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Ok, I know this is another post giving threads to babies in their cradles but.... I've had a strong interest in Megan Knight since she won the U12 National Championships in 2022, despite being a year young (which makes a big difference at that age). (I think she also made the semis of the U12 a year before...
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Arthur Fery
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There's a junior exhibition (I'm guessing) going on at Queen's Club during the tournament and so a quick shoutout to Arthur who beat the JWR 9 today. What a good few months the kid has had.
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Lily Miyazaki
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https://twitter.com/Mike_Dickson_DM/status/1499717591765504004
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Luke Johnson
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Where has Luke disappeared to suddenly? Not on any of the ATP Tour lists and Mansouri playing with Mahut.
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Joe Salisbury
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Unless I've missed something there's no dedicated thread for Joe. I think this article by Stu Fraser in today's Times makes it worth starting one, as there's...
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Fran Jones
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I was looking to copy Grachka's post in the Wimbledon Wild Cards thread on Fran Jones to her individual thread when I realised she hasn't had a thread opened yet. It's a really great thread, and since I hope there will be plenty more news on Fran's progress in the coming weeks/ years, I'm opening one for h...
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Jan Choinski
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I noticed on the new (17 Dec) ATP rankings that Jan Choinski is showing as having switched from Germany to GB, and he is also now shown as British on the ITF site, so it may actually be true. He is 22, current singles ranking 270 (CH 234 in Apr), which would make him GB no. 7 between Andy and Liam. His doubles r...
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Jack Draper
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There doesn't appear to be a thread for Jack Draper so here's one for people to contribute to. I will start by pointing out that Jack has made the shortlist for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year
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Sonay Kartal
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Well, it's got to be done..... Sonay Kartal, age 19, has just won the ITF 15 title in Turkey, and deserves her own thread. A promising youngster, who played a lot against/with Emma Raducanu as a tiddler and young teenager, she's had a few injuries issues and, for whatever reason, didn't travel abroad...
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Alicia Barnett
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It may have been noted elsewhere but since Lissey doesn't have a thread yet, and her career is improving, here is the interesting Big Racket interview that Steven has tweeted a link to. With no sponsors Lissey has done well to get as far as she has, with her college career playing no small role in this, an...
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Max Basing
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I think it might be an auspicious time to start a thread for Max .... I first watched him on some livestream when he was in Spain, and was impressed. And then on the livestream for the UP Pro League, or one of those events during lockdown, and was VERY impressed. Then saw a bit of livestream from one of the UT...
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Hannah Klugman
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Hannah is the talk of young tennis, worldwide. She's only 12. Born 2009. She's a tall-ish girl, with a super serve, especially given her age, moves well, very lucid, turns defence into attack very effectively. Her match in Les Petits As (the top world event for U14s) against the other 2009-born sta...
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Neal Skupski
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[URL=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cn8mvvg...
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Mimi Xu
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Mimi Xu is (with Hep) the other extremely promising prospect we have amongst our young female players. She also is born 2007. Comes from Swansea. And has been a top LTA prospect for several years. I was very impressed when I saw her in the U18 nationals. The thing that stands out is her physique - she is...
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Cant believe no player page - they have committed to playing together next season , so time to start one. Announced on their instagram pages -- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 17th of December 2020 11:12:48 PM
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Daniella Britton
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As I recall, Emma's main journey towards top tennis started with a J5 she won at age 13 (nearly 14) So Dani Britton deserves a thread She's born at the end of November so it very young for the year, and only a couple of months older than some of the best 2011s She's a tall girl, and because of that, perhaps,...
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Melissa Boyden
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She's currently ranked outside the top 1,000 in singles and has a career-high doubles ranking inside the top 900. Her story is particularly inspiring, having undergone surgery to remove a brain tumour that caused epilepsy. Full article here: https://www.epsyhealth.com/seizure-epilepsy-bl...
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Harry Wendelken
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I wrote a piece about up and coming junior Harry Wendelken this week on the back of a successful year. I spoke to him, his coach and his parents to try to get a rounded view on what it's like to be coming through as a junior. After a good showing for him at Sweden this week I thought it might be quite timely to po...
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Amarni Banks
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Marni has a lot of supporters, and has been a real tennis talent (IMO) for some time now. Aggressive game. Lots of rackethead speed. Spent a lot of time in Spain, honing her game. Based at the NTC for a while. Now back at Bolton tennis academy full-time, I believe. Rather hampered by injury in the last few...
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Henry Patten
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https://www.harriheliovaara.fi/2024/06/09/guest-star-henry-patten/
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Ranah Stoiber
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Mark Ceban
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Always a bit random with the youngsters as to whose individual player page will still be up in the mix in five years time, and whose will have sunk without trace, but... Mark Ceban is born 2009, tall and willowy, has just won the U14 Bolton event, and has come on leaps and bounds in the last 12 months, reall...
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Oliver Tarvet
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Apologies if there's already a thread for Oliver but I couldn't find one. Anyway I just thought he deserved a shout out for getting to the final of the M15 in San Diego. Good luck in the final Oliver. Hopefully he's going to be another Billy Harris and start moving through the ranks.
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Edie Griffiths
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Edie is our youngest WTA ranked player and deserves her thread She is now WR 1111 (which is a cool number  ) Born in March 2009, Edie comes from Upminster, I believe An attacking game, that has shown a lot of improvement in the last couple of years
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Billy Harris
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Everyone knows about Billy and his 'Billy-van'. And Bob's famous laundry service. But there was an interesting article about his recently in the French press (about Billy, that is, not Bob ) and the Isle of Man tennis club site put up a translation: Harris, the Atypical Englishman : Having left Engl...
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