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Boys & Girls: 5th Nairobi Int. Junior, Kenya, clay - Grade 4 (Week 4)
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Another big contingent of British youngsters, and the last week of the tour, I believe, for those who have specially gone out: R1 Boys: (LL) Zyaan AHMED (GBR) 6-2 3-6 6-2 Ntamba RADJABU (BDI) (Q) Charley GREGORY (GBR) 2-6 6-1 6-1 Lee SADLER (CAN) Younes MOUKTABIL (MAR) 2-6 6-4 7-6(5)...
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Boys & Girls: 3rd Hammamet ITF Juniors Tournament, Tunisia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 4)
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Unsurprisingly given political developments there are fewer Brits than usual in Tunisia for the G2s Boys R1 (L32) Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) v Max Stewart Girls R1 (L32) Ilona-Georgiana Ghioroaie (ROU) v Donia Abdel-Aziz
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Will Katie Swan be junior no.1?
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There is a real chance Katie can push for Junior no.1 statusXU, Shilin+1 CHN10 Jan 1998141102.50 2BELLIS, Catherine-1 USA08 Apr 1999171042.50 3SHYMANOVICH, Iryna BLR30 Jun 199722974.38 4GALFI, Dalma HUN13 Aug 199824927.50 5VONDROUSOVA, Marketa CZE28 Jun 199925907.50 6KASAT...
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Boys & Girls: ITF East Africa 18&U, Kenya, clay - Grade 4 (Week 3)
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A heap of names one doesn't recognise, which is always nice.... Well done to Arran, age 14. R1: (Q) Arran TRAINOR (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Ntamba RADJABU (BDI) Younes MOUKTABIL (MAR) 6-4 2-6 6-4 (LL) Charley GREGORY (GBR) Pavel MIROBYAN (RUS) 6-2 6-3 (LL) Ronan SAHNI (GBR) Zlatan PALAZOV (B...
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Boys & Girls: 8th Fujairah Tennis & CC ITF Junior Championships, UAE, hard - Grade 4 (Week 3)
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Two boys through the qualis: FQR:Jack MIDDLETON (GBR) 6-7(6) 6-2 6-3 Mohammed Atif SHEIKH (IND) [7]Brandon MURPHY (GBR) [3] 6-3 7-6(1) Javod DONIYOROV (UZB) Remus Cope is also in the main draw. Emile Hudd is also on the list but not in the draw (he retired, I think, in his doubles last we...
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Boys & Girls: Kolkata ITF JUNIORS, India, hard - Grade 3 (Week 3)
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Just Finn and Jodie remain for the last of the high grade Indian events. Neither G2 winner is in the field but the beaten finalists are in the opposite half of the draw to Finn and Jodie Boys R1 (L32) (1) Finn Bass v Kabir Manraj (IND) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Yubarani Banerjee (IND) v (2) Jodie Anna Burrage
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Boys & Girls: AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International, Australia, hard - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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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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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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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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Boys & Girls: 23rd Slovak Junior Indoor, carpet - Grade 2 (Week 1)
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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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Boys & Girls: SALK Open, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 1)
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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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Boys: 54th Junior Orange Bowl, USA - U12/U14 (Weeks 50/51)
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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)
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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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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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Boys & Girls: ITF Pune Open Junior Tennis Championship, India, hard - Grade 3 (Week 48)
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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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Boys & Girls: Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, USA, hard - U12/U14 (Week 48)
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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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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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Boys & Girls: Diners Junior Zagreb Cup, Croatia, hard: indoor - Grade 4 (Week 48)
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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)
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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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