeding, but will probably have to beat last week's semi-finalist Ben Wagland to reach the q...
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Boys & Girls: AJC Warm Up, Nigeria - Grade 2 (Week 13)
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This is something of a rarity - a high grade African junior tournament not in one of the Mediterranean countries or South Africa. The reason appears to be that Nigeria is hosting the African Junior Closed Championships next week (hence the tournament title). A quartet of Brits made it here trying to t...
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Boys: Malta U18 ITF - Grade 4 (Week 13)
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As it's the Easter holidays a large British contingent has flown to Malta as a prelude to a couple of Grade 4s in Nottingham R1 (L64) Joshua Page (GBR) v (WC) Oscar Sudzuka (MLT) (WC) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v Balazs Odon Barta (HUN) Sam Hutt (GBR) v (Q) Yanick Ueckert (SUI) (3) Connor Glennon (GBR) Bye Keel...
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Boys & Girls: Trinidad & Tobago ITF International Junior - Grade 4 (Week 12)
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There's a substantial group of Brits playing in the Caribbean this week, with a successful start to competition Boys R1 (L64) (LL) Max Peara (GBR) d. (Q) Grayson M Goldin (USA) 6-4 6-3 (9) Clay Crawford (GBR) BYE Henry Moore (GBR) d. Ture Skinner (BAR) 6-4 4-6 6-4 (10) Damian Gryzelko (GBR) BYE R2 (LL) M...
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Boys & Girls: 21st Mitsubishi-Lancer International Juniors, Philippines - Grade 1 (Week 12)
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Jennifer Ren has flown over from South Africa and joins Jessica as a low seed. They may have been better off unseeded, as the low seeds have to play the top 4 seeds (if the seedings work out - and they have done more or less in the previous 2 legs of the Asian Grade 1s) in order to reach the quarter finals, the...
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Girls: Uruguay Bowl - Grade 2 (Week 12)
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For some reason the Uruguay Bowl was shifted from its normal place in the COSAT cycle to after the Copa Gerdau climax this year. As a result there are few Europeans left around, but Natalie Beazant has the misfortune to land in the same quarter as the best one here - top seed Ulrikke Eikeri from Norway. Sh...
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