British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

Sheddie · Sheddie

As a result of a spate of freak withdrawals, it has been decided to cancel the 2008 Australian Open. A woeful series of events led to the entire field being ravaged to the point where there was a distinct possibility that Oscar Hernandez or even Alex Bogdanovic might have won the title. Reason prevaile...

Sheddie · Sheddie

It's the same as before....the night session will be televised live from 8am GMT onwards each day but there's a fab new extra feature.....the best match of the day will be repeated in full live aswell and shown on a rolling ticker throughout the day !!

Drew · Drew

BBC have launched their 'i-player'. They will be showing Wimbledon on it they confirmed today. Do not know about the AO though ? www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Sheddie · Sheddie

Looks like the Scud is retiring too so who was the greater, Tim or Scud Philippoussis led 4-3 on head-to-heads, including wins in the 98 US Open and Wimbledon 2000 but Tim won the last two, in the final of Adelaide 2002 and at Wimbledon 04 Both won 11 career titles, Henman won 1 masters series as did Philip...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Simple question about Radek Stepanek which is all on our lips ! How can an ugly sod pull Martina & an 18 year old when Fitz can't even get a date with Ivanovic ?

Drew · Drew

The ATP investigation into gambling / match fixing has its first guilty verdict...or a patsy ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7088488.stm He did gamble...but did he throw matches....not certain here ?

Sheddie · Sheddie

Stepanek and Vaidisova are engaged !!!! Forget Djokovic's win in Montreal , Federer beating Nadal on clay, Boggo nearly beating Roddick.................this is the biggest shock of the tennis year...what has happened ! This has to be one of the weirdest couplings of all time...Nicole is still...

goldfish · goldfish

http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2007news/jingle_bells.asp

timmoore46 · timmoore46

On BBC TV Friday and Saturday only. Anyone know if its covered by any other stations or on live streaming?

Montana Doug · Montana Doug

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071207/sp_afp/mafiatennisrususamcenroefixing

Sheddie · Sheddie

Drew · Drew

Oh dear...not Martina.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7073033.stm

Sheddie · Sheddie

Who do we reckon will take the mens and womens slams in 08 ? Men: AO: Federer French: Federer Wimbledon: Nadal USO: Djokovic Women: AO: Henin French: Henin Wimbledon: S Williams USO: Jankovic

Sheddie · Sheddie

January: Sutton 25K (womens challenger, final week of the month) - easy tube access May: Roland Garros (possibly) June: Surbiton qualies definately and maybe a day of main draw, Queens qualies and Monday, Eastbourne/Nottingham qualies (depending on which bt.net radio decide to cover), Wimbled...

Drew · Drew

On the BBC news ticker....apparently his coach has come out and said that Rafa has a foot injury that could affect his career ? Lets hope not !

Sheddie · Sheddie

7-6(6), 6-4 in their 3rd match in Kuala Lumpur !!!!! I know its end of season and only an exhibition but thats stunning....Ive been amazed at how close all the matches have been....2nd one really could have gone either way

Sheddie · Sheddie

Shamelessly nicked from am.com, its a pretty cool and conclusive list...have we got any to add to this ? I'm sure that steven has some !!! Players Nicknames. Ancic Mario - Super Mario, Baby Goran (after Ivanisavic) Baghdatis Marcos - Smiley, Baggy Berdych Thomas - Berdy (short for Berdman or Ber...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Huge shock today, Gonzalez beating Federer 3-6, 7-6, 7-5....what an upset....sounds like an incredible match, gutted I missed it but just the wrong time....play starting at 8am...grrrrr.....if it was 3 hrs earlier Id be able to watch it....roll on London 2009 It sets up the unthinkable , could F...

Sheddie · Sheddie

I imagine Drew will almost certainly be there and will tennis be among the sports ?

Sheddie · Sheddie

(1) Ivo Karlovic - 6ft 10 (2) Dick Norman - 6ft 8 (3) Chris Guccione - 6ft 7 (4) Bladetiger (member of this forum) - 6ft 6

Drew · Drew

http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=17926

john · john

I think this week we have seen a major contender for the best ever week's tennis. A few months ago in Montreal, people claimed Djokovic's wins over Roddick, Nadal and Federer consecutively was the best masters series performance ever but surely Nalbandian's victories over Federer, Nadal and Djoko...

