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Boys & Girls: J2 Siauliai, Lithuania, indoor hard (Week 8)
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Will Nolan is the one British direct entrant here, and has to tackle the JWR37. 13 year old Hephzibah Oluwadare made her first attempt to qualify for a high grade event, but lost to an Estonian who went on to qualify comfortably. Kristina Paskauskas reached final qualifying. Boys R1 (L32) (5) Konstan...
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Boys: J1 Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay (Week 8)
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Derrick Chen's South American tour has taken him to Brazil for the penultimate event. Unfortunately he just missed out on direct acceptance, and lost in the first qualifying round to American Timothy Phung. He is though in the doubles main draw for a change, pairing up with an American to take on a P...
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Other events, 2021 - week 6
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In Turkey, J4, this week we have Matt Southcombe, Fabio Nestola and Joel Pierleoni In Pakistan, J5, the trio from last week, Iman, Alaia and Raahim Agha. are back in action. And joined be Ellie Blackford. Jaquelyn O should be in action again in Nicaragua, J5. -- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 7th of Fe...
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Other events, 2021 - week 7
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Looks like the British action this week is in Dakar, Senegal, where 4 boys are playing and 2 girls. Derreck Chen is also in J1 action down in Paraguay. I am still left wondering why, particularly at Dakar, Senegal, as a place to have 6 of our top juniors, but...
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Boys: J1 Lambare, Paraguay, clay (Week 7)
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Another short South American thread unfortunately. Derrick Chen just scraped in as a direct entry here, but has lost his round 1 match today, and doesn't feature in the doubles draw. R1 (L32) Peter Benjamin Privara (SVK) d. Derrick Chen 6-3 6-4
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Boys: J1 Salinas, Ecuador, hard (Week 6)
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Derrick Chen is the only Brit to take part in a Grade 1 tournament so far this year (the only one to survive in Ukraine) and he is also the sole Brit registered for the first of the abbreviated South America series (other Brits are on the acceptance lists later on, as the COSAT circuit ends in Brazil) . Der...
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Other events, 2021 - week 5
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The Kenyan stint continues with a J5 this week. In the girls, Anjali Kotecha came through qualis. Kristina Paskauskas lost in qualis (as did Gabia and Maria) but got a LL place. Imogen is in the MD (as was Ananya, I'm pretty sure, but I think she's withdrawn) In the boys, Miles Groom also came throug...
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Other events, 2021 - week 4
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In Nairobi, this week, Gabi Paskauskas is joined by older sister, Kristina. GIRLS QR1: Wins for the two Paskauskas sisters, Maria Ustic and Anjali Kotecha QR2: Kristina P (seeded 2) lost but younger sister, born 2006, won hers. A win for Anjali, but Maria lost. BOYS QR1: Miles Groom lost 9-11 in th...
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Other events, 2021 - week 3
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We don't normally concentrate too much of qualis of lower events but there's not a great deal of tennis going on and there's a lot of names I don't know, so good to give them all a shout out..... In Nairobi, J4, in qualis: Girls: Maria Ustic (age 13) won her QR1 match & and then lost her QR2 match, 9-11...
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Boys: J1 Svyatopetrivske village, Ukraine, inddor hard (Week 3)
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Although unsurprisingly most Brits who were on the entry list, including Jack Pinnington Jones, have pulled out one has made the trip to Ukraine R1 (L32) Marko Stakusic (CAN) v Derrick Chen
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Other events - Week 2 2021 Season
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For Week 2 - a number of British juniors are playing in both Belgrade (Joel Pierleoni, Kylie Bilchev, Ranah Stoiber - Given Roach lost first round) and also in Israel (Harry Lazell, Matthew Rankin, Hep).Kylie is top seed and Joel is 2nd seed in Belgrade.
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With all the 2001-ers dropping out, our list of boys is looking very healthy now. However, not much change of note for the girls. BOYS 06/01/20 Top 50021+15ArthurFery2002 Great Britain42807.5HEAD 2 HEAD28+21FelixGill2002 Great Britain42695HEAD 2 HEAD71+54JackPinnington Jones2003 Gr...
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Other events - week 50
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Many of the same batch of players who did well last week in Harare are giving it another go this week, in the second event there, so that'll give us something to watch. In qualis, both Emmie Wright ('03) and Ellie Blackford ('06) came through two matches of qualis without barely losing a game. Emmie has...
