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Boys: Malta ITF U/18 World Ranking Tournament - Grade 4 (Week 14)
(Preview)
It's the Easter holidays, and as usual there is a good sprinkling of Brits in Malta, though no well-known players in the Boys draw R1 (L64) (WC) Tom Watkinson (GBR) v Marco Di Prima (ITA) (Q) Adam Kulich (SVK) v Ben Stride (GBR) Youssef Hassan (GBR) v Vladimir Filip (ROU) (16) Jorge Martinez Martinez (E...
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DavidC
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3
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769
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Boys & Girls: 2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open - Grade 5 (Week 13)
(Preview)
A maiden semifinal for Dominique Covington, backed up by a final in doubles Boys R1 (L32) Ata Hergunvarim (TUR) d. Youssef Hassan (GBR) 7-5 6-3 (Q) Dhir Gala (IND) d. Sam Bayda (GBR) 6-4 2-6 6-3 Girls R1 (L32) (7) Dominique Covington (GBR) d. (LL) Abigail Kent (USA) w/o R2 (7) Dominique Covington (GBR)...
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2
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460
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Boys: 16th Namangan ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan - Grade 3 (Week 13)
(Preview)
After a surfeit of top Grade junior tournaments this week is a quiet one with this Uzbeki Grade 3 being the top event R1 (L32) Samuel Sutton v (8) Matvey Khomentovskiy (RUS) Callum Poland-Smith v (3) Temur Ismailov (UZB)
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DavidC
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2
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486
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Boys & Girls: USTA Claremont ITF, USA - Grade 4 (Week 13)
(Preview)
This tournament serves as a warm-up to a Grade 1 next week, and Tom Colautti and Eden Silva are seeded, but had mixed fortunes in round 1 Boys R1 (L64) (1) Thomas Colautti (GBR) d. Christopher Grant (USA) 4-6 6-1 6-0 McClaine Roy (USA) d. Stefan Cooper (GBR) 7-5 6-3 R2 (1) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Seth Stol...
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DavidC
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1
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445
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Boys & Girls: 29th Copa Gerdau de Tenis, Brazil - Grade A (Week 12)
(Preview)
The quartet who took part in the Banana Bowl stay for the COSAT Circuit climax. Luke Bambridge takes on the Chile finalist whilst Georgina Sellyn plays a Peruvian with a high win-loss ratio. If she's successful then Swedish Fed Cup player Ellen Allgurin is a likely opponent for the second week runnin...
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12
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1401
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Boys: Zürich Champions Tour "Talents" junior event
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(Preview)
The Champions Tour event in Zürich this week includes a junior event involving three Brits - Oliver Golding, Liam Broady and Joshua Sapwell - along with Mate Pavic, Jiri Vesely, Filip Horansky, Alexander Ritschard and Dimitri Bretting. The novel aspect of the event is that they also pair up with the...
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steven
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41
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3957
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Boys: 32nd Tashkent ITF Juniors, Uzbekistan - Grade 2 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Four Brits try their luck in a weak Grade 2. Callum Poland-Smith has a tough match against the winner of the recent Moldovan Grade 2 R1 (L32) (1) Arjun Kadhe (IND) v Toby Mitchell (GBR) Samuel Sutton (GBR) v Konstantinos Ilia (CYP) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) v (4) Yuriy Kryvoy (UKR) (WC) Pavel Tsoy (UZ...
