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Boys: ITF Kramfors Junior Challenge, Sweden, clay - Grade 4 (Week 11)
(Preview)
The final week of Scandinavian tournaments for Max Stewart et al, with all 3 boys avoiding seeds R1 (L32) Daniel Bennett (GBR) v (LL) Lukas Uney (SWE) Thomas Wright (GBR) v (WC) Max Lindqvist (SWE) Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (AUS) v Max Stewart (GBR)
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DavidC
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3
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628
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Boys & Girls: Chang Thailand ITF Juniors, hard - Grade 1 (Week 10)
(Preview)
After a tough 2 weeks in Thailand playing $10K events, ending up by drawing the top seed, Katie Boulter becomes the hunted top seed here. She has a lot of points to defend in the next few weeks, having reached a couple of G1 finals in the 2013 Asian swing, plus winning a G2 in Spain. She opens against a 14 yea...
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DavidC
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14
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1505
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Boys & Girls: NWU PUK/RVTA ITF 1, South Africa, Hard - Grade 2 (Week 10)
(Preview)
There are 2 weeks of G2s in South Africa, with a strong British contingent, especially on the girls' side. Rob Smith is blogging at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog adding a lot of colour to proceedings. Boys R1 (L32) Jay Clarke (GBR) v Kris Van Wyk (RSA) Ben Stride (GBR) v (3) David Poljak (CZE...
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DavidC
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8
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1106
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Boys & Girls: ITF High Coast, Sweden, hard - Grade 4 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Stabekk finalist Dan Bennett and Max Stewart made convincing starts to their next Scandinavian tournament Boys R1 (L32) Max Stewart (GBR) d. Emil Pettersson (SWE) 6-1 6-3 Daniel Bennett (GBR) d. Jasper Akerlund (SWE) 6-0 6-2 Thomas Wright (GBR) v (Q) Filippo Mora (ITA) Girls R1 (L32) Georgia Lawso...
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DavidC
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5
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699
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Boys & Girls: Stabekk Junior International Open , Norway, hard - Grade 5 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Max Stewart plays his first ITF this year, and is the only Brit facing a seed here, albeit not one with a particularly daunting record. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v (Q) Jacob Eskeland (NOR) Thomas Wright (GBR) v (LL) Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar (NOR) Matteo Martineau (FRA) v Sebastien B...
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DavidC
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6
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960
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Girls: Aivaras Balzekas Memorial Cup, Lithuania, hard - Grade 2 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Izzy Wallace is here, presumably searching for points to get back in the top 50 and improve her chance of direct entry into Roland Garros. Her opener looks friendly enough, but she is in the same half as the top seed Anna Kalinskaya, who has already won a G2 this year. R1 (L32) (4) Isabelle Wallace (GBR) v...
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DavidC
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3
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610
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Girls: ITF Oslo Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Lots of British interest here in the girls event as well as the boys R1 (L32) (1) Claudia Wiktorin (USA) v Emily Appleton (GBR) Alisa Solovieva (RUS) v (5) Rebecca Smaller (GBR) (4) Eden Richardson (GBR) v (Q) Sille Tranberg (DEN) (WC) Synne Braten (NOR) v Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) Julie Rosenqvist (SW...
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DavidC
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13
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1601
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Boys: ITF Oslo Open, Norway, hard - Grade 4 (Week 8)
(Preview)
The Brits have come in force to Oslo - so much so that there are more Brits than Norwegians in the main draw, including the top 5 seeds R1 (L32) (1) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v (Q) Vilhelm Fridell (SWE) Freddie McGeehan (GBR) v (WC) Fredrik Moe (NOR) (Q) Finn Bass (GBR) v (7) Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) (4) Ben Str...
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DavidC
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10
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1414
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Boys & Girls: ITF 4 Indoor Almere, Netherlands, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Jay Clarke and Anastasia Mikheeva are seeded here Boys R1 (L32) Benjamin Schweizer (GER) v Marcus Walters (GBR) Thibault Saive (BEL) v Jonathan Gray (GBR) Hugo Schott (FRA) v (4) Jay Clarke (GBR) (Q) Sebastien Fred Morel (LUX) v Sam Rice (GBR) Luke Oakley (GBR) v Eduard Guell Bartrina (ESP) Girls R1 (...
