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A131 · A131

No that I'm complaining and I know it is not a top tier event but why no charge at all. I realise you have got to encourage spectators which I presume is one one of the reasons - but nothing at all!

korriban · korriban

All of us are desperate to see GB success at the top table of international tennis, and many rightly talk about taking the learnings from Spain and France, who produce great players in large volumes. But as Tony Blair might say, perhaps there is a "third way". We've all been aware of both Cro...

Bclgrh · Bclgrh

Tennis is a wonderful sport but there is one ugly side of it which is getting kids to run after professional tennis players with their towels. It makes tennis players look like spoilt ego driven people. It's also demeaning for the ball boys and girls.One simple solution is for the ATP and WTA to ban tow...

baxi2 · baxi2

Another tangled web unfolds ! The LTA showing their better judgement again in choosing to use Max Clifford to assist in "damage limitation" campaign ! I seem to remember that this was around the time they were securing the Aegon sponsorship deal ! Money comes first ? They just cant seem to m...

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

Who will be the new CEO of the LTA ?

A131 · A131

You may well have had this debate many times but I am one of these people that just hates the ballot in its current form? Unlike Wimbledon I don't think it is a fair way of distributing the tickets at all as I believe that many who follow the sport all year round and not just two weeks of the year, lose out. Wit...

john · john

1) You find yourself wondering how Faraz Siddiqui got on in his Futures doubles 1st round in Sweden when you should be completing an important report at work. 2) When you press b in your browser address bar, the only thing that appears on the drop down menu is a list of bt threads 3) You tell your friends it...

paulisi · paulisi

There was an interesting debate on one of the threads about the allocation of 25k-100K around the world and the limited numbers available this year. I'm halfway through looking at the nations that have female players ranked between 75 and 250 and comparing it to the number of tournaments they have...

wales1994 · wales1994

I'm having to write a feature report for one of my sport journalism classes. I'm going to base it on the lack of depth in British tennis, the fact that we possess one of the richest tennis federations in the world... yet we still only possess a handful of top level players. (Not a TYPICAL Wimbledon fiasco...

paulisi · paulisi

https://twitter.com/BritishTennis/status/440495989632163840/photo/1

AliBlahBlah · AliBlahBlah

I see today that the great old British tennis commentator John Barett is amongst this years inductees in to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. I just thought it was nice to see the well deserved recognition for a good broadcaster of yesteryear, and thought it worth noting in these pages. I presume...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

In what I think is the very last men's match of the 2013 season, young Borna Coric caps a stellar year by winning the Turkey F51 title. This will put him on the verge of the top 300, with a 12 month rankings rise of approx 1000 places, all of which can be added to his win in the US Open Juniors. And he only turne...

Salmon · Salmon

I'm sure that many of us have read the WSJ feature on Enrico Becuzzi. But those who haven't should enjoy reading about arguably the coolest person playing in the circuit right now. Given that w...

TomTraubert · TomTraubert

just to note that next week the WTA is holding exactly ZERO events theyve crazily moved kuala lumpur to week 16 this year where it dont fit in to the scedule at all the previous weeks events are in katowice and bogota with players also coming off of IW/miami whose gonna travel out to KL hardcourt as the eu...

DWH · DWH

Wasn't sure where to put this but for anyone who's interested there's a section on the LTA website about this year's off-season that I assume will be updated as time goes on. Right now they have videos/interviews with Gordon Reid, Colin Fleming, Jo Konta, Jamie Murray and Tara Moore and photo galler...

kundalini · kundalini

If you ever find yourself in conversation with Camila Giorgi's dad, and he happens to mention that they are desperately short of funds, suggesting that you invest in her career, tell him you'd love to help but unfortunately you don't happen to have any spare cash right now. A fascinating 2 page artic...

Armchair · Armchair

Hi Hope you don't mind me posting here but I'm looking for some advice and there is no better informed group of bods to ask. I might be in NY for a few days during the first week of the US Open. I'll be travelling on my own and I'm a female, ahem, not in the first (or even second) flush of youth. I'd like to see som...

RBBOT · RBBOT

Belatedly, time to get this years preditctions contest underway. The rules are almost the same as last year, with only the dates changing: 1. Predict the ranking of the current top 10 GB men's & women's players, and the ranking of 10 of our promising teenagers. 2. Predictions have to be made befo...

Coup Droit · Coup Droit

Please don't shoot the messenger (!) but there's a lot of discussion here about doubles, how much they should get paid, funded by the LTA etc. etc. So, instead of hijacking another thread, I've given John's new controversial opinion its own thread: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/tramlin...

