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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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Coup Droit
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1313
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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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DavidC
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3
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1278
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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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DavidC
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5
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1554
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Other events - week 23
(Preview)
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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1626
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Boys & Girls: Roland Garros Junior French Championships, clay - Grade A (Week 23)
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(Preview)
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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DavidC
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38
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5945
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Boys & Girls: 53rd Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgian International Junior Championships, clay - Grade 1 (Week 22)
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(Preview)
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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DavidC
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20
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4096
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Other events - week 22
(Preview)
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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Coup Droit
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1399
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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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DavidC
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17
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3519
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Other events - week 21
(Preview)
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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1727
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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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DavidC
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2
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1637
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Other events - week 20
(Preview)
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)
(Preview)
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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DavidC
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1408
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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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DavidC
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10
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1811
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Other events - week 19
(Preview)
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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Coup Droit
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2
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1269
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Other events - week 18
(Preview)
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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Boys & Girls: Mediterranée Avenir, Morocco, clay - Grade 1 (Week 18)
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(Preview)
Last chance for those aiming for Roland Garros to gain points before the cut-off Boys R1 (L48) (13) Max Stewart bye (10) Finn Bass bye (7) Barnaby Smith bye Girls R1 (L48) (WC) Rime Benhadi (MAR) v Holly Fischer (2) Francesca Jones bye
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DavidC
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16
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2275
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Boys & Girls: The 39th Slovakia Cup, clay - Grade 2 (Week 17)
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(Preview)
Kyle Edmund is not the only Brit to play one of the Thiems this week. Dominic's younger brother Moritz takes on Harry Butler tomorrow. Fran Jones is in the draw, so hopefully has recovered from whatever caused her retirement last week Boys R1 (L48) Harry Butler v Moritz Thiem (AUT) (LL) Maximilian Gat...
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DavidC
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16
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2393
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Boys: Nike Junior International Nottingham (Week 2), hard - Grade 4 (Week 17)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038680
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DavidC
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11
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1273
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Boys & Girls: Tournoi ITF Junior de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, clay - Grade 1 (Week 17)
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(Preview)
http://www.tennisscores.de/livescore/itfjun/livescorer.html#
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DavidC
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33
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4492
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Girls: Nike Junior International Nottingham (Week 2), hard - Grade 4 (Week 17)
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(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038680
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DavidC
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3168
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Boys & Girls: 41st Medias-sen-Sibiu Junior ITF Tournament, Romania, clay - Grade 2 (Week 17)
(Preview)
George Loffhagen was a late withdrawal here, leaving just Max Stewart and Emma Raducanu, who both play wildcards Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Alexander Gima (ROU) v (2) Max Stewart Girls R1 (L32) Emma Raducanu v (WC) Fatima Ingrid Amartha Keita (ROU)
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2353
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Girls: Nike Junior International Nottingham (Week 1), hard - Grade 4 (Week 16)
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(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038679
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DavidC
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23
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2912
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Other events - week 17
(Preview)
In Algeria, G3, two close losses for our girls : R1: Sofya TRESHCHEVA (RUS) [6] 5-7 7-6(3) 6-3 Destinee MARTINS (GBR) Houria BOUKHOLDA (ALG) 2-6 6-4 6-4 Danielle DALEY (GBR) However, they got a win in the doubles: R1: Danielle DALEY (GBR) / Destinee MARTINS (GBR) 4-6 7-5 [10-7] ...
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869
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Boys: Nike Junior International Nottingham (Week 1), hard - Grade 4 (Week 16)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100038679
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DavidC
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1283
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Other events - week 16
(Preview)
In Israel, G4: R1 (L32): Ying HOU (GBR) 6-0 7-6(6) Yam BRUHIN (ISR) In Guadeloupe, G5: R1 (L32): Blu BAKER (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Valentin LAPALU (FRA)
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1077
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