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DavidC
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8
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1463
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Girls: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2014 (U12/U14/U16)
(Preview)
The Winter Cup season started this weekend with the under 12s, who have put in 2 sterling performances to reach the finals in Sheffield in 2 weeks time. After crunching Bulgaria 3-0 they overcame strong resistance from Romania today, the host nation for their qualifying group. Emma Raducanu and I...
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DavidC
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14
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2407
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Boys: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2014 (U12/U14/U16)
(Preview)
Last year the under 12s actually won this event, but there will be no repeat this year. Johannus Monday and Benjamin Heynold both lost 2.5 hour matches to Belarus, so the team are playing for the minor positions. The under 14s and under 16s (the latter including Max Stewart in the nominations) try to qu...
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DavidC
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11
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2000
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Boys & Girls: Copenhagen Winter Cup, Denmark, hard - Grade 4 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Katie Swan is top seed here Boys R1 (L32) Jack Macfarlane (GBR) v (WC) Daniel Burr (DEN) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Katie Swan (GBR) v Linnea Bjork (SWE) Wilhelmina Palmer (SWE) v Lily Reynolds (GBR) Imogen Magner (GBR) v (Q) Rebecca Gustafson (SWE)
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DavidC
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10
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1170
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Boys & Girls: NZ ITF Summer Championships, hard - Grade 3 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Rhett Purcell is having a good tournament Boys R1 (L64) (3) Rhett Purcell (GBR) d. (LL) Ethan McCafferty (NZL) 6-0 6-1 R2 (3) Rhett Purcell (GBR) d. Jake Faundez (AUS) 6-2 7-5 R3 (3) Rhett Purcell (GBR) d. (16) Shohei Chikami (JPN) 6-7(30 6-3 6-0 QF (3) Rhett Purcell (GBR) d. (8) Stefan Skedarka (AUS) 6-...
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DavidC
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2
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793
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Boys & Girls: 6th Kenya Int. Junior Championship, Nairobi, Kenya, (clay - outdoor) - Grade 5 (Week 7)
(Preview)
It's 'only' a Grade 5 but to give the guy his due: BOYS: Samuel Kiladejo, unr (only his second tournament, I think) has come through two rounds of qualifying and three rounds of the MD, into the QF, without losing a set and beating seeds along the way. MD R1: Samuel KILADEJO (GBR) 6-1 6-3 Saidi N...
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Coup Droit
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3
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646
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Boys & Girls: Mediterranee Avenir , Morocco, clay - Grade 1 (Week 7)
(Preview)
Mirabelle Njoze comfortably beat Petia Arshinkova last week, and gets the chance to repeat the trick in a G1. Joel Cannell won a tight 3 setter against his opponent in October. Boys R1 (L64) Joel Cannell (GBR) v Eleftherios Theodorou (GRE) Girls R1 (L64) Petia Arshinkova (BUL) v Mirabelle Njoze (GBR...
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DavidC
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4
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771
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Boys & Girls: Inka Bowl, Peru, clay - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
Aswin Lizen and Anna Brogan both have low seedings here. Aswin has a rematch with the Ecuadorean who accounted for him last week whilst Anna is likely to meet top seed Dasha Ivanova in round 3. Boys R1 (L64) Diego Quiroz (ECU) v (10) Aswin Lizen (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) Meghan Kelley (USA) v (15) Anna Brogan (...
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DavidC
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6
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884
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Girls: ITF Juniors Tennis Club Hammamet, Tunisia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
There will be no repeat final between Gabi Taylor and Jasmine Asghar in the second Tunisian G2 as both are in the same quarter, with a slightly stronger field this time R1 (L32) Maia Lumsden (GBR) v Tereza Kolaraova (CZE) Mirabelle Njoze (GBR) v (Q) Anna Turati (ITA) (4) Rebeka Stolmar (HUN) v Jasmine A...
