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Boys & Girls: 2010 French Open preview
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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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1136
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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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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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Boys & Girls: Daytona Beach ITF, USA - Grade 4 (Week 19)
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Luke Bambridge plays his third and final Grade 4 in Florida. His opening opponent shouldn't be too problematic - he hasn't won an ITF singles match this year and was double-bagelled last week Boys R1 (L64) Max Peara (GBR) v (WC) Luca Corinteli (USA) (Q) Matthew Lasprilla (USA) v Henry Moore (GBR) (9) L...
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Boys & Girls: La Vie Sport Junior Cup Villach, Austria - Grade 2 (Week 19)
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Abbi Melrose was also in qualifying here, but lost in the final round Boys R1 (L32) (8) Tomas Hanzlik (CZE) v Robert Carter (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Elisha Gabb (GBR) v Petra Rohanova (CZE)
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Boys & Girls: Enka ITF, Turkey - Grade 4 (Week 19)
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Katy Dunne returns to action following her double triumph in Nottingham, and is joined by two of our other top 1995 girls, Pippa Horn and Beth Askew Boys R1 (L64) (6) Sam Hutt (GBR) Bye Girls R1 (L64) (Q) Pippa Horn (GBR) v (WC) Ipek Soylu (TUR) Beth Askew (GBR) v Lee Or (ISR) (8) Elliesa Ball (GBR) Bye (4) K...
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Boys & Girls: 32nd Torneo Internazionale "Citta' Di Santa Croce" Mauro Sabatini - Grade 1 (Week 19)
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A late withdrawal from Andrew Bettles, presumably not recovered from whatever caused his retirement last week, leaves just James Marsalek and Jennifer Ren in this strong tournament. James will do well to progress beyond the first round against an opponent who recently won a Grade 2 title. Boys R1 (...
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Boys & Girls: Plantation ITF, USA - Grade 4 (Week 18)
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Luke Bambridge stays in Florida for the second leg of the group of US junior tournaments Boys R1 (L64) Clay Crawford (GBR) v (WC) Michael Rinaldi (USA) Kai-Wen Lai (TPE) v Damian Gryzelko (GBR) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v Benoit Paradis (CAN) (5) Alexander Petrone (USA) v (LL) Henry Moore (GBR0 Girls R1 (L...
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Boys: 34th Sibiu-Sen Junior ITF, Roumania - Grade 3 (Week 18)
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We have a quintet over in Roumania for a Grade 3 event, with Chris Simpson progressing as a seed, but early disappointment for Connor Glennon R1 (L32) (LL) Antoni Orlinski (POL) v (Q) Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) (4) Christopher Simpson (GBR) d. (Q) Mihaita Daniel Damian (ROU) 6-1 6-3 (WC) Stefan Alexa...
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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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