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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...

lt_92 · lt_92

Hi, Sorry to clogg up this forum but I am currently in my final year of university and need help with some consumer research. I'm currently studying Active Sportswear with my final project being based on creating a fashion/design orientated womens performance range for Nike (please note this pro...

Salmon · Salmon

I think this has been doing rounds in my head for many years, but somehow I have never bothered to ask others about it. Can someone help me identify the background in Goodall's profile picture? There was a time when literally dozens of players, female and male, had profile pictures with the same backg...

Reeltime · Reeltime

Has anyone been to the Hall of Fame in Newport? I'm in Rhode Island for a couple of says, and was wondering if it was worth paying a visit to.

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

increased bonus-womens 25k increase in bonus for futures 10k & 15K -small increase but £5000 ceiling once ceiling hit could still claim bonus for challengers and above new bonus doubs SF 50k challengers -£150 SF ,650 ru ,1000 winner £300 bonus for FQR atp challenger + £500 if Q NEW £500...

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

I have been fortunate to meet many talented CEOs during my career to be honest i would find it difficult to remember one with more natural charisma , expert people skills and refreshing down to earth attitude than Roger Draper .There were criticisms of his salary c £400,000 including Bonus to be hon...

paulisi · paulisi

I'm not sure if this a new phenomena or not, but the LTA seem to be promoting overseas training camps based around tournaments in the area. Obviously there are quite a few Brits in California at the moment(most would not normally have gone out) and it looks like the younger lot have something similar ou...

A1 tennis academy · A1 tennis academy

Who would be willing to contribute £10 to a player performance fund a large club with 500 members could eg generate £5000 for their no1 player . I know that I could help more players but i am now over budget and a queue of deserving cases not just in tennis .wealthy tennis clubs need to start putting their...

tennisadam · tennisadam

hey,i've just started a tennis blog as i always been a big fan of tennis and i tought i try blogging to see how well/bad it goes. can i post my website in this thread and ask for feedback or is this against forum rules?

blackburn91 · blackburn91

http://abergeography.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_71UM0AMGc...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

OK. Need to know if anybody else is having the same problem. Whenever I click the link to "Andrew Murray Message Board" to the right of "Link Back" at the top, hoping to get back to the main menu, it gives me the following URL but a blank page http://britishtennis.activeboard.c...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	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	1326	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	990	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	981	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	392	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	6200	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	1547	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	627	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	6303	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	2326	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	1971	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	8430	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	1085	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	1886	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	596	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	2043	Oct 27, 2013 by Tarrantennis
	Help needed for university questionnaire please! (Preview) Hi, Sorry to clogg up this forum but I am currently in my final year of university and need help with some consumer research. I'm currently studying Active Sportswear with my final project being based on creating a fashion/design orientated womens performance range for Nike (please note this pro...	lt_92	0	419	Oct 15, 2013 by lt_92
	Help me identify the background ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I think this has been doing rounds in my head for many years, but somehow I have never bothered to ask others about it. Can someone help me identify the background in Goodall's profile picture? There was a time when literally dozens of players, female and male, had profile pictures with the same backg...	Salmon	17	1751	Oct 13, 2013 by Helen40
	Tennis Hall of Fame (Preview) Has anyone been to the Hall of Fame in Newport? I'm in Rhode Island for a couple of says, and was wondering if it was worth paying a visit to.	Reeltime	1	460	Oct 11, 2013 by Reeltime
	changes to pro tournament bonus scheme 1/10/2013-30/9/2014 (Preview) increased bonus-womens 25k increase in bonus for futures 10k & 15K -small increase but £5000 ceiling once ceiling hit could still claim bonus for challengers and above new bonus doubs SF 50k challengers -£150 SF ,650 ru ,1000 winner £300 bonus for FQR atp challenger + £500 if Q NEW £500...	A1 tennis academy	2	469	Oct 8, 2013 by indiana
	Roger Draper is going to be a tough act to follow ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I have been fortunate to meet many talented CEOs during my career to be honest i would find it difficult to remember one with more natural charisma , expert people skills and refreshing down to earth attitude than Roger Draper .There were criticisms of his salary c £400,000 including Bonus to be hon...	A1 tennis academy	24	3075	Oct 4, 2013 by A131
	Overseas training camps (Preview) I'm not sure if this a new phenomena or not, but the LTA seem to be promoting overseas training camps based around tournaments in the area. Obviously there are quite a few Brits in California at the moment(most would not normally have gone out) and it looks like the younger lot have something similar ou...	paulisi	5	646	Oct 4, 2013 by indiana
	Poll who would be willing to contribute say extra £10 to club membership for a player performance fund ? (Preview) Who would be willing to contribute £10 to a player performance fund a large club with 500 members could eg generate £5000 for their no1 player . I know that I could help more players but i am now over budget and a queue of deserving cases not just in tennis .wealthy tennis clubs need to start putting their...	A1 tennis academy	10	1024	Sep 26, 2013 by paulisi
	feedback on my tennis blog? (Preview) hey,i've just started a tennis blog as i always been a big fan of tennis and i tought i try blogging to see how well/bad it goes. can i post my website in this thread and ask for feedback or is this against forum rules?	tennisadam	13	1000	Aug 22, 2013 by tennisadam
	Tennis Celebrity Endorsement (Preview) http://abergeography.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_71UM0AMGc...	blackburn91	0	389	Aug 19, 2013 by blackburn91
	Technical Issue (Preview) OK. Need to know if anybody else is having the same problem. Whenever I click the link to "Andrew Murray Message Board" to the right of "Link Back" at the top, hoping to get back to the main menu, it gives me the following URL but a blank page http://britishtennis.activeboard.c...	Bob in Spain	3	593	Jul 31, 2013 by Bob in Spain
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