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Boys: ITF High Coast Junior World Ranking Tournament, Sweden - Grade 3 (Week 9)
(Preview)
George Morgan appears to be the main hope within a British quintet in Kramfors (1) Tobias Blomgren (SWE) v Adam Thornton-Brown (GBR) (Q) Ted Nilsson (SWE) v Christopher Helliar (GBR) Tom Allan (GBR) v Morgan Johansson (SWE) George Morgan (GBR) v (Q) Gustav Kallen (SWE) Christopher Simpson (GBR) v (...
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DavidC
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7
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909
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Boys: ITF/LTAT Junior Championships,Thailand - Grade 1 (Week 10)
(Preview)
A large contingent of our top Boys have entered a series of Grade 1s in Asia. Ben Davis lost in qualifying, but there are six in the main draw. R1 (L64) Jordan McCulloch (GBR) d. (Q) Jeroen Benard (NED) 6-3 6-4 (7) David Thomson (GBR) BYE (15) Ahmed El Menshawy (GBR) BYE (9) Alastair Barnes (GBR) BYE (Q) Nu...
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Boys: Kramfors Junior Challenge, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 10)
(Preview)
The second week of tournaments in Kramfors has brought a surprise (to me anyway) British finalist, after Jessica Ren's success last week. This week's event is played on indoor clay, rather than the indoor hard courts used for the High Coast Challenge and Christopher Helliar has reached his first fi...
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1
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662
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Girls: Uruguay Bowl, Montevideo - Grade 2 (Week 9)
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Singles R1 (L32) (3) Stephanie Cornish (GBR) v (WC) Camila Acuna (PAR) If Steph has another good week then she could move into the top 50. The competition in the South American tournaments strengthens each week, as the climactic Grade A (Copa Gerdau in Brazil) approaches, but Steph has a friendly sta...
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Boys: Uruguay Bowl, Montevideo - Grade 2 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Singles R1 (L32) (1) Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) v Lewis Burton (GBR) Genia Gamazov (ISR) v (Q) Jack Carpenter (GBR) James Marsalek (GBR) v (WC) Martin Cuevas (URU) Francisco Aparicio (ARG) v Ashley Hewitt (GBR) Nick Jones (GBR) v (2) Andrea Collarini (ARG) Another poor draw for the boys, with opponents in...
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Girls: ITF High Coast Junior World Ranking Tournament, Sweden - Grade 3 (Week 9)
(Preview)
There is a welcome return here for Amy Askew, playing her first tournament since October. (4) Jessica Ren (GBR) vs. Anetta Munosova (SWE) (6) Ebba Unden (SWE) vs. Amy Askew (GBR) (2) Nicola George (GBR) vs. Marija Milutinovic (SWE)
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LTA Winter Grand Prix Masters - Roehampton
(Preview)
During the winter Grand Prix tournaments have been held for our juniors in 5 different agebands, culminating in a series of Masters events at the National Tennis Centre during January and February. The first of these this weekend is the 18 and under Masters, which includes the Thomson twins, Olive...
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Boys: 30th Argentina Cup, Mar del Plata - Grade 2 (Week 8)
(Preview)
This week's tournament on the Latin American circuit is a 48 draw, so our sextet avoid having to play top seeds in the first round like last week. However it is a strong field for a Grade 2 event, with the top 4 seeds all ranked inside the top 30 R1 James MARSALEK (GBR) Vs Sergiu MARGARIT (ROU) Jack CARPENTE...
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DavidC
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Girls: 30th Argentina Cup, Mar del Plata - Grade 2 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Round 1 (L64) (2) Stephanie Cornish BYE Steph has moved into the top 60, but is defending semi-final points from last year. Her Dutch doubles partner from last week is in the top half, so she has a tougher looking route to the final.
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Boys: Bavarian Junor Championships, Nurnberg, Germany - Grade 4 (Week 8)
(Preview)
There's a strong British contingent here, including George Morgan, who was unbeaten in the Lancashire side which won the Junior County Cup Group 1 at the weekend, and Richard Gabb, coming through qualifying yet again. R1 (L32) Tom Farquharson (GBR) v Yannis Baltogiannis (BEL) (Q) Joshua Gledden (...
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Girls: Tennis Europe Winter Cup (U14 & U16)
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Last year Laura Robson, Jessica Ren and Joanna Henderson steered GBR to the 14 & U finals for only the second time in the tournament's 28 year history. This year's team trying to reach the final 8 (in 2 weeks time) are:
Katy Dunne
Beth Askew
Pippa Horn
Their opening match on Friday is against S...
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Boys: ITF 4 Ultimum Almere, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Richard Gabb has been very busy of late. Since wrapping up the second of his two titles in Copenhagen on Saturday morning he has had to play 3 rounds of qualifying here, in order to join a large British contingent in the main draw. The draw has done us few favours, with 6 out of 8 drawing seeds. R1 (L32) Chri...
