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Boys & Girls: AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International, Australia, hard - Grade 1 (Week 3)
(Preview)
The traditional Australian Open warm-up event features our 3 grand slam entrants. Jay takes on his Wimbledon doubles partner, who is one of the highest ranked non-seeds. Boys R1 (L64) Andres Gabriel Ciurletti (ITA) v Ewan Moore (8) Jay Clarke v Lukas Klein (SVK) Girls R1 (L64) Ema Lazic v Oana Gavril...
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Boys & Girls: Sport Hotel Kurz Junior Classic, Austria, carpet (indoor) - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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(Preview)
Nell Miller is here in the girls and will play her first round match tomorrow. In the boys: R1: Bradley BUCKLAND (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Karol PALUCH (POL) David CIERNY (SVK) 6-1 6-0 Matthew CLEGG (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: RPM Junior Open, Czech Republic, hard - Grade 1 (Week 2)
(Preview)
Ewan Moore was a surprise finalist here last year, but has opted for Australia, so will drop out of the top 50 next week. Boys R1 (L64) (7) Ryan James Storrie bye Ben Draper v Borna Gojo (CRO) Girls R1 (L64) (5) Georgina Axon bye Eleonora Molinaro (LUX) v Lauryn John-Baptiste
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Boys & Girls: EuroElite ITF Junior Malmo Open, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 2)
(Preview)
Eliz Maloney looks to build on her strong start in Sweden last week Boys R1 (L32) Anton Ornberg (SWE) v (LL) Toby Huffer (4) Louis Newman v Johannes Foss Abrahamsen (NOR) Joe Tyler v (5) Gilbert Jaeger (SWE) (6) Will Davies v Peter August Anker (NOR) (WC) Filip Tensing (SWE) v Joshua Rose (Q) Duje Ajduko...
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Boys & Girls: India ITF Juniors 2, hard - Grade 2 (Week 2)
(Preview)
Finn Bass and Jack Molloy have been shunted down the seeding order by Alexis Canter's arrival in New Delhi. In week 1 Jack narrowly lost in round 1 to the eventual champion Lingxi Zhao, and he gets a repeat. Top seed Mahak Jain has lost to a Brit in her last 3 tournaments. Megan Davies gets the chance to mak...
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Boys & Girls: 15th Abu Dhabi Country Club ITF Junior Championships, UAE, hard - Grade 4 (Week 2)
(Preview)
There's a good turn out here. Donia and her Egyptian brother are here. As is Gemma Heath and Emile Hudd. Brandon Murphy (little fave) has been drawn against the second seed, which is a shame, but who knows... And the lad who burst on the scene last autumn in Africa, barely having played in ITFs before, an...
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Boys & Girls: 52nd Coffee Bowl (Copa Del Cafe), Costa Rica, hard - Grade 1 (Week 1)
(Preview)
Boys R1 (L64) (3) Ezekiel Clark (USA) v Alastair Gray (7) Alexis Canter v Sebastian Mermersky (USA) Girls R1 (L64) Jada Robinson (USA) v Emily Appleton
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6
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1100
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Boys & Girls: Chandigarh ITF Juniors, India, hard - Grade 3 (Week 1)
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There are 2 G3s and a G2 in India with Finn Bass and Jack Molloy top seeding the first G3 Boys R1 (L32) (1) Finn Bass v (Q) Digvijaypratap Singh (IND) Youssef Dabbabi (TUN) v (Q) Louis Newman James Davis v Rian Pandole (IND) Lingzi Zhao (CHN) v (2) Jack Molloy Girls R1 (L32) Camilla Verden Anderson v (6) Kom...
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11
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1461
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Boys & Girls: 23rd Slovak Junior Indoor, carpet - Grade 2 (Week 1)
(Preview)
Although there is a G1 this week the Slovak G2 has a stronger field (seeds anyway). Ewan Moore and Ryan Storrie have byes, but Luke Hammond and Ben Draper have to negotiate round 1. Ema Lazic and Lauryn John-Baptiste should be in the girls' event when it starts on Tuesday Boys R1 (L64) Luke Hammond v Mart...
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1671
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Boys & Girls: SALK Open, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 1)
(Preview)
Jake Hersey and Eliz Maloney start their season in Sweden along with Max Benaim Boys R1 (L32) Johan Garpered (SWE) v Max Benaim (5) Jake Hersey v Anton Ornberg (SWE) Girls R1 (L32) (5) Eliz Maloney v (WC) Ida Ferding (SWE)
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1281
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Boys: 54th Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U12/U14 (Weeks 50/51)
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(Preview)
The last British winner of this prestigious event was Josh Sapwell in the 2010 under 14s. There may be qualifiers in addition to those listed. There are 16 17th seeds in the under 14s U12 R1 (L128) Jack Pinnington Jones v Jack Anthrop (USA) Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) v Joel Pierleoni Amalgeldi Zhumaba...
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Girls: 54th Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U12/U14 (Weeks 50/51)
(Preview)
After a strong performance in the Eddie Herr Kylie Bilchev is seeded 3 here. Holly Fischer is also an under 12, but is tackling the under 14s here, an event Maia Lumsden won in 2012 Under 12 R1 (L128) Kathryn Treiber (USA) v Millie-Mae Matthews Tiana Fox v Emma Shasteen (SWE) Alice Thunred (USA) v (3) Kyl...
