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Boys and Girls: Week 26: Other news round-up
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Although all the main attention is on Roehampton this week, there are quite a few lower ranked ITF tournaments happening this week with young Brits playing, some going very well and some not so well(!), but it seems more efficient to group them together: Tunisia, Grade 4 All three lads came through t...
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Boys: Nike Junior International Roehampton, grass - Grade 1 (Weeks 25/26)
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As usual this Wimbledon warm-up event attracts a field stronger than non-slam Grade As. No Brits are direct entries but Rhett Purcell, Alex Sendegeya, Julian Cash, Joel Cannell, Joshua Sapwell, Jay Clarke, Marcus Walters and Max Stewart are all contenders for main draw wildcards. The main draw st...
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Boys and Girls: ITF JTC Kelibia, Tunisia, hard - Grade 4 (Weeks 25)
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Not much joy for all our entrants with the lads (who all came through qualifying) all being knocked out in the first round. But Donia Abdel-Aziz and Katarina Weymouth won one round. And Georgina is through to the semis, beating the number 3 seed: QF: Georgina AXON (GBR) [5] 7-5 6-1 Nermeen SHAW...
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Boys: ITF Odense, Denmark, clay - Grade 4 (Weeks 25)
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Quite a contingent went over to Denmark this week with, unfortunately, not a huge amount of success. But Luke Oakley is still going strong, having won three rounds and then his quarter finals to get into the semis: QF: Luke OAKLEY (GBR) [2] 6-4 5-7 6-3 Manfred FELLIN (ITA) Luke gets the 7th see...
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Girls: IGTA Junior Cup, Germany, clay - Grade 2 (Week 25)
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The bonus from Georgia's G3 doubles final in Poland is that she gets a Special Exempt here R1 (L32) (SE) Georgia Lawson (GBR) v Helen Abigail Altick (USA)
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Boys & Girls: 2014 Tennis Europe Under 14 events
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The first major event for under 14s is this week's Category 1 Teen Tennis in Bolton, acting as a warm-up for Les Petits As next week. It wasn't a successful event for the boys, with only Jack Draper and Brandon Murphy making the last 16, but in the girls event Alexandra Hunter reached the quarters and Ali...
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Boys & Girls: Euro Holding ITF Bytom Cup, Poland - Grade 3 (Week 24)
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Not much joy in singles but Georgia Lawson has reached the doubles final, her third this year. The girl who trounced her in singles was one of Izzy Wallace's victims at Roland Garros last week Boys R1 (L32) Jonathan Gray (GBR) d. Patrik Nema (SVK) 6-4 6-3 R2 (7) Felipe Cunha Silva (POR) d. Jonathan Gray (...
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Boys: 22nd International Junior Tournament of Offenbach, Germany, clay - Grade 1 (Week 24)
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Alex Sendegeya is the one top British junior choosing to play on clay this week before returning to the UK for the big grasscourt tournaments, and he takes on a 15 year old who already has his first ATP point. R1 (L64) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) v (WC) Daniel Altmaier (GER)
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Girls: French Open 2014, clay - Grade A (Weeks 22/23)
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With Katie Boulter and possibly Isabelle Wallace (via a Special Exempt) in the main draw, Freya Christie is the only Brit in qualifying. Her opponent in the first of two rounds is ranked inside 800 WTA, but has a less than impressive record on European clay QR1 Freya Christie (GBR) v (14) Olivia Tjandr...
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Boys: Tirana Open U18, Albania, hard - Grade 5 (Week 23)
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Mohamed Abdel-Aziz has made the doubles final: Semifinal: Mohamed ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR) / Hugo LARGO (ESP) 5-7 6-2 [10-3] Daniil KLIMOV (GER) / Lukas VEJVARA (CZE) [4] He lost in the first round of the singles but to a player (fifth seed) who has gone on to win his way to the semis. Good luck in...
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Boys & Girls: Epitok-Abris Cup, Hungary, clay - Grade 2 (Week 22)
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A strong British contingent here Boys R1 (L32) (3) Rhett Purcell (GBR) v Alexander Lebedev (USA) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Emily Arbuthnott (GBR) v (WC) Clara Patricia Rizea (ROU) Anastasia Mikheeva (GBR) v (7) Bianka Bekefi (HUN) (LL) Bianka Velehan (UKR) v (3) Gabriella Taylor (GBR) Jodie Anna Burrage (...
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Boys & Girls: Estonian Junior Open, clay - Grade 4 (Week 22)
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We have 4 seeds here, including Holly Hutchinson as number 1 Boys R1 (L32) (1) Kennosuke Nouchi (JPN) v Sebastien Butler (GBR) Patrick Kaukovalta (FIN) v (8) Luke Simeone (GBR) (6) Jonathan Gray (GBR) v (WC) Alan Braschinsky (EST) Julius Kaverinen (FIN) v Jack MacFarlane (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Hol...
