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Girls: China Junior 12, indoor hard - Grade 2 (Week 27)
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Just one Western European here in either draw - Victoria Allen - providing the first non-Asian/Australasian ITF opposition for her opponent R1 (L32) Victoria Allen v Xiaowei Hu (CHN)
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5
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864
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Girls: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Week 27)
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Emily Appleton and Fran Jones are directly in the main draw here, while Jodie Burrage, Ali Collins, Eliz Maloney, Holly Fischer, Emma Raducanu, Gemma Heath and Esther Adeshina are likely recipients of wildcards. Qualifying starts tomorrow with two wins required to progress. Unusually we have a g...
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5524
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Boys: TIHTA Aruba - hard - Grade 4 (Week 26)
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R1 (L32) Freddie GRANT (GBR) [3] 6-2 6-2 Nicolas YAMAZAKI CHAN (BRA) Blu BAKER (GBR) 6-4 3-6 6-3 Shintaro MOCHIZUKI (JPN)
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Other events - week 26
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A huge range of far-flung places this week: Canada G5: R1 (L48) Mitchell JOHNSON (GBR) 6-2 6-0 Hubert THEODORE (CAN) Cuba G5: R1 (L32) Sofia Isabel TERAN RIOS (MEX) 6-2 5-7 6-1 Isabella NUNEZ (GBR) Fiji, G5: R1 (L48): Kiana MOKHTARI (GBR) [15] BYE R2 (L32): Georjemah ROW (SOL) ...
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1289
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Boys & Girls: Preveza Cup, Greece - hard - Grade 5 (Week 26)
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George Hutchings, Charlie Penman, Nicholas Goslar and Grace Eland failed to get through qualifying. Boys: R1: Bradley BUCKLAND (GBR) 6-4 6-0 Christos-Panagiotis DAGLIS (GRE) Matteo ARNALDI (ITA) 6-4 6-3 Joseph WHITE (GBR) James Story still to play. Doubles: R1: Bradley BUCKLA...
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Boys: Van Der Valk Hotel Gladbeck Junior Cup, Germany, clay - Grade 2 (Week 26)
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Ewen Lumsden did very well to edge a final qualifier this afternoon against a strong Spaniard, only to draw the second seed, while the Spaniard entered as a Lucky Loser against another LL. However Jack Draper did find a way past the Brazilian last week in a 3 setter featuring 2 tiebreaks R1 (L32) (Q) Ewe...
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1
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1025
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Boys & Girls: Allianz Kundler German Juniors, clay - Grade 1 (Week 25)
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Qualifying has just concluded in Berlin with Ewen Lumsden negotiating it as top seed and Anna Loughlan prevailing as a Lucky loser, though drawing the 4th seed may not feel particularly lucky. George Loffhagen also has a formidable opponent ranked inside 1000 ATP Boys R1 (L64) Hamish Stewart v (Q) O...
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3451
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Mahdia, Tunisia, clay - Grade 4 (Week 25)
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BOYS R1 (L32) Harry BUTLER (GBR) 0-6 7-6(4) 6-3 Macsen SISAM (NZL) [5] Jake HERSEY (GBR) [4] 6-2 7-5 Ruben BUSCH (GER) Zyaan plays tomorrow GIRLS R1 (L32) Gemma HEATH (GBR) [2] 6-1 6-2 Anastasiya SALENKO (UKR) Kateryna ZADOROZHNA (UKR) 6-2 6-4 Danielle DALEY (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: FBT ITF Junior Challenge, Denmark, clay - Grade 4 (Week 25)
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Boys R1 (L64) Josh WILSON (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Julius KRISTENSEN (DEN) Mihailo POPOVIC (SRB) 6-2 6-4 Jacob FEARNLEY (GBR) Roberts GRINVALDS (LAT) [4] 6-2 6-1 James MACKINLAY (GBR) Emile Hudd (3) and Jack Joel (q) play tomorrow. Doubles R1 (L32) Jack JOEL (GBR) / Luke NAYLOR (GBR) ...
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Boys & Girls: Kelibia ITF Juniors, Tunisia, clay - Grade 4 (Week 24)
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Boys: In qualis, Barney Fitzpatrick got through to the last q round but lost out in three sets. However, the main draw has: Jake Hersey (4), Harry Butler (6), Zyaan Ahmed, Matt Beecher and (wc) Zach Phillips Girls: Gemma Heath turned up as an unexpected late entrant and, needless, to say waltzed thro...
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Boys: Copa Mundo Maya by Universidad Galileo, Guatemala (and other) - hard - Grade 4 (Week 24)
(Preview)
In Guatemala, G4, two of our far-flung 2001-er boys are playing: R1 (L32): Blu BAKER (GBR) 6-0 6-1 Ryota KANEDA (JPN) George DAVIS (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-2 Kris Alessandro HERNANDEZ MARIONA (GUA) George lost his doubles, 9-11, in a MTB. Blu still to play his. Elsewhere: In Romania, G5: R1 (L4...
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Boys & Girls: 25th International Junior Tournament of Offenbach, Germany, clay - Grade 1 (Week 24)
(Preview)
Emile Hudd, Ewen Lumsden, Hamish Stewart and Anna Loughlan all reached today's final qualifying, but only Anna got the win to progress directly to the main draw. However Hamish nabbed the one Lucky Loser spot to join Dominic West, Jack Draper and Aidan McHugh. It's Jack's first ITF since March. Boy...
