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Boys And Girls: Wilson ITF Junior Classic 2012 Austria Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Close, but not close enough (Q) Millie Stretton Lost to Lilla Barzo (1) (HUN) 6-3 0-6 6-4 Unlucky against a player ranked 268 in the world. -- Edited by Reeltime on Tuesday 10th of January 2012 05:37:50 PM
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Boys & Girls: Copa Gatorade, Venezuela - Grade 1 (Week 2)
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Georgina Sellyn will look to build on her excellent week in Costa Rica, and has a nice opener against a local wildcard, but Pippa Horn is a late withdrawal Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Juan Sebastian Marino (COL) v Tom Hill (GBR) Girls R1 (L64) (WC) Gabriela Anzola (VEN) v Georgina Sellyn (GBR)
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Boys & Girls: Slovak Junior Indoor - Grade 2 (Week 2)
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Chris Pearce and Billy Harris open their 2012 campaigns in Slovakia, whilst Eleanor Dean is on the girls' entry list (no drawsheet yet) Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Martin Caro (SVK) v Christopher Pearce (GBR) Billy Harris (GBR) v Filipp Kekercheni (UKR)
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Boys & Girls: Vasteras Junior ITF, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Freya Christie has not recovered after her retirement last week, leaving 3 Brits to contest the second Swedish event. Anna Brogan has to tackle last week's beaten finalist. Boys R1 (L32) Serdar Bojadjieva (SWE) v (LL) Joshua Paris (GBR) (WC) August Zetterberg (SWE) v (2) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR...
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Boys & Girls: 11 Sanxenxo International Junior Tournament, Spain - Grade 4 (Week 2)
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Scott Clayton is top seed, and as it is only a Grade 4 event he needs to win it to make any significant rankings progression. Boys R1 (L32) (1) Scott Clayton (GBR) v Scott Cayre (FRA) (WC) Aleksei Nerushenko (ESP) v Sebastien Rey (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) (1) Aleksandra Zenovka (RUS) v Lolade Ogungbesan (GBR...
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Boys: Copa Del Cafe, Costa Rica - Grade 1 (Week 1)
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Our quintet should be looking for an improvement on last week's showing as the Latin American Circuit moves from clay to hard for a couple of weeks. It was fairly inevitable that Artur Completo would be drawn against a Brit - he played 13 different ones last year. R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v Artur Completo...
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Boys & Girls: Seat Salk Open, Sweden - Grade 4 (Week 1)
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In 2009 Jennifer Ren was a winner, and Oliver Golding a finalist, here. We have 5 this year trying to emulate those performances Boys R1 (L32) (3) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) v Vincent Thierry Schneider (GER) Julian Cash (GBR) v Serdar Bojadjieva (SWE) Girls R1 (L32) Emilia Granstrom (SWE) v Rebeccas...
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Girls: Copa Del Cafe, Costa Rica - Grade 1 (Week 1)
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A stronger British presence in the girls event than last week, though Pippa Horn and Georgina Sellyn will have to tackle the top 2 seeds if they win their openers. Pippa will do well to win her match, against an opponent who has won a minimum of 2 matches in every ITF main draw she has been in. R1 (L64) (WC)...
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Boys & Girls: 1 Torneo Internacional Junior de Pontevedra, Spain - Grade 3 (Week 1)
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Unusually Spain hosts a couple of junior ITFs in January and Scott Clayton could make the top 100 by reaching the final here. Boys R1 (L32) (3) Scott Clayton (GBR) v Jaume Pla Malfeito (ESP) Samm Butler (GBR) v (Q) Jose Anton Salazar Martin (ESP) Carlos Bautista Enrique (ESP) v David Fox (GBR) Girls R1 (...
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Boys & Girls: Rankings at the start of 2012
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Indiana remarked in another thread about the depth of talent on the boys' side amongst 94-96 born. Since the last event of 2011 has been added (the first of 2012, the Casablanca Grade A, starts on Boxing Day) it's possible to work out the rankings for the start of 2012 (give or take a position, for the odd...
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Boys & Girls: Abierto Juvenil Mexicano - Grade A (Week 0)
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The 2012 season has started inauspiciously at the new Mexican venue (clay in Mexico City replacing the hard courts of Casablanca). We had 3 seeds here but all failed to progress past the first round - only Mexican wildcards preventing a wipeout. Boys R1 (L64) Jordi Arconada (ARG) d. (15) Jordan Angus...
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Boys: Junior Orange Bowl - U12/U14 (Week 51)
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We've had a good few years in this prestigious tournament, with George Morgan and Joshua Sapwell winners in the under 14s and Andy Murray winning the under 12s. Prospects are less rosy this year, but we do have 2 members of the under 12 squad which reached the Tennis Europe Summer Cup final Under 12 R1 (L...
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Girls: Junior Orange Bowl - U12/U14 (Week 51)
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The girls haven't had as much success as the boys here. However Jessica Ren won the under 12s in 2006 and Jocelyn Rae was a finalist in 2003. In the under 14s our last finalist was Jo Lewis in 1981. We do have a fairly strong group of under 14s here, though none is seeded. Jazzi Plews has a tough opener agains...
