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Boys: Belfast City ITF Junior Tournament, carpet - Grade 5 (Week 30)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034748
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DavidC
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510
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Boys & Girls: Other events (Week 29)
(Preview)
The Malahide Java Republic G5 sounds like an Asian tournament, but in fact takes place in the coastal town of Malahide near Dublin (Java Republic being an Irish drinks retailer). There was a large British contingent with eighth seed Luke Simkiss reaching the semi-final of the boys event and Alice Gi...
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DavidC
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442
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Boys & Girls: U14 European Junior Championships, Pilsen, Czech Republic, clay (Week 29)
(Preview)
Along with most European nations we have 2 representatives in both the boys and girls events. Holly Fischer is one of only 2 2003 girls in the draw (most are 2001) Boys R1 (L128) Sergios Kyzas (CYP) v Anton Matusevich R2 TBD v (3) Jack Draper Girls R1 (L128) Anna Samurgasheva (ARM) v Esther Adeshina R2 Ho...
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DavidC
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11
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1553
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Boys & Girls: 2015 European Junior Championships, Klosters, Switzerland, clay - Grade B1 (Week 29)
(Preview)
While our 2 boys will be hard pressed to make much progress (Ryan Storrie will play Mikael Ymer in round 2 if he wins his opener) both our girls are seeded to reach the last 16. However Emily will have to overcome someone who is top 500 WTA in her opener, and Maia faces a tough second match. Emily is defendin...
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DavidC
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6
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1295
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Boys & Girls: U16 European Junior Championships, Moscow, Russia, clay (Week 29)
(Preview)
As usual we have a quartet in Moscow for the European Championships. Seedings are often misleading, being based primarily on Tennis Europe rankings rather than ITF Boys R1 (L128) Jake Hersey v Joao Antonio (POR) R2 Zura Tkemaladze (GEO) v Jack Molloy Girls R2 (L64) TBD v (3) Francesca Jones Zinovia V...
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DavidC
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4
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1286
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Boys: Nike Junior International Queenswood, clay - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034...
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DavidC
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1201
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Boys & Girls: Simacek ITF Junior Open Linz, Austria, clay - Grade 1 (Week 28)
(Preview)
This week's top junior event is this G1, which sees Emily Arbuthnott as top seed, given a late withdrawal from Sofya Zhuk as tharris anticipated in another thread, along with a return to action for Nastya Mikheeva. Ewan Moore narrowly missed out on a seeding, and faces the winner of the Dutch G2 earlie...
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DavidC
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1283
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Girls: Nike Junior International Queenswood, clay - Grade 4 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Despite her efforts in Edinburgh Gemma Heath had to qualify here, and ends up playing the same seed (Camille Verden Anderson) in round 1. Emily Appleton and Megan Davies are the top seeds, while Eliz Maloney is another notable qualifier. Strangely Eliz is unseeded, so it looks like they have done the...
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DavidC
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10
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1191
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Girls: Nike Junior International Edinburgh, clay - Grade 5 (Week 27)
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(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034024
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DavidC
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15
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1837
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Boys & Girls: Justine Henin Junior Cup, Belgium - clay - Grade 4 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Jeremy G and Fran Jones have a bye through to round 2 in their respective draws. Also: R1: Barnaby THOROLD (GBR) def. Thibault AKSOYEK (BEL) 6-2 7-6(5)
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Coup Droit
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Boys: Wimbledon 2015, grass - Grade A (Week 27)
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(Preview)
The qualifying draw is out, from which it would appear that Jay Clarke, Joel Cannell, Alexis Canter, Ryan Storrie, Ewan Moore and Finn Bass have main draw wildcards QR1 (WC) Marcus Walters v (9/WC) Daniel Nolan (AUS) Jonathan Gray v (11) Yibing Wu (CHN) (3) Tung-lin Wu (TPE) v Lawrence Perrin (WC) Vi...
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DavidC
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4664
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Girls: Wimbledon 2015, grass - Grade A (Week 27)
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(Preview)
The qualifying draw is out and surprisingly Gabi Taylor has not been given a main draw wildcard. Apart from Katie Swan and Maia Lumsden, who are direct entries, Emily Arbuthnott (if required), Freya Christie, Jodie Burrage, Ali Collins, Lauryn John-Baptiste and Anna Brogan would appear likely to...
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DavidC
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Boys: Nike Junior International Edinburgh, clay - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034024
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DavidC
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750
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Other events - Week 27
(Preview)
Alastair Gray is through to the QFs at the G4 event in Estonia. R1: Alastair GRAY (GBR) [2] def. Daniel BULIN (RUS) 7-5 6-2 R2: Alastair GRAY (GBR) [2] def. Gustavs LUKSTINS (LAT) 6-2 7-5 Dominic West is also in R2 of the G4 event in the Netherlands.
