General tennis discussion

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

I have had a seriously bad day. If you don't like rants, or your blood pressure is a bit high, turn off now. Left the hotel at 7.15am and walked the 5km to the station. Got on the 8.15am train, due in Gard du Nord at 9.06am. Immediately told that there would be a delay to the service due to "signal failu...

wimdledont · wimdledont

Who wins? It struck me as an idea for a domestic competition/exhibition event that the LTA could arrange, which would attract more interest than any normal British Tour event. The headline match would perhaps look like a non-contest, but further down there are some intriguing match-ups. I've trie...

mellycamp · mellycamp

Registration for eTennis League has started. Register to play competitive tennis and play for cash prize and trophy. This league works as follows. In this league, you are choosing players against you want to play. There is no predetermined schedule, you are making your own schedule. When sea...

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

This was something i was thinking about the other day, prior to seeing the recent post on ITF prizemoney increases. The ATP should priotitize getting together and petitioning all the Grand Slams to contubute a small fixed % of their earnings to help fund Challenger level tournaments. Because the GS...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

There is an article on the BBC site this morning where Andy Murray comments on the Futures level prize money and how the game is losing players through lack of funding. He is suggesting that the top players could help to fund the futures events. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/27496927 Oh. And d...

skibbarriz · skibbarriz

With the draw this year being reduced to 32, how many wildcards to British players are expected to be handed out? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/32602141 -- Edited by skibbarriz on Wednesday 6th of May 2015 06:34:50 PM

huntley93 · huntley93

Hi guys looking for some advice on which strings to get for my babolat pure strike tour and pure drive. on the pure strike i've still got the factory strings (xcel) so looking for an upgrade for summer tournaments and on the pure drive i currently have luxilon 4g but it has lost all play ability as i have to...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Perhaps I need to be more careful when sending tweets from live matches I am attending http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32402945

wimdledont · wimdledont

Tennismatch.com or Tennismatch.co.uk being a website that does not, to my knowledge, exist... The idea being prompted by the recent webcast with Mr Downey, in which the female presenter complains that she woud play a lot more, if only she could find an opponent of the right level. This has certainl...

AliBlahBlah · AliBlahBlah

New Episode of David Law's 'The Tennis Podcast'. "Michael Downey - The four year plan for British Tennis" 27 minutes where the LTA CEO discusses his plans for the future I'll leave you each to form your own opinions.

Michael · Michael

I don't know if any of you follow the progress of the irish players but Ireland's top 2, Louk Sorenson and Conor Niland are starting to make progress now with Conor reaching the final of the GB future last week and Sorenson WINNING Wolfsberg challenger a few weeks ago. Sorenson has improved over 100 ran...

PaulM · PaulM

A new fantasy game set up by Ben Rothenberg. Still trying to get to grips with exactly what is going on but it's like playing the stock market. www.racketrally.com Could be fun! -- Edited by PaulM on Friday 16th of January 2015 08:58:56 AM

philwrig · philwrig

Right as always I will be taking off down the country for some spectating at the grass court events. This year we have 4 weeks for the 1st time, and much more choice of events. Been racking my brain as to which events to attend and have now come up with an initial itinerary ( may change when the acceptance li...

Kyrios98 · Kyrios98

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATP-World-Tour-Masters-1000-Tennis-T-shirt-/291414235910?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item43d9a45b06

wimdledont · wimdledont

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.htm

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

As some of you may know, there is a major "Seniors" tournament going on in Turkey at the moment. Our friend Beechy is representing GB in the M45 category and I am pleased to report that they have topped their group after the RR stage and are into the semis. So far they have beaten Finland and Ire...

Spectator · Spectator

I was really struck by the ATP article on Aisam Ul-haq Qureshi going out to Yangon and speaking about the need for tolerance and how sport can promote it. (In case you hadn't seen, the Muslim community in Arakan State in Burma/Myanmar has recently been suffering from serious persecution) He then appa...

The Optimist · The Optimist

There have been several posts on the forum recently commenting on how we seem to have less tennis to follow. Certainly there have been retirements as a result of the LTA funding and attitude change. Probably from those unlikely to be troubling the main tour in the future, but still in most cases with i...

The Optimist · The Optimist

Signing season opened a couple of days ago for new US college recruits. So far these are the Brits who are heading Stateside this summer: Boys Julian Cash - Mississippi State Josh Coulthard - Lincoln Memoria (Div 2) James Defusto - Saint Leo (Div 2) Josef Dodridge - Wisconsin Jamie Gibson - Charles...

jenks · jenks

Couldn't find a thread on him. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/27944307 Interesting article. Seems to have done really well over in the states and they think very highly of him.