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Boys & Girls: Podgorica Open, Montenegro, clay - Grade 5 (Week 22)
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14 year old Lauryn John-Baptiste picks up her second doubles title of the year, this time with Holly Horsfall Boys R1 (L32) Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (GBR) d. (7) Edan Bakshi (ISR) 1-6 6-4 6-3 R2 Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (GBR) d. Matteo Martineau (FRA) 6-4 6-1 QF (1) Stefan Milicevic (SRB) d. Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (...
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Boys & Girls: 50th Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgium, clay - Grade 1 (Week 22)
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This traditional final preparation event for the French Open started today with Izzy Wallace claiming a win from behind, but Joel Cannell being well beaten. Emily Smith got lucky by drawing a local wildcard after losing out in qualifying Boys R1 (L64) Ryotaro Matsumura (JPN) d. Joel Cannell (GBR)...
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Boys: SEB Outdoor Open , Sweden, clay - Grade 4 (Week 21)
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http://www.tennis-ticker.com/cms/iwebs/default.aspx
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Boys & Girls: 55° Trofeo Bonfiglio, Italy, clay - Grade A (Week 21)
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The strongest GA event outside the Grand Slams only had one British direct entrant (Izzy Wallace), but going through qualifying has proved fruitful for all three of our hopefuls - Maia Lumsden (seeded to do so), Mirabelle Njoze and Aswin Lizen (who weren't). Katy Dunne was a surprise rare British se...
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Boys & Girls: RUC Tennis Junior Open, Casablanca, Morocco, clay - Grade 4 (Week 20)
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The second week in Morocco ratchets up to a G4. Although Finn Bass has drawn a seed, it is not one with an outstanding record. If successful though he will probably be up against last week's winner. Boys R1 (L32) (WC) Oussama Aziz (MAR) v (7) Max Stewart (GBR) (5) Chisomo Lumeta (MAW) v Finn Bass (GBR) Gir...
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Girls: Easter Bowl Championship (Closed), USA, hard - Grade B1 (Week 15)
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Here's a novelty - a Brit playing in an American closed championship. The organisers have discretion to allow a national from another country under certain conditions (I think Katie will be debarred from the European championships, but we are only allowed two entries in each age bracket for those...
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Boys: Nazmi Bari Cup 2014, Turkey, hard - Grade 4 (Week 20)
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Piers and Alexis doing well so far: R1: PIERS FARHANG (GBR) [10] 6-4 6-3 Cem HIZLIALP (TUR) Alexis CANTER (GBR) [3] 6-3 6-3 Vasisht CHERUKU (IND) R2: PIERS FARHANG (GBR) [10] 7-6(2) 7-6(6) Alp SENTAY (TUR) Alexis CANTER (GBR) [3] 3-6 6-4 7-5 Pavel PETROV (KAZ)
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Boys: 35 Internationale Spring Bowl 2014 Amstetten, Austria, clay - Grade 2 (Week 20)
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Lewis stays in Austria for another G2 R1 (L32) Majed Kilani (TUN) v Lewis Roskilly (GBR)
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Girls: 36° Torneo "Citta Di Santa Croce" Mauro Sabatini , Italy, clay - Grade 1 (Week 20)
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Mirabelle Njoze is the only Brit here, and she plays first (8am BST) on court 3, which should be streamed. Click the link from http://www.tcsantacroce.com/en/home_torneo.php R1 (L64) Mirabelle Njoze (GBR) v Qiu Yu Ye (CHN)
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Boys & Girls: ITF/CAT North African Circuit, Casablanca, Morocco, clay - Grade 5 (Week 19)
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A chance for our two leading '99 boys to shine Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Ahmed Amine Herress (MAR) v (7) Finn Bass (GBR) (Q) Oussama Aziz (MAR) v (4) Max Stewart (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Alice McGinty (GBR) v Kristina Delyan (RUS) Lily Reynolds (GBR) v (2) Natsumi Okamoto (JPN) -- Edited by DavidC on Monday 5th of May 2...
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Boys & Girls: 22nd International Junior Tournament Citta' Di Prato , Italy, clay - Grade 2 (Week 19)
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A reduced contingent in Italy this week, with Maia Lumsden a late withdrawal Boys R1 (L64) (4) Rhett Purcell (GBR) bye Nicolo Turchetti (ITA0 v Aswin Lizen (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA)
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Boys: Panaceo ITF Junior Cup Villach, Austria, clay - Grade 2 (Week 19)
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R1 (L32) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) v Ulises Blanch (USA)
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ITF launch Junior Masters in 2015
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Not exactly news, having been announced 2 weeks ago, but I didn't post it then because of the welter of Easter tournaments taking place. From next year the ITF start an 8 person Masters event in China for the top juniors. It's an idea being tried increasingly at different levels, not always succeeding...
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