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DavidC
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8
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2798
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Boys & Girls: Nairobi International Junior Championships, Kenya, clay - Grade 5 (Week 6)
(Preview)
As in week 1 of the East African circuit there is a doubles title for Georgia Lawson Boys R1 (Q) Josh Pistorius (GBR) d. (Q) Nikolai Manchev (BUL) 7-5 6-3 (LL) Caleb Dyer (GBR) d. Henry Ayesiga (UGA) 6-1 1-6 6-0 (Q) Micha Wargocki (POL) d. Lawrence Perrin (GBR) 6-3 6-0 R2 (Q) Josh Pistorius (GBR) d. (16) Da...
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DavidC
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0
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428
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Boys: ITF Juniors Tennis Club Hammamet, Tunisia, clay - Grade 2 (Week 6)
(Preview)
In the second Tunisian G2 Mason Recci draws the short straw of the top seed, winner of two G2s already this year. R1 (L32) (1) Jan Zielinski (POL) v Mason Recci (GBR) Ismael Changara Ruwa Mzai (KEN) v Joel Cannell (GBR) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) v Alexandre Bakshi (GEO) (7) Alexander Bublik (RUS) v (Q) Chris...
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DavidC
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5
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820
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Girls: TF Juniors Tennis Club Hammam-Sousse, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 5)
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(Preview)
A strong British contingent here including 3 seeds R1 (L32) Holly Hutchinson (GBR) v Bianca Turati (ITA) Georgina Axon (GBR) v (6) Nina Potocnik (SLO) (3) Emily Smith (GBR) v Ines Abbou (ALG) Jasmine Asghar (GBR) v (8) Margaux Bovy (FRA) (5) Lana Rush (GBR) v Silvia Chinellato (ITA) Maia Lumsden (GBR...
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DavidC
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2559
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Boys: Wilson Tennis Canterbury ITF, New Zealand, Grade 4 (Week 5)
(Preview)
Now we're at the business end: Rhett has been moving along nicely, into the semis in the singles: QF : Rhett PURCELL (GBR) [3] def. Mitchell HARPER (AUS) [6] 6-2 6-3 SF: Rhett PURCELL (GBR) [3] v Kentaro MIZUSHIMA (JPN) [5] And in the doubles he's into the finals: SF: Rhett PURCELL (GBR) ...
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Coup Droit
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722
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Boys & Girls: ITF East African 18 & Under Junior Circuit 2014, Kenya - Grade 4 (Week 5)
(Preview)
The first Kenyan tournament of 2014 ends with a maiden ITF title for Georgia Lawson Boys R1 (L64) Lawrence Perrin (GBR) d. (ALT) John Lutaaya (UGA) 6-3 6-3 R2 (1) Sarp Agabigun (TUR) d. Lawrence Perrin (GBR) 6-3 6-2 Girls R1 (L32) (7) Georgia Lawson (GBR) d. (Q) Latifah Yasini (ZIM) 6-1 6-3 R2 Nariman Ab...
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DavidC
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0
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454
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Boys & Girls: Ecuador Grade 1 (Week 5)
(Preview)
Anna Brogan joins Alex Sendegeya and Aswin Lizen for the last of the initial batch of Latin American G1s (the next few are G2s). Last week's conqueror Logan Smith is Alex's likely opening opponent. Boys R1 (L64) (7) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) bye Diego Quiroz (ECU) v Aswin Lizen (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) Al...
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DavidC
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6
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745
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Boys: TF Juniors Tennis Club Hammam-Sousse, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 5)
(Preview)
In the equivalent tournament last year we won 3 of the 4 titles, including doubles success for Julian Cash and Alex Sendegeya. R1 (L32) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v Tadas Babelis (LTU) (4) Dominik Stary (CZE) v Mason Recci (GBR) (7) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) v (Q) Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) Joel Canne...
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DavidC
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3
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621
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Boys & Girls: Australian Open - Grade A (Weeks 3/4)
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(Preview)
Qualifying has started, and unfortunately concluded early, for the 2 British representatives. Rhett Purcell had the misfortune to draw the top seed, narrowly losing 4-6 7-5 6-0 whilst Megan Rogers lost her opener 6-1 6-2. Interest therefore rests with the 4 girls in as direct acceptances (Katie B...
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85
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4684
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