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Girls: 12th Monastir ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 6)
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After winning both titles between them in Sfax the second Tunisian Grade 2 gives the opportunity for Isabelle Wallace and Katie Boulter to repeat the feat. Lana Rush however has left, but the British contingent has been boosted by a couple of qualifiers. Katie is likely to face the Kazakh girl who bea...
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Boys: 12th Monastir ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 6)
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The second Tunisian Grade 2 features the same 6 Brits as last week, with Alex Sendegeya and Jonny O'Mara in identical places in the draw. Lewis Roskilly, Isaac Stoute and Julian Cash appear to have tough draws against seeds. R1 (L32) (1) Skander Mansouri (TUN) v Lewis Roskilly (GBR) Isaac Stoute (GBR...
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Boys: Swiss Junior Trophy - Grade 4 (Week 6)
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A maiden final for Jamie Malik R2 (L32) (8) Samuel Taylor (GBR) d. (Q) Tim Ruehl (GER) 6-4 6-0 (4) Jamie Malik (GBR) d. Nathan Elia Schmid (SUI) 6-2 6-3 R3 (11) Simone Roncalli (ITA) d. (8) Samuel Taylor (GBR) 6-2 6-1 (4) Jamie Malik (GBR) d. (14) Marco Mosciatti (ITA) 7-5 6-4 QF (4) Jamie Malik (GBR) d. (7)...
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Boys & Girls: Nairobi International Junior Championships II, Kenya - Grade 5 (Week 6)
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In the second of the Kenyan events Jay Clarke has reached his maiden semi, whilst we have representation in 3 of the 4 boys doubles semifinalists. Jay's semi opponent is the player who knocked him out last week. Boys R1 (L64) (6) Jay Clarke (GBR) bye (15) Daniel Little (GBR) bye (8) Alexis Canter (GBR) b...
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Girls: 11th SFAX ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 5)
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First chance to follow Isabelle Wallace as a Brit in junior competition. She faces a testing opener against the player who Maia Lumsden beat in the Orange Bowl semis. Isabelle, Lana Rush and Katie Boulter are all seeded. Lana has the chance to avenge a defeat by her opponent last year. R1 (L32) (Q) Theo...
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Boys: 11th SFAX ITF Junior Tournament, Tunisia - Grade 2 (Week 5)
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First junior ITF of the year for Jonny O'Mara, amongst a group of Brits here R1 (L32) (LL) Ghassen Khedder (TUN) v Lewis Roskilly (GBR) (4) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) v Mikhail Korovin (RUS) Isaac Stoute (GBR) v (7) Adrian Bodmer (SUI) (WC) Majed Kilani (TUN) v (3) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) (Q) Christopher Re...
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Boys & Girls: ITF East African 18 & Under Junior Circuit, Kenya - Grade 4 (Week 5)
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Our leading '98 Jay Clarke is in Kenya for the first of3 G4/G5 events Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Gil De Keyser (BEL) v (Q) Joel Jones (GBR) (7) Alexis Canter (GBR) bye (5) Jay Clarke (GBR) bye Girls R1 (L32) Ruby Grant (GBR) v Ojasvinee Singh (IND) Holly Hutchinson (GBR) v Maheen Dada (PAK)
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Girls: Australian Open - Grade A (Weeks 3/4)
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According to her tweets Katy's injury has been healing well this week to allow her to play in the main draw on Sunday. Her draw is reasonable for this level, but nevertheless testing, against an opponent ranked around 750 WTA. Harriet has a nightmare draw against the US Open finalist, who is already in...
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Boys & Girls: PSS ITF Juniors Tournament, UAE - Grade 4 (Week 4)
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The second tournament for Maia et al. Millie Stretton has a tough draw against a Russian who has won all her 20 ITF matches so far. Boys R1 (L32) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v Aleksandre Bakshi (GEO) Kareem Allaf (SYR) v (Q) Josef Dodridge (GBR) Sam Rice (GBR) v Jordan Janszen (NED) Girls R1 (L32) Katie Dyson (G...
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Boys:ITF ATP GUAYAS, Ecuador - Grade 2 (Week 4)
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Next opportunity for Tom Hill to break his long run of losses - but not a promising draw against a player who knocked out the top seed in last week's Grade 1 R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v Juan Pablo Varillas Patino-Samudio (PER)
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Boys & Girls: 12th Abu Dhabi ITF Junior Championships - Grade 4 (Week 3)
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Orange Bowl champion Maia Lumsden opts to open her 2013 campaign in the Emirates, and has an easy looking opener. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Roman Nashatyrkin (RUS) v Youssef Hassan (GBR) Josef Dodridge (GBR) v Seif Ben Slimane (TUN) (WC) Abdulla Ahli (UAE) v Sam Rice (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Emelie Luisa Schwarte...
