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Thiem and Kontaveit reign at Orange Bowl Dominic Thiem of Austria and Anett Kontaveit of Estonia produced outstanding performances to win the titles at the 2011 Orange Bowl, played on 5-11 December in Florida, USA. Held for the first time on the clay courts of the Frank Veltri Tennis Center, the Orange Bowl is the last Grade A event of 2011 ITF Junior Circuit.

In an identical scoreline to last week’s Eddie Herr final, top seed Thiem once again defeated No.7 Patrick Ofner 61 60 to claim his third consecutive title in the last three weeks.

“I am very happy for winning my first Grade A title. I played very aggressive and I did not make mistakes while Ofner made more mistakes” said the Austrian Dominic Thiem (AUT) afterwards.I think the dream of everyone playing this tournament is to win it once. (Photo: Colette Lewis) I did it.” 12 December 2011 Issue 50 Fifteen-year-old Kontaveit from Tallinn clinched her second title of the year becoming the first Estonian girl to lift the Orange Bowl trophy. In a rematch of last week’s Eddie Herr quarterfinal, the No. 5 seed avenged her defeat against second seed Yulia Puntintseva of Russia 62 62.

British No. 4 seeds and Joshua Ward-Hibbert were crowned boys’ doubles champions by defeating top seeds Thiem and Robin Kern of Germany 64 63. Second seeded Victoria Kan of Russia and of Ukraine won the girls’ doubles as they beat Americans Jennifer Brady and Kendal Woodard 63 76(3).

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South African girls dominate East African Circuit South Africa’s Lynn Kiro and Theresa Van Zyl, both attendees of the ITF/SATA training centre in Pretoria, took five of the six available titles during the recent East African 18 & Under Circuit. The circuit ended last week in Kigali, Rwanda with an event contested by 49 boys and 23 girls from 18 countries within Africa, Europe, America and Asia. The Circuit started with two events in Bujumbura, Burundi.

All three singles finals featured Kiro and Van Zyl. After Van Zyl beat her compatriot in the first tournament in Bujumbara 63 63, Kiro won the second final 46 76(5) 60 at the same venue and the third final 61 64 in Kigali. The pair reached all three doubles finals, winning the last two tournaments.

In the boys singles, Portuguese Joao Barra cleaned up in all three tournaments. In the first two tournaments, he faced Egyptians Omar Gamal El Din and Mina Albert, beating them 61 46 64 and 62 63 respectively. In the final tournament, he defeated Gibrael Teja (KEN) 64 63 in the final.

The Circuit also saw Burundi’s Guy Orly Iradukunda and ITF/SATA training centre member Andriatokiana Ratsimandresy of Madagascar winning the two doubles events in Burundi.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Record TV and web figures National Association update It was a record-breaking weekend at the Davis Cup Serbia - SRB by BNP Paribas Final on both television and the web. Serbian Tennis Federation New President: The decisive rubber between Rafael Nadal and Juan Vuk Jeremic Martin del Potro attracted the highest number of viewers on Spanish broadcaster TVE in Davis Cup Nicaragua - NCA history, with a total of 12.5 million viewers watching Federacion Nicaraguense de Tenis the match, including a peak of 6.2 million viewers. New email: A total of 22 million viewers watched the Final over [email protected] the three days.

Almost half a million fans logged onto the official Davis Cup website, DavisCup.com and

12 December 2011 Issue 50 CopaDavis.com, an increase of almost 70 per cent wildcard play-offs on the 2010 Final. The Spanish website, which Marinko Matosevic and Ashleigh Barty booked their showcased unique written, audio and video con- place in the men’s and women’s singles at the tent, showed a remarkable 1,200 percent increase Australian Open, their home Grand Slam, by winning in number of visitors. the wildcard play-offs at Melbourne Park on Sunday.

