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Boys & Girls: Canadian Open Junior Championships - Grade 1 (Week 35)
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This strong lead-up tournament to the US Open, won by Marcus Willis last year, has live Internet TV coverage of the semis and finals. Oliver Golding quickly returned to action successfully following his defeat in the final of the US Junior International Hard Court tournament to Sekou Bangoura. His...
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US Open Juniors Preview
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Entry lists are out: Girls MD 13 Heather Watson 23 Laura Robson 41 Hannah James QD 4 Stephanie Cornish (will probably make the main draw after withdrawals and SEs have been cleared) Ksenia Pervak is the only top 15 player missing Boys MD/QD None Alts 3 Ahmed El Menshawy 5 David Thomson 9 Alastai...
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Girls: Budaörs Cup, Hungary - Grade 3 (Week 34)
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Originally there were a lot of British girls due here, but all bar Daneika Borthwick pulled out in the last few days. If successful in her opener she is likely to come up against a top 100 player in round 2. R1 (L32) (Q) Kriszina Kapitany (HUN) v Daneika Borthwick (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: US International Junior Hard Court Championships - Grade 2 (Week 34)
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Oliver Golding is in North America for the major junior events leading up to the US Open, and is possibly only one win away from the top 100 Boys R1 (6) Oliver Golding (GBR) d. Dane Webb (USA) 6-0 6-3 R2 (6) Oliver Golding (GBR) d. Justin To (USA) 6-3 6-3 QF (4) Alfredo Moreno (MEX) v (6) Oliver Golding (GBR)...
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Girls: Luxembourg Outdoor Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 34)
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Lucy Brown, a recent winner of a Grade 5 event, is second seed here: R1 (L32) Ann-Kathrin Wind (GER) v (2) Lucy Brown (GBR)
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Girls: National Championships (U14/U12/U16) - Weeks 32/33
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All three championships take place on clay during the next 2 weeks in Bournemouth, starting with the under 14s. Katy Dunne has been our leading player in Tennis Europe events this year, and she will be seeded 1, followed by top 1996 girl Eleanor Dean, Beth Askew and Alice Keddie. Pippa Horn is a notable...
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Girls: Vila Do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, Portugal - Grade 3 (Week 33)
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While Daneika Borthwick and Elisha Gabb have returned to Britain for the under 16 Nationals starting tomorrow, Alex Walker and Jessica Ren will be hoping to emulate their achievments in Portugal R1 (L32) (1) Carla Forte (BRA) v Sabrina Stewart (GBR) Alexandra Walker (GBR) v (8) Olga Doroshina (RUS...
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Boys: National Championships (U14/U12/U16) - Weeks 32/33
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These three championships are held on American Clay at the West Hants Club, starting with the Under 14s on Monday. Top ranked Evan Hoyt missed the European Championships, and was forced to retire in a Category 1 event this week, so has withdrawn from the event. That leaves European Championships fin...
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Boys: Vila Do Conde Junior Tennis Cup, Portugal - Grade 3 (Week 33)
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There is a strong British contingent here with Richard Gabb and Chris Simpson as top seeds, along with last week's Nationals runner-up Lewis Burton. R1 (L32) (1) Richard Gabb (GBR) v Jonathan Hefetz (ISR) Rishabdev Raman (IND) v (6) Daniel Cochrane (GBR) (5) Lewis Burton (GBR) v Mensurado Vasco (PO...
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Girls: ITF Digicel Junior International, St Vincent & The Grenadines - Grade 5 (Week 32)
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Here, belatedly, is news of a third British title last week, to go with the two in Portugal. Sophie Morrill, a former hitting partner of Laura Robson, has won her first ITF title, and also reached the doubles final. R1 Sophie Morrill (GBR) defeated Siara Sibblies-Goodluck (VIN) 6-0 6-0 2nd Round Sop...
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Boys: Knokke Zoute Junior Championship, Belgium - Grade 3 (Week 33)
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Tom Allen plays his first tournament since losing to Jack Carpenter in a Grade 2 final in Egypt, and needs a semi here at least to improve his points tally and move towards the top 100. R1 (L32) (4) Filip Strnad (CZE) v Christopher Helliar (GBR) Tomas Pitra (CZE) v (3) Tom Allen (GBR)
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Girls: Taça Diogo Napoles, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 32)
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After last week's successful tournament Natalie Beazant and Elisha Gabb have a slightly stronger field to test them in the second Portugese Grade 4. Natalie has the same opener as last week. R1 (L64) (1) Natalie Beazant (GBR) v Ekaterina Tour (ISR) (11) Sian Bayliss (GBR) v Laura Pigossi (ITA) (Q) So...