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Boys: Miedzynarodowy Turniej Juniorów o Puchar Slaska, Poland, clay - Grade 2 (Week 23)
(Preview)
Four Brits here for a G2 with Dominic West and Ewen Lumsden taking on the winner and runner-up of the recent Turkish G4. The top seed has won tournaments at G4, G3 and G2 level in the last few months Boys R1 (L32) (1) Yanki Erel (TUR) v Dominic West (4) Aidan McHugh v (Q) Tomasz Dudek (POL) Hamish Stewart v Tr...
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1306
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Other events - week 23
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In El Salvador, there's a G4 this week. And Blu Baker, ranked about 800, got sweet revenge on the lad ranked about 300 who beat him last week: R1 (L32) : Blu BAKER (GBR) JWR 801 7-6(5) 6-1 Boruch SKIERKIER (ARG) [4] JWR 307 Looking forward to watching his progress, this week and in general.......
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Boys & Girls: Roland Garros Junior French Championships, clay - Grade A (Week 23)
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Just Emily Appleton and Francesca Jones have made the main draw here. Barnaby Smith is in qualifying and needs to win two matches, starting with a French wildcard. The other seed in his section is the Italian who edged him out in the Florence G2 semis recently Boys QR1 (8) Barnaby Smith v (WC) Emmanuel C...
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5293
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Boys & Girls: 53rd Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgian International Junior Championships, clay - Grade 1 (Week 22)
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The main draw gets underway here tomorrow with Barnaby Smith the one player who could win a Special Exempt into the French Open with a good performance here. He should be joined in the main draw by Anton Matusevich and Ali Collins. Qualifying has started with round 1 wins for Lilian Mould and Victoria...
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Other events - week 22
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In Moldova, G5: R1: Pietro MARINO (ITA) 6-4 6-4 Toby SAMUEL (GBR) (born 2002) R1 Dubs: Bogdan BOCLINCA (MDA) / Toby SAMUEL (GBR) 7-5 2-6 [10-5] Thomas George BRUN (SUI) / Andrei BUTNARU (MDA) In Albania, G5: R1: Ying HOU (GBR) [1] 6-3 5-7 7-6(3) Andrea BRIGNACCA (ITA) Gjorgj...
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Boys & Girls: Hodmezovasarhely Cup, Hungary, clay - Grade 2 (Week 21)
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(Preview)
Max Stewart is seeded to reach his first G2 final, and is joined by three of our most highly rated junior girls, with Holly Fischer facing the challenge of the top seed. Boys R1 (L32) Tristan Boyer (USA) v (2) Max Stewart Girls R1 (L32) (1) Viktoria Morvayova (SVK) v Holly Fischer Katya Townsend (USA) v (...
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Other events - week 21
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I'm all for clever tournament picking, and MJ certainly seems to have got the hang of it, in what must be an amazing trip to Africa - brilliant experience. She's in a G5 in Mozambique this week that only has 13 entrants in total. MJ is directly into the QF and plays tomorrow (and directly into the semis of t...
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Girls: 58th Trofeo Bonfiglio - Campionati Internazionali d'Italia Juniores, clay - Grade A (Week 21)
(Preview)
Unusually just one British entrant for this strong GA event, and Emily Appleton has a tough draw against a Spaniard who has won or reached the final in 2 of the G1s she has played this year, and has also won a couple of $10Ks. The match is third on tomorrow (first at 8am BST) with live scores at http://www.t...
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Other events - week 20
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Excellent win for Marni !!: In Morocco, G4: R1 (L32): Amarni BANKS (GBR) (born 2002) JWR 1333 def. [4] Carol Youngsuh LEE (NMI) JWR 330 6-2 6-2 got a win in the dubs too. In Montenegro, G4: R1 (L32): Jake HERSEY (GBR) [3] 4-6 6-4 6-1 Vasileios VARDAKIS (GRE) Harry BUTLER (GBR) [6] 6-1 6-3...
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Boys: 38. International Spring Bowl , Austria , clay - Grade 2 (Week 20)
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Two Brits here facing familiar named opponents - Dominic Thiem's brother and Petr Korda's son. Sebastian was a finalist in a G1 recently, but this appears to be his first tournament on European clay R1 (L32) Moritz Thiem (AUT) v (8) Jack Draper Aidan McHugh v (3) Sebastian Korda (USA)
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1169
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Girls: ITF/CAT North African Circuit, Morocco, clay -Grade 3 (Week 19)
(Preview)
Holly Fischer is in the draw here, so hopefully recovered after her retirement last week. She and lucky loser Amarni Banks have drawn twins R1 (L32) Zainab Bendahhou (MAR) v Destinee Martins (6) Holly Fischer v Camille Townsend (USA) (LL) Amarni Banks v (2) Katya Townsend (USA)
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1572
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Other events - week 19
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Poor MJ is on the wrong side of another heart-breakingly close loss: Namibia, G5: R1: M J CHANGWEREZA (GBR) [5] BYE R2: Sonashe BHATNAGAR (IND) 7-5 5-7 7-6(2) [5] M J CHANGWEREZA (GBR) Anna also lost out: R1: Riya UBOVEJA (IND) 6-1 6-2 Anna HOSKING (GBR) In Turkey, G4: R1 (L32): Z...
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1074
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Other events - week 18
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MJ is playing a G4 in Namibia this week. Derrick Chen also has a wildcard into a G4 in China. And double winner from 2 weeks ago, Blu Baker, is in the States this week, at a clay G4 in Florida: He came through three matches of qualifying and then won his R1 match but it's a big draw one so lots of tennis and no po...
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