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Girls: Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, New Haven, USA (Week 34)
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There's a long tradition of Britain playing the USA at women's tennis, starting in 1923 with the Wightman Cup. It has largely been a masochistic exercise, and the Wightman Cup was discontinued in 1990 following a number of one-sided contests. In 1973 a junior version started thanks to the Maureen Co...
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Boys: USTA International Hard Court, USA - Grade 2 (Week 34)
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Apart from the Nationals there are a couple of Grade 2s this week, and Billy Harris is our sole representative here. If he wins his round 2 match he will probably have the tough prospect of facing second seed Thai-Son Kwiatkowski R1 (L64) (16) Billy Harris (GBR) bye
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540
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Boys & Girls: 2012 World Junior Tennis Finals, Czech Republic (Week 33)
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The under 14 world finals begin on Monday with both our boys and girls having qualified. The format involves 4 round robin groups of 4, with the winners playing off for positions 1-4, second placed teams 5-8 etc. The boys (Jay Clarke, Sam Ferguson and Daniel Bennett) are grouped with top seeds USA, but...
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Boys: ITF Poznan, Poland - Grade 4 (Week 33)
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Julian Cash goes for a second successive Grade 4 title here R1 (L32) Julian Cash (GBR) v Arturs Lazdins (LAT)
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Boys & Girls: XVII International Junior Leiria, Portugal - Grade 4 (Week 32)
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A large contingent of Brits were here for the first of the traditional Portugese ITFs in August, and Freya Christie + Alannah Griffin maintained their impressive record in doubles this year, chalking up their fifth title within the last 3 months
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Boys & Girls: SunDays Luxembourg Outdoor Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 32)
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5 British seeds amongs the contingent in Luxemburg this week Boys R1 (L32) Nathaniel Seyler (FRA) v (8) Julian Cash (GBR) Alexandre Hebras (FRA) v (4) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) (Q) Elias El Khalifa (FRA) v Isaac Stoute (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Rebecca Smaller (GBR) v Alexandra Bezmenova (GER) (3) Katie Boult...
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Boys: 2012 European Summer Cups (U14/U16/U18)
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Our strongest team of 1998s start the season of European Summer Cups trying to qualify for next week's under 14 finals, which serve as qualifiers for the World Junior Team Cup in August They open today as top seeds in their group against Serbia, and Sam Ferguson has won the opening singles. Jay Clarke,...
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Boys: 17th Slovenian Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 31)
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Samm Butler reaches his second ITF final R1 (L64) (7) Samm Butler (GBR) d. (Q) Tomislav Podvinski (CRO) 6-2 6-0 (5) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. (Q) Andrea Turco (ITA) 7-5 6-3 R2 (7) Samm Butler (GBR) d. (Q) Lorenz Fink (AUT) 4-6 6-3 6-4 (5) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR)d. Robert Suchan (GER) 6-3 6-2 R3 (7)...
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Girls: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 31)
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Dominique Covington goes for her second title in Ireland, and all seeds negotiated the first round successfully. Unusually all 16 matches were decided in straight sets
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Boys: Rushbrooke ITF, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 31)
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As last week a large contingent of Brits for the second Irish Grade 5, but not last week's winner Andrew Watson. Isaac Stoute was an early casualty
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Girls: 2012 European Summer Cups (U14/U16/U18)
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The season of European Summer Cups starts today with qualifying for the under 14 finals - which serve as qualifiers for the World Team Junior Championships in August. We have our strongest team (Maia Lumsden, Gabriella Patricia Taylor and Jazzi Plews) and have quickly reached an unassilable 2-0 in...
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships (under 18), Switzerland - Grade B1 (Week 30)
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The European Championships count as an enhanced Grade 1 event (more points in the later stages) but our trio are unseeded (it appears that Pippa Horn is a late withdrawal), and will be hard pushed to make the later stages Boys R1 (L128) Nichita Cepak (MDA) v Jonny O'Mara (GBR) Evan Hoyt (GBR) Bye R2 Evan...
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Boys & Girls: Swiss Junior Trophy - Grade 4 (Week 30)
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5 Brits here, all seeded Boys R2 (L32) (WC) Nathan Elia Schmid (SUI) v (16) Joshua Paris (GBR) Philipp Moritz (AUT) d. (7) Samm Butler (GBR) 6-4 6-3 (14) Jamie Malik (GBR) d. Moritz Kandt (GER) 6-3 7-6(1) (SE) Ruben Greiner (GER) v (2) Thomas Colautti (GBR) Girls R2 (L32) (8) Katie Boulter (GBR) v (LL...
