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Technical Things - courts, rackets, balls etc
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There's a really interesting 'long read' article in the Guardian about groudsmanship and the art of creating the perfect grass pitch/court whatever. Completely mind-blowing the level of detail and the change in the business in recent years. Most is about football. But part covers Wimbledon too a...
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Body Shape
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I will flag this in the Racism thread too. As it's a multi-layered story and different people will focus more on different aspects. Taylor Townsend's account is a long read. It's been met with a lack of sympathy from many (along the lines of 'you've never buckled down and made the most of your talent, do...
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British Player of the Month May 2021 Play Off Vote
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So here we are , our two player play off: winner takes all, vote closes 6 pm Tuesday Cam Norrie v Hannah Klugman
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2021 May British Player of the Month - FINAL
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Here is the May player of the month poll. As promised it is a straight fight to win - 10 players in one single poll. Winner is the player with most votes BUT if no one gets 50 percent or more of the votes then the top two will go into a final play off tomorrow night. To confirm- 50 percent will count as a win in the...
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LTA Find a Player
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It seems the old search engine has gone where you could find a players rating, age, county and results. Now all I see is results and I was hoping to discreetly find out if some guys were in my veterans age group.
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YOUNGEST EVER BRITISH TOUR WINNER
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HANNAH KLUGGERS KLUGMAN WINS BRIT TOUR WOKING . BEATING EVERYONE . WATCH THE FINAL LIVE STREAMED BY LONDONTENNISTUBE https://youtu.be/xN-MK5e3PUk
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LTA Advantage Fan +
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Does anyone belond to this? Trying to find out if the offer of pre general sale tickets to LTA events is just for the member or can you buy 2+ tickets for say Eastbourne? Cheers
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2021 April British Player of the Month - FINAL
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Here is the final. I am going to aim to close it at 6.30 PM tomorrow - no point in waiting til 8 or 9 as v little happens that late, so lets see what 6.30 does to things!!Cam NorrieQF ATP 500 Barcelona Singles, F ATP 250 Estoril Singles. Beat Khachanov, Goffin, Cilic Dan EvansSF Monte Carlo Masters, F Doubl...
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Tennis Aid
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Just wanted to bring to everyone's attention a project known as Tennis Aid. It is the brainchild of two Spanish coaches and the purpose is to take tennis to some of the poorest people in the world. The organization was launched in 2014, I think, but the website has only gone live in the last couple of da...
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2021 April British Player of the Month - SF Group Two
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5 players in this group. Vote for the player you think is most deserving. Top 2 go through to the final, plus ties. If anyone gets no votes, they wont be able to progress. Poll closes Monday evening at around 8 pmAlicia BarnettW W15 Doubles Sharmh Dan EvansSF Monte Carlo Masters, F Doubles Monte Carl...
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2021 April British Player of the Month - SF Group One
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6 players in this group. Vote for the player you think is most deserving. Top 2 go through to the final, plus ties. If anyone gets no votes, they wont be able to progress. Poll closes Monday evening at around 8 pmCam NorrieQF ATP 500 Barcelona Singles, F ATP 250 Estoril Singles. Beat Khachanov, Goffin,...
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Reading the Serve
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https://twitter.com/TennisTV/status/1387758939534675972
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An ATP Masters 1000 event to be held on grass before Wimbledon?
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Extract from an interview with the ATP Chairman, Andrea Gaudenzi, in today's Times:Queen's could host pre-Wimbledon Masters eventA new ATP Masters 1000 grass-court tournament could be held on British soil as part of the build-up to Wimbledon.The Queen's Club in London is a potential venue after...
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2028?
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/great-britain-still-on-track-to-be-leading-tennis-nation-by-2028-says-new-lta-director-michael-bourne-25dzb783s
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Combined World Singles and Doubles Rankings - ATP
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For interest, I recall Richard Evans writing in his book about McEnroe that players regarded him as the unofficial locker room world best, ie at singles and doubles combined. I have often checked, therefore, to see who is top of a combined singles and doubles ranking list. Here is the current version...
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2021 March British Player of the Month - FINAL
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So, 6 finalists, remember multiple options around Neal Skupski so think carefully! If you feel Neal was PoM alone, vote for him individually. If you think Dan and Neal or Ken and Neal as pairs took the honours, vote for them. If you think Jodie, Liam, Lloyd deserve it most , vote for the one you prefer for...
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2021 March British Player of the Month - SF Group Three
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Six players, top 2 plus ties make the final. Poll will close 9 pm Monday evening. Vote for the player you think has been the player of the month for March 2021 from the 6 below: please feel free to add details I have missed or you think are worthy of note, as I have kept it to the bare facts! Players listed by...
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2021 March British Player of the Month - SF Group Two
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Six players, top 2 plus ties make the final. Poll will close 9 pm Monday evening. Vote for the player you think has been the player of the month for March 2021 from the 6 below: please feel free to add details I have missed or you think are worthy of note, as I have kept it to the bare facts! Players listed by...
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2021 March British Player of the Month - SF Group One
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Six players, top 2 plus ties make the final. Poll will close 9 pm Monday evening. Vote for the player you think has been the player of the month for March 2021 from the 6 below: please feel free to add details I have missed or you think are worthy of note, as I have kept it to the bare facts! Players listed by...
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US College Signings and General College Chat 2020/21
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New Signings: Esther Adeshina - Tennessee - Southeastern Tegan Aitken - Gonzaga - West Coast Tara Amin - Marian (Div 3) Isabel Barfoot - Montevallo (Div 2) Steph Booth - North Carolina-Greensboro - Southern (graduate recruit) Annika Chai - Mount Holyoke (Div 3) Rhona Cook - Campbell - Big South Mor...
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Apologies
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I wanted to say, I have a habit of upsetting folks on this forum. My opinions are often Ill informed I agree and a lot of people have strong likings for players that I often have poorly judged perspectives on. Like much of life, it is likely I wrong I enjoy my polls and it entertains me so I think from this p...
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National Championships?
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I was having a think over the weekend, that this time of year used to be when we had the British Nationals in Telford back in the days of Tiger Tim and Greg Rusedski et al. It got me thinking as to what other National championships were played and if any still existed? One I came across was this event in Franc...
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POLL - March 2021 - Favourite top ranked cross-continental male player
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Ok heres one for JonH! As he raised earlier in the Mens Dubai thread (p2), this is the list of the top ranked male players in each of the continents. He was suggesting that there should be some sort of exhibition tournament held, but in the absence of that, here is an alternative..... So a bit of fun for the...
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POLL - March 2021 - Favourite top ranked cross-continental female player
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And another one for JonH! A bit of fun for the weekend, this is the womens poll to determine our favourite top ranked female player from each of the continents following on from Jon raising this in this weeks mens Dubai thread (p2). He was wistfully thinking that there should be some sort of exhibition...
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Ex-US College Players in the Pro Ranks
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Sarah Borwell Started at Rice but swiftly moved to Houston (American Athletic Conference) where she played 1998-2002 College CH = 8 (as far as I can tell) CH = 199, Dubs CH = 65, JCH = 583 Titles: 1 x 100K Dubs (2008) 1 x 50K Dubs (2010) 5 x 25K Dubs (2005, 2007, 2008x3) 3 x 10K (2006, 2007, 2008) 1 x 10K Dubs (20...
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