Count Zero · Count Zero

In a move that will please the lta roger federer has signaled his intention that he may wish to follow greg rusedski's lead and switch nationalites. News is leaking that roger feels he could offer a lot to the british people and his sporting excellence would lead him to become a legend among the populat...

johnnylad · johnnylad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7068456.stm Clement reveals Davydenko's criticism of Murray may be unjust, as it has happened to him too...

Sheddie · Sheddie

His 2nd Basel title and 52nd overall and he's wrapped up the ATP Race for the 4th successive year. Roddick in 2003 was the last to deny him it, though Federer still won Wimbledon and the masters cup that year How long will Federer continue to win the race for ?.....it was thought that Nadal would present...

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	Aussie Open in turmoil (Preview) As a result of a spate of freak withdrawals, it has been decided to cancel the 2008 Australian Open. A woeful series of events led to the entire field being ravaged to the point where there was a distinct possibility that Oscar Hernandez or even Alex Bogdanovic might have won the title. Reason prevaile...	Sheddie	2	714	Jan 12, 2008 by DJ
	BBCi Aussie Open coverage (Preview) It's the same as before....the night session will be televised live from 8am GMT onwards each day but there's a fab new extra feature.....the best match of the day will be repeated in full live aswell and shown on a rolling ticker throughout the day !!	Sheddie	2	671	Jan 11, 2008 by Madeline
	BBC i-player (Preview) BBC have launched their 'i-player'. They will be showing Wimbledon on it they confirmed today. Do not know about the AO though ? www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer	Drew	9	908	Dec 31, 2007 by Sheddie
	Who was greater - Henman or Philippoussis (Preview) Looks like the Scud is retiring too so who was the greater, Tim or Scud Philippoussis led 4-3 on head-to-heads, including wins in the 98 US Open and Wimbledon 2000 but Tim won the last two, in the final of Adelaide 2002 and at Wimbledon 04 Both won 11 career titles, Henman won 1 masters series as did Philip...	Sheddie	5	748	Dec 31, 2007 by DUSTY DICK
	Why ? (Preview) Simple question about Radek Stepanek which is all on our lips ! How can an ugly sod pull Martina & an 18 year old when Fitz can't even get a date with Ivanovic ?	Sheddie	1	626	Dec 23, 2007 by john
	The First of Many ? (Preview) The ATP investigation into gambling / match fixing has its first guilty verdict...or a patsy ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7088488.stm He did gamble...but did he throw matches....not certain here ?	Drew	6	1035	Dec 22, 2007 by Sheddie
	Lightning never strikes twice or does it ! (Preview) Stepanek and Vaidisova are engaged !!!! Forget Djokovic's win in Montreal , Federer beating Nadal on clay, Boggo nearly beating Roddick.................this is the biggest shock of the tennis year...what has happened ! This has to be one of the weirdest couplings of all time...Nicole is still...	Sheddie	5	900	Dec 17, 2007 by Count Zero
	A little bit of Xmas cheer and quite amusing (Preview) http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2007news/jingle_bells.asp	goldfish	0	568	Dec 16, 2007 by goldfish
	BlackRock Masters - Albert Hall 4th-9th Dec (Preview) On BBC TV Friday and Saturday only. Anyone know if its covered by any other stations or on live streaming?	timmoore46	5	693	Dec 9, 2007 by timmoore46
	McEnroe fears mafia infiltrating tennis (Preview) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071207/sp_afp/mafiatennisrususamcenroefixing	Montana Doug	0	577	Dec 7, 2007 by Montana Doug
	How long do you think Roger will remain no 1 for ? (Preview)	Sheddie	2	690	Dec 2, 2007 by Drew
	Martina Retires amidst Positive Drug Test (Preview) Oh dear...not Martina.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7073033.stm	Drew	1	778	Dec 2, 2007 by Sheddie
