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African Junior Team Championships start this week

Action in the junior team competitions continues this week in Algeria with the African Junior Team Championships. A total of 22 teams are taking part in Algiers, with five teams competing in the Junior Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and six teams in the Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas event. Two teams will qualify from each event for the Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Finals to be held in Barcelona in September.

In the World Junior Tennis Competition only one spot is up for grabs in each event at the World Junior Tennis Finals. Five boys teams and six girls teams will be battling it out for a place in the Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic in August.

Participating Countries:

Morocco [MAR]
Egypt [EGY]
Tunisia [TUN]
Kenya [KEN]
Algeria [ALG]

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Round Robin Results

Kenya [3] - Algeria [4] 2-1
Ibrahim YEGO [KEN] def. Billel TAHRAOUI [ALG] 6-3 6-2
Nazim MAKHLOUF [ALG] def. IsmaelRuwa CHANGAWA [KEN] 7-5 6-4
IsmaelRuwa CHANGAWA/Ibrahim YEGO [KEN] def. Watik KARA/Nazim MAKHLOUF [ALG] 

Morocco [2] - Tunisia [5] 3-0
Amine ZAHOUD [MAR] def. Mohamed OUALHA [TUN] 6-1 6-3
Mehdi LAALEJ [MAR] def. Majed KILANI [TUN] 6-7(1) 6-1 7-6(4)
Thami BENBOUBKER/Amine ZAHOUD [MAR] def. Mohamed Aziz DOUGAZ/Mohamed OUALHA [TUN] 6-1 6-3

Morocco [2] - Kenya [3] 3-0
Amine ZAHOUD [MAR] def. Ibrahim YEGO [KEN] 6-2 6-4
Mehdi LAALEJ [MAR] def. Mehdi LAALEJ [KEN] 6-4 7-6(6)
Thami BENBOUBKER/Amine ZAHOUD [MAR] def. IsmaelRuwa CHANGAWA/Ibrahim YEGO [KEN] 7-6 6-3

Egypt [1] - Tunisia [5] 2-1
Youssef SHERIF [EGY] def. Mohamed Aziz DOUGAZ [TUN] 6-1 6-1
Majed KILANI [TUN] def. Omar GAMALELDIN [EGY] 1-6 6-0 6-3
Omar ARGOUN/Youssef SHERIF [EGY] def. Majed KILANI/Mohamed OUALHA [TUN] 4-6 7-5 6-3

Egypt [1] - Algeria [4] 3-0
Omar ARGOUN [EGY] def. Billel TAHRAOUI [ALG] 6-1 6-1
Youssef SHERIF [EGY] def. Nazim MAKHLOUF [ALG] 6-3 7-5
Omar ARGOUN/Omar GAMALELDIN [EGY] def. Watik KARA/Nazim MAKHLOUF [ALG] 6-0 6-1

Kenya [3] - Tunisia [5] 1-2
Mohamed OUALHA [TUN] def. Ibrahim YEGO [KEN] 6-1 2-6 6-2
IsmaelRuwa CHANGAWA [KEN] def. Majed KILANI [TUN] 6-1 6-3 
Mohamed Aziz DOUGAZ/Mohamed OUALHA [TUN] def. IsmaelRuwa CHANGAWA/Ibrahim YEGO [KEN] 6-1 6-4

Egypt [1] - Kenya [3] 3-0
Omar ARGOUN [EGY] def. Ibrahim YEGO [KEN] 7-6(9) 6-3
Youssef SHERIF [EGY] def. IsmaelRuwa CHANGAWA [KEN] 7-6(4) 6-2
Omar GAMALELDIN/Youssef SHERIF [EGY] def. Ibrahim YEGO/Lefteris NGUGI [KEN] 6-2 6-0

Morocco [2] - Algeria [4] 3-0
Amine ZAHOUD [MAR] def. Watik KARA [ALG] 6-0 6-0
Mehdi LAALEJ [MAR] def. Nazim MAKHLOUF [ALG] 6-3 6-1
Thami BENBOUBKER/Amine ZAHOUD [MAR] def. Watik KARA/Billel TAHRAOUI [ALG] 6-0 6-1

Egypt [1] - Morocco [2] 2-0
Youssef SHERIF [EGY] def. Amine ZAHOUD [MAR] 7-5 5-7 6-4
Omar GAMALELDIN [EGY] def. Mehdi LAALEJ [MAR] 6-0 6-3
MD Not Played

Algeria [4] - Tunisia [5] 1-2
Mohamed OUALHA [TUN] def. Watik KARA [ALG] 6-0 6-0
Nazim MAKHLOUF [ALG] def. Majed KILANI [TUN] 3-6 7-5 7-5
Mohamed Aziz DOUGAZ/Mohamed OUALHA [TUN] def. Nazim MAKHLOUF/Billel TAHRAOUI [ALG] 6-2 6-4

[Chilenaitor]

Algeria cant win?

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Final Standings
1.  Egypt     (4 points)
2.  Morocco   (3 points)
3.  Tunisia   (2 points)
4.  Kenya     (1 point)
5.  Algeria   (0 point)

For full statistics: http://itfjuniors.tournamentsoftware...FF10F67&draw=1

Congrats to Eqypt and Morocco for advancing to the Junior Davis Cup Final.

Congrats to South Africa for moving on to the World Junior Tennis Final.
For more information: http://itfjuniors.tournamentsoftware...FF10F67&draw=3

Originally Posted by Chilenaitor

Algeria cant win?

They are not guaranteed a spot unless they are hosting the Junior Davis Cup Final. The competition is held in Barcelona, Spain this year.

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Great result. Sadly Egypt lost on the doubles final set in 14. batates is one of the Egyptian team members under 14