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Boys & Girls: Open Istres Ouest Provence, France, clay - Grade 2 (Week 16)
(Preview)
Luke Bambridge was a winner here two years ago. Izzy Wallace draws the winner of the first French G2 Lucie Wargnier Boys R1 (L32) Joel Cannell (GBR) v (Q) Denys Klok (UKR) Girls R1 (L32) Beatrice Lombardo (ITA) v Lana Rush (GBR) (3) Isabelle Wallace (GBR) v Lucie Wargnier (FRA) (5) Gabriella Taylor (GB...
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DavidC
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9
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1364
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Boys & Girls: 39th City of Florence, Italy, clay - Grade 2 (Week 16)
(Preview)
Emily Arbuthnott and Aswin Lizen are both seeded here. Unfortunately Aswin is seeded to meet the top seed, who has reached the semis or better in his last 4 G2/G1 events, in round 3 Boys R1 (L64) (15) Aswin Lizen (GBR) bye Federico Bonacia (ITA) v Andrew Watson (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (5) Emily Arbuthnott (...
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DavidC
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6
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1055
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Boys & Girls: Plovdiv Cup, Bulgaria, clay - Grade 2 (Week 16)
(Preview)
We have 4 boys here and Georgie Axon should be in the girls event Boys R1 (L32) Oleg Prihodko (UKR) v Jay Clarke (GBR) (4) Ondrej Krstev (CZE) v Daniel Little (GBR) (WC) Assen Dimitrov (BUL) v Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v Joel Popov (FIN)
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DavidC
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4
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921
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Boys: Barbados Junior International, Barbados: hard, outdoor - Grade 4 (Week 16)
(Preview)
Congratulations to doubles champions, Charlie and Calum Final : Calum MACGEOCH (GBR) / Charlie RIDOUT (GBR) def Jorge ORTEGON (MEX) / Jesus Santiago SUAREZ RIVAS (MEX) [2] 4-6 6-4 [10-3]
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Coup Droit
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2
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572
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Boys: International Junior Championship, Cairo, Egypt: clay, outdoor - Grade 4 (Week 16)
(Preview)
Into the semis goes Sebastien with a particularly good win in the first round: R1: Sebastien BUTLER (GBR) 7-5 6-4 Nabil FOUAD (EGY) [3] R2: Sebastien BUTLER (GBR) 6-2 6-4 Aly ZAGHLOUL (EGY) QF : Sebastien BUTLER (GBR) 6-0 7-6(5) Youssef SHERIF (EGY) SF: Sebastien BUTLER (GBR) ...
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1
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636
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Boys & Girls: San Michel International Junior Tournament, Malta, hard - Grade 5 (Week 15)
(Preview)
The second week in Malta is proving more productive than the first, with 4 semifinalists including a guaranteed finalist Boys R1 (L64) Uladzimir Dorash (BLR) d. (LL) Josh Pistorius (GBR) 6-3 6-3 (LL) James Mitchell (GBR) d. Valentin Vanta (ROU) 6-4 6-3 (LL) James Davis (GBR) d. (WC) Raphael Sammut (...
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DavidC
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6
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1049
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Cap d'Ail, France, clay - Grade 2 (Week 15)
(Preview)
The first of the French spring series which sporadically brings British success, has seen an opening day win for Joel Cannell Boys R1 (L32) Joel Cannell (GBR) d. (WC) Constant de la Bassetiere (FRA) 7-6(5) 6-2 R2 (7) Xander Veys (BEL) v Joel Cannell (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Theo Gravouil (FRA) v Anastasia...
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1704
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Girls: Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, Clay - Grade 1 (Week 15)
(Preview)
Izzy Wallace and Emily Arbuthnott are top 8 seeds here, but to reach the quarters will have to overcome the two players who defeated Izzy in the two Spanish G2s. Izzy faces the daunting prospect of a rematch with Paula Badosa Gibert, who is ranked inside the top 500 WTA with a very good win percentage R1 (...