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Coup Droit
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Boys & Girls: Corfu Cup, Greece - carpet - Grade 4 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Great win for Luke against someone ranked over 700 place higher than him. Boys: R1: Luke SIMKISS (GBR) JWR 1275 def. Efstathios TSIRANIDIS (GRE) [5] JWR 531 7-6(5) 6-4 Max BENAIM (GBR) def. Simon FIALA (AUT) 6-0 6-1 Zeki Horoz and Josh Rose still to play. Girls: Chelsea May SAMWAYS (GBR...
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Coup Droit
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Other events - week 26
(Preview)
In the G4 in Germany, young Fran Jones has come through two rounds: R1: Francesca JONES (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-2 Nikolina PJANIC (CRO) R2: Francesca JONES (GBR) [3] 6-1 6-2 Chantal SAUVANT (GER) Also two wins in the doubles In the G5 in Finland, Will Davies made the quarters: R1: Will DAVIES (...
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Coup Droit
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Girls: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Week 26)
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(Preview)
4 Brits are in the one qualifying round tomorrow at Surbiton, hoping to join Katie Swan, Maia Lumsden, Emily Arbuthnott and some wildcards in the main draw. Emily, Freya Christie and Ali Collins were part of the under 18 team which has been taking part in the Grand Slam Nations Challenge this week at Ea...
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DavidC
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100
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7566
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Boys: TC Bakkum Dutch Junior Open, clay - Grade 2 (Week 26)
(Preview)
Three of our boys are trying their luck in a G2 this week, with a low cut thanks to 3 G2s and Roehampton/Wimbledon R1 (L64) Jack Molloy v Michiel De Krom (NED) Barnaby Smith v (Q) Blake Ellis (AUS) Kaya Gore (TUR) v Alastair Gray
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DavidC
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Boys: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Week 26)
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(Preview)
Usually qualifying for the annual Wimbledon warm-up event involves a 32 draw on Thursday and Friday. This year it is just a 16 draw, with one round of qualifying which takes place tomorrow in Surbiton. Jay Clarke, Alexis Canter, Ewan Moore, Joel Cannell, Jonathan Gray and Ryan Storrie are the top ran...
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DavidC
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Boys: Bank of Bermuda Foundation ITF, Bermuda, Clay - Grade 5 (Week 25)
(Preview)
1st RoundHarry BUTLER (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Eliot SPIZZIRRI (USA)Nick BROOKES (GBR) 6-3 4-6 6-3 Eric TOUB (USA)
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Coup Droit
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Boys: ITF Junior Tennis Club Mahdia, Tunisia, hard - Grade 4 (Week 25)
(Preview)
Finn Bass may have returned to the UK, hoping for a wildcard into Roehampton perhaps where he is one of the alternates, but last week's doubles winners Alastair Gray and Jake Hersey have stayed on. R1 (L32) Aziz Helali (TUN) v (7) Alastair Gray (WC) Zakaria Ben Brahim (TUN) v (LL) Emile Hudd Jake Hersey...
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559
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Boys: Deloitte Junior Cup, Denmark, Clay - Grade 5 (Week 25)
(Preview)
jeremy G is also playing, on the OoP tomorrow. R1: Jack DRAPER (GBR) age 13 def. Carl Johan PRIOSET (SWE) [13] 6-0 6-3 Dominic WEST (GBR) [14] def. Fredrik MOE (NOR) 6-0 6-1 (q) Anton MATUSEVICH (GBR) age 14 (just) def. Carl BEDROT (SWE) 6-2 6-2
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Coup Droit
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Boys: Kelibia, Tunisia, Hard - Grade 4 (Week 24)
(Preview)
A couple of our younger players, and Alastair, giving the G4 in Tunisia a go: Round 1: Jake HERSEY (GBR) (born 2000) def. Breno SOUZA PLENTZ (BRA) 6-2 6-4 Alastair GRAY (GBR) [7] (born 1998) def. Yassine CHOUAIEB (TUN) 6-4 6-0 Finn Bass (born 1999) also playing tomorrow -- Edited by Coup...
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Boys & Girls: Riga Open, Latvia, clay - Grade 4 (Week 24)
(Preview)
Max Stewart and Eliz Maloney are amongst the British contingent here Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Kerim Han Bilgin (TUR) v (7) Matthew Story (4) Costantinos Christoforou (CYP) v Max Stewart (Q) Adam Jones v Emilis Rusakevicius (LTU) (8) Barnaby Smith v Nikolay Vilegzhanyn (RUS) Girls R1 (L32) Alexandra Shchi...
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1200
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Boys: Allianz Kundler German Juniors, clay - Grade 1 (Week 24)
(Preview)
This traditional event held at Berlin's Rot-Weiss Club is usually scheduled for the week after Wimbledon, but has been brought forward because of the extra week between Roland Garros and Wimbledon R1 (L64) Luke Oakley v (10) Mattias Siimar (EST)
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606
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