Matosevic triumphed in the play-offs for the second successive year after defeating James Duckworth Davis Cup venues confirmed 64 61 62, while 15-year-old Barty overcame Olivia Rogowska 76(6) 62 to earn her debut berth in a Serbia and Germany have confirmed their venues Grand Slam main draw. for the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round on 10-12 February. Serbia will host Sweden at Hala Cair in Nis on indoor hard, and Germany will face at Stechert Arena in Bamberg on indoor clay. Sir Norman Brookes biography A biography of the late Sir Norman Brookes, titled The Wizard, was officially launched at Melbourne Park on 8 December, commemorating the man who 2013 Seniors World Championships is widely regarded as the founding father of Aus- The dates and hosts for the 2013 ITF Seniors and tralian tennis. Super-Seniors World Team and Individual Championships have now been confirmed. The Written by Melbourne-based author Richard Seniors World Championships will be held on red Naughton, the book provides an in-depth look into clay in Antalya, Turkey, on 18-23 March (teams) the life and times of Brookes, from winning Grand and 24-31 March (individuals). Slam and Davis Cup titles to serving for Australia during World War I. The Super-Seniors World Team Championships will be held on red clay in Prostejov, Czech Republic, The Wizard, priced at AUS $39.95, can now be pur- and Poertschach, Austria, on 9-14 September. The chased online at: www.SlatteryMedia.com World Individual Championships will be held in Poertschach on 15-22 September.

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South African Airways ATP Rankings WTA Singles Rankings

Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) 13630 1st WOZNIACKI, Caroline (DEN) 7485 2nd NADAL, Rafael (ESP) 9595 2nd KVITOVA, Petra (CZE) 7370 3rd FEDERER, Roger (SUI) 8170 3rd AZARENKA, Victoria (BLR) 6520 4th MURRAY, Andy (GBR) 7380 4th SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS) 6510 5th FERRER, David (ESP) 4925 5th LI, Na (CHN) 5720 6th TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) 4335 6th STOSUR, Samantha (AUS) 5585 7th BERDYCH, Tomas (CZE) 3700 7th ZVONAREVA, Vera (RUS) 5435 8th FISH, Mardy (USA) 2965 8th RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL) 5250 9th TIPSAREVIC, Janko (SRB) 2595 9th BARTOLI, Marion (FRA) 4710 10th ALMAGRO, Nicolas (ESP) 2380 10th PETKOVIC, Andrea (GER) 4580

ITF Wheelchair Rankings ITF Junior Rankings 12 December 2011 Issue 50

MEN’S SINGLES RANKING JUNIOR BOYS RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st KUNIEDA, Shingo (JPN) 5279 1st VESELY, Jiri (CZE) 1462.50 2nd SCHEFFERS, Maikel (NED) 5277 2nd SAVILLE, Luke (AUS) 1258.75 3rd HOUDET, Stephane (FRA) 4662 3rd GOLDING, Oliver (GBR) 1095.00 4th VINK, Ronald (NED) 3282 4th THIEM, Dominic (AUT) 1028.75 5th PEIFER, Nicolas (FRA) 3103 5th FRATANGELO, Bjorn (USA) 972.50 6th AMMERLAAN, Robin (NED) 2875 6th DELLIEN, Hugo (BOL) 957.50 7th OLSSON, Stefan (SWE) 2486 7th MONTEIRO, Thiago (BRA) 936.25 8th SAIDA, Satoshi (JPN) 2061 8th HORANSKY, Filip (SVK) 878.75 9th CATTANEO, Frederic (FRA) 1537 9th BROADY, Liam (GBR) 818.75 10th KRUSZELNICKI, Tadeusz (POL) 1472 10th OFNER, Patrick (AUT) 782.50 WOMEN’S SINGLES RANKING JUNIOR GIRLS RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st VERGEER, Esther (NED) 5949 1st KHROMACHEVA, Irina (RUS) 1345.00 2nd VAN KOOT, Aniek (NED) 3509 2nd BARTY, Ashleigh (AUS) 1105.00 3rd GRIFFIOEN, Jiske (NED) 3291 3rd MESTACH, An-Sophie (BEL) 1062.50 4th BUIS, Marjolein (NED) 2898 4th BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) 1050.00 5th ELLERBROCK, Sabine (GER) 2094 5th GARCIA, Caroline (FRA) 827.50 6th DI TORO, Daniela (AUS) 2015 6th MIN, Grace (USA) 790.00 7th SEVENANS, Annick (BEL) 1642 7th KOVINIC, Danka (MNE) 782.50 8th WALRAVEN, Sharon (NED) 1630 8th GONZALEZ, Montserrat (PAR) 773.75 9th KAMIJI, Yui (JPN) 1521 9th KONTAVEIT, Anett 772.50 10th KRUGER, Katharina (GER) 1101 10th DE VROOME, Indy (NED) 752.50 QUAD SINGLES RANKING Position Player Name (Nationality) Points 1st WAGNER, David (USA) 4636 EDITOR: ITF Communications 2nd NORFOLK, Peter (GBR) 4068 THIS WEEK IS PRODUCED BY: 3rd GERSHONY, Noam (ISR) 3077 ITF Communications Department 4th LAPTHORNE, Andrew (GBR) 2461 Tel: +44 20 8878 6464; Fax: +44 20 8392 4747 5th TAYLOR, Nicholas (USA) 1681 Email: [email protected]