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DavidC
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5
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632
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Boys: 23rd Mitsubishi-Lancer International Junior, Philippines - Grade 1 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Last chance for the trio in South-East Asia to make an impression R1 (L64) (7) Sam Hutt (GBR) Bye Joshua Page (GBR) v Nattan Benjasupawan (THA) (12) Jordan Angus (GBR) Bye
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DavidC
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3
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504
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Girls: 28th Perin Memorial, Croatia - Grade 1 (Week 12)
(Preview)
Harriet Dart has been more impressive of late on the Pro Circuit than in Juniors, but she has surprisingly come to Croatia for a Grade 1 on clay. The Belgian top seed Elise Mertens is a likely second round opponent. R1 (L64) Harriet Dart (GBR) v (Q) Rebeka Stolmar (HUN)
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DavidC
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441
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Boys & Girls: RUC Tennis Junior Open, Morocco - Grade 4 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Jazzi Plews stays in Morocco looking for a second title, in this week's upgraded event. Boys R1 (L32) Mustapha Belcora (MAR) v (6) Robbie Ridout (GBR) (LL) Ryan Brough (GBR) v (WC) Mamoun Benchakroun (MAR) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Fathya Berjane (MAR) v Ruby Grant (GBR) Jazzi Plews (GBR) v (Q) Salma Chouhib...
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DavidC
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9
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1437
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Boys & Girls: 42nd Banana Bowl, Brazil - Grade 1 (Week 11)
(Preview)
Joshua Ward-Hibbert has joined the COSAT circuit for its final two tournaments in Brazil. Evan Hoyt tackles the Italian who lost in 3 sets to Luke Bambridge last week. Boys R1 (L64) Pietro Licciardi (ITA) v Evan Hoyt (GBR) (13) Luke Bambridge (GBR) Bye (8) Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) Bye Girls R1 (L64)...
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DavidC
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6
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817
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Boys: 19th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup, Malaysia - Grade 1 (Week 11)
(Preview)
The second week of Asian Grade 1s with the boys looking for their first win R1 (L64) Teeradon Tortrakul (THA) v Joshua Page (GBR) (12) Sam Hutt (GBR) Bye (Q) Takashi Saito (JPN) v Jordan Angus (GBR)
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DavidC
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2
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425
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Boys & Girls: NWU-PUKKE/RVTA Junior ITF 2, South Africa - Grade 2 (Week 11)
(Preview)
The boys will be looking for an improvement on last week's first round wipeout, but Scott Clayton's draw looks very tough. His opponent beat Liam Broady at the Australian Open and won the first week's title here without dropping a set. Beth Askew plays the Swede who proved her undoing last week. Boys R...
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DavidC
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1
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445
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Boys & Girls: 32nd Asuncion Bowl, Paraguay - Grade 1 (Week 10)
(Preview)
The COSAT Circuit ramps up for the final 3 weeks, and Evan Hoyt has joined Luke and Tom. Sadly Tom had to retire against a strong opponent today, whilst Evan also lost in his first junior match of the year. There's a return for Georgina Sellyn, after an impressive spell in the first month. Boys R1 (L64) (...
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DavidC
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5
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871
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Boys: ITF Kramfors High Coast Junior World Ranking Tournament, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Joshua Paris is having his best week on the ITF Circuit having reached the singles semis and doubles final R1 (L32) (1) Erik Johnsson (SWE) d. Christopher Reynolds (GBR) 7-6(2) 6-3 Joshua Paris (GBR) d. Robin Lindh (SWE) 6-2 6-2 R2 Joshua Paris (GBR) d. (WC) Sebastian Prechtel (GER) 6-4 6-4 QF Joshua P...
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DavidC
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1
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448
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Boys & Girls: NWU-PUKKE/RVTA Junior ITF 1, South Africa - Grade 2 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Scott Clayton is amongst the smaller group of Brits than usual for the 2 South African Grade 2s, and is the only one to avoid a seed. Boys R1 (L32) Toby Mitchell (GBR) v (5) Bar Tsuf Botzer (ISR) Scott Clayton (GBR) v Cem Ilkel (TUR) (Q) David Fox (GBR) v (2) Wayne Montgomery (RSA) Girls R1 (L32) (5) Megane B...