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DavidC
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944
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Boys: Trofeo Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, Clay - Grade 1 (Week 15)
(Preview)
A tough prospect for Aswin Lizen to continue last week's encouraging run. First up is a strong top 100 local player with the winner taking on the second seed, ranked just outside 500 ATP R1 (L64) Dmitry Mnushkin (RUS) v Youssef Hassan (GBR) (Q) Gonzalo Morell Raschiatore (AUS) v Christopher Reynolds...
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DavidC
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2
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734
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Boys & Girls: VIII ITF Junior Benicarlo, Spain, clay - Grade 2 (Week 14)
(Preview)
Second G2 for Izzy, but she is in a tough quarter, featuring last week's conqueror Seone Mendez. First up is another strong 14 year old Boys R1 (L32) Christopher Reynolds (GBR) v Sam Taylor (SWE) Aswin Lizen (GBR) v Mateusz Terczynski (POL) Girls R1 (L32) Sofya Zhuk (RUS) v (2) Isabelle Wallace (GBR)
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DavidC
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5
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1056
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Boys: Malta Under 18 World Ranking Tournament, hard - Grade 4 (Week 14)
(Preview)
As usual at this time of year there is a large party of Brits in malta R1 (L64) Piers Foley (GBR) v Christos Antonopoulos (GRE) (10) Matteo Tinelli (ITA) v (Q) Luke Hammond (GBR) Giovanni Fonio (ITA) v (8) Jack MacFarlane (GBR) (WC) Mark Schranz (MLT) v (15) Jonathan Gray (GBR) Valentin Vanta (ROU) v Jos...
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DavidC
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1999
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Boys & Girls: Babolat Cup, Turkey, hard, outdoor - Grade 4 (Week 14)
(Preview)
Alexis Canter is the only player left in but a lot of GB representation: Boys: R1: Mason RECCI (GBR) [1] 6-0 6-2 Syrry Can KORKMAZ (TUR) Cem HIZLIALP (TUR) 6-2 6-2 Mohamed ABDEL-AZIZ (GBR) Louis WESSELS (GER) [9] 6-3 6-1 Will DAVIES (GBR) Alexis CANTER (GBR) [4] 7-6(6) 6-2 ...
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Coup Droit
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603
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Girls: Panama Bowl, clay - Grade 4 (Week 14)
(Preview)
Anna Brogan finishes her run of Central American tournaments on clay as top seed R1 (L32) (1) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Amanda Meyer (USA) (8) Emily Appleton (GBR) v (SE) Alexia Coutino Castillo (MEX)
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DavidC
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4
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940
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Boys: Astana Capital Cup, Kazakhstan, hard - Grade 3 (Week 14)
(Preview)
Shamael Chaudhry didn't have much joy in Uzbekistan (a G3 last week as well as the G2 we covered) but he is doing better in Kazakhstan R1 (L32) (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) d. (WC) Gleb Karbolin (KAZ) 6-3 6-3 R2 (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) d. Saida'lo Saidkarimov (UZB) 6-2 7-5 QF (2) Shamael Chaudhry (GBR)...
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DavidC
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1
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564
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Girls: Malta Under 18 World Ranking Tournament, hard - Grade 4 (Week 14)
(Preview)
Jodie Burrage is top seeded here R1 (L64) (1) Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) v (WC) Katrina Sammut (MLT) (10) Eliza Omirou (CYP) v Megan Davies (GBR) (3) Dorien Cuypers (BEL) v Mariella Blackwell (GBR) (Q) Camille Verden Anderson (GBR) v (14) Sean Lodzki (ISR) Holly Thompson (GBR) v Shaline-Doreen Pipa (G...
