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Girls: Malta ITF U18 World Ranking Tournament, hard - Grade 4 (Week 13)
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The traditional pre-Easter event in Malta with lots of Brits, headed by Eden Richardson R1 (L64) (1) Eden Richardson v Annie McCullough (IRL) (11) Victoria Kalaitzis (BEL) v (Q) Florence Abbott (4) Mihaela Lorena Marculescu (ROU) v Summer Yardley Beata Swiatlon (POL) v (Q) Anna Loughlan (5) Fride...
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Boys & Girls: IX ITF Junior Benicarlo, Spain, clay - Grade 2 (Week 13)
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Emily Arbuthnott returns to junior action for the first time since the Australian Open and faces a familiar opponent, one who accounted for Fran Jones and Ali Collins in Scandinavian tournaments early in the year. Jonathan Gray has a tough task against a G1 winner last month. Boys R1 (L32) Alberto R...
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DavidC
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926
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Boys & Girls: Tennis Europe, Nike Junior International, NTC, U16
(Preview)
The NTC is in use this week (!), hosting the U16 competition. In the girls, 15 GB girls in the first round. Through to the QFs, are: QF: (8) Gemma Heath v (3) Federica Rossi (ITA) (wc) Erin Richardson v (4) Esther Adeshina (wc) Olivia Elliott v (2) Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) In the boys, 11 in the first r...
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Boys: International Spring Championships, USA, hard - Grade 1 (Week 13)
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A largely American field, but three Brits join it Boys R1 (L64) (10) Alexis Canter v Alfredo Perez (USA) Piers Foley v Jakub Wojcik (USA) Jason Legall (USA) v Daniel Bennett
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608
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Girls: Copa Sultana-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, hard - Grade 4 (Week 12)
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The third stop-off in Central America is in Puerto Rico, though Emily Appleton and the two American winners of the previous events are not here, so Ali Collins becomes top seed, and she got off to a flier today. R1 (L32) (1) Ali Collins d. Paola Maza (PUR) 6-1 6-2 Cheyenne Lilienthal (USA) v (3) Francesc...
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3686
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Other news - Week 12
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Just to mention: In the Grade 4 ITF in the USA, Piers Foley is through to the semi-final In Portugal, at the Grade 1 Tennis Europe U14 event, Jack Draper is top seed, has won two matches very easily and is through to R3. In Turkey, in the Grade 2 TE U14 event, Oscar Weightman has also won two matches, easily....
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Boys & Girls: 19th Namangan ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan, hard - Grade 3 (Week 12)
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Alexis Canter has returned home, but the other 3 Brits in Uzbekistan have stayed for a G3 Boys R1 (L32) Nikolay Kolobaev (RUS) v Jack MacFarlane Girls R1 (L32) Miranda Ramirez (USA) v (7) Holly Hutchinson Shakhnoza Khatamova (UZB) v (4) Georgina Axon
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Boys & Girls: II ITF Juniors Vinaros, Spain, clay - Grade 2 (Week 12)
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Jodie Burrage was a late withdrawal here. Boys R1 (L32) Jay Clarke v Naoto Kai (JPN) Jonathan Gray v (2) Eduard Guell Bartrina (ESP) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Ivana Loncar (ESP) v Georgia Lawson
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Boys & Girls: 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open, hard - Grade 4 (Week 12)
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Finn Bass plays his first ITF of the year Boys R1 (L32) (3) Finn Bass v Karim Abdel Raouf (EGY) (7) Lawrence Perrin v Vlad Andrei Darcu (ROU) Girls R1 (L32) (3) Hana Mortagy (EGY) v Lily Reynolds (7) Donia Abdel-Aziz v Sonia Sualehe (POR)
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1367
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Girls: Panama Bowl, clay - Grade 4 (Week 11)
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The girls move over from Costa Rica to Panama, with Fran Jones copping a tough draw against a player who beat last week's winner in her last tournament R1 (L32) (1) Emily Appleton v Julia Goldberg (USA) (4) Amanda Meyer (USA) v Francesca Jones Eliz Maloney v (3) Carla Hassaine (FRA) (6) Ali Collins v Eug...
