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invisibleman18 · invisibleman18

Great field for us confirmed today. Niemenen will return to defend the title he won this year, along with Ancic who was runner up to him. Hrbaty will return for the 9th time while Ferrero makes his 2nd appearance here. Other big names include Robredo, Ferrer, Rochus, Gaudio and Chela. No British p...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Some news to warm the heart of Arka ! Nadal goes out to Malisse

Once Nalbandian had lost, I thought that Nadal was a cert for the title. However, Malisse beat him 6-4, 7-6[4]. Once again, he was outhit by an attacking baseliner with a booming forehand. So Nadal's drought contin...

RobC · RobC

Again, here's the first table of the new year, (C), as ever, GC77 and all of the players striving to get past Tim in week 1: week  

Drew · Drew

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5205-2534697,00.html

Rochelle · Rochelle

first grand slam of 2007, and i cant wait 1 Federer, Roger SUI 1 2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2 3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3 4 Blake, James USA 4 5 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5 6 Roddick, Andy USA 6 7 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7 8 Nalbandian, David ARG 8 9 Ancic, Mario CRO 9 10 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10 11 Haas, Tommy GER 11 12 Baghdatis, M...

VSandhi20 · VSandhi20

i know the Games are finishing soon but i thought i would up date to what is happening in Doha! Women In the Singles, the established players in the top 100, Sania Mirza (4), Li Na(1) and Jie Zheng (2), Y.J.Chan, Akiko Nakamura (3), Tamarine Tanasugarn and Akiko Morigami were among th...

Sheddie · Sheddie

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23379955-details/Henman+is+handed+a+Davis+Cup+deadline/article.do

imoen · imoen

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6229665.stm this is going to play havoc with his ranking

Salmon · Salmon

1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2 2 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3 3 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5 4 Ancic, Mario CRO 9 5 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 12 6 Ferrer, David ESP 14 7 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 15 8 Djokovic, Novak SRB 16 9 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18 10 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20 11 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 21 12 Johansson...

Count Zero · Count Zero

i should be going to this tonight at the royal albert hall, unfortunly mac's match is int he afternoon, but i will get to see bates vs goran - are you allowed to boo? everytime Bates misses i will cheer and shout come on boggo :) anyway, why the hell in Rios on the senoirs tour?? he's only 30 ffs, tha...

Sheddie · Sheddie

I thought that we could post various tennis trivia questions in this thread [should they be mutiple choice or not ?] I'll start: What was unusual about Virginia Wade's opponent in rd1 of the 1977 US Open ? Is it [a] she was from Mars, [,b,] she had been a man [c] she was Navratilova playing in...

Drew · Drew

BBC sports ticker just announced that the LTA are selling Queens Club for £35million More later

Sheddie · Sheddie

New thread, post a quote here and guess who said it ! Here's a fairly easy one to start with: Who said this: "Shooting the guy who shot Bambi? I guess it feels better than shooting Bambi."

Sheddie · Sheddie

No surprises on the mens side though on the womens it must have been a tough choice between Henin and Mauresmo

johnnylad · johnnylad

On the BBC news ticker. Will post link when article becomes available

Sheddie · Sheddie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6178019.stm Great player, was the first to really challenge the dominance of Hingis and take over the world no 1 spot from her. Can't believe she hasn't won a slam since 20...

Salmon · Salmon

Pick four players, one for each Slam, who you think are going to surprise us all by their performances next year. They must be ranked outside the top 80 and you can't choose someone like Victor Hanescu, who is under ranked due to injury. US Open - Sam Querrey. Wimbly - Mischa Zverev. Roland Garros - Juan M...

Sheddie · Sheddie

http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/wimbledon-still-an-attraction-for-sampras/2006/12/10/1165685554336.html

Drew · Drew

Does anyone use or know of 'Tennis Navigator'. Evaluating it at the moment and with the exchange rate of almost $2 to the £ the $50 per annum fee it looks very keenly priced. You get 6 months of free daily database updates then you pay $19.99 per year after. Bascially you can do just about anything with thi...