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships (under 14), Czech Republic - Week 30
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The under 14s represent our best chance of success in the European Championships, with 4 seeded players (each country being allowed 2 representatives). Seedings are based on Tennis Europe rankings, which are more reliable for the boys than the girls, some of whom (like Jazzi) are playing more ITFs...
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Girls: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
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The Irish Grade 5s have been a happy hunting ground for Brits in recent years. There are 16 in the main draw (32) hoping to continue this trend including Alannah Griffin (2), Freya Christie (3), Dominique Covington (4), Rebecca Smaller (5), Jasmine Amber Asghar (6) and Farah Abdelaziz (7)
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Boys: ITF Donnybrook, Ireland - Grade 5 (Week 30)
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As usual the Irish Grade 5s are dominated by British entries The British seeds are (1) Sebastian Rey, (4) Ryan Peniston, (6) Christopher Morrow, (7) Andrew Watson and (8) Christopher Reynolds
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Boys & Girls: European Junior Championships (under 16), Russia - Week 30
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Anna Brogan's confidence should be good after 2 impressive low-grade tournaments, but there are several very highly ranked players to test her here, including two of the top 5 in the ITF rankings Boys R1 (L128) (13) Julian Cash (GBR) Bye Jacopo Stefanini (ITA) v Lewis Roskilly (GBR) Girls R1 (L128) A...
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Girls: Flower Bulb Tournament, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 29)
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Jazzi Plews stays in the Netherlands after last week's success and is joined by Katie Boulter, who will be hoping to bloom following 3 first round defeats in her comeback (though she did reach a doubles final in Belgium last week) R1 (L32) (LL) Margot |Yerolymos (FRA) v (6) Katie Boulter (GBR) Jazzi P...
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Boys & Girls: 2012 Tennis Europe Under 14 events
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The first major tournament in 2012 has been taking place this week in Bolton - Teen Tennis - with most of the entrants for next week's prestigious Les Petits As in town. On the girls side we start the year with 3 1998s ranked in the top 25 (Maia Lumsden, Gabriella Taylor and Jazzi Plews). The first two reac...
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Newcastle - Grade 4 (Week 29)
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http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/AEGON-Junior-International/Newcastle/Boys-18U-S...
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Newcastle - Grade 4 (Week 29)
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http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Documents/Fans%20News%20and%20Major%20Events/Results/2012/AEGON-Junior-International/Newcastle/Girls...
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Boys & Girls: 17th Wilson - Tivoli Trophy Timisoara, Romania - Grade 3 (Week 29)
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Although Harriet Dart has not had much joy in junior tournaments this year, her last venture to Eastern Europe ended with a title in Estonia. Joining her are Pippa Horn, Chris Pearce and Alex Sendegeya Boys R1 (L32) Alexandru Buzelan (ROU) v (5) Christopher Pearce (GBR) Alexander Cozbinov (MDA) v (4...
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Open Linz, Austria - Grade 1 (Week 29)
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Eleanor Dean is a late withdrawal, but Georgina Sellyn joins the group of boys who have moved from Berlin to here Boys R1 (L64) (10) Hannes Wagner (GER) v Jonny O'Mara (GBR) Alan Nunez Aguilera (MEX) v Thomas Colautti (GBR) (12) Jakub Oravec (SVK) v Tom Hill (GBR) (8) Federico Maccari (ITA) v Callum Pol...
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Girls: Leeuwenbergh ITF 4 Junior Championships, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 28)
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Another 14 year old doing well this week - following from European Summer Cup success Jazzi Plews takes her ITF main draw win-loss tally to 12-1 in 2012 R1 (L32) Jazzi Plews (GBR) d. (WC) Marleen Habes (NED) 4-6 6-1 6-0 R2 Jazzi Plews (GBR) d. (3) Emilia Granstrom (SWE) 6-3 6-2 QF Jazzi Plews (GBR) d. (6) P...
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Boys & Girls: Allianz Kundler German Juniors supported by Optimal Systems - Grade 1 (Week 28)
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Eleanor Dean is joined by 5 British boys for the week's premier junior event. Victory for Jonny O'Mara would probably see him face top seed and world number 19 Daniel Masur Boys R1 (L64) Jonny O'Mara (GBR) v Thien Nguyen Hoang (VIE) (Q) Joshua Sapwell (GBR) v (16E) Matej Maruscak (SVK) Paul Woerner (GE...
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