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2103
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Boys & Girls: 1st Qatar ITF Junior Open 2015, Qatar, Hard - Grade 5 (Week 11)
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Lawrence and Donia through to the quarters Boys: R1: Lawrence PERRIN (GBR) [5] 6-0 6-0 Omar JUFAIRI (QAT) R2: Lawrence PERRIN (GBR) [5] 6-4 3-6 7-5 Yan BONDAREVSKIY (RUS) Girls: R1: Donia ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR) [3] 6-1 6-1 Adelaida ALLAKHVERDIYEVA (KAZ) R1: Lily REYNOLDS (GBR) ...
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Girls: Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay - Grade A (Week 11)
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The culmination of the COSAT Circuit sees Maia Lumsden again in the same section as Alexandra Sanford. To reach that stage she first needs to get past an Argentinian in the top 200 R1 (L64) Agostina Zamprogno (ARG) v (5) Maia Lumsden
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1513
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Boys & Girls: 35th Tashkent ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan, hard - Grade 2 (Week 11)
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A quartet of Brits in the Uzbek capital for a fairly weak G2, all with decent opening draws seemingly (Alexis's opponent has reached a couple of G4 semis this year) Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Ahad Ermatov (UZB) v Jack MacFarlane Sanetulla Kutybaev (UZB) v (3) Alexis Canter Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Valeriya Vorobyov...
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1215
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Boys & Girls: 31. Perin Memorial, Croatia, clay - Grade 1 (Week 11)
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The Perin Memorial started today, with a strong performance from Joel Cannell. Jay Clarke has drawn the very short straw of Swedish star and top seed Mikael Ymer Boys R1 (L64) (1) Mikael Ymer (SWE) v Jay Clarke Joel Cannell d. Valentin Guenther (GER) 6-2 6-1 Girls R1 (L64) (4) Aleksandra Pospelova (RU...
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595
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Girls: Costa Rica Bowl, hard - Grade 3 (Week 10)
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Emily Appleton is seeded in the same quarter as the top seed Helen Altick R1 (L32) (Q) Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA) v (5) Emily Appleton
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Girls: Banana Bowl, Brazil, clay - Grade 1 (Week 10)
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A stronger G1 this week, so Maia Lumsden drops from top to fifth seed R1 (L64) (5) Maia Lumsden bye
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Boys : ITF Kramfors Junior Challenge, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 10)
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Jake Hersey plays in the second Swedish G4, though Chelsea Samways and Ellie-Rose Griffiths were late withdrawals. Jake could meet Rudolf Molleker in round 2, who beat Jake en route to the European under 14 title last summer Boys R1 (L32) Jeremy Gschwendtner v (LL) Sean Zachory Ellingsen (DEN) Jake...
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Girls: 35th Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay, clay - Grade 1 (Week 9)
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Maia Lumsden is top seed hoping to take advantage of a weak G1 as the COSAT circuit enters its final stages, culminating in the Brazilian GA R1 (L64) (1) Maia Lumsden bye
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Boys & Girls: ITF High Coast Junior World Ranking Tournament, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 9)
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Success for Ellie-Rose Griffiths in her opener here would potentially lead to a crack at the top seed. Boys R1 (L32) Jeremy Gschwendtner v Kristian Prior (SWE) Girls R1 (L32) Q/LL v Ellie-Rose Griffiths (5) Chelsea May Samways v Jeanne Sapin (FRA)
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Boys & Girls: Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup, Lithuania, hard - Grade 2 (Week 8)
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Two of Joel Cannell's rivals for top-ranked Brit are in action here, with Alexis Canter facing the challenge of overcoming the fourth seed. Ema Lazic plays someone show should be very familiar with regular followers of the junior circuit this year - and Ema will be looking to continue the sequence of...
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Girls: 2015 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U16/U14/U12)
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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...
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Boys: 2015 Tennis Europe Winter Cups (U16/U14/U12)
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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...
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Boys & Girls: Porsche Gjovik Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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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...
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Boys & Girls: 25th Bavarian Junior Championships , Germany, carpet - Grade 4 (Week 7)
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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
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Boys & Girls: Almere, Netherlands - hard - Grade 4 (Week 6)
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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 ...
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