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Boys & Girls: Preveza Cup, Greece - Grade 5 (Week 28)
(Preview)
After a final in singles last week the second Greek Grade 5 produces a title for Freya Christie with Alannah Griffin in doubles Boys R1 Christopher Reynolds (GBR) d. (Q) Marco Di Lorenzo (ITA) 6-3 6-0 R2 Christopher Reynolds (GBR) d. (8) Alejandro Capdequi (GRE) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-0 QF (Q) Valentino Ciotti...
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644
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 28)
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In a draw full of Brits 2 of our strong 13 year olds made their ITF debuts today in style. Georgina Axon and Anastasia Mikheeva both won in straight sets, the latter against the German 5th seed Anastasia Reimchen. Also successful was third seed Anna Brogan, while one of our successful European Summer C...
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DavidC
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19
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1951
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Edinburgh - Grade 5 (Week 28)
(Preview)
Nearly all the entries here are British. Half of the first round played today with wins for top seed Clay Crawford, second seed Samm Butler and sixth seed Lewis Roskilly. Tomorrow two members of our under14 team which finished third in the European Summer Cups, Jay Clarke and Sam Ferguson, play their...
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DavidC
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5
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795
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Boys & Girls: Mediterranee Avenir, Morocco - Grade 1 (Week 28)
(Preview)
This is by far the weaker of the 2 Grade 1s this week. Evan Hoyt would only be seeded 16 in Berlin, but here is seeded 2 Boys R1 (L64) (12) Tom Hill (GBR) Bye Ali Mekouar (MAR) v Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) (2) Evan Hoyt (GBR) Bye Girls R1 (L64) Meredith G Jones (GBR) v Teertha Iska (IND)
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DavidC
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6
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837
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Powder Byrne Tennis Trophy 2012
(Preview)
Get Involved with the largest UK Postal Tennis Tournament-The Powder Byrne Tennis Trophy! If after watching The Wimbledon Championships you are keen to get on court and play, the Powder Byrne is a great tournament to enter. The Powder Byrne Tennis Trophy is a Grade 3 LTA approved tournament with eve...
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PowderByrne12
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1
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641
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Girls: Biesterbos Open, Netherlands - Grade 2 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Eleanor Dean plays her first tournament for nearly 2 months as top seed. Anna Brogan has come through qualifying, but for the third week in a row has had the misfortune to draw one of the top two seeds. R1 (L32) (1) Eleanor Dean (GBR) v Maria Fernanda Herazo Gonzalez (COL) (Q) Anna Brogan (GBR) v (2) Domen...
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DavidC
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13
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1050
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Boys & Girls: Corfu Cup, Greece - Grade 5 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Last year Freya Christie became the youngest Brit to win an ITF singles title for a long while by winning this tournament as a 13 year old. Although she has had a fairly lean time since she is just one match away from retaining her title. The tournament is played on outdoor carpet - unfortunately for Frey...
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1
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481
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Boys: Ex Pilsen Wilson Cup, Czech Republic - Grade 3 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Two years ago Liam Broady won his first Grade 3 title here. This year we have a quintet hoping to emuiate his success. R1 (L32) Christopher Pearce (GBR) v Filipp Kekercheni (UKR) (Q) Matej Maruscak (SVK) v (6) Thomas Colautti (GBR) (8) Alex Sendegeya (GBR) v Milen Ianikiev (GER) Samm Butler (GBR) v (4)...
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530
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Boys: NBU Cup, Uzbekistan - Grade 4 (Week 27)
(Preview)
Aswin Lizen has reached his second Grade 4 final R1 (L32) (7) Aswin Lizen (GBR) d. Bogdan Valiev (KAZ) 7-5 6-0 R2 (7) Aswin Lizen (GBR) d. Sergey Baryshev (RUS) 6-1 6-3 QF (7) Aswin Lizen (GBR) d. Costin Economu (ROU) 6-3 6-3 SF (7) Aswin Lizen (GBR) d. (LL) Aleksandr Tsatkin (UZB) 3-6 7-5 6-3 F (7) Aswin Li...
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DavidC
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1
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492
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Boys & Girls: Wimbledon Juniors 2012 Doubles - Grade A (Week 27)
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(Preview)
Liam & Josh combine again, looking for their second Grand Slam title Boys R1 (1) Peliwo/Quinzi (CAN/ITA) v (WC) Ashley/Crawford Ct 4 match 4 Friedrich/Santos (BRA/PER) v (WC) Clayton/O'Mara Bambrdge/Uchida (GBR/JPN) v Bourgue/Lokoli (FRA) Ct 5 match 5 Botzer/Farren (ISR/USA) v (WC) Ben...
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DavidC
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1625
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Boys: Wimbledon Juniors 2012 - Grade A (Week 27)
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(Preview)
Qualifying starts tomorrow with Jonathan Cornish, Josh Sapwell, Jordan Angus, Julian Cash, Josh Page and Lewis Roskilly given wildcards. That leaves 8 who were in the Roehampton main draw: Evan Hoyt, Peter Ashley, Scott Clayton, Myles Orton, Jonny O'Mara, Jathan Malik, Clay Crawford and Tommy B...
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DavidC
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76
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4176
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Girls: Wimbledon Juniors 2012 - Grade A (Week 27)
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(Preview)
Qualifying starts tomorrow with Eden Silva, Katie Boulter, Beth Askew, Jasmine Amber Asghar and Georgia Craven given wildcards. Presumably Georgina Sellyn, Katy Dunne, Harriet Dart, Pippa Horn and Lana Rush (plus possibly Danieelle Konotoptseva) have main draw wildcards, as they were in the R...
