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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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Girls: Orange Bowl, USA - Grade A (Week 49)
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Katy Dunne should be seeded, joined by Eleanor Dean and Jazzi Plews with the main draw out later today. We don't have any entrants in the under 16s but at the moment Jazzi is also on the entry list for the under 14 Junior Orange Bowl starting in 2 weeks time.
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Boys & Girls: ITF East African Circuit 3, Kenya - Grade 5 (Week 49)
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The third week in Kenya for Isaac Stoute et al Boys R1 (L64) (9) Ben Stride (GBR) bye (LL) Edward Harwood (GBR) v Tumaini Martin Meshuko (TAN) (10) Sacha Modica (GBR) bye (Q) Alex Hagon (GBR) v Kevin Cheruiyot Langat (KEN) (3) Isaac Stoute (GBR) bye (12) Mason Recci (GBR) bye (WC) Noureldin Adam (SUD) v C...
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Boys & Girls: Junior Zagreb Cup, Croatia - Grade 4 (Week 49)
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Peter Ashley is the top seed here, and Freya Christie looks to build on a good week in the AEGON British Tour Masters Boys R1 (L32) (1) Peter Ashley (GBR) v (WC) Matej Svjetlicic (CRO) (Q) Joe Woolley (GBR) v (6) Milen Ianakiev (GER) Cristian Carli (ITA) v (4) Julian Cash (GBR) (7) Ivan Saveljic (MNE) v Ch...
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Boys: Orange Bowl, USA - Grade A (Week 49)
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The ITF season ends this week with the prestigious Orange Bowl, won by George Morgan in 2010. Luke Bambridge should be seeded, joined by Jonny O'Mara and Evan Hoyt. Alex Sendegeya was top seed in qualifying but lost his opening match. Aswin Lizen is our only representative in the under 16s, where the...
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Boys & Girls: Eddie Herr International Championships, USA - Grade 1 (Week 48)
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Main draws are out and almost complete - last few qualifiers to be decided, but main draw also starts today Girls L64: Jazzi PLEWS vs Chiara GRIMM (SUI) L64: Katy DUNNE [12] vs TBD Boys L64: Luke BAMBRIDGE vs Naoki NAKAGAWA (JAP) L64: Evan HOYT vs Pedro CACHIN [14] (ARG) L64: Jonny O'MARA vs TBD. L64: Ale...
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Boys & Girls: ITF East African Circuit 2, Kenya - Grade 5 (Week 48)
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After Isaac Stoute's maiden ITF singles title this weekend, he has the chance to double the tally this week Boys R1 (L64) (7) Ben Stride (GBR) bye (14) Mason Recci (GBR) bye (11) Sacha Modica (GBR) bye (5) Isaac Stoute (GBR) bye (Q) Francisco Guimaraes (POR) v Charlie Ridout (GBR) Girls R1 (L32) Oleksa...
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Girls: PHINMA International Juniors (Week 2), Philippines - Grade 4 (Week 48)
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Gabi Taylor's second week here sees her in the section with the same 2 seeds as last week, but starting with the one who beat her. First up is a local wildcard though, who shouldn't be much of a threat judging by her results. R1 (L32) (WC) Maia Bernadette Balce (PHI) v Gabriella Patricia Taylor (GBR)
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Boys: XXVI Yucatan Cup, Mexico - Grade 1 (Week 47)
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The North American season finale starts in Mexico with a tournament whose past winners include Heather Watson. Most of the potential British contingent have opted to miss out this year, and go just for the Eddie Herr and/or Orange Bowl. Hence there are just 3 Brits, with Alex Sendegeya's Osaka succe...
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Girls: PHINMA International Juniors (Week 1), Philippines - Grade 4 (Week 47)
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Gabi Taylor was impressive last month in Morocco, and she gets the opportunity to continue her ascent of the ITF rankings in 2 weeks of tournaments here R1 (L32) Gabriella Patricia Taylor (GBR) v Miyo Kobayashi (JPN)
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Girls: Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships - Grade A (Week 43)
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The quartet who played the Japan Grade 2 last week have benefited from reasonably kind first round draws, though Katie Boulter's opponent upset a seed last week. Harriet Dart has a rematch from last week. R1 (L64) (Q) Niyu Ikeuchi (JPN) v Anna Brogan (GBR) (Q) Rena Kamae (JPN) v (5) Katy Dunne (GBR) Mao...
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Boys: Messika Open, Israel - Grade 3 (Week 46)
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The second week of Grade 3s in Israel seesseeded opponents for Clay Crawford, trying to extend his 18 match winning sequence, and Joshua Sapwell. Johannes Haerteis was a finalist in the Tennis Europe 14s Masters a couple of years ago, but doesn't appear to be in great form at present, while Igor Smila...
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Boys: Matan Gafniel Raanana Open, Israel - Grade 3 (Week 45)
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Israel unusually hosts a couple of Grade 3s this month, and has attracted quite a strong field for this grade, led by local star Or Ram-Harel, who has won several matches in Futures events. Peter Ashley and Josh Sapwell head the British contingent, but Josh has a tough draw againstthe second seed R1 (L...
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Boys & Girls: ITF Junior Saint-Cyprien, France - Grade 3 (Week 45)
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Two recent winners of doubles titles Lewis Roskilly and Lana Rush are here, with the latter surprisingly the top seed (unusual to have no top 200 players in a Grade 3). Lana has started her campaign with a comfortable win. Boys R1 (L32) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) v (LL) Thibault Cancel (FRA) Antoine Hoang (F...
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Girls: Raquette D'Or, Morocco - Grade 4 (Week 41)
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Gabi Taylor starts her pursuit of a second title in Morocco (and maybe a golden racket) with a gentle looking opener against a local girl R1 (L32) Gabriella Patricia Taylor (GBR) v Tilida El Yazidi (MAR)
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Girls: Lee Duk Hee Cup Chuncheon International Junior Tennis Championships, South Korea - Grade 2 (Week 44)
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With many of the players in Osaka decamping to South Korea, this is quite a strong field for a Grade 2 event, with Katie Boulter and Anna Brogan forced to qualify - which they did in style. All the draws are much tougher than the first round draws in Osaka, with Katie's opponent having won the Thai Grade 2 l...
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Boys & Girls: 5th Kuwait ITF Juniors Championship - Grade 5 (Week 44)
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Last week Adam Glynn was beaten in the doubles final (by Christopher Reynolds and partner), and experienced the same fate (to different opponents) this week. However he went one step further in the singles to claim his maiden title in impressive style - losing no more than a handful of games in any mat...
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Boys & Girls: 20th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup, Malaysia - Grade 3 (Week 44)
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After last week's Thai Grade 2, three of the Brits decamped to Malaysia and are having a good tournament Boys R2 (L32) (3/WC) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. Alberto Lim (PHI) 5-7 6-0 6-1 (6) Samm Butler (GBR) d. Wei-De Lin (TPE) 6-2 4-6 6-4 R3 (3/WC) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) d. (14) Sahil Deshmukh (IND)...
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