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Boys & Girls: 25th Czech International Junior Indoor Championships - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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Last year Billy Harris and Chris Pearce won the doubles title here, and are back to defend. Katie Boulter should be joined by Lana Rush and Anna Brogan, with the girls starting a day after the boys. Boys R1 (L64) (13) Billy Harris (GBR) bye (9) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) bye (WC) Dominik Kellovsky (CZE)...
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Boys: Copa Barranquilla, Colombia - Grade 1 (Week 3)
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Just Tom Hill left in South America as the circuit moves to clay R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v (Q) Pedro Iamachkine (PER)
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Boys: India ITF Junior 2, Delhi - Grade 2 (Week 3)
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Josh Ward-Hibbert first made an impact in ITFs in this Indian series a couple of years ago. Robbie Ridout is trying to follow suit R1 (L32) Karan Salwan (IND) v Robbie Ridout (GBR)
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Girls: AGL Loy Yang Traralgon International, Australia - Grade 1 (Wks 2/3)
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Just 2 Brits here for the Australian Open warm-up - Katy Dunne with a fairly good draw and Harriet Dart with a fairly tough one. R1 (L64) (11) Oleksandr Korashvili (UKR) v Harriet Dart (GBR) Ellen Perez (AUS) v (9) Katy Dunne (GBR)
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Boys: Copa Gatorade, Venezuela - Grade 1 (Week 2)
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http://www.israeltennisresults.com/apps/blog/show/21771893-venezuela-pulls-a-dubai-denies-...
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Boys & Girls: 20th Slovak Junior Open - Grade 2 (Week 2)
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We have a Grade 2 followed by a Grade 1 in the old Czechoslovakia with Katie Boulter expected to join Billy Harris and Callum Poland-Smith having withdrawn from the trip to Australia Boys R1 (L64) (13) Billy Harris (GBR) bye (10) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) bye
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Boys & Girls: 2013 Australian Open preview
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The entry lists are out for the Australian Open, with the main omission being Kyle Edmund, opting to play Futures events seemingly. Luke Bambridge is also down for Futures in the w/c 7th but has entered both the Australian Open (starting 19th) and the Traralgon warm-up (starting 12th). Katie Boult...
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Girls: Salk Open, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 1)
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One of our promising '99s Georgina Axon plays her first Grade 4 event R1 (L32) Georgina Axon (GBR) v Emma Ek (SWE)
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Boys & Girls: Copa Del Cafe, Costa Rica - Grade 1 (Week 1)
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Second opportunity for Harriet Dart to progress up the top 100. This week the COSAT circuit moves to hard courts, which should help her, and she has on paper a decent first round draw for a Grade 1 Boys R1 (L64) (11) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) v Simon Stevens (BEL) Tom Hill (GBR) v Andres Alfonzo Paredes (...
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Girls: 51st Junior Orange Bowl - U14/U12 (Week 52)
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This year's Junior Orange Bowl under 14s has a strong entry including 4 top Brits, whilst Katie Swan and Chelsea Samways have negotiated the first 2 rounds of qualifying. Please note that by tradition the 8th and 17th seeds are joint (16 of the latter). In the under 12s Francesca Jones has drawn a famil...
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Boys & Girls: Abierto Juvenil Mexicano - Grade A (Week 0)
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And so the 2013 season starts with indecent haste. Tom Hill and Harriet Dart have opted to spend Christmas in Mexico seeking points in one of the weaker Grade A events. If Tom wins his opener he is likely to face top seed Silva of Portugal in round 2 Boys R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v Rishab Agarwal (IND) Girls...
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Boys & Girls: ITF East African Circuit 1, Kenya - Grade 5 (Week 47)
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Isaac Stoute has reached the final here (his first since a G5 in the same country nearly 2 years ago), as Miriambee noted in another thread Boys R1 (L64) Eric Kipkoech (KEN) d. Edward Harwood (GBR) 2-6 6-4 6-2 Kevin Cheruiyot Langat (KEN) d. (WC) Riaan Lakhani (GBR) 6-3 6-1 (5) Isaac Stoute (GBR) bye R2 (...
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Boys: 51st Junior Orange Bowl - U14/U12 (Week 52)
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Jay Clarke is the main British hope in the under 14s, and he reached the final of the warm-up highfaluting named Nike International Masters this week. He is seeded to meet the European number 1 Mikael Yemer in the quarters Under 14 R1 (L128) Alexis Canter (GBR) v Michael Li (USA) (8) Mwendwa W Mbithi (US...
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Boys & Girls: end of 2012 rankings
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The final rankings of 2012 are out as follows for those in the top 250ish. Bracketed figures are provisional rankings for the start of 2013, but they will be affected by points added and coming off for the Mexican Grade A over Christmas. Boys Liam Broady 14 (-) Josh Ward-Hibbert 31 (-) Kyle Edmund 35 (22...
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