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DavidC
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4
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683
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Boys: Chang - Thailand Junior Championships - Grade 1 (Week 10)
(Preview)
Sam Hutt and Jordan Angus are both seeded in the first of 3 Asian Grade 1s R1 (L64) (16) Jordan Angus (GBR) Bye (12) Sam Hutt (GBR) Bye (Q) Nikko Madregallejo (USA) d. Joshua Page (GBR) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1 R2 Jacob Grills (AUS) v (16) Jordan Angus (GBR) Omar Jasika (AUS) v (12) Sam Hutt (GBR)
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1
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445
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Boys & Girls: ITF/CAT North African Circuit, Morocco - Grade 5 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Both Robbie Ridout and Jazzi Plews make the semis here in the first of 2 Moroccan tournaments Boys R1 (L32) (7) Abdelkader Benabdellah (MAR) d. (LL) Ben Stride (GBR) 6-4 6-4 (4) Robbie Ridout (GBR) d. Mehdi Laalej (MAR) 6-1 6-2 R2 (4) Robbie Ridout (GBR)d. (WC) Amine Ahouda (MAR) 3-6 6-1 6-1 QF (4) Robbi...
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7
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1037
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Boys: Uruguay Bowl - Grade 2 (Week 9)
(Preview)
Luke Bambridge has joined the final section of the COSAT circuit, having spent time training with Greg Rusedski, and should be a high seed. Peter Ashley, Jonny O'Mara and Tom Hill also made the cut, but Alex Sendegeya and Clay Crawford had to go into qualifying. Both played Brazilians, on what Luke de...
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DavidC
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1085
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Boys: ITF Oslo Open, Norway - Grade 4 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Samm Butler will look to capitalise on the fine form he showed in Copenhagen. The three Norwegian wildcards all draw Brits R1 (L32) (1) Samm Butler (GBR) v (WC) Viktor Durasovic (NOR) (WC) Lars Johan Dahle (NOR) v Ryan Peniston (GBR) Nihar Navapurkar (GBR) v (3) Matvey Khomentovskiy (RUS) (8) James E...
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DavidC
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5
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908
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Girls: ITF Oslo Open, Norway - Grade 4 (Week 8)
(Preview)
Lana Rush returns to action here for the first time since the Grade 1 Costa Rica Bowl at the start of the year R1 (L32) (Q) Siri Victorsson (SWE) v (7) Lana Rush (GBR) (WC) Hanna Borjeson (SWE) v Danielle Konotoptseva (GBR) Rebecca Smaller (GBR) v (Q) Katarina Jokic (BIH)
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1208
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Boys: Aivaras Balzekas Memorial, Lithuania - Grade 2 (Week 8)
(Preview)
The second of 3 Eastern European Grade 2s sees Tom Colautti take on the strong Swede who beat Julian Cash in the Winter Cup over the weekend R1 (L32) (WC) Kasparas Zemaitelis (LTU) v Billy Harris (GBR) Arkadijs Slobodkins (LAT) v Christopher Pearce (GBR) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Elias Ymer (SWE)
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561
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Boys: Argentina Cup - Grade 2 (Week 8)
(Preview)
The Chilean quintet have moved over to Argentina for their second leg. If successful in round 1 Alex will be up against the strong top seed Mateo Martinez R1 (L64) Alex Sendegeya (GBR) v Rodrigo Senattore (URU) (Q) Inaki Gimenez Pilutik (ARG) v Clay Crawford (GBR) (7) Peter Ashley (GBR) Bye (12) Jonn...
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DavidC
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2
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661
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Girls: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2012 (U12/U14/U16)
(Preview)
The girls were more successful than the boys in their attempts this weekend to qualify for the under 12 finals , which is just as well as their finals are being held in Sheffield in 2 weeks time. The team of Ali Collins, Maria Budin and Donia Abdel-Aziz dismissed Bulgaria and Romania without losing a set...
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DavidC
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9
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1688
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Boys: Tennis Europe Winter Cup 2012 (U12/U14/U16)
(Preview)
This year the Winter Cup is extended to under 12s, who have been taking part in qualifying this weekend (the under 14s and under 16s begin next weekend). Unfortunately the team of Ewen Lumsden (brother of Maia), Cameron Kerr and Harry Butler lost their opening match to the Czech Republic so do not qual...
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12
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1766
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