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Boys & Girls: 2012 Australian Open Preview
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All four of our boys with the possibility of direct entry are in, but 3 players who would be in qualifying (Jordan Angus, Evan Hoyt and Eleanor Dean) have opted out. Isaac Stoute crept into qualifying this year, and appears to be hoping again that the cut will fall dramatically. Mitchell Krueger is the...
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Boys: Dunlop Orange Bowl, USA - Grade A (Week 49)
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The main draw for the under 18s starts on Monday, with the same Brits as in the Eddie Herr - this time Evan Hoyt did not have to qualify. There is also an under 16 event starting today Under 16 R1 (L64) Andres Alfonzo Paredes (VEN) v (13) Alex Sendegeya (GBR)
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Girls: Dunlop Orange Bowl, USA - Grade A (Week 49)
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Katy Dunne is our only direct acceptance, but Georgina Sellyn is only one match away from joining her. Verena Jane Scott lost earlier on. FQR Stefania Hristov (ROU) v (13) Georgina Sellyn (GBR)
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Boys: Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, USA - Grade 1 (Week 48)
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Liam Broady and Kyle Edmund should be seeded here, and joined by Luke Bambridge, Joshua Ward-Hibbert, Sam Hutt, Jordan Angus and Jonathan Cornish. Evan Hoyt has to qualify though (which might explain why he wasn't playing doubles in doubles in Mexico) QR1 Karim Arem (USA) v Damian Gryzelko (GBR) (6...
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Boys & Girls: Junior Zagreb Cup, Croatia - Grade 4 (Week 48)
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Tom Colautti is top seed here, and a good tournament would see him move into the top 200 Boys R1 (L32) (1) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Kamil Gajewski (POL) Samm Butler (GBR) v (LL) Stjepan Sisko (CR) (Q) Jathan Malik (GBR) v Konstantinos Ilia (CYP) Girls R1 (L32) (WC) Aliya Tarpischeva (RUS) v Alannah Griff...
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Boys & Girls: PHINMA International Juniors (Week 2), Philippines - Grade 4 (Week 48)
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Last week Eden Silva made an impact in the singles. This week it's the doubles. Boys R1 (L32) (Q) Leander Lazaro (PHI) d. James Elliott (GBR) 7-5 6-3 Girls R1 (L32) Rongrong Leenabanchong (THA) d. Helen Rabot (GBR) 6-4 6-2 (4) Dina Karina (INA) d. Hollie Davies (GBR) 1-6 6-3 6-4 Eden Silva (GBR) d. (LL) M...
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Boys & Girls: Eddie Herr Junior Championships U12/U14/U16 (Week 48)
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We have (or had) a thin contingent spread over the 6 events, most exiting early. Honourable mention to Dominic West for winning 3 matches to reach the last 16 of the under 12s. However there are only 2 Brits left in singles. Live streams from every court are available via a link on the www.eddieherr.com...
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Boys & Girls: Yucatan Cup, Mexico - Grade 1 (Week 47)
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The North American junior season starts today with Kyle Edmund as second seed and a group of Brits seeking points to improve their chances of making the Australian Open. Evan Hoyt is the only one of them to draw a seed, and his opponent's recent modest record gives cause to hope for an upset. Our only gi...
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Girls: Eddie Herr International Junior Tennis Championships, USA - Grade 1 (Week 48)
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This year we have no direct entries, but do have three in qualifying - though it will be a struggle given the standard here. There are 3 rounds of qualifying QR1 Georgina Sellyn (GBR) v (9) Belinda Bencic (SUI) Suzanna Grigoryan (RUS) v Verena Jane Scott (GBR) (WC) Andrea Ternera (COL) v (16) Katie Boul...
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Boys & Girls: PHINMA International Juniors (Week 1), Philippines - Grade 4 (Week 47)
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Eden Silva came close to an upset win against Alex Walker in the recent Loughborough 10K event, and she is maintaining that form here Boys R1 (L32) James Elliott (GBR) d. Shau-Po Yin (TPE) 6-2 6-3 R2 (4) Jurence Zosimo Mendoza (PHI) d. James Elliott (GBR) 6-1 6-1 Girls R1 (L32) (8) Eden Silva (GBR) d. (W...
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Boys & Girls: ITF East Africa 18&U Circuit, Burundi - Grade 5 (Week 47)
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In her first ITF tournament outside the UK Ruby Grant is rewarded with the doubles title Boys R1 (L64) (Q) Ben Stride (GBR) d. Yussuf Barakamfitiye (BDI) 7-5 6-3 (Q) Alastair Hobson (GBR) d. Saidi Nkurunzuza (BDI) 6-3 6-3 (LL) Jack Oswald (GBR) d. Olivier Havugimana (RWA) 6-2 6-4 (WC) Chisumo Laweta (...
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Preview of major North American Junior tournaments
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With little British interest in ITFs this week and next attention turns to the major tournaments in North America starting with the Copa Yucatan in Mexico on November 21st, followed by the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and Junior Orange Bowl Entry lists are up for all events (see below). Oliver Golding...
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