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DavidC
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7
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1145
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Girls: USTA International Spring Championships, hard - Grade 1 (Week 14)
(Preview)
Katie Swan is here, guided by Rob Smith who blogs at http://itc-tennis.com/category/blog Katie plays later today against a girl who took a set off Anna Brogan in the semifinal of the Costa Rican G3 earlier in the month R1 (L64) (11) Katie Swan (GBR) v Jenna Friedel (USA) -- Edited by DavidC on Tuesday...
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5
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1213
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Girls: Copa Sultana-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, hard - Grade 5 (Week 13)
(Preview)
After a semifinal and final Anna Brogan looks to go one better this week R1 (L32) (1) Anna Brogan (GBR) v Alyssa Mayo (USA)
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DavidC
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7
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1114
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Boys & Girls: Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis de Porto Alegre, Brazil, clay - Grade A (Week 13)
(Preview)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/campeonato-internacional-juvenil-de-tenis-de-porto-alegre
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8
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1859
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Boys & Girls: 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open, hard - Grade 4 (Week 13)
(Preview)
A British invasion here, with 5 of the boys' seeds, including the top 3 Boys R1 (L32) (1) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v (Q) Filip Duda (CZE) Finn Bass (GBR) v Robert Wrzesinski (LTU) (4) Ghassan Alansi (YEM) v Jonathan Grey (GBR) (Q) Omar Elkadi (EGY) v (6) Charlie Ridout (GBR) (7) Piers Farhang (GBR) v Ashkan S...
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DavidC
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1529
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Ciutat de Vinaros, Spain, clay - Grade 2 (Week 13)
(Preview)
Izzy Wallace is one of three Brits here, in the start of three high-grade Spanish events, presumably looking for points to get her into the Roland Garros main draw. Boys R1 (L32) Joel Cannell (GBR) v Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) (Q) Raul Brancaccio (ITA) v Aswin Lizen (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Mathilde Ar...
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DavidC
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4
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879
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Boys & Girls: 30th Perin Memorial, Croatia, clay - Grade 1 (Week 13)
(Preview)
Two Brits here - Mirabelle Njoze has a good first round draw but Andrew Watson is up against it - firstly against a player with a 15-3 record this year, and if successful the top seed is likely to be next. Boys R1 (L64) Fabian Fallert (GER) v Andrew Watson (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) Mirabelle Njoze (GBR) v (WC) An...
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DavidC
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943
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Boys & Girls: 25th Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior Championships, Philippines, hard - Grade 1 (Week 12)
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The final week of the south-east Asian swing sees Katie Boulter as top seed in the absence of Shilin Xu. Freya Christie is seeded to meet the player who beat her at the Australian Open in round 3 Boys R1 (L64) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) v (WC) Marcen Angelo Gonzales (PHI) Rhett Purcell (GBR) v (Q) Chao-Ting Hsi...
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DavidC
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3034
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Boys & Girls: Costa Rica Bowl, hard - Grade 3 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Anna Brogan meets the player who beat her in a final set tiebreak in Orange Bowl qualifying, towards the start of her comeback last year. Boys R1 (L32) Stephen Madonia (USA) v Stefan Cooper (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (8) Claudia Wiktorin (USA) v Anna Brogan (GBR) -- Edited by DavidC on Monday 17th of March 201...
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DavidC
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1291
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Boys: 34th Tashkent ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan, hard - Grade 2 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Shamael Chaudhry is currently on a 15 match winning streak in ITFs following 3 Grade 5 titles at the back end of last year. Here he steps up to a Grade 2, with a nice opening draw against a 14 year old qualifier. R1 (L32) (Q) Azizhon Turgonov (UZB) v Shamael Chaudhry (GBR)
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688
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Boys & Girls: 44th Banana Bowl, Brazil, clay - Grade 1 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Gabi Taylor joins Alex Sendegeya for the last two tournaments of the COSAT circuit, but is drawn in a tough section, with top seed Fiona Ferro her opponent if she wins her opener - which is not straightforward either, as her Chilean opponent reached the semifinals of one of the earlier G2s Boys R1 (L64)...
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700
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