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Boys: Junior Davis Cup Finals, Cordoba, Spain, clay (Week 44)
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We are one of 16 nations qualified for the Junior Davis Cup finals (details of the players on all 16 teams are here). The British team of Oliver Bonding, Zechariah Hamrouni and Mark Ceban will have their work cut out to win the tournament for a second time (Kyle Edmund, Evan Hoyt and Luke Bambridge won i...
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Boys: 2023 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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A strong under 14 team of Mark Ceban, Rhys Lawlor and Leo Wright begin the journey today, aiming for the World Junior U14 finals in the Czech Republic in August. Their first aim is to qualify for the European finals, and for that they need to beat Portugal today and Ukraine or Cyprus tomorrow. Qualify...
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Girls: J200 Hong Kong, hard (Week 44)
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Gabia Paskauskas and Allegra Korpanec Davies are in the Far East for a couple of J200 events R1 (L32) Yichen Zhao (CHN) v (5) Gabia Paskauskas Shihomi Li Xuan Leong (MAS) v Allegra Korpanec Davies
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Other events, 2023 - week 43
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There's a whole busload of GB lads who've descended on Senegal this week There's only 30 players - and of those, 9 are British ! J30 Senegal In R1, there were wins for: Rhys Watters; Murray Watters; Max Bland; Harry Cornhill; Noah Paterson; Ron Roopesh; Milo Nardelli Losses for: Freddie Sharp and Da...
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Boys & Girls: 2023 U14 World Junior Finals, Prostejov, Czech Republic, clay (Week 32)
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The World Junior finals get underway tomorrow with British representation in both events. The boys team of Mark Ceban, Rhys Lawlor and Leo Wright are in group D along with USA, Peru and Slovakia. They open against Slovakia tomorrow The girls team of Hollie Smart, Edie Griffiths and Lara Savic are in...
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Girls: J200 Szekesfehervar, Hungary, indoor clay (Week 43)
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A linguistically challenging venue to pronounce with one Brit in the field R1 (L32) (8) Hannah Read v Kitti Molnar (HUN)
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Other events, 2023 - week 42
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The two J100s in Botswana have, frankly, been extremely easy points. Which the 2009-born Penickova twins have taken/are taking great advantage of. Our players have had mixed results in R1 today Grace Chinwike had to retire after losing the first set. Tamara Kuti lost in three Seeded 7, Alisha Nduk...
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Boys: J300 Sanxenxo, Spain, hard (Week 42)
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Just Charlie Robertson left in Spain for this J300 R1 (L32) Carlo Alberto Caniato (ITA) v Charlie Robertson
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Boys & Girls: J60 Loughborough, GB - hard (Week 42)
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Following last week's J30, there is now a week 2 J60 at Loughborough Obviously quite a big overlap in terms of names In the boys qualis: wildcards have gone to Murray Watters, Harry Cornhill, Archie Gray and Alex Winder In the girls qualis: No wildcards Hollie Smart and Edie Griffiths must have main d...
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Boys: J200 Nagoya, Japan, carpet (Week 42)
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Although most of the British Oriental expedition entered here as well only Viktor Frydrych remains in the draw (assuming he didn't forget to withdraw) R1 (L48) (2) Viktor Frydrych bye -- Edited by DavidC on Thursday 19th of October 2023 06:43:32 PM
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Boys & Girls: J500 Osaka, Japan, hard (Week 41)
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The second leg in Asia, following a successful haul in Beijing, is one of the top rated tournaments outside grand slams. The Osaka tournament has been on the calendar for many years, and modestly describes itself as the World Super Junior Tennis Championships. The field is quite a lot stronger tha...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Vigo, Spain, hard (Week 41)
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Henry Jefferson came through qualifying to join Charlie Robertson in the main draw again, but has to take on the JWR27. Hannah Rylatt lost out in qualifying. Boys R1 (L32) (4) Charlie Robertson v Henry Bemet (SUI) (Q) Henry Jefferson v (2) Jakub Filip (CZE) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Paola Lopez (USA) v Hanna...
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Other events, 2023 - week 41
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Petits As winner, 2009-er Mark Ceban, is playing the J60 in Morocco this week. Like the fact that he's playing clay. It's not the best for getting wins (given his style of play) but excellent for injury prevention and technical progress. J60 Morocco Mark Ceban won in R1, singles and dubs MatildaCabre...