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Boys & Girls: JA Orange Bowl, Plantation, United States, clay (Week 49)
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Qualies draws up, no boys in qualies, but should be 5 main draw. girls qualies include Bilchev as seed Q3 and then Ogunwale and Kempster also. Should be 3 girls in main draw. qualies field depleted a lot overnight to draw time with circa a dozen girls falling off. Only 43 of the 48 spots filled, 37 in bo...
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Other events - week 49
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In Jo'burg, J5: R1 wins for Lucy Weber and Lara Bakhaya In Turkey, J5: R1 wins for Ranah Stoiber (top seed) and Talia Neilson Gatenby. Kristina Paskauskas (seeded 3) lost easily however. Given Roach also lost but in three sets against the second seed. The boys (Luca Pow and Harry Rock) play tomorrow...
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Other events - week 48
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In Pakistan, J5, Roy Keegan won his R1 match. In Turkey, J4, in the boys, Matt Southcombe won his R1 match too. Harry Rock and Derrick Chen are yet to play. In the girls, Given Roach lost but Ranah Stoiber won her R1 match. In Johannesburg, J5, Will Jansen won his R1 match, beating the 5th seed
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Other events - week 47
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In Israel, J5, Hep Oluwadare (age 13) has qualified easily for the main draw again. In Pakistan, J5, Roy Keegan won his R1 match 0&0
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Boys: J3 Istanbul, Turkey, indoor hard (Week 47)
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There has been a regular supply of tournaments in Istanbul during the autumn, and this week we are back up to a Grade 3. There was success in qualifying for 2 out of 3 Brits, but Joel Pierleoni narrowly missed out. The last time a Brit was paired with Bjorn Borg's son Will Nolan got the better of him in a Grad...
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Boys: J3 Sobota, Poland, indoor hard (Week 47)
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This is the second Grade 3 event this week with British interest R1 (L32) Martyn Pawelski (POL) v Matthew Rutter
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Other events - week 46
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As little Hephzibah (born 2007) gets her first ITF junior ranking, from Cyprus last week, she's now giving it a whirl in Israel, J5. She won her QR1 match, & 2, and her FQR match, 2 & 1. And today has notched up another point, winning R1 3 & 3. In the USA, J5, Wil Jenkins won his R1 match. In S...
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Boys: J5 Larnaca, Cyprus, hard (Week 44)
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We appear to have missed this Cyprus Grade 5 where 16 yo Freddie Ridout was successful in winning the doubles title. Fina! : (2) Etienne Marty (FRA) & Freddie Ridout (GBR) beat (1) Pavlos Parson (CYP) & Photos Photiades (CYP) by 7-6(5) 1-6 [10-3]
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Other events - week 45
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Turkey has a J4 event this week. Derrick Chen has won his R1 match - go, Derrick! Luca McManus lost In Singapore, J5, Aidan Bryne and Scarlett Perkins both lost in R1 The main GB interest, though, is in Cyprus, J4. I'm excited to see how Hephzibah O will do - such a major fan of hers, and she's only just tu...
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Girls: J2 Benicarlo, Spain, clay (Week 44)
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A much weaker field this week in Spain, as the tournament is a Grade 2, with Grade 3 points. Millie Bissett is the one Brit remaining from the J1 main draw, and is seeded. Isabelle Nunes, Mila Burek and Libby Darley (plus Josh Manuel) all lost in qualifying. R1 (L32) (Q) Claudia De Las Heras Armenteras...
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Boys: J3 Istanbul, Turkey, indoor hard (Week 44)
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The final Istanbul Grade 3 attracts a stronger field so all the Brits are unseeded. Mattias Southcombe lost out to the week 1 winner in final qualifying R1 (L32) Carl Roothman (RSA) v (Q) Patrick Brady Derrick Chen v Berk Bugarikj (MKD) William Nolan v (WC) Kerem Ozlale (TUR)
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Boys & Girls: J1 Villena, Spain, clay (Week 43)
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Both Plovdiv winners are here looking for back to back titles. Kylie Bilchev has the task of stopping the unbeaten run of the Andorran winner of the girls' event. The top 3 ranked girls in the world are all here, so I imagine this tournament will comfortably pass the test for allowing Grade 1 points (see...
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