Drew · Drew

So Russia win the DC for the 2nd time in 5 years. How is it done...? They have depth in numbers.... They have the world no 3 and a further 3 players within the top 30. Add another 2 ranked in the top 100 and you can see something works for the Russians. Desire What a way out from the ordinary life that could be fo...

Drew · Drew

Tim plans to play 22 events next year and he beat Mark Philippoussis 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 on tuesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6211950.stm

john · john

http://www.britishtennisparents.com/tennis_articles/id12_1.asp

inside_tennis · inside_tennis

Inside Tennis are going to be doing an exclusive interview with Nicole Vaidisova and want to give fans the opportunity to ask questions to Nicole. Send your questions to inside_tennis@hotmail.co.uk and as many as possible will be put to Nicole. You can post them on here too (so others can make sure th...

Drew · Drew

http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061108Henman.htm?BSMGuid=b1c9cfab-6180-4f86-86c3-58e712fb1e0d

john · john

Don't know if anyone's interested, but here is a breakdown of the countries with players in the top 100 and how many players they have there. If anyone finds this interesting, I can maintain this as a kind of league table updated weekly.... 1.nc France &nbs...

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	ATP Auckland - Heineken Open (Preview) Great field for us confirmed today. Niemenen will return to defend the title he won this year, along with Ancic who was runner up to him. Hrbaty will return for the 9th time while Ferrero makes his 2nd appearance here. Other big names include Robredo, Ferrer, Rochus, Gaudio and Chela. No British p...	invisibleman18	7	676	Jan 9, 2007 by invisibleman18
	ATP Chennai (Preview) Some news to warm the heart of Arka ! Nadal goes out to Malisse Once Nalbandian had lost, I thought that Nadal was a cert for the title. However, Malisse beat him 6-4, 7-6[4]. Once again, he was outhit by an attacking baseliner with a booming forehand. So Nadal's drought contin...	Sheddie	3	522	Jan 8, 2007 by Sheddie
	Tim's Competitors Week 1 ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Again, here's the first table of the new year, (C), as ever, GC77 and all of the players striving to get past Tim in week 1: week	RobC	43	1705	Jan 7, 2007 by Salmon
	Tim Henman plays in the Davis Cup ! (Preview) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5205-2534697,00.html	Drew	3	489	Jan 7, 2007 by Drew
	Australian open 2007 ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) first grand slam of 2007, and i cant wait 1 Federer, Roger SUI 1 2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2 3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3 4 Blake, James USA 4 5 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5 6 Roddick, Andy USA 6 7 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7 8 Nalbandian, David ARG 8 9 Ancic, Mario CRO 9 10 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10 11 Haas, Tommy GER 11 12 Baghdatis, M...	Rochelle	47	2462	Jan 5, 2007 by johnnylad
	Hopman Cup 2007 (Preview) i know the Games are finishing soon but i thought i would up date to what is happening in Doha! Women In the Singles, the established players in the top 100, Sania Mirza (4), Li Na(1) and Jie Zheng (2), Y.J.Chan, Akiko Nakamura (3), Tamarine Tanasugarn and Akiko Morigami were among th...	VSandhi20	11	891	Jan 5, 2007 by Salmon
	Henman handed Davis Cup deadline (Preview) http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23379955-details/Henman+is+handed+a+Davis+Cup+deadline/article.do	Sheddie	3	595	Jan 4, 2007 by Salmon
	Henman out of Aussie Open ( 1 2 ) (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6229665.stm this is going to play havoc with his ranking	imoen	16	1325	Jan 4, 2007 by RobC
	ATP Marseille 2007. (Preview) 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2 2 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3 3 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5 4 Ancic, Mario CRO 9 5 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 12 6 Ferrer, David ESP 14 7 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 15 8 Djokovic, Novak SRB 16 9 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18 10 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20 11 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 21 12 Johansson...	Salmon	0	521	Jan 2, 2007 by Salmon
