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Spectator · Spectator

A place for all those things relating to Wimbledon that aren't quite right for any of the normal threads? I don't know if others have seen or mentioned this before (for all I know someone on here wrote it!), but browsing in our local bookstore last week, I found "Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of S...

korriban · korriban

Having just turned 16 a few days ago, Ms Konjuh celebrated by beating Roberta Vinci quite comfortably in the end at the WTA in Auckland. This time last year she won the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and AO Juniors back to back in the space of a few weeks as a 14 year old, who turned 15 just before the AO. Quite a prog...

paulisi · paulisi

The tournament has moved from Calderstones Park to Liverpool Cricket Club this year and starts tomorrow I see Tara Moore is now playing as is Jodie Burrage (playing Bartoli) The Skupskis are advertised, but have bigger fish to fry (their dad is involved in running the event) Rusedski is also playing...

fleemon · fleemon

Hi everyone, Appologoes to the admin, I tried to post this at lunch time but it was taken down possibly as I had it in the wrong section? New on here as you can see. I have 10-12 top quality "like new" items of tennis racquets & baga ending today and tomorrow on eBay. I thought this may be t...

Scouseandy · Scouseandy

Qualifying starts on Saturday for the Queens event and continues on Sunday. Ive read that it is free to spectators but there is a limit of 500 people for health and safety reasons. Has anyone ever attended this before? Any tips would be appreciated (queue length/duration etc.).

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...

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	Wimbledon-Related Miscellany ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) A place for all those things relating to Wimbledon that aren't quite right for any of the normal threads? I don't know if others have seen or mentioned this before (for all I know someone on here wrote it!), but browsing in our local bookstore last week, I found "Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of S...	Spectator	32	3022	Jul 1, 2014 by Spectator
	Ana Konjuh on the move again (Preview) Having just turned 16 a few days ago, Ms Konjuh celebrated by beating Roberta Vinci quite comfortably in the end at the WTA in Auckland. This time last year she won the Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl and AO Juniors back to back in the space of a few weeks as a 14 year old, who turned 15 just before the AO. Quite a prog...	korriban	10	1485	Jun 24, 2014 by seagull
	Liverpool Invitational tennis tournament (Preview) The tournament has moved from Calderstones Park to Liverpool Cricket Club this year and starts tomorrow I see Tara Moore is now playing as is Jodie Burrage (playing Bartoli) The Skupskis are advertised, but have bigger fish to fry (their dad is involved in running the event) Rusedski is also playing...	paulisi	5	906	Jun 20, 2014 by indiana
	Tennis racquets & bags for sale (Preview) Hi everyone, Appologoes to the admin, I tried to post this at lunch time but it was taken down possibly as I had it in the wrong section? New on here as you can see. I have 10-12 top quality "like new" items of tennis racquets & baga ending today and tomorrow on eBay. I thought this may be t...	fleemon	3	1354	Jun 16, 2014 by fleemon
	Queens (Preview) Qualifying starts on Saturday for the Queens event and continues on Sunday. Ive read that it is free to spectators but there is a limit of 500 people for health and safety reasons. Has anyone ever attended this before? Any tips would be appreciated (queue length/duration etc.).	Scouseandy	2	607	Jun 2, 2014 by Long time reader
	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	943	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	8024	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	2191	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	1558	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	4993	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	3464	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	1724	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	580	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	1559	Mar 18, 2014 by BeefyDeedz
	How many can you name? (Preview) https://twitter.com/BritishTennis/status/440495989632163840/photo/1	paulisi	10	800	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	1354	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	1005	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	990	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	399	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	6272	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	1569	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	635	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	6349	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	2352	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	1995	Dec 8, 2013 by Allan94
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