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Boys & Girls: Metropolia Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship, USA, clay - Grade A (Week 49)
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(Preview)
The culmination of the junior ITF season sees Sofia Kenin, Dalma Galfi, Katie Swan and Tereza Mihaikova battling it out to see if any of them can dislodge Marketa Vondrousova from the number 1 spot. Qualifying was postponed from yesterday, and features Ali Collins, Donia Abdel-Aziz and Ben Draper...
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DavidC
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Boys & Girls: ITF Pune Open Junior Tennis Championship, India, hard - Grade 3 (Week 48)
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(Preview)
The second Indian tournament is a G3, with Finn dropping to 4th seed but Georgie still top seed. Boys R1 (L32) (4) Finn Bass v Vikrant Dahiya (IND) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Georgina Axon v Lalita Devarakonda (IND)
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Matt Story
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A shout out to Matt who yesterday evening won BBC Wales Young Sports Personality of the Year.
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The Optimist
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615
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Boys & Girls: Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, USA, hard - U12/U14 (Week 48)
(Preview)
Some of our top under 12s and under 14s are competing here Boys Under 12 R1 (L64) Boros Attila (HUN) v Patrick Brady (3) Derrick Chen v Omer Mann (ISR) Matthew Gedney v Bruno Kazuhara (USA) Boys Under 14 R1 (L64) (5) Jack Draper v Jeancarlos Alvarez (DOM) George Davis v Nicholas Garcia (USA) Harry Wendel...
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Boys & Girls: Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, USA, clay - Grade 1 (Week 48)
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(Preview)
This prestigious event was won last year by Reilly Opelka and Dalma Galfi. The main draw comes out later with Ryan Storrie and Alexis Canter expected to be in it. Although there were no British acceptances in the girls event, once Emily Arbuthnott pulled out, Ali Collins has signed in for qualifying a...
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DavidC
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3124
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Boys & Girls: Diners Junior Zagreb Cup, Croatia, hard: indoor - Grade 4 (Week 48)
(Preview)
Boys 1st RoundAlastair GRAY (GBR) [1] 6-2 6-7(3) 6-1 Zvonimir ORESKOVIC (CRO)James DAVIS (GBR) [7] 6-2 7-5 Federico BERTUCCIOLI (ITA)Girls 1st RoundLauryn JOHN-BAPTISTE (GBR) [4] 6-2 6-4 Ana BISKIC (CRO) So, three out of three. Keep it going......
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Girls: East Africa Junior Circuit, Kenya, clay - Grade 4 (Week 48)
(Preview)
Remus isn't here this week (I'm missing him already). But Jo-Jo is, and going well (and her Academy still posting lovely smiley, group photos of them all ) Poor Sasha, after winning her first set, and getting the game postponed overnight, lost in the Qualis though: FQR: Achu MADUT (SUD) 4-6 7-6(5)...
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Boys & Girls: India ITF Juniors, hard - Grade 4 (Week 47)
(Preview)
Finn Bass and Georgie Axon are in India for a G4 and G3 Boys R1 (L32) Christian Cummings (IND) v (2) Finn Bass Girls R1 (L32) (1) Georgina Axon v LL
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11
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Boys: XXIX Yucatan Cup, Mexico, clay - Grade 1 (Week 47)
(Preview)
Katie Swan said when interviewed after last week's GA event that the Orange Bowl would be her only other event this year, which leaves Jay Clarke and Ryan Storrie as the two Brits here. Live scoring is promised at http://www.tennisticker.de/mex/mex2579/sb.html but has yet to start. http://co...
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Boys & Girls: East Africa Junior Circuit, Kenya, clay - Grade 5 (Week 47)
(Preview)
After Remus' heroics last week (coming through qualis and then making two finals, played on Saturday), he didn't even get a wildcard this week. And so had to play two round of qualis on Sunday and then another today. However, he won them all He has his first round doubles today, and starts singles tomor...
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Boys & Girls: Abierto Juvenil Mexicano, clay - Grade A (Week 46)
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(Preview)
The Mexican GA has a much stronger field since moving last year from its traditional Christmas/New Year slot. Hence Katie Swan is only seeded 3, and she opened this afternoon with a comfortable victory. Jay Clarke is on court now and has won the first set 6-2 and leads 4-0 in the second - live scores at ht...
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Other events - week 46
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A great win for Remus Cope, a qualifier, in Kenya (G5): R1: Remus COPE (GBR) (q) 6-2 6-1 Karim ABDEL RAOUF (EGY) [3] JWR 664 In the girls, Jo-Jo Bach is playing and has a BYE in R1. Also, a win for Chloe: R1: Chloe NJUGUNA (GBR) 6-2 6-0 Olive TUYISENGE (RWA) In Ecuador, G5: R1: George DAVIS (GB...
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Boys: Marshall Open in honour of Ronnie Sender, Israel, hard - Grade 3 (Week 46)
(Preview)
British interest has scaled back to just boys for the final Israeli event, but Ewan Moore is top seed. Last week's nemesis Constant De La Bassetiere (who went on to take the title) is again a potential quarter-final opponent R1 (L32) (1) Ewan Moore v (Q) Roi Ginat (ISR) Max Stewart v Luka Vukovic (CAN) J...
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