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Champion of Champions - Mens Event FIRST SEMIFINAL - Roger Federer versus Pete Sampras - CLAY
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Two of the grass and hard court titans of the game meet up and this time it is on clay - as Indy predicted! So what are their records on clay? Roger has won 20 slam titles in total with 1 win and 3 losing finals in Paris, between 2006 and 2009. His overall record on Paris clay is 70-17 which is around an 80% W/L...
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Champion of Champions - Mens Event Match Four - Rafa Nadal versus Rod Laver - HARD
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Our final mens quarterfinal pitches Rafa versus Rod, another mouthwatering match. This is on hardcourt. Rafa , of course, is the greatest ever on clay and some think the greatest full stop. The clay master has 19 slams, but of those 5 of them are on hardcourt surfaces in Australia or US. He does also ha...
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Champion of Champions - Womens Event Match Four - Serena Williams versus Billy Jean King - HARD
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So, the final match in the quarter finals piches Serena Williams versus Billy Jean King. Serena is thought by many to be the greatest ever; Billy Jean is possibly the most influential player of all time and played in the most famous match in American tennis history, the Famous Battle of the Sexes in Hou...
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Champion of Champions - Mens Event Match Three - Novak Djokovic versus Bjorn Borg - CLAY
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So this is the one I have been waiting for and the Gods of tennis have thrown up clay for this match as well as the ladies match! Where do we start with this? Novak Djokovic - possibly the GOAT in many peoples eyes, if not yet, possibly by the end of his career. Novak has won 17 slams, all 4 slams, but won just...
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Champion of Champions - Womens Event Match Three - Steffi Graf versus Chris Evert - CLAY
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So match three commences, we all know the rules by now! Steffi Graf versus Chris Evert and on clay courts as well. Steffi won 22 slams in her career, 6 of those where on the clay of Roland Garros, where she played 9 finals in total. She is the last non American citizen in this event, although she is marr...
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Out of the blue my son has booked a ground pass for us on the first Tuesday. If anyone has any advice on how to make the most of this I'd be really grateful.
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Champion of Champions - Womens Event Match Two - Helen Wills Moody versus Martina Navratilova - GRASS
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Match 2 has been drawn to be played on grass, meaning clay will come up in the bottom half of the draw. For grass courts though, this is a match for the ages. 4th seed - Helen Wills Moody has won 19 slams in total, 15 of those on grass at Wimbledon and the US Open, and has won 8 Wimbledon titles in total. She al...
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Champion of Champions - Mens Event Match Two - Pete Sampras versus Roy Emerson - HARD
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Match 2 sets up a game between two of the best grass players ever, but on hardcourts (like the ladies, clay is hiding away til later!). This match is Pete Sampras who is 4th seed and won 14 slams, 7 of those on hardcourts, with 5 in the US and 2 in Australia. Emerson was for a while the GOAT, with 12 slams to h...
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Champion of Champions - Mens Event Match One - Roger Federer versus Bill Tilden - GRASS COURT
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The mens opening match has been selected and is on GRASS. Federer is perhaps the greatest man player of all time - perhaps but others will argue with that! Federer has won 20 slams, 8 of which were on grass. But facing him is Bill Tilden. Tilden won 10 slams and 4 Pro slam titles in his career and of the 10 sl...
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Champion of Champions - Womens Event Match One - Margaret Court versus Monica Seles - HARDCOURT
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Opening match of the event and the match is an intriguing one. The court draw has made this a HARDCOURT match up. Possibly the greatest player of all time, Margaret Court of Australia, playing Monica Seles, former Yugoslavian, US Citizen and also Hungarian citizen as well. Court won 24 slams, at a...
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Top Shot
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https://twitter.com/Carretero77/status/1236982744422289408
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Which tour do you prefer and why?
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I was wondering if people might share their views on this? I tend to read both atp and Wta related posts on this forum, but I've always, very clearly followed the mens game with a passing interest in womens. For me , when I was young and playing tennis, as a lad, my heroes where the Borg, McEnroe, Connors e...
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Foreign Dependency
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I know I'm heading into taboo topic here and I'll either get my account closed down and/or the LTA show up at my door. Any coaches, players or parents here can give me an actual reason why the LTA refuses to acknowledge foreign help they have received with their players etc etc? I know that most of the Br...
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Sara Gomer match on youtube
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Really enjoyed a youtube video from the early 90s; Sara playing Monica Seles in US Open 3rd round. Lost 6-1, 6-4 but was serving and volleying really well.
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Doubles Doubles Doubles
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Last night I was playing doubles in the Newbury District Tennis League, West Berkshire. It was a men's top division match. Being 34 I was 20 years younger than any of the other 5 guys on my team and apart from two young coaches the opposition were all around 50-60 years old too. We were discussing the stat...
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Best Slam to visit?
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https://www.instagram.com/tv/B8G2hQkgk_9/?igshid=65wglx3552ae
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How much is a can of tennis balls in your country?
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I was watching a random youtube vid and the guy said the cans of tennis balls were $2.17 per can (3x balls) from wal mart. Does he mean $2.17 per ball?Here in Australia proper balls are about $6.50 USD per 3x, or $5.00 USD for the cheap ones. I know regional pricing can be pretty funky some times but 2 or 3 tim...
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Federer and Nadal - largest tennis crowd ever
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Just under 52000 turned up tonight in Cape Town to see fed and Nadal play their exhibition for Africa. Over 40000 saw Federer play sacha zverev in mexico in december. May not be serious tennis but sure can draw a crowd.
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Participation numbers
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Hi all the LTA used to announce Participation numbers for juniors competing across all age groups. I recall numbers used to raise a few eyebrows . I have not seen any thing for a while so am wondering if anyone here has . Curious if numbers have dropped since Andy Murray not been at top of game due to injury...
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London tennis tube videos
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Between Daniel Siddall and Deji Thomas-Smith played at the Sutton tennis academy https://youtu.be/QteCe57sjak I'll put the video here see if it works might save time going to end of thread Sutton Superseries Final https://youtu.be/vXxTErzoLAU -- Edited by wolf on Thursday 20th of October 2...
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New idea to help competition, participation and funding for top players
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Hi everyone, I've thought of a new idea, mainly to help people compete against players that are better than them (in order to improve) but that will also provide some funding for aspiring players. It would be limited to Greater London in the first instance. Simply it's a pyramid where the number of pla...
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2019 Grass Court Season Entry Lists
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https://www.lta.org.uk/major-tennis-events/british-major-events/fever-tree-championships/event-guide/player-entry-list/
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Bank of England Club
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-15/wimbledon-owner-bids-for-bank-of-england-sports-club-mail-says
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Junior tennis players
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Evening all, A short message to all coaches/tennis parents on here, I left the UK a long time ago and have since been working at academies and clubs in Spain and have no real idea how things work now in the UK, besides what I have heard from the players I've encountered (I'd like to be able say it was more p...
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Diriyah Tennis Cup
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I guess some of you will have noticed that there has been an event with top players taking place this week in Saudi Arabia. Putting aside the politics of the place and the rights and wrongs, it is clearly part of a push from Saudi Arabia to win over public opinion through top class sport; the Joshua v Ruiz W...
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