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Boys & Girls: J30 Loughborough, GB - hard (Week 41)
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GB is hosting some low-level ITF junior events. Which I think is excellent (wish they'd do 15ks for adults too). It kicks off with a J30 at Loughborough, followed by a J60 here And then they're doing the same in Liverpool (J30 followed by J60) in November (with a J60 in Glasgow and a J100 at Liverpool at...
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Girls: J200 Tashkent, Uzbekistan, hard (Week 41)
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The group of Brits in Istanbul last week have gone in different direction. Some will be in Spain, but Marelie Raath has travelled further east R1 (L48) (8) Marelie Raath bye
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Boys & Girls: J300 Beijing, China, hard (Week 40)
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There is a J500 event in Japan next week, and some Brits have chosen to combine that with a J300 event in Beijing, joining the pros at the National Tennis Centre Boys R1 (L48) (1) Oliver Bonding bye (8) Benjamin Gusic Wan bye (7) Viktor Frydrych bye Girls R1 (L48) (WC) Siyuan Wu (CHN) v Daniela Piani (5) Mi...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Istanbul, Turkey, hard (week 40)
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Charlie Robertson is the second seed here, joined by 5 other Brits including a couple of qualifiers, Maria Ustic and Luke Hooper. Boys R1 (L32) Gabriel Ghetu (ROU) v Henry Jefferson (Q) Luke Hooper v (3) Alexander Vasilev (BUL) Nikita Bilozertsev (UKR) v (2) Charlie Robertson Girls R1 (L32) (Q) Mari...
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Other events, 2023 - week 40
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The Top 10-12 Cat. 1 event at Bressuire takes place this week A lot of very good U12 players Very promising UK future star, Megan Knight, has a wildcard and is through to the last 16 As is Dasha Jones (a new name for me) Hermione Korpanec Davies lost in R1 In the ITFs this week: J100 Botswana Looking to f...
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Other events, 2023 - week 39
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J100 Austria Max Castle won R1 before losing easily in R2 J60 Ghana Grace Chinwike is top seed and has a BYE into R2 AkosuaLarbi-Mensah retired in R1 J60 Botswana Freya Peet won & in R1 J60 Albania Casper Nicolle and Jay Johnson-Hauldren are in R1 and yet to play Viviana Muci lost her R1 J60 S...
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Boys & Girls: 2023 European Junior Championships 16 & Under, Parma, Italy, clay (week 39)
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The European under 16 championships were originally scheduled to take place in Prerov at the same time as the under 14 and under 18 events in July. They have since been moved to Parma and rescheduled for this week. Nations, except the host, are restricted to 2 entrants per event and we have not select...
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Other events, 2024 - week 38
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J100 South Africa Finbar McGarvey won two matches but lost in the QFs. In the girls, Sophie Bekker (2008) won her R1 and lost in three sets against the 4th seed in R2. But Allegra K Davies (2007) continues her good form and is into the semis J100 Canada Aryan Singh lost in R1 Flora Johnson won her R1 thou...
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Girls: J200 Cairo, Egypt, clay (week 38)
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Second Cairo J200 for Gabia Paskouskas, again drawn against a low seed, though this one is a 15 year old with a good recent record R1 (L32) Gabia Paskauskas v (8) Jeline Vandromme (BEL)
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Girls: 2023 European Summer Cups - U12/U14/U16/U18
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The season of European Summer Cups starts today with qualification for the under 14 finals next weekend. The under 14s are always earlier, because the finals produce qualifying nations for the world under 14 championship finals in Prostejov starting August 7. GBR are seeded 1 in their group, but q...
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Other events, 2023 - week 37
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J100 South Africa 14 year-old Sophie Bekker has made the QFs, beating the 8th seed in two sets along the way These are her first points in a J100 event so well done to her 15 year-old Allegra Korpanec Davies has also made the QFs. Good luck to both in the next round J100 Spain Zach Stephens had to retire i...
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Girls: J200 Almaty, Kazakhstan, clay (Week 37)
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Following the US Open we have a couple of quiet weeks for junior action with J200 the highest grade on offer. Kazakhstan isn't an obvious hunting ground for Brits, but Brooke Black is joining the Kazakhs and East Europeans who dominate entries here. R1 (L48) (16) Brooke Black bye
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