|
|
Girls: 2015 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U16/U14/U12)
(
1 2 3
)
(Preview)
A strong under 12 team, led by Holly Fischer, who did well at the Orange Bowl and Bolton Teen Tennis, has stormed into the finals to be held at Sunderland in 2 weeks time. The team (Holly, Kylie Bilchev and Andrea Pineda) has posted 3-0 wins over the Slovak Republic and Estonia, not conceding a set, and pl...
|
DavidC
|
31
|
6504
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys: 2015 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U16/U14/U12)
(Preview)
The season of Winter Cups is underway with our under 12s qualifying today for their final in 2 weeks time. The team of Derrick Chen, Jack Pinnington-Jones and William Nolan beat Turkey 3-0 and Ukraine 2-1, so play Denmark tomorrow for seeding rights in the final in 2 weeks time. The under 14/under 16 qu...
|
DavidC
|
14
|
2835
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Porsche Gjovik Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Jack Molloy is second seed here, hoping to bag a second singles title of this year Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Valdemar Holm (SWE) v (6) Ben Draper (4) Barnaby Smith v Maxence Broville (FRA) Louis Newman v Sebastian Mermersky (USA) David Norfeldt (SWE) v Damian Rodriguez (WC) Johannes Foss Abramsen (NOR) v (2) J...
|
DavidC
|
13
|
1837
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: 25th Bavarian Junior Championships , Germany, carpet - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Eden Richardson, Emily Appleton, Megan Davies and Lauryn John-Baptiste are on the acceptance list for the girls event which has one fewer round Boys R1 (L64) James Davis v (Q) Adrian Oetzbach (GER) (8) Lucas Taylor bye
|
DavidC
|
10
|
1350
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Almere, Netherlands - hard - Grade 4 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Lots of British interest here too: Dominic unfortunately had to retire but Jeremy lost in the final Q round but made it in as a LL and then took full advantage of a nice draw: R1: (Q) Jeremy GSCHWENDTNER (GBR) 6-3 6-3 (WC) Ronetto VAN TILBURG (NED) R1: Lukas VEJVARA (CZE) [1] 7-6(2) 4-1 Retired ...
|
Coup Droit
|
4
|
1099
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Copenhagen Winter Cup, Denmark, hard - Grade 4 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Two of our top 2000s Ali Collins and Francesca Jones are playing here Boys R1 (L32) Philip Hjorth (DEN) v (Q) Louis Newman Ben Draper v (Q) Maximilian Gatev (SUI) Girls R1 (L32) Camille Verden Anderson v (8) Lillian Gabrielsen (NOR) Linnea Bjork (SWE) v Francesca Jones (Q) Hanna Wikberg (SWE) v Ali Col...
|
DavidC
|
10
|
1529
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Trofeul D.Sturdza, Moldova, hard - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Anastasia Mikheeva was a late withdrawal here. OOP and a live stream is available via http://www.sturdzacup.md/ Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Maxim Budat (MDA) d. Jack MacFarlane 6-3 5-7 6-2 Charles Broom d. Cagatay Sami Soke (TUR) 4-6 6-3 6-3 R2 (6) Pavel Motl (CZE) v Charles Broom Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Vlada Med...
|
DavidC
|
4
|
848
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys: NZ ITF Summer Championship Auckland, New Zealand - hard - Grade 3 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Despite not much success in the lower tiered NZ tournaments in the last couple of weeks, Alastair seems to have peaked nicely for the Grade 3 one R1: Alastair GRAY (GBR) 4-6 7-5 6-3 Mayez Jupiter ELRICH (AUS) [15] R2: Alastair GRAY (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Kazuki SHIMIZU (JPN) R3: Alastair GRAY (GB...
|
Coup Droit
|
2
|
591
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Mediterranee Avenir- Casablanca, Morocco, clay - Grade 1 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Plenty of British interest in the last of the big North African events. Joel's first opponent had a good record on clay towards the end of 2014 (semis or better of 4 consecutive G2-G4 events) Boys R1 (L64) Riccardo Roberto (ITA) v Joel Cannell Lukas Klein (SVK) v Jonathan Gray Girls R1 (L64) Lily Reynol...
|
DavidC
|
5
|
1068
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: 2nd Hammamet ITF Juniors Tournament, Tunisia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 5)
(Preview)
Jonathan Gray and Joel Cannell are in Tunisia for the second G2, joining Holly Hutchinson. Although seeded Joel has a fairly tough draw. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Mohamed Oualha (TUN) v Jonathan Gray (7) Joel Cannell v Alberto Romero De Avila Senise (ESP) Girls R1 (L32) Holly Hutchinson v Chiraz Bechri (TU...
|
DavidC
|
6
|
1537
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other tournaments - Week 5
(Preview)
In Nairobi, G5, Jack Molloy couldn't keep that winning feeling, and lost his first round match to an Italian qualifier (what a difference a week makes . .. ) Both he and Bradley Stoneham are in R2 of the doubles, though (not together) In the G4 in New Zealand, no joy for Alistair Gray. In the Swiss G4, Lu...