Allan94 · Allan94

Here are some of next years new partnerships or old ones reuniting Nestor/Zimonjic Bopanna/Qureshi Fleming/Hutchins Lindstedt/Melzer Roger-Vasselin/Benneteau Rojer/Tecau no news on Miryni and Melo but Dodiq is apparently focusing on singles next year all the other main teams i think are...

steven · steven

2013 Team Aegon Players Elena BaltachaLuke BambridgeLiam BroadyEleanor DeanKaty DunneKyle EdmundColin FlemingOliver GoldingEvan HoytRoss HutchinsDominic InglotAnne KeothavongJohanna KontaJonny MarrayJames MarsalekTara MooreGeorge MorganLaura RobsonJames WardJosh Ward-Hib...

korriban · korriban

I've questioned a few tournament choices of some of the juniors and new pros in the past - for example the clay court tour of the US by a few of the boys/men earlier this year, where every $10k required 4 rounds of qualifiers. I've also wondered why our men seem to play so few Challengers. So I thought I'd ta...

korriban · korriban

I am one of the most aggressively unsympathetic people imaginable for drug cheats in sport. And have posted on this forum on the topic in the past. Athletes are responsible for the substances in their body, and I rarely accept the traditional argument that illegal PEDs have somehow found there way in...

Salmon · Salmon

2013 marks the 5th year since the 1990 boys "graduated". As someone who kind of specialises in the careers of tennis players born in 1990, one thing that I can tell you is that if you predicted back in 2008 that the only 1990 boys in the top 50 after 5 years would be Raonic, Janowicz and Pospisil...

Tarrantennis · Tarrantennis

Hi, all. My name is Bruce Tarran. I have a book coming out on June 1st but available now from the publisher. It features early tennis history, and some unique and never seen photos from tournaments more than 100 years ago. Mark Cox kindly wrote the foreword. You can read 2 free chapters and the foreword...