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Results week commencing 5 December

ITF MEN’S CIRCUIT Doubles Boys Doubles Jia Xiang Lu/Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) d. Isha Christos Hadjigeorgiou/Konstantinos BRAZIL F42 FUTURES, PORTO Lakhani/Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (IND) Ilia (CYP) d. Mohammed Abdal/Naser ALEGRE ($10,000) 60 75 Obaidly (KUW) 61 61 Singles Martin Alund (ARG) d. Guillermo Duran $25,000 , KIGALI, RWANDA, GRADE 5 (ARG) 36 63 64 ARGENTINA Boys Singles Doubles Singles Joao Barra (POR) d. Gibra’el Teja (KEN) Guillermo Duran/Renzo Olivo (ARG) d. Julia Cohen (USA) d. Romana Caroline 64 63 Martin Alund/Andres Molteni (ARG) 64 62 Tabak (SVK) 75 63 Girls Singles Doubles Lynn Kiro (RSA) d. Theresa Alison Van F15 FUTURES, TEHUACÁN /Maria Irigoyen (ARG) d. Zyl (RSA) 61 64 ($10,000) Teliana Pereira/Vivian Segnini (BRA) 61 63 Boys Doubles Singles Joao Barra/Rodolfo Pereira (POR) d. Guy Nicolas Barrientos (COL) d. Chris ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT Orly Iradukunda (BDI)/Andriatokiana Letcher (AUS) 76(6) 76(1) Ratsimandresy (MAD) 62 63 Doubles PLANTATION, FL, USA, GRADE A Girls Doubles (MEX)/Nima Roshan Boys Singles Lynn Kiro/Theresa Alison Van Zyl (RSA)

12 December 2011 Issue 50 (AUS) d. Daniel Garza/Raul-Isaias Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Patrick Ofner d. Janet Koch (RSA)/Laura Syori (BDI) Rosas-Zarur (MEX) 63 61 (AUT) 61 60 63 36 [11-9] Girls Singles TURKEY F34 FUTURES, ANTALYA Anett Kontaveit (EST) d. MINSK, BELARUS, GRADE 5 ($10,000) (RUS) 62 62 Boys Singles Singles Boys Doubles Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) d. Ivan Liutarevich Ludovic Walter (FRA) d. Liam Broady/Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GBR) (BLR) 64 76(4) (NED) 64 64 d. Robin Kern (GER)/Dominic Thiem Girls Singles Doubles (AUT) 64 63 Darya Lebesheva (BLR) d. Oksana Antonio Comporto/Riccardo Sinicropi Girls Doubles Koshman (UKR) 67(5) 61 63 (ITA) d. Marvin Netuschil/Ralph Regus Victoria Kan (RUS)/Ganna Poznikhirenko Boys Doubles (GER) 26 61 [10-2] (UKR) d. Jennifer Brady/Kendal Woodard Aleh Drobysh/Yaraslau Shyla (BLR) d. (USA) 63 76(3) Eduard Biaskosty/Andrei Piakutska ITF WOMEN’S CIRCUIT (BLR) 62 63 MUMBAI, INDIA, GRADE 4 Girls Doubles $10,000 ANTALYA, TURKEY Boys Singles Anastasiya Shleptsova/Natallia Singles Haadin Bava (IND) d. Rishab Agarwal Vavulina (BLR) d. Darya Chernetsova/ Viktoria Kutuzova (UKR) d. Patricia (IND) 64 63 Viyaleta Shatalova (BLR) 63 62 Maria Tig (ROU) 36 61 61 Girls Singles Doubles Michelle Werbrouck (BEL) d. Simran Kaur PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY, Hulya Esen/Lutfiye Esen (TUR) d. Laura- Sethi (IND) 26 64 64 GRADE 5 Ioana Andrei/Raluca Elena Platon (ROU) Boys Doubles Boys Singles 60 16 [10-7] Manav Kumar Chakma (IND)/Ren Sebastian Exequiel Pini (ARG) d. Nakamura (JPN) d. Haadin Bava/Vilasier Franco Viu (ARG) 63 62 $10,000 QUITO, ECUADOR Khate (IND) 75 76(3) Girls Singles Singles Girls Doubles Carolina Costamagna (ARG) d. Daniela Zuzana Zlochova (SVK) d. Elizabeth Snehadevi S Reddy/Dhruthi Tatachar Farfan (ARG) 62 60 Ferris (USA) 61 67(4) 62 Venugopal (IND) d. Ambika Pande/ Boys Doubles Doubles Simran Kaur Sethi (IND) 61 62 Oscar Almada/Sebastian Exequiel Pini Veronica M. Corning/Nicole Robinson (ARG) d. Daniel Etcheverry/Gianluca (USA) d. Nadia Abdala (MEX)/Marina HAWALI, KUWAIT, GRADE 5 Forno (CHI) 36 63 [10-4] Danzini (BRA) 63 64 Boys Singles Girls Doubles Sergis Kyratzis (CYP) d. Christos Vanessa Dzmurova (CZE)/Andreea $10,000 SOLAPUR, INDIA Hadjigeorgiou (CYP) 64 62 Ghitescu (ROU) d. Maria Emilia Bujan/ Singles Carolina Costamagna (ARG) 62 75 Anna Shkudun (UKR) d. Deniz Cont. over/... Khazaniuk (ISR) 63 46 60 Page 4 The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation www.itftennis.com

