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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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Boys: YONEX-LTAT-ITF Juniors Grade 4, Thailand - Grade 4 (Week 44)
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A highly successful week for British junior tennis with winners and finalists all over the place. One boy stayed in Thailand after last week's Grade 2, and Bjorn Thomson has reached his maiden final in the week of his 15th birthday. The final is a tough one against a strong Aussie who beat him last week,...
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Boys & Girls: ITF South / Central African Junior Circuit U18 - Grade 5 (Week 44)
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Georgina Axon has become the first of our promising '99s to win an ITF title (with Louise Ronaldson), while Sam Rice has a chance of a maiden title in singles Boys R2 (L32) (8) Sam Rice (GBR) d. (WC) Leon Olivier (RSA) 6-0 6-1 (12) Patrick Graham (GBR) d. (WC) Janre Muller (RSA) 6-2 6-2 R3 (8) Sam Rice (GBR)...
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Boys: Lee Duk Hee Cup Chuncheon International Junior Tennis Championships, South Korea - Grade 2 (Week 44)
(Preview)
The final leg of the Asian tour gives Evan Hoyt a chance to make up for last week's disappointment in Osaka. Unlike Tom Hill he appears to be in a good section of the draw. R1 (L32) (4) Evan Hoyt (GBR) v (WC) Yunseong Chung (KOR) Tom Hill (GBR) v (2) Weigiang Zheng (CHN)
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Boys: Interact Cup, Hungary - Grade 4 (Week 44)
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Like Alex Sendegeya, Lewis Roskilly is a '96 who is at his best on the doubles court. He picked up his fourth title of the year here. R1 (L32) (8) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) d. Darko Jandric (SRB) 6-0 6-3 R2 (8) Lewis Roskilly (GBR) d. (LL) Lenny Hampel (AUT) 6-1 6-0 QF (1) Andre Biro (HUN) d. (8) Lewis Roskilly (G...
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Boys & Girls: Heiveld Graydon Junior Indoor Open, Belgium - Grade 4 (Week 44)
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Maia Lumsden looks for her second ITF title here, and curiously the first two seeds she is drawn against are the two players she beat last week. Boys R1 (L64) Joel Cannell (GBR) v (Q) David Herrerias (ESP) Tim Sandkaulen (GER) v (13) Isaac Stoute (GBR) (Q) Tallon Griekspoor (NED) v Luke Oakley (GBR) Ioi...
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Boys & Girls: 11th UAE Dubai ITF Junior Championships - Grade 4 (Week 43)
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There's a first title here for Christopher Reynolds, though the detail has eluded the ITF so far, which only has results up to the doubles semis. However the outcome can be deduced from the points allocation Boys R1 (L32) (1) Sergis Kyratzis (CYP) d. Youssef Hassan (GBR) 6-2 6-2 Sarp Agabigun (TUR) d....
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Boys: Osaka Mayor's Cup - World Super Junior Tennis Championships - Grade A (Week 43)
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Evan Hoyt bolsters the male presence in Japan for the penultimate Grade A of the year, and will need to find his Glasgow form early as he has been drawn against a fast rising Aussie, succesful in all his 4 ITF matches against Brits. Alex Sendegeya has a tough draw against the sixth seed. R1 (L64) Alexande...
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Ward Hibbert going to U.S college?
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Boys & Girls: ITF 4 Almere Autumn Indoor, Netherlands - Grade 4 (Week 43)
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Earlier in the month Jazzi Plews and Gabi Taylor made impressive strides in junior ITFs. The third member of the successful European Summer Cup under 14 team now gets her chance. Despite her impressive run at the Glasgow $25K Maia Lumsden was forced to qualify here, and it wasn''t entirely straightf...
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Boys & Girls: LTAT ITF Junior G2, Thailand - Grade 2 (Week 43)
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A second high grade Asian event has a weakened field because of the clash with Osaka. A quartet of Brits hope to take advantage. Boys R1 (L64) (11) Samm Butler (GBR) v Jirat Navasirisomboon (THA) (7) Callum Poland-Smith (GBR) v (Q) Tanadon Cholchareon (THA) Tanakit Chobdamtee (THA) v Bjorn Thomson (...
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Girls: Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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A quartet of Brits here with coach Luke Milligan for the Grade 2 and Grade A, with Katy Dunne looking to break into the top 50. Katy, Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart are all seeded and will take on Japanese opposition in round 2, but Anna Brogan has a tough draw with second seed Karin Kennel, who has trounce...
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Girls: Copa Guga Kuerten, Brazil - Grade 4 (Week 42)
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The French Open winner has already got a number of competitions named after him. This one was to feature Jazzi Plews, but as I surmised in another thread she has withdrawn, leaving Lana Rush to try and secure a British win for the third week running. The draw hasn't helped her cause, as first up will prob...
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Boys: Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships - Grade 2 (Week 42)
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This is the warm-up for the Osaka Grade A next week, and Alex Sendegeya could overtake Peter Ashley as our top 1996 with good performances in the two events. Evan Hoyt should join next week providing he doesn't get detained for too long at the Glasgow Futures R1 (L64) Tom Hill (GBR) v (WC) Makoto Ochi (JP...
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Girls: Copa Santa Catarina, Brazil - Grade 3 (Week 41)
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The second Brazilian Grade 3 sees the dangerous Carolina Alves again in the same half (but not same quarter) as Lana Rush. Jazzi Plews appears to have the better draw in her quest for a fourth consecutive title, but both have straightforward looking starters R1 (L32) (3) Lana Rush (GBR) v (Q) Suellen A...
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Boys & Girls: Sanchez-Casal Junior Cup, Spain - Grade 4 (Week 41)
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We currently have a few Brits based at the Sanchez-Casal Academy, and 2 of them (Aswin Lizen and Max Andrews) are playing their home tournament. Max won his last junior tournament and recently picked up his first ATP point but faces a tough match against a Spaniard who has reached a Grade 2 final this ye...
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Girls: Riad 21, Morocco - Grade 4 (Week 40)
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Gabi Taylor, one of the members of the team which reached the World Junior Tennis finals in August, plays only her second ITF tournament here R1 (L32) (LL) Asmae Benzit (MAR) v Gabriella Patricia Taylor (GBR)
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Girls: XVI Londrina Open ARTHROM, Brazil - Grade 3 (Week 40)
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Normally our Juniors play in South America on the COSAT Circuit (Jan-Apr) but rarely appear at any other time. This year there are 2 parties over here. Five of our top 1998 boys, including Jay Clarke and Sam Ferguson, are in Argentina for 3 Grade 5s - gaining experience but with little success in the fir...
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Boys: Grawe Cup, Croatia - Grade 4 (Week 39)
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As there is no British interest in this week's Grade 2 (China) the most significant tournament for us is this Grade 4 with Peter Ashley and Josh Sapwell as top seeds. Peter has little opportunity to progress his ranking here, but if Josh wins the title he can leap to close to 200 R1 (L64) (1) Peter Ashley (...
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Boys & Girls: Smash Academy Egypt ITF Junior Tournament - Grade 2 (Week 38)
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Harriet returned to England for the Shrewsbury 75K whilst Lana couldn't maintain last week's form, and lost in qualifying. That leaves Tom Hill and Katy Dunne from last week's quartet. Katy's first round opponent is no pushover, having reached a Grade 2 final this year Boys R1 (L32) Petros Chrysoch...
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