	Black Rock Masters ( 1 2 ) (Preview) i should be going to this tonight at the royal albert hall, unfortunly mac's match is int he afternoon, but i will get to see bates vs goran - are you allowed to boo? everytime Bates misses i will cheer and shout come on boggo :) anyway, why the hell in Rios on the senoirs tour?? he's only 30 ffs, tha...	Count Zero	22	2288	Dec 16, 2006 by Akhenaten
	Tennis Quiz questions ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview) I thought that we could post various tennis trivia questions in this thread [should they be mutiple choice or not ?] I'll start: What was unusual about Virginia Wade's opponent in rd1 of the 1977 US Open ? Is it [a] she was from Mars, [,b,] she had been a man [c] she was Navratilova playing in...	Sheddie	126	5207	Dec 16, 2006 by steven
	LTA Agree to sell Queens (Preview) BBC sports ticker just announced that the LTA are selling Queens Club for £35million More later	Drew	4	595	Dec 16, 2006 by imoen
	They said WHAT !!! ( 1 2 ) (Preview) New thread, post a quote here and guess who said it ! Here's a fairly easy one to start with: Who said this: "Shooting the guy who shot Bambi? I guess it feels better than shooting Bambi."	Sheddie	29	1412	Dec 15, 2006 by Madeline
	Federer and Henin nominated as ITF champions (Preview) No surprises on the mens side though on the womens it must have been a tough choice between Henin and Mauresmo	Sheddie	0	405	Dec 15, 2006 by Sheddie
	LTA appoint Annacone (Preview) On the BBC news ticker. Will post link when article becomes available	johnnylad	5	693	Dec 15, 2006 by Sheddie
	Davenport likely to retire (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6178019.stm Great player, was the first to really challenge the dominance of Hingis and take over the world no 1 spot from her. Can't believe she hasn't won a slam since 20...	Sheddie	0	461	Dec 15, 2006 by Sheddie
	Grand Slam Surprise Packages. (Preview) Pick four players, one for each Slam, who you think are going to surprise us all by their performances next year. They must be ranked outside the top 80 and you can't choose someone like Victor Hanescu, who is under ranked due to injury. US Open - Sam Querrey. Wimbly - Mischa Zverev. Roland Garros - Juan M...	Salmon	11	685	Dec 13, 2006 by Drew
	Sampras on Federer (Preview) http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/wimbledon-still-an-attraction-for-sampras/2006/12/10/1165685554336.html	Sheddie	0	486	Dec 13, 2006 by Sheddie
	Tennis Stat Software (Preview) Does anyone use or know of 'Tennis Navigator'. Evaluating it at the moment and with the exchange rate of almost $2 to the £ the $50 per annum fee it looks very keenly priced. You get 6 months of free daily database updates then you pay $19.99 per year after. Bascially you can do just about anything with thi...	Drew	6	1380	Dec 10, 2006 by Drew
	How to Win the Davis Cup ? (Preview) So Russia win the DC for the 2nd time in 5 years. How is it done...? They have depth in numbers.... They have the world no 3 and a further 3 players within the top 30. Add another 2 ranked in the top 100 and you can see something works for the Russians. Desire What a way out from the ordinary life that could be fo...	Drew	1	542	Dec 9, 2006 by Salmon
	Tim Henman in 2007 (Preview) Tim plans to play 22 events next year and he beat Mark Philippoussis 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 on tuesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6211950.stm	Drew	1	585	Dec 9, 2006 by Sheddie
	Interesting Article (Preview) http://www.britishtennisparents.com/tennis_articles/id12_1.asp	john	2	655	Dec 5, 2006 by Salmon
	Questions for Nicole Vaidisova (Preview) Inside Tennis are going to be doing an exclusive interview with Nicole Vaidisova and want to give fans the opportunity to ask questions to Nicole. Send your questions to inside_tennis@hotmail.co.uk and as many as possible will be put to Nicole. You can post them on here too (so others can make sure th...	inside_tennis	4	604	Nov 28, 2006 by inside_tennis
	Tim to play the Albert Hall........ (Preview) http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061108Henman.htm?BSMGuid=b1c9cfab-6180-4f86-86c3-58e712fb1e0d	Drew	4	562	Nov 21, 2006 by Count Zero
	Countries in the top 100 (Preview) Don't know if anyone's interested, but here is a breakdown of the countries with players in the top 100 and how many players they have there. If anyone finds this interesting, I can maintain this as a kind of league table updated weekly.... 1.nc France &nbs...	john	3	508	Nov 21, 2006 by john
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