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Reminiscing
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For those who hanker for the old days, this Youtube video has appeared on social media. It is a 15 minute highlight reel of the 1952 Women's Singles final at Wimbledon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSWyMdsfKM Thought some might find it interesting.
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UTS 2024
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https://x.com/uts_tour_/status/1853424303695405313?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw
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Beyond the baseline. New LTA documentary.
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Just watched the first episode and was impressed. Concentrated mainly on Felix Gill over in Spain. Hadnt realised his Dad passed away this year. Not much depth to it but each episode is only 15 mins.
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Feels wrong that we dont have a discussion on this to allow people to comment - the British government have tonight urged China to prove she is safe. Good. I support the wta in their stance and getting out of China is their only reasonable option now. It is untenable for the wta to play in China next year I...
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US College: ITA All-American Championships 2024 - Hard - Tulsa, OK & Cary, NC
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For the main championships I'm going to see if separating out them out from the main US College discussion works. The ITA All-American Championships, the first major tournament of the 2024/25 season, starts this weekend. This is the first of 4 events where players can qualify for the NCAA Singles an...
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Weak tournament entry lists
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https://www.dartsrankings.com/tennis/brazzaville Dont think Ive ever seen one this bad. ATP challenger 50 event in Brazzaville in Republic of Congo last direct entry 1531 and only 6 names on the alt list. Be surprised if a qualifying draw happens and this is before anyone drops out.
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Off court coaching
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cglklyl048no
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Wimbledon changes
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/ce3zg3y23v7o
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Rafael Nadal
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What do you think's up with Nadal at the moment ?
After a simply brilliant first 6 months, in which he won 5 titles and reached the Wimbledon final aswell as winning RG and made the semis of Indian Wells, his last few months have been quite disappointing by his standards.
In Toronto he was outpow...
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Congratulations
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More 'important' congratulations get their own thread (Andy and Kim's baby, Marcus' wedding etc.) which seems right but we didn't seem to have a general congrats thread, for all tennis players (rather like the remarkable non-GB performances, or best wishes re injuries). And good news is good news...
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2024 British Tournaments
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Not sure if there is a thread for this years tournaments. I couldnt find one, having gone through the pages till I found the 2023 one. I notice the post Wimbledon ITF tournaments are now showing on the ITF calendar. Unlike last year they are all showing as Hard court tournament. real shame that we wont ha...
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Para Tennis-World Championships in Annecy 9th-14th September 2024
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Anna is defending her titles next week in Annecy France next week. As usual the LTA get the details wrong, which are corrected below. Defending champion Anna McBride is playing for GB in the World Championships, Annecy France next week. Some of the LTA's articles details are incorrect. She is 20 and n...
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2024 Paralympics Wheelchair Tennis - Roland Garros, Paris (Clay)
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Decided to give this one it's own thread as we have a decent number of entries across the six events and , well, it is the biggest event on the calendar, really. Men's singles: 48-player draw, all 16 seeds receive bye to second round Women's singles: 32-player draw, 8 seeds Quad singles: 15-player...
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Am starting this thread in response to a comment by Rosamund on the Laura Robson individual thread, as the discussion there was becoming sidetracked by posters' various reminiscences about past players!
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ATP Next Gen Expense Support Programme
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Extra financial help was announced at the US Open for young players "The ATP is proud to announce the launch of the Next Gen Expense Support Programme, aimed at financially supporting the future stars of tennis as they compete on the ATP Challenger Tour. Players ranked between 101 and 500 in the PIF A...
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Six Kings Slam
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https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/1840104770582774045
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Billie Jean King
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The great BJK wants to change the scoring system in tennis.(IMHO probably the best thing about the sport as it's so unique.) Instead of 15, 30, 40 she wants 1,2 3 (Boring). Oh and all players should wear numbers on their back so we know who they are Of all the issues tennis has, this is the least of them. ...
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The future of British tennis in the post-Andy era
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and in the light of Team GB's performance in the Davis Cup last week, Sonay Kartal's maiden WTA title as a qualifier in Monastir & Jake Fearnley's triumph in Rennes yesterday, an in-depth analysis by one of the Beeb'...
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The LTA
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I often see people refer to "The LTA" as an organisation and want to know actually who it is at the LTA responsible for certain decisions. When board members post things like "The LTA scrapped most of the futures events" or "The LTA scrapped the bonus scheme" etc it must be a decision from either the Chie...
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Peter Lundgren
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Sad to hear of the passing at just 59 years old of Peter Lundgren. Former coach of Federer, worked at the LTA for a good while and did a great job before being let go. I cant recall exactly, was there some issue with drinking and id heard it may have blighted his career and life. by all accounts, a well liked...
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Feedback wanted: I built a site that helps tennis fans find hotels near ATP tournaments
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Hi guys! I've recently launched a website designed to help tennis fans who enjoy travelling find the best hotels near ATP tournaments worldwide. The site is called MyTennisTrip and you can find it here: https://mytennistrip.com I originally built it for myself, since I really enjoy watching live...
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Saudi Arabia - $1 bn offer - merger of WTA & ATP
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The Telegraph is reporting that there's a 90-day now-or-never offer from SA to 'buy' tennis and merge mens and womensSaudi Arabia launches tennis takeover with $1 billion take-it-or-leave-it offerExclusive: Saudi offer to merge mens and womens tours is apparently time-sensitive, with a 90-da...
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2024 Olympic Tennis
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We have a few Olympic posts dotted around so I thought Id put a thread up - nearer the time, no doubt, individual threads will appear for the different events in the mens and womens section. Here is a decent and relatively simple overview of how the complicated qualification rules work. https://www...
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There was a fair bit of discussion - inevitably - of people's favourites/pet hates on the Queen's thread last week generated by the Beeb's commentary team. I posted a link to Stu Fraser's report on Jack Draper's match against Carlos Alcaraz (& a little bit about Billy Harris's cracking win over...
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5 set tennis for women in grand slams.
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Just watched Barbora v Jasmine in the Wimbledon final. Wouldn't it have made a great 5 set match?
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