|
Coup Droit
|
3
|
632
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys: ITF East Africa U18 , clay - Grade 4 (Week 4)
(Preview)
A couple of different names, and second seed Jack Molloy, in action here: Two victories and a bye - a good first round :) R1: Karim NAJIA (GBR), age 14 6-4 7-6(5) Kobe VANDELANOTTE (BEL) R1: Bradley STONEHAM (GBR), age 16 6-4 5-7 6-4 Youcef RIHANE (ALG) R1: (2) Jack MOLLOY, age 15 - BYE
|
Coup Droit
|
7
|
1158
|
|
|
|
|
|
Girls: 2015 Australian Open, hard - Grade A (Week 4)
(
1 2 3 4 5 … 12
)
(Preview)
The draw for the Australian Open places Katie Swan in the same section as top seed Shilin Xu, but she has a decent draw in the opening round (Jade Lewis did scalp a top 50 player last week though). Maia Lumsden faces the tricky prospect of home hope Kimberly Birrell, a semi-finalist here last year and fin...
|
DavidC
|
167
|
10244
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Tunisia , hard - Grade 2 (Week 4)
(Preview)
Jonathan Gray would have had a shot at becoming our top ranked boy, but he was a late withdrawal, taking a wildcard into Sunderland Futures qualifying Boys R1 (L64) Gianluca Grison (ITA) v (Q) Lucas Taylor Daniel Little v Giovanni Oradini (ITA) Jack MacFarlane v (Q) Mateusz Smolicki (POL) Girls R1 (L...
|
DavidC
|
5
|
974
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: 2015 Tennis Europe tournaments (under 14)
(
1 2
)
(Preview)
http://te.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?i...
|
DavidC
|
16
|
3841
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys: Donetsk City Cup, Ukraine, hard - Grade 2 (Week 4)
(Preview)
This may well prove a short thread, as the one Brit prepared to travel out to the Ukraine has ended up with the top seed R1 (L32) (1) Vitalii Shcherba (UKR) v Piers Foley
|
DavidC
|
4
|
658
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Yonex ITF Hamburg, Germany, carpet - Grade 4 (Week 3)
(Preview)
Wildcard Aidan McHugh lost out in his first round match, 6-3 6-3 But Eliz Maloney has changed Austria for Germany and started well: R1: Eliz Maloney def. Jolina Barbara Feger (GER) 6-2 6-1 In R2, she meets the 15th seed, Olga Helmi, from Denmark
|
Coup Droit
|
3
|
874
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Mundial Juvenil de Tenis Barranquilla, Colombia, clay - Grade 1 (Week 3)
(Preview)
The COSAT circuit moves on to clay with Jay Clarke looking for 2 wins to secure the British number one ranking Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Victor Krustev (CAN) v (12) Jay Clarke Girls R1 (L64) Georgia Lawson v Anna Dollar (USA)
|
DavidC
|
7
|
1398
|
|
|
|
|
|
Girls: AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International, Australia, hard - Grade 1 (Weeks 2-3)
(Preview)
Traditional warm-up for the Australian Open. Katie Swan has a good draw but Maia Lumsden faces a tough task against a player who beat Katy Dunne and Katie Boulter en route to a $10K title last summer R1 (L64) Emily Arbuthnott v Charlotte Robillard-Millette (CAN) Maia Lumsden v (3) Aliona Bolsova Zado...
|
DavidC
|
5
|
1323
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys: 27th Czech International Junior Indoor Championships, hard - Grade 1 (Week 2)
(Preview)
A relatively weak G1, but Ewan Moore will have to take on the third seed if he wins his opener R1 (L64) (Q) Lev Kasakov (RUS) v Ewan Moore (8) Joel Cannell bye
|
DavidC
|
11
|
1495
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Copa Gatorade 2015, Venezuela, hard - Grade 1 (Week 2)
(Preview)
In the boys, Ryan Storrie and Jay Clarke both have a bye through to round 2 (opponents to be decided) In the girls, Georgia Lawson also gets a bye through and will play local qualifier, Maria Gabriella Baiocco
|
Coup Droit
|
11
|
2764
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys: Magnolia Cup, Poland - hard - Grade 4 (Week 2)
(Preview)
No luck really in the singles but the British lads are through to the finals in the doubles which is definitely worth a mention: Final:Ricky HERNANDEZ (GBR) / Matthew STORY (GBR) v Mateusz SMOLICKI (POL) / Kacper ZUK (POL)
|
Coup Droit
|
1
|
508
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Sport Hotel Kurz Junior Classic, Austria, carpet - Grade 4 (Week 2)
(Preview)
Jake, age 14, put out the 4th seed, age 16, today And young Eliz Maloney will be in action tomorrow too. Boys: R1: Jake Hersey def. (4) Daniel Cozma (ROU) 6-4 6-2 Girls: R1: Eliz Maloney v Jessica Bruehwiler (SUI)
|
Coup Droit
|
11
|
1173
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Delhi ITF Juniors, India, hard - Grade 2 (Week 2)
(Preview)
This week its a G2 in India, with last week's boys winner Alberto Lim in the opposite half to Alexis Canter Boys R1 (L32) Shrey Gupta (IND) v (2) Alexis Canter Girls R1 (L32) (4) Georgina Axon v Sabhyata Nihalani (IND)
|
DavidC
|
10
|
2252
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys & Girls: Sweden, Bellevue Junior ITF, hard - Grade 4 (Week 1)
(Preview)
In the boys, second seed Charlie Broom came through easily and James David put up a good fight against the top seed: Boys: R1 Charles BROOM (GBR) [2] 6-2 6-2 Carl Johan PRIOSET (SWE) Karl FRIBERG (SWE) [1] 3-6 6-3 6-3 James DAVIS (GBR) In the girls, no trouble for Emily A: Girls: R1: Emily...
|
Coup Droit
|
7
|
1064
|
|
|
