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Out of interest, I noticed on the Junior DC website our team for the forthcoming finals is

Great Britain: Oliver Bonding, Benjamin Gusic-Wan, Zechariah Hamrouni

Captain: Martin Weston

The top 2 align with the U16 rankings here

te.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx

But it made me wonder re Zechariah and whether he is our 3rd strongest player. I dont know the juniors and at this age group, not at all, but there are a number of players above him and I wondered a) are they really stronger ranking wise and b) why arent they playing in our team?

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And here are the Junior Billie Jean King Cup Final nominations including the GB team of Klugman, Xu and Oluwadare. I wonder if Stojsavljevic might be a better third pick on current form. It's on clay, so a tough task for the whole team.

www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/team-announcements-2023-billie-jean-king-cup-juniors-finals/

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9vicman wrote:

And here are the Junior Billie Jean King Cup Final nominations including the GB team of Klugman, Xu and Oluwadare. I wonder if Stojsavljevic might be a better third pick on current form. It's on clay, so a tough task for the whole team.

www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/team-announcements-2023-billie-jean-king-cup-juniors-finals/

 Aah, Mimi posted a lovely pic on Instagram from Marbella - maybe having some downtime before the competition. It's really good that they get this experience as a team. They are constantly posting pics with Hep so perhaps it is the team vibe that has prevailed? Mika is still in the Sunderland tournament. Personally, I can see Mimi being good on clay in the future as she has the strength.



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So we have never won the BJK juniors cup? Would the nearest be runners-up 2008 with Heather and Tara? See a certain Coco in the winning US team in 2018. Iga 2016.



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So we have never won the BJK juniors cup? Would the nearest be runners-up 2008 with Heather and Tara? See a certain Coco in the winning US team in 2018. Iga 2016.

Yes 2008 was our only final appearance. Heather and Tara, and a prize for anyone who remembers Amy Askew as the third member of the team.

 

We've been slightly more successful at under 14 level, with three final appearances.

 

 



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9vicman wrote:
Var wrote:

So we have never won the BJK juniors cup? Would the nearest be runners-up 2008 with Heather and Tara? See a certain Coco in the winning US team in 2018. Iga 2016.

Yes 2008 was our only final appearance. Heather and Tara, and a prize for anyone who remembers Amy Askew as the third member of the team.

 

We've been slightly more successful at under 14 level, with three final appearances.

 

 

 I don't remember Amy (no prize for me) but I asume she's Beth Grey's sister? 



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Yes Amy is sister to Beth

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Nice biggrin

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