Results (cont. from page 4)

UST-KAMENOGORSK, Women’s Doubles KAZAKHSTAN, GRADE 5 Macarena Cabrillana (CHI)/Rejane Boys Singles Candida (BRA) d. Marisa Ferreira/ Timur Khabibulin (KAZ) d. Akbar Meirycoll Silva (BRA) 61 75 Rahman (TJK) 75 63 64 Girls Singles MOSCOW, RUSSIA, ITF FUTURES Anastasia Trunina (RUS) d. Anastasiya SERIES Baranova (RUS) 63 75 Men’s Singles Boys Doubles Albin Batycki (POL) d. Leonid Shevchik Roman Nashatyrkin/Nikita Zverkov (RUS) 63 75 (RUS) d. Mikhail Korovin/Ilya Koshelev Women’s Singles (RUS) 36 64 [11-9] Arlette Racineux (FRA) d. Eugenia Girls Doubles Korotkina (RUS) 60 61 Anastasiya Baranova/Ekaterina Men’s Doubles Makarova (RUS) d. Anastasia Trunina/ Miroslav Brychta (CZE)/Leonid Shevchik Maria Zotova (RUS) 75 26 [11-9] (RUS) d. Albin Batycki (POL)/Kevin Simpson (GBR) 61 63 ITF WHEELCHAIR CIRCUIT 12 December 2011 Issue 50 RIO TERCERO, ARGENTINA, ITF EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA, ITF FUTURES SERIES 3 SERIES Men’s Singles Men’s Singles Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) d. Robinson Takuya Miki (JPN) d. Yoshinobu Fujimoto Mendez (CHI) 62 62 (JPN) 62 60 Men’s Doubles Women’s Singles Gustavo Fernandez/Augustin Ledesma Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) d. Celia du (ARG) d. Francisco Cayulef/Robinson Toit (RSA) 61 61 Mendez (CHI) 63 61 Quad Singles Donald Ramphadi (RSA) d. Lucas Sithole (RSA) 60 63 Men’s Doubles Yoshinobu Fujimoto/Takuya Miki (JPN) d. Evans Maripa/Sydwell Mathonsi (RSA) 60 76(2) Women’s Doubles Kgothatso Montjane/Rosalea van der Meer (RSA) d. Laura Coteman (GBR)/ Celia du Toit (RSA) 60 60 Quad Doubles David Mathebula/Lucas Sithole (RSA) d. Fernando Gallant/Donald Ramphadi (RSA) 61 63

BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL, ITF FUTURES SERIES Boys Singles Marcos Sousa (BRA) d. Marcio Ferreira Santos (BRA) 76(1) 16 107 Women’s Singles Macarena Cabrillana (CHI) d. Rejane Candida (BRA) 60 61 Men’s Doubles Rafael Medeiros/Daniel Rodrigues (BRA) d. Luiz-Carlos Ferreira/Zilmar Pires (BRA) 62 75 Page 5 The News Bulletin of the International Tennis Federation www.itftennis.com

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