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ATP Rotterdam 2007.
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Rotterdam 1 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3 2 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 4 3 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7 4 Ancic, Mario CRO 9 5 Berdych, Tomas CZE 13 6 Djokovic, Novak SRB 14 7 Ferrer, David ESP 16 8 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 17 9 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18 10 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 19 11 Stepanek, Radek CZE 20 12 Johansson, Joachim SWE 21 @ 1...
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Tsonga's skills
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Impressive stuff !!! 
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Aussie Open scores and chat: day 2
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Apart from the British matches, some intriguing clashes will take place over the next 12 hours.
The pick of them is probably James Blake v Carlos Moya (I wish the Beeb were showing that after Murray instead of the Hewitt match which will probably be an easy straights win for Hewitt). It'll be an int...
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Weekly Competition: How far will the Brits go?
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******* Doha pts *****
Johnnylad completely correct. 120pts
*********** Latest Table ********
Johnnylad 120pts
(everyone else will get added to the table when they win some points)
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I thought I'd start this up again for the new y...
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Aussie Open on Eurosport
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http://australian-open2007.eurosport.com/live-on-court
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Australian Open Day One Scores and Chat
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Thought it might be a good thing to have a thread for talking about tonights action!
Is there a stream on eurosports website???? Does anyone know the URL?
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Tim's competitors week 2: Auckland and Sydney
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Here's the players ranked around Tim's level in week 2. chart (C) GC77.
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Auckland - View from the Stands
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Got there just before the doors opened at 10am yesterday morning.
First I went and found my seat, which wasn't the best as it was right in the corner and quite far away from the court. Then it was off to have a look at the outside courts to see if any of the big names were out practicing. There was noone I rec...
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ATP Auckland - Heineken Open
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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...
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ATP Chennai
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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...
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Tim's Competitors Week 1
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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:
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Tim Henman plays in the Davis Cup !
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5205-2534697,00.html
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Australian open 2007
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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...
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Hopman Cup 2007
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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...
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Henman handed Davis Cup deadline
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23379955-details/Henman+is+handed+a+Davis+Cup+deadline/article.do
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Henman out of Aussie Open
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6229665.stm
this is going to play havoc with his ranking 
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imoen
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ATP Marseille 2007.
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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...
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Black Rock Masters
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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...
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Tennis Quiz questