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Boys & Girls: J100 Loughborough, GB - indoor hard (Week 11)
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The first of the Loughborough swing of events. J100 is an attractive level for a lot of our well-ranked players The first round of qualis took place today The only real match of note was that 2009-born 13 year-old Hollie Smart (the LTA's pick, after Hannah who is a different league entirely) is playing...
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Girls: J300 Casablanca, Morocco, clay (Week 11)
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Hannah Klugman is seeded in her first J300 outside the UK and looks to have a good round 1 draw. Gonzalo Cotter and Finlay Hudson lost in qualifying R1 (L32) (6) Hannah Klugman v Marina Markina (LAT) edited by DavidC to correct spelling of country
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Boys: J300 Sarawak, Malaysia, hard (Week 11)
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Another J300 event this week. Both Josh Manuel and his New Zealand opponent just missed the cut and have been given wildcards, which suggests a shortage of suitable local talent The winner takes on the top seed.. R1 (L48) (WC) Duncan McCall (NZL) v (WC) Josh Manuel
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Most Promising Youngsters
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I know there are lots of people on this forum that follow the GB tennis scene extremely closely and I just wanted to get their views on the most promising youngsters (male or female - I know this is in the male thread) from any junior age group. Perhaps those that may make top 200 in the future if everything...
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Other events, 2023 - week 10
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Annabel Hristova shows how you're up one minute, and crashed out the next.....She may well have been tired (physically, mentally or both) after last week's double titles. In Norway J30 (a level down), she lost in the first round of both singles and doubles. Isabella Gibson won one round in singles b...
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Boys: J200 Valencia, Spain, clay (Week 10)
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Josh Manuel's attempt to qualify for a second J200 in Thailand ended in the final qualifying round, so Viktor Frydrych is the sole Brit in a J200 singles main draw this week (Josh+ lost in round 1 of the doubles in Thailand) R1 (L32) Erik Tkalenko (UKR) v Viktor Frydrych
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Boys & Girls: Kungens Kanna & Drottningens Pris Tennis Europe U14 Super Category, Sweden, acrylic (Week 9)
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This is the second U14 Super Category event of the year (after Les Petits As) with most of the top Europeans entered. There is an excellent website with live scores here and streams from 4 courts here (live scoring and live streaming are mandatory for the handful of Super Category events) Rhys Lawl...
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Other events, 2023 - week 9
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South Africa, J100: Both Max Castle and Max Carrier won in R1 but lost in R2 Allegra K Davies has won two matches and is into the QFs Bahrain J30 Emma Cohen took the title last week but was obviously feeling the effects as she had to retire in her R1 match here But (1) Sophie Bekker (age 14) and Alice Haddad...
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Girls: J60 Gjovik, Norway - indoor hard (Week 9)
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We have four girls here, including the top seed and the 8th seed, so worthy of its own thread. And we managed a full house in R1  Vlada Kozak (seeded 1 and age 16) won her match at the line, 7-5 in the third Sirena Waas (age 16) won 2 & 2 Annabel Hristova (age 14) beat the 6th seed, 2 & ...
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Boys: J200 Nonthaburi, Thailand, hard (Week 9)
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No direct entries here, after Imogen Haddad pulled out this week but Josh Manuel has come through qualifying. Josh is on a good run of form, after 2 J60 finals in South Africa R1 (L48) (Q) Josh Manuel v (WC) Pannawat Suttisomboon (THA)
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Boys & Girls: J200 Siauliai, Lithuania, indoor hard (Week 8)
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Hannah Klugman has just turned 14, so she can start her annual quota of junior ITFs afresh (and up to 8 Women's ITFs before her 15th birthday), and she is seeded 2 here. A large British contingent here includes Charlie Robertson, winner of 2 consecutive J100 events Boys R1 (L32) Andreas Timini (CYP) v...
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Other events 2023 - week 8
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There is an important Tennis Europe Category 1 event (roughly equivalent to an ITF Grade 1) in France this week for the 14Us. Spotlight in the girls will be on the very instagram-oriented Ksenia Eframova (RUS) However, GB's Tara Lawal has come through qualis and, this morning, won her first round ma...
