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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...
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Glasgow wins 2014 commonwealth games
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I imagine Drew will almost certainly be there and will tennis be among the sports ?
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Tallest players to compete at British ATP venues
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(1) Ivo Karlovic - 6ft 10 (2) Dick Norman - 6ft 8 (3) Chris Guccione - 6ft 7 (4) Bladetiger (member of this forum) - 6ft 6
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Deco Turf for Bejing Olympics
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http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=17926
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Best performance ever?
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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...
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Federer looks to Become British
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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...
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Clement joins the party!
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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...
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Federer clinches ATP Race
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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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Basel live stream
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super stream at: http://www.eurosport.fr/tennis/mcplayervideo currently watching Federer-Karlovic...pretty good match Fed leads 7-6, 3-2
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What a Match...
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Ollie Rochus played Marty Fish in Lyon today. Final Score 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-7(15) to Rochus The match lasted for over 3 hrs and consisted of 39 games and 267 points. Ollie edged out fish 135 to 132 points. Thats longer than some 5 set matches. Fish must have been gutted (pardon the pun) as he served 43 ACES t...
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Is Davydenko guilty of match-fixing ?
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The only decent tennis reporting (with exception of the Times) most of the papers have been doing recently is on the murky match-fixing world... What do you reckon about Davydenko ?
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Masters Cup Game
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Following the compeition on the ATP Website who do people think will do the following: In order put the 8 qualifers for the Masters Cup: Who will win the Masters CUP? How many games will be played in the 5 set final of TMC? My picks: 1. Federer 2. Nadal 3. Djokovic 4. Davydenko 5. Roddick 6. Gonzalez 7. Ferr...
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ATP unveils new tier of "500" events
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The ATP, governing body of the men's professional tennis circuit, announced today 10 cities that have been awarded "500" status for the new-look 2009 ATP Tour. The 10 are: Rotterdam, Dubai, Acapulco, Memphis, Barcelona, Washington DC, Beijing, Tokyo, Basel, Valencia. In addition, H...
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Nice article on Tim
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article2517935.ece
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Tennis For Free launches online fundraising feature (and forum)
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TENNIS For Free is pleased to announce two new features to the charity in order to help meet its aims and spread the word of the work we do.
Firstly, we have launched an online tennis forum www.tennisdebate.com where you can talk about anything to do with TFF and the world of tennis in general. Just sim...
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When will Federer break Sampras' record
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When will the record be broken ? the earliest he can get to 15 slams and break the record is Wimbledon next year. Personally I'm going for US Open 2008...I think Nadal will still remain the man to beat on the clay next spring...Federer has the ability and game plan to beat him but its yet to be seen whether h...
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Davenport wins WTA title on return - reflection on the womens game ?
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So Lindsay Davenport wins a WTA title after over a year out of the game after having a baby..beating players like Jankovic and Hantuchova. On this form you wouldn't bet against her taking this week's title in China too ! She must be wishing she returned a little sooner and played the US Open ! Quite ama...
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the 50 greatest sporting insults
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according to the Times: 50 "Football is all right as a game for rough girls but is hardly suitable for delicate boys." Oscar Wilde makes a fair comment - years before anyone started diving to win free kicks 49 "They finally found one." Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards insul...
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AO 2008 - will the pack hunt Federer down ?
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-- Edited by Sheddie at 15:35, 2007-09-18
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The dark side of the Gonz !
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Auditioning for a role in Doctor Who 2008 ?
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Super-Mario and the flying racket
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"Come back here you bast**d !"
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Federer-Sampras
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It's confirmed that they'll play in an exhibition in Malaysia on 22nd November, on indoor carpet "Roger is a true class act," said Sampras. "He is obviously a great player but his manners on and off the court set him apart just as much." They practised earlier in the year at Sampr...
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Davenport beats Jankovic
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Lindsay won 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in Bali earlier today, amazing result...Jankovic was pretty wasted after the US open but even so, this is Lindsay's first tourney for goodness knows how long Jankovic was upset about a number of dodgy calls in the 3rd and lost it a bit Amazingly she is actually taking a break no...
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Bali's next top model
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What's your favourite tournament ?
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Can be a slam, ATP, challenger, futures right down to British tour For me personally it's the Sutton 25K, great viewing facilities, got to know Nigel Sears and just generally had such a crazy, not to mention indiscreet time there....
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