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	Why no entry charge for the Aegon Trophy & Aegon Challenge? (Preview) No that I'm complaining and I know it is not a top tier event but why no charge at all. I realise you have got to encourage spectators which I presume is one one of the reasons - but nothing at all!	A131	10	920	May 30, 2014 by Helen40
	GB Elite tennis: What's so special about Croatia and Serbia, and what can we learn? ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) All of us are desperate to see GB success at the top table of international tennis, and many rightly talk about taking the learnings from Spain and France, who produce great players in large volumes. But as Tony Blair might say, perhaps there is a "third way". We've all been aware of both Cro...	korriban	63	7857	May 15, 2014 by EddietheEagle
	Tennis towel service (Preview) Tennis is a wonderful sport but there is one ugly side of it which is getting kids to run after professional tennis players with their towels. It makes tennis players look like spoilt ego driven people. It's also demeaning for the ball boys and girls.One simple solution is for the ATP and WTA to ban tow...	Bclgrh	11	2163	May 8, 2014 by EddietheEagle
	Max Clifford & The LTA ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Another tangled web unfolds ! The LTA showing their better judgement again in choosing to use Max Clifford to assist in "damage limitation" campaign ! I seem to remember that this was around the time they were securing the Aegon sponsorship deal ! Money comes first ? They just cant seem to m...	baxi2	17	1476	Apr 30, 2014 by indiana
	Who will be the new CEO of the LTA ? ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) Who will be the new CEO of the LTA ?	A1 tennis academy	73	4838	Apr 29, 2014 by EddietheEagle
	Wimbledon Ballot? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) You may well have had this debate many times but I am one of these people that just hates the ballot in its current form? Unlike Wimbledon I don't think it is a fair way of distributing the tickets at all as I believe that many who follow the sport all year round and not just two weeks of the year, lose out. Wit...	A131	21	3402	Apr 26, 2014 by Ratty
	You know you spend too much time here when.... (Preview) 1) You find yourself wondering how Faraz Siddiqui got on in his Futures doubles 1st round in Sweden when you should be completing an important report at work. 2) When you press b in your browser address bar, the only thing that appears on the drop down menu is a list of bt threads 3) You tell your friends it...	john	11	1709	Apr 3, 2014 by Coup Droit
	Womens 25k-100K tournaments (Preview) There was an interesting debate on one of the threads about the allocation of 25k-100K around the world and the limited numbers available this year. I'm halfway through looking at the nations that have female players ranked between 75 and 250 and comparing it to the number of tournaments they have...	paulisi	2	561	Mar 26, 2014 by paulisi
	Article help ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I'm having to write a feature report for one of my sport journalism classes. I'm going to base it on the lack of depth in British tennis, the fact that we possess one of the richest tennis federations in the world... yet we still only possess a handful of top level players. (Not a TYPICAL Wimbledon fiasco...	wales1994	17	1502	Mar 18, 2014 by BeefyDeedz
	How many can you name? (Preview) https://twitter.com/BritishTennis/status/440495989632163840/photo/1	paulisi	10	779	Mar 5, 2014 by paulisi
	John Barrett inducted in to International Tennis Hall of Fame (Preview) I see today that the great old British tennis commentator John Barett is amongst this years inductees in to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. I just thought it was nice to see the well deserved recognition for a good broadcaster of yesteryear, and thought it worth noting in these pages. I presume...	AliBlahBlah	1	1307	Mar 3, 2014 by insomniacfolder
	Borna Coric (Preview) In what I think is the very last men's match of the 2013 season, young Borna Coric caps a stellar year by winning the Turkey F51 title. This will put him on the verge of the top 300, with a 12 month rankings rise of approx 1000 places, all of which can be added to his win in the US Open Juniors. And he only turne...	Bob in Spain	5	976	Feb 23, 2014 by Priesty
	Becuzzi Watch (Preview) I'm sure that many of us have read the WSJ feature on Enrico Becuzzi. But those who haven't should enjoy reading about arguably the coolest person playing in the circuit right now. Given that w...	Salmon	8	968	Feb 6, 2014 by Armchair
	WTA Week 6 (Preview) just to note that next week the WTA is holding exactly ZERO events theyve crazily moved kuala lumpur to week 16 this year where it dont fit in to the scedule at all the previous weeks events are in katowice and bogota with players also coming off of IW/miami whose gonna travel out to KL hardcourt as the eu...	TomTraubert	1	381	Jan 27, 2014 by wolf
	GB Off-Season 2013 ( 1 2 3 4 5 ) (Preview) Wasn't sure where to put this but for anyone who's interested there's a section on the LTA website about this year's off-season that I assume will be updated as time goes on. Right now they have videos/interviews with Gordon Reid, Colin Fleming, Jo Konta, Jamie Murray and Tara Moore and photo galler...	DWH	71	6091	Jan 24, 2014 by indiana
	Investing in a tennis player (Preview) If you ever find yourself in conversation with Camila Giorgi's dad, and he happens to mention that they are desperately short of funds, suggesting that you invest in her career, tell him you'd love to help but unfortunately you don't happen to have any spare cash right now. A fascinating 2 page artic...	kundalini	1	1529	Jan 11, 2014 by A1 tennis academy
	US Open Advice (Preview) Hi Hope you don't mind me posting here but I'm looking for some advice and there is no better informed group of bods to ask. I might be in NY for a few days during the first week of the US Open. I'll be travelling on my own and I'm a female, ahem, not in the first (or even second) flush of youth. I'd like to see som...	Armchair	7	611	Dec 30, 2013 by Armchair
	2013 rankings predictions ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Belatedly, time to get this years preditctions contest underway. The rules are almost the same as last year, with only the dates changing: 1. Predict the ranking of the current top 10 GB men's & women's players, and the ranking of 10 of our promising teenagers. 2. Predictions have to be made befo...	RBBOT	49	6243	Dec 22, 2013 by A1 tennis academy
	John McEnroe says we should scrap doubles ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Please don't shoot the messenger (!) but there's a lot of discussion here about doubles, how much they should get paid, funded by the LTA etc. etc. So, instead of hijacking another thread, I've given John's new controversial opinion its own thread: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/tramlin...	Coup Droit	16	2290	Dec 8, 2013 by Allan94
	2014 Doubles Partnerships ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Here are some of next years new partnerships or old ones reuniting Nestor/Zimonjic Bopanna/Qureshi Fleming/Hutchins Lindstedt/Melzer Roger-Vasselin/Benneteau Rojer/Tecau no news on Miryni and Melo but Dodiq is apparently focusing on singles next year all the other main teams i think are...	Allan94	19	1925	Dec 8, 2013 by Allan94
	2013 Team AEGON announcement ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 8 ) (Preview) 2013 Team Aegon Players Elena BaltachaLuke BambridgeLiam BroadyEleanor DeanKaty DunneKyle EdmundColin FlemingOliver GoldingEvan HoytRoss HutchinsDominic InglotAnne KeothavongJohanna KontaJonny MarrayJames MarsalekTara MooreGeorge MorganLaura RobsonJames WardJosh Ward-Hib...	steven	105	8302	Nov 19, 2013 by indiana
	Tournament choices when transitioning from Juniors to Pros (Preview) I've questioned a few tournament choices of some of the juniors and new pros in the past - for example the clay court tour of the US by a few of the boys/men earlier this year, where every $10k required 4 rounds of qualifiers. I've also wondered why our men seem to play so few Challengers. So I thought I'd ta...	korriban	5	1071	Nov 17, 2013 by Spectator
	The curious case of Victor Troicki ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I am one of the most aggressively unsympathetic people imaginable for drug cheats in sport. And have posted on this forum on the topic in the past. Athletes are responsible for the substances in their body, and I rarely accept the traditional argument that illegal PEDs have somehow found there way in...	korriban	22	1850	Nov 6, 2013 by PaulM
	A long term prediction "competition" (Preview) 2013 marks the 5th year since the 1990 boys "graduated". As someone who kind of specialises in the careers of tennis players born in 1990, one thing that I can tell you is that if you predicted back in 2008 that the only 1990 boys in the top 50 after 5 years would be Raonic, Janowicz and Pospisil...	Salmon	3	580	Oct 31, 2013 by johnnylad
	"George Hillyard - the man who moved Wimbledon" (Preview) Hi, all. My name is Bruce Tarran. I have a book coming out on June 1st but available now from the publisher. It features early tennis history, and some unique and never seen photos from tournaments more than 100 years ago. Mark Cox kindly wrote the foreword. You can read 2 free chapters and the foreword...	Tarrantennis	7	2011	Oct 27, 2013 by Tarrantennis
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