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22
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1922
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Boys: AEGON Junior International Roehampton - Grade 1 (Weeks 25-26)
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(Preview)
This tournament which bizarrely has qualifying on one day 3 days before the main draw has featured British success in the last 2 years (Liam Broady/James Marsalek). A pre-qualifying event at Boodles yesterday and today determined 6 main draw wildcards in addition to Evan Hoyt and Peter Ashley. Tob...
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Girls: AEGON Junior International Roehampton - Grade 1 (Weeks 25-26)
(Preview)
Qualifying is scheduled for tomorrow (2 rounds) with the main draw starting on Sunday. Both Tara Moore and Fran Stephenson have had good runs here in the last 2 years. Qualifying names include Rebecca Smaller, Jasmiine Amber Asghar, Emily Gibbens, Gabrielle Paul, Louise Ronaldson, Brielle Koul...
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DavidC
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11
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1585
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Boys & Girls: Tunisia Junior ITF - Grade 3 (Week 25)
(Preview)
Anna Brogan plays her first ITF tournament since qualifying for the Edinburgh $10K, and has to tackle the second seed Boys R1 (L32) (1) Simeon Rossier (SUI) v (LL) Joel Cannell (GBR) (5) Thomas Colautti (GBR) v Miroslav Herzan (CZE) Girls R1 (L32) (Q) Millie Stretton (GBR) v (LL) Sasha Alexander (AU...
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DavidC
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5
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736
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Boys: Ukrzakhid ITF, Ukraine - Grade 3 (Week 25)
(Preview)
Three Brits opting out of Roehampton to play in the Ukraine are all seeded R1 (L32) Phillip Gresk (POL) v (8) Alexander Sendegeya (GBR) (LL) Pavel Musayev (UKR) v (7) Christopher Pearce (GBR) (Q) Anton Redvanov (UKR) v (2) Billy Harris (GBR)
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DavidC
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6
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731
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Boys: 13th Gerry Weber Junior Open, Germany - Grade 2 (Week 25)
(Preview)
Toby Mitchell continues his role as sole Brit in overseas grass court tournaments R1 (L32) (Q) Toby Mitchell (GBR) v Jakub Oravec (SVK)
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1
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446
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Boys: International Grass Court Championships, USA - Grade 4 (Week 24)
(Preview)
Here's a grass court tournament which does have play today, though Toby Mitchell who is top seeded doesn't feature in the early matches R1 (L64) (1) Toby Mitchell (GBR) v (WC) David Wilczynski (USA)
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605
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Boys & Girls: French Open - Grade A (week 23)
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(Preview)
R1: Luke Bambridge vs Borna Coric (CRO) R1: (3) Liam Broady vs Karim Hossam (EGY) R1: Quentin Halys (FRA) vs (10) Josh Ward-Hibbert R1: (16) Daniel Masur (GER) vs Kyle Edmund Full draw here. ****** No Brits in th...
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Health of a junior tennis player
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I was very surprised that very few parents and coaches conduct constant control of their tennis players health condition in US. However, I am also not that surprised because I see that there is no regular system regarding control of junior sportsmens health. I don't know about a situation with that i...
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Girls: Podgorica Open, Montenegro - Grade 5 (Week 22)
(Preview)
The two girls left in Montenegro once Harriet flew out to Estonia didn't have a great singles comp (though Alannah could claim that she at least beat an A Ivanovic from Serbia), but did come away with the doubles title R1 (L32) (4) Alannah Griffin (GBR) d. (Q) Asiya Dair (KAZ) 6-1 6-1 (2) Freya Christie...
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1
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666
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Boys & Girls: Estonian Junior Open - Grade 4 (Week 22)
(Preview)
Harriet Dart's latest attempt to come to terms with junior tennis is in the Estonian capital, and she had an easy opener Boys R1 (L32) Aswin Lizen (GBR) d. Anders Arenfeldt Holm (DEN) 3-6 6-3 7-5 R2 Aswin Lizen (GBR) v (8) Noah Hajdu-Andersson (NOR) Girls R1 (L32) (4) Harriet Dart (GBR) d. Daria Tarasen...
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Boys & Girls: Epitok-Abris Cup, Hungary - Grade 2 (Week 22)
(Preview)
The second Hungarian tournament ratchets up to a Grade 2, with Katy Dunne having good memories of reaching the final last year. She plays a Hungarian wildcard, and will probably be relieved it isn't the one who won last week's tournament, who Katy described as a future Wimbledon champion (the top see...
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Boys: Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgium - Grade 1 (Week 22)
(Preview)
In between the two big European Grade As is this traditional event in Belgium. Evan Hoyt and Sam Hutt both won their first round matches against local wildcards to earn a crack at seeds ranked in the top 50. Evan's next opponent lost to Liam last week R1 (L64) Evan Hoyt (GBR) d. (WC) Joseph Van Dooren (BEL...
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560
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Boys: 53 Trofeo Bonfiglio, Italy - Grade A (Week 21)
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Our top 4 come in for a very strong Grade A event, and could be joined by Evan Hoyt, who is through to final qualifying. Luke Bambridge has a tough opener against a Belgian who beat Kyle Edmund twise last year. R1 (L64) (1) Liam Broady (GBR) v Anton Desyatnik (RUS) Luke Bambridge (GBR) v (15) Julien Cagnin...
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