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Boys: Taça Diogo Napoles, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 32)
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A chance to redeem last week's disappointing showing R1 (L64) (10) Robert Carter (GBR) v (WC) Joao Monteiro (POR) (6) Francisco Dias (POR) v Paul Brown (GBR) James Ireland v (WC) Mensurado Vasco (POR)
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Girls: National Championships (U18) - Week 32
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The quest to follow Tara Moore as national champion starts at the NTC on Saturday with qualifying. There is less strength in depth than in the boys event, so no-one in the top 500 ITF has to qualify. The seeds in the main draw are Jocelyn Rae, Samantha Vickers, Hannah James, Stephanie Cornish, Nicola Ge...
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Boys: National Championships (U18) - Week 32
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Qualifying starts on Saturday for the under 18 Nationals, held at the National Tennis Centre, with a reasonably strong field forcing Lewis Burton and Ben Davis amongst others to qualify. The seeds in the main draw are Ahmed El Menshawy, Jack Carpenter, Alastair Barnes, Oliver Golding, James Marsa...
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Boys & Girls: McDonalds Flevoland Outdoor, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 32)
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Lucy Brown won her maiden Grade 5 title a week ago, and moves up a grade here Boys Singles R1 (L32) (7) Christophjer Helliar (GBR) v Till Guttenberger (GER) Girls Singles R1 (L32) Sabrina Stewart (GBR) v (6) Deborah Danz (GER) Dide Beijer (NED) v (2) Lucy Brown (GBR)
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Boys and Girls : U12 Summer Cup
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Round Robin GB def. Estonia 2-1
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Boys: European Summer Cups 2009
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The European Summer Cups are contested in 3 categories: U14, U16 and U18. The first of these, the 14 & under had qualifying over the last 3 days for next weekend's finals. Unfortunately despite having our strongest squad we were well beaten by Spain, who were not seeded to qualify, because their...
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Girls: 15th Internacional Junior de Leiria, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 31)
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Although many of our top players are preparing for the Nationals there is a group who have opted for 3 tournaments in Portugal, headed by Natalie Beazant and Elisha Gabb - our two highest ranked girls outside the top 100. R1 (L32) (1) Natalie Beazant v Q/LL Manisha Foster v Q/LL (7) Sian Bayliss (GBR) v (...
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Boys: 15th Internacional Junior de Leiria, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 31)
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This is the first of three tournaments in Portugal with British interest R1 (L64) (15) James Ireland (GBR) BYE Lucas Pigossi (BRA) v Paul Brown (GBR) (8) Robert Carter (GBR) BYE
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Boys and Girls - 3rd Al Fatah ITF Junior Tournament 2009, Libya - Grade 5 (Week 30)
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Congratulation to Lucy Brown on her maiden victory Boys Singles R1: Karim SALLEMI (TUN) defeated David MCKENZIE-JAMES (GBR) 6-4 6-4 Girls Singles R1: Lucy BROWN (GBR) (1) BYE R1: Yasmin DOOST (GBR) defeated Anna GOETZ (AUT) 6-4 3-6 6-4 R1: Sabrina STEWART (GBR) (3) BYE R2: Lucy BROWN (GBR) (1) defea...
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Girls: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
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Amy Askew continues her comeback as top seed in the second Irish Grade 5: R1 (L32) (1) Amy Askew (GBR) d. Emily Madill (IRL) 6-2 6-0 (Q) Joie Inverdale (GBR) d. Klaartje Liebens (BEL) 6-1 6-3 (Q) Susan McRann (IRL) d. Kyria Dunford (GBR) 4-6 7-6(6) 7-5 (8) Safiyyah Azeez (GBR) d. (WC) Tanya Murtagh (IRL)...
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Boys: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
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A very thin week for Junior ITF events, with the main focus being on the European Summer Cup qualifications at the end of the week. This is the main tournament with British interest, a second Irish tournament played on carpet. R1 (1) Stefan Sterland-Markovic (GBR) d. Samir Iftikhar (PAK) 6-3 7-6(3) (...
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Girls: European Summer Cups 2009
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As with the Boys, there are three age categories: U14, U16 and U18 with qualifying for the first having just taken place. Great Britain were seeded to qualify, and despite having to replace the injured Pippa Horn with Alice Keddie, they beat Slovenia 2-1 to ensure qualification (Katy Dunne partneri...
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Boys & Girls: Safina Cup, Czech Republic - Grade 4 (Week 29)
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With Oliver Golding and George Morgan winning a title in Moscow, the third member of our team aiming to qualify for the junior Davis Cup, Andrew Bettles, has also been in good form in Prague, accounting for two of the French boys who dominated in Edinburgh en route to the final. Boys R1 (L32) (5) Andrew B...
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