	Predictions for 2008 (Preview) Who do we reckon will take the mens and womens slams in 08 ? Men: AO: Federer French: Federer Wimbledon: Nadal USO: Djokovic Women: AO: Henin French: Henin Wimbledon: S Williams USO: Jankovic	Sheddie	8	817	Nov 30, 2007 by Salmon
	Which tournaments are you going to in 2008 ? (Preview) January: Sutton 25K (womens challenger, final week of the month) - easy tube access May: Roland Garros (possibly) June: Surbiton qualies definately and maybe a day of main draw, Queens qualies and Monday, Eastbourne/Nottingham qualies (depending on which bt.net radio decide to cover), Wimbled...	Sheddie	13	902	Nov 29, 2007 by RedCabbage
	Nadal has career ending foot injury.... (Preview) On the BBC news ticker....apparently his coach has come out and said that Rafa has a foot injury that could affect his career ? Lets hope not !	Drew	4	760	Nov 29, 2007 by Sheddie
	Sampras beats Federer (Preview) 7-6(6), 6-4 in their 3rd match in Kuala Lumpur !!!!! I know its end of season and only an exhibition but thats stunning....Ive been amazed at how close all the matches have been....2nd one really could have gone either way	Sheddie	8	853	Nov 25, 2007 by steven
	Player nicknames (Preview) Shamelessly nicked from am.com, its a pretty cool and conclusive list...have we got any to add to this ? I'm sure that steven has some !!! Players Nicknames. Ancic Mario - Super Mario, Baby Goran (after Ivanisavic) Baghdatis Marcos - Smiley, Baggy Berdych Thomas - Berdy (short for Berdman or Ber...	Sheddie	11	4098	Nov 18, 2007 by Madeline
	Masters cup - Shanghai ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Huge shock today, Gonzalez beating Federer 3-6, 7-6, 7-5....what an upset....sounds like an incredible match, gutted I missed it but just the wrong time....play starting at 8am...grrrrr.....if it was 3 hrs earlier Id be able to watch it....roll on London 2009 It sets up the unthinkable , could F...	Sheddie	22	1749	Nov 18, 2007 by Madeline
	Glasgow wins 2014 commonwealth games (Preview) I imagine Drew will almost certainly be there and will tennis be among the sports ?	Sheddie	12	1732	Nov 16, 2007 by ForeverDelayed
	Tallest players to compete at British ATP venues (Preview) (1) Ivo Karlovic - 6ft 10 (2) Dick Norman - 6ft 8 (3) Chris Guccione - 6ft 7 (4) Bladetiger (member of this forum) - 6ft 6	Sheddie	3	746	Nov 13, 2007 by Salmon
	Deco Turf for Bejing Olympics (Preview) http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=17926	Drew	3	825	Nov 9, 2007 by wolf
	Best performance ever? (Preview) I think this week we have seen a major contender for the best ever week's tennis. A few months ago in Montreal, people claimed Djokovic's wins over Roddick, Nadal and Federer consecutively was the best masters series performance ever but surely Nalbandian's victories over Federer, Nadal and Djoko...	john	1	1101	Nov 4, 2007 by Salmon
	Federer looks to Become British (Preview) In a move that will please the lta roger federer has signaled his intention that he may wish to follow greg rusedski's lead and switch nationalites. News is leaking that roger feels he could offer a lot to the british people and his sporting excellence would lead him to become a legend among the populat...	Count Zero	5	828	Nov 1, 2007 by Drew
	Clement joins the party! (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7068456.stm Clement reveals Davydenko's criticism of Murray may be unjust, as it has happened to him too...	johnnylad	1	660	Oct 31, 2007 by WallaceEMann
	Federer clinches ATP Race (Preview) His 2nd Basel title and 52nd overall and he's wrapped up the ATP Race for the 4th successive year. Roddick in 2003 was the last to deny him it, though Federer still won Wimbledon and the masters cup that year How long will Federer continue to win the race for ?.....it was thought that Nadal would present...	Sheddie	0	487	Oct 28, 2007 by Sheddie
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