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

Could anyone help me with a definition for what amateur tennis means in terms of UK competition? For instance I work full time in a non-tennis job, but I could still enter a minor tournament and win some money - so the definition can not solely be about earning money. Take a top50 uk player who competes...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-GENIUS/JOKER-QUIZ-2014&pid=6164

Sim · Sim

How formal is the Hopman cup? For example if Hev beats Radwanska does it count as a career best win? Do the single results count in W/L for the year, or is it treated as an exhibition?

The Optimist · The Optimist

Results of global ITF survey http://www.itftennis.com/media/194256/194256.pdf -- Edited by The Optimist on Friday 9th of January 2015 08:08:18 AM

paulisi · paulisi

Any ideas who belongs to which training group/academy? There arew some obvious ones about: Soto - Fitzy, JWH Bolton Academy - Hewitt

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	The Roland Garros Rant ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I have had a seriously bad day. If you don't like rants, or your blood pressure is a bit high, turn off now. Left the hotel at 7.15am and walked the 5km to the station. Got on the 8.15am train, due in Gard du Nord at 9.06am. Immediately told that there would be a delay to the service due to "signal failu...	Bob in Spain	18	2121	May 24, 2015 by Madeline
	England vs Scotland - Home International ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Who wins? It struck me as an idea for a domestic competition/exhibition event that the LTA could arrange, which would attract more interest than any normal British Tour event. The headline match would perhaps look like a non-contest, but further down there are some intriguing match-ups. I've trie...	wimdledont	27	1641	May 15, 2015 by EddietheEagle
	eTennis League - Reinvented Flex Tennis League tennis leagues league tennis play tennis summer tennis etennisleague (Preview) Registration for eTennis League has started. Register to play competitive tennis and play for cash prize and trophy. This league works as follows. In this league, you are choosing players against you want to play. There is no predetermined schedule, you are making your own schedule. When sea...	mellycamp	1	1375	May 14, 2015 by Born2WinTennis
	My idea on ATP financial restructuring (Preview) This was something i was thinking about the other day, prior to seeing the recent post on ITF prizemoney increases. The ATP should priotitize getting together and petitioning all the Grand Slams to contubute a small fixed % of their earnings to help fund Challenger level tournaments. Because the GS...	skibbarriz	0	391	May 10, 2015 by skibbarriz
	Murray's suggestion on Futures Prize Money ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) There is an article on the BBC site this morning where Andy Murray comments on the Futures level prize money and how the game is losing players through lack of funding. He is suggesting that the top players could help to fund the futures events. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/27496927 Oh. And d...	Bob in Spain	86	8716	May 8, 2015 by The Optimist
	Queens Tournament- 2015 British wildcards (Preview) With the draw this year being reduced to 32, how many wildcards to British players are expected to be handed out? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/32602141 -- Edited by skibbarriz on Wednesday 6th of May 2015 06:34:50 PM	skibbarriz	3	704	May 7, 2015 by RJA
	Help me chose a string! (Preview) Hi guys looking for some advice on which strings to get for my babolat pure strike tour and pure drive. on the pure strike i've still got the factory strings (xcel) so looking for an upgrade for summer tournaments and on the pure drive i currently have luxilon 4g but it has lost all play ability as i have to...	huntley93	4	643	Apr 25, 2015 by Coup Droit
	Courtsiding (Preview) Perhaps I need to be more careful when sending tweets from live matches I am attending http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32402945	Bob in Spain	0	905	Apr 22, 2015 by Bob in Spain
	Tennismatch.com (Preview) Tennismatch.com or Tennismatch.co.uk being a website that does not, to my knowledge, exist... The idea being prompted by the recent webcast with Mr Downey, in which the female presenter complains that she woud play a lot more, if only she could find an opponent of the right level. This has certainl...	wimdledont	6	1036	Apr 21, 2015 by Born2WinTennis
	Michael Downey - The four year plan for British Tennis ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) New Episode of David Law's 'The Tennis Podcast'. "Michael Downey - The four year plan for British Tennis" 27 minutes where the LTA CEO discusses his plans for the future I'll leave you each to form your own opinions.	AliBlahBlah	70	5650	Apr 16, 2015 by indiana