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Boys & Girls: 2023 Tennis Europe U14/U16 Winter Cups
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https://www.tenniseurope.org/news/147944/1416U-Winter-Cups-by-Dunlop-Latest-- Edited by DavidC on Friday 3rd of February 2023 06:27:45 PM
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Girls: J500 Cairo, Egypt, clay (Week 8)
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The first J500 (Grade A) of the year is in Egypt, with Marelie Raath as the sole Brit. She will be hard pressed to progress past round 1, where she is paired with the winner of the African Regional Championship earlier this month. Top seed is Australian Open finalist Mirra Andreeva (WTA290) R1 (L64) Ma...
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Other events, 2023 - week 7
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There's a very good contingent in Slovakia, this week Slovakia, J100 Luca Bluett lost in R1 in three sets Henry Jefferson and Charlie Robertson still to play In the girls, Millie Skelton got unlucky, drawing the top seed and losing easily Hannah Read and Hannah Rylatt both won in their R1 matche...
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Boys & Girls: J30 Liverpool, GB - hard, indoor (Week 7)
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The second leg in Liverpool.... BOYS Ilias is top seed again. But Jack Curtis has turned up for second seed place. Last week's winner Jay Johnson-Hauldren is in the draw again. Will be interested to see how (wc) Jesse Clarkson (age 14) gets on - he's raised a fair bit of interest GIRLS THe top two seed...
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Other events, 2022 - week 6
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South Africa J60 Josh Manuel has reached the boys final - good luck, Josh ! Max Castle made the quarters but is in the doubles semis Serena Manca also made the QFs in the girls, and is also into the semis in the dubs Daisy Clifford lost in R1 Sri Lanka, J30: Sirena Waas is into the semis Josh Hinton lost...
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Boys & Girls: J30 Dublin, Ireland - hard, indoor (Week 7)
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A group of girls have decided to skip the Liverpool second leg and go to Dublin instead (not quite sure why....) And there are quite a few other GB players here, as is to be expected BOYS (q) Robin McAlpine, (LL) Matt Upton and (q) Henry Best all won in R1 but (q) harry Abel lost GIRLS Wins for Tegan Bush,...
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Boys & Girls: J100 Bloemfontein, South Africa, hard (Week 7)
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Didn't see a thread for this so thought I'd update: Girls Marelie Raath is going well in the girls singles and is now in the QF, where she faces the 5th seed, after two comfortable straight sets wins in the earlier rounds. She is number 1 seed for this event by the way. Daisy Clifford lost in the first round...
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Boys: J300 Lima, Peru, clay (Week 7)
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The South American (COSAT) swing of top grade tournaments moves on to clay, culminating with a J500 (Grade A) event in Brazil in March. Most of the British squad has returned home, but Oliver Bonding has entered one further tournament in Peru. Transitioning to clay so quickly after the Colombian h...
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Boys & Girls: Les Petits As U14 super category, France, indoor hard (Week 4)
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This year there is just one Brit in the leading under 14 event by direct acceptance, but Georgiana Mititelu is joined by wildcard Hannah Klugman (welcomed by the organisers here ) while Mark Ceban and Liam Channon have come through qualifying. Hannah is fifth on the streamed court 2 tomorrow. Str...
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Boys & Girls: J300 Barranquilla, Colombia, hard (Week 6)
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The hard court section of the Latin American swing ends this week in Colombia with 48 player draws, so only Ellie Blackford and Daniela Piani needed to go through qualifying, both successful. Henry Searle's good run in San Jose gives him a high seeding here, while in early matches there is a win for Ru...
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Boys & Girls: J200 Oberhaching, Germany, indoor hard (Week 6)
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Hannah Klugman plays her 11th ITF tournament since her 13th birthday. That is slightly puzzling, as the rules only allow 10 for 13 year olds, but I guess that Wimbledon is not counted against her allocation, because of the lack of points. She is joined by Viktor Frydrych, Freddy Blaydes and Luke Hoop...
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Boys & Girls: J30 Liverpool, GB - hard, indoor (Week 6)
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A domestic J30 will give lost of GB interest with names that people might not know... The first round of qualis took place yesterday The second two rounds are today
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Boys & Girls: J300 Salinas, Ecuador, hard (Week 5)
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The second of the high grade Latin American hard court events didn't get off to the best start from a British perspective, as both Oliver Bonding and Hugo Coquelin lost in qualifying via match tiebreaks. The main draw sees Henry Searle pitted against the 14 year old star who is on a 30 match unbeaten ru...
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