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Boys: Tennis Europe Winter Cup (U14 & U16)
(Preview)
The TE Winter Cup is a team competition split into 2 categories (14 & U, 16 & U), with a similar division for the Girls. The format is teams of 3 playing 2 singles and 1 doubles on a knock-out basis. There are roughly 32 countries participating in each category, partitioned initially into sets o...
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Girls: Copa Milo - Chile Deportes, Santiago - Grade 2 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Stephanie Cornish plays her first tournament of the year here. R1 (L64) (2) Stephanie Cornish (GBR) v BYE
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Boys & Girls: Bangladesh International Junior Championships - Grade 3 (Week 7)
(Preview)
The Thomson twins have the chance to complete a hat-trick of doubles titles in Bangladesh. David is confirmed as the top British boy in the current ITF rankings (83) and starts off here in style. Boys Singles R1 (L64) Yen-Ju HO (TPE) defeated Adam THORNTON-BROWN (GBR) 7-6(3) 6-1 (4) Jordan MCCULLOCH...
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Boys: Copa Milo - Chile Deportes, Santiago - Grade 2 (Week 7)
(Preview)
There's a strong group of 1992 boys joining Paul Brown here, but Ashley Hewitt and Paul have to overcome two of the top seeds to reach round 2. Paul's opponent won one of the recent Grade 2s in Ecuador. R1 (L64) (1) Hiroyasu Ehara (JPN) v Ashley Hewitt (GBR) (11) James Marsalek (GBR) v (WC) Francisco Gidi...
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Girls: ITF 4 Ultimum Almere, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Joanna Henderson plays her first tournament of the year here: R1 (L32) (WC) Tessa Breve (NED) v Joanna Henderson (GBR) (5) Paula De Man (NED) v Nicole Peterson (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: Rajshahi International Junior Championships, Bangladesh - Grade 3 (Week 6)
(Preview)
This is the second of the three tournaments in Bangladesh for the British quintet, with the higher grade attracting slightly stronger fields than last week Boys Singles R1 (L64) (6) Jordan MCCULLOCH (GBR) Bye Sen LI (CHN) defeated Adam THORNTON-BROWN (GBR) 6-2 7-5 (13) Mathew THOMSON (GBR) Bye (...
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Boys: ITF Junior Cup, Copenhagen - Grade 4 (Week 6)
(Preview)
European Grade 4s have been a happy hunting ground so far this year, and there is a strong British contingent here, including 4 seeds plus Liam Broady playing his first ITF event of the year. (1) Rune Winkler (DEN) v David Watson (GBR) Gustav Kallen (SWE) v (7) Christopher Simpson (GBR) (3) Tom Farquha...
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Boys & Girls: 8th Monastir ITF Junior Tournament , Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Ahmed El Menshawy is an early casualty here. The girls who played in the Sfax tournament last week should also be here, but I haven't spotted their draw anywhere yet. Boys Singles R1 (Last 32) John MORRISSEY (IRL) defeated (6) Ahmed EL MENSHAWY (GBR) 6-1 6-2 James TURBERVILL (GBR) defeated (4) Pave...
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Girls: Qatar Junior Open - Grade 5 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Remarkably Laura Slater is the third Brit so far to secure a doubles title this week (*) and still be in with a chance of a singles title. In the absence of the Omani girl she partnered last week, Laura heavily outranks the whole field, and teamed up with the other British Laura here (Deigman) to win the do...
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Boys: Condor de Plata, Bolivia - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Paul Brown has been ploughing a lone furrow for 2 weeks in South America, before 5 of our leading 1992 boys (and Steph Cornish) join him for next week's tournament. Last week was unproductive, but he has had a good run here. R1 (7) Paul Brown (GBR) BYE R2 (7) Paul Brown (GBR) defeated Dario Leiva (CHI) 6-2...
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Girls: ITF Junior Cup, Copenhagen - Grade 4 (Week 6)
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R1 (Last 32) Daneika Borthwick [GBR] vs. [Q] Laura Eline Faure [FRA] Chrissie Hoolahan [GBR] vs. Cathrine Arnholdt Pedersen [DEN] [6] Amy Bowtell [IRL] vs. [Q] Abbi Melrose [GBR] Leia Kaukonen [FIN] vs. Taro Keens [GBR] [2] Mai Grage [DEN] vs. [LL] Hannah Moran [GBR] Mai Grage played Fed Cup for Denm...
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Boys & Girls: BKSP International Junior Championships, Bangladesh - Grade 4
(Preview)
The return of the Thomson twins here, and also Jordan Mculloch. All of which have won their 1st rounds respectively, these could well be our wimbledon hopefuls -- Edited by Drew at 13:14, 2009-02-05
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Girls: Oman Open - Grade 5
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Laura Slater has been taking advantage of a weak field here. Laura is currently ranked around 250, the top seed (a local girl) inside 100, and everyone else outside 500. The two have combined in the doubles, and unsurprisingly have hardly lost a game. R1 Laura DEIGMAN (GBR) defeated Ann-Christin NIL...
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