	Irish Player Progress ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) I don't know if any of you follow the progress of the irish players but Ireland's top 2, Louk Sorenson and Conor Niland are starting to make progress now with Conor reaching the final of the GB future last week and Sorenson WINNING Wolfsberg challenger a few weeks ago. Sorenson has improved over 100 ran...	Michael	71	5152	Apr 6, 2015 by paulisi
	Racket Rally (Preview) A new fantasy game set up by Ben Rothenberg. Still trying to get to grips with exactly what is going on but it's like playing the stock market. www.racketrally.com Could be fun! -- Edited by PaulM on Friday 16th of January 2015 08:58:56 AM	PaulM	4	829	Apr 4, 2015 by paulisi
	The Great British Summer of Tennis (one more week) (Preview) Right as always I will be taking off down the country for some spectating at the grass court events. This year we have 4 weeks for the 1st time, and much more choice of events. Been racking my brain as to which events to attend and have now come up with an initial itinerary ( may change when the acceptance li...	philwrig	9	872	Mar 31, 2015 by philwrig
	ATP Masters Inspired Tennis Shirts (Preview) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ATP-World-Tour-Masters-1000-Tennis-T-shirt-/291414235910?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item43d9a45b06	Kyrios98	0	406	Mar 24, 2015 by Kyrios98
	The Great ITF 10k Swindle (Preview) http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.htm	wimdledont	10	1690	Mar 21, 2015 by wimdledont
	Young Seniors (Preview) As some of you may know, there is a major "Seniors" tournament going on in Turkey at the moment. Our friend Beechy is representing GB in the M45 category and I am pleased to report that they have topped their group after the RR stage and are into the semis. So far they have beaten Finland and Ire...	Bob in Spain	5	2625	Mar 20, 2015 by Bob in Spain
	Off the court philanthropic/campaigning work by ATP and WTA professionals (Preview) I was really struck by the ATP article on Aisam Ul-haq Qureshi going out to Yangon and speaking about the need for tolerance and how sport can promote it. (In case you hadn't seen, the Muslim community in Arakan State in Burma/Myanmar has recently been suffering from serious persecution) He then appa...	Spectator	8	1333	Mar 4, 2015 by Coup Droit
	Lack Of Players? (Preview) There have been several posts on the forum recently commenting on how we seem to have less tennis to follow. Certainly there have been retirements as a result of the LTA funding and attitude change. Probably from those unlikely to be troubling the main tour in the future, but still in most cases with i...	The Optimist	6	953	Feb 26, 2015 by freerider
	US College Signings ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 7 ) (Preview) Signing season opened a couple of days ago for new US college recruits. So far these are the Brits who are heading Stateside this summer: Boys Julian Cash - Mississippi State Josh Coulthard - Lincoln Memoria (Div 2) James Defusto - Saint Leo (Div 2) Josef Dodridge - Wisconsin Jamie Gibson - Charles...	The Optimist	90	19920	Feb 14, 2015 by Coup Droit
	Farris Gosea (Preview) Couldn't find a thread on him. http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/27944307 Interesting article. Seems to have done really well over in the states and they think very highly of him.	jenks	3	1491	Jan 23, 2015 by steven
	Definition of Amateur Tennis in the UK (Preview) Could anyone help me with a definition for what amateur tennis means in terms of UK competition? For instance I work full time in a non-tennis job, but I could still enter a minor tournament and win some money - so the definition can not solely be about earning money. Take a top50 uk player who competes...	Born2WinTennis	0	557	Jan 14, 2015 by Born2WinTennis
	Tebbutt's Annual Tennis Quiz (Preview) http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=TEBBUTT:-GENIUS/JOKER-QUIZ-2014&pid=6164	Coup Droit	3	790	Jan 12, 2015 by steven
	Week 1 Hopman Cup ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) How formal is the Hopman cup? For example if Hev beats Radwanska does it count as a career best win? Do the single results count in W/L for the year, or is it treated as an exhibition?	Sim	80	6350	Jan 10, 2015 by Oakland2002
	Something for the Statisticians (ITF/Challenger Changes) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Results of global ITF survey http://www.itftennis.com/media/194256/194256.pdf -- Edited by The Optimist on Friday 9th of January 2015 08:08:18 AM	The Optimist	16	4026	Jan 9, 2015 by The Optimist
	Training groups/Academies ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) Any ideas who belongs to which training group/academy? There arew some obvious ones about: Soto - Fitzy, JWH Bolton Academy - Hewitt	paulisi	80	8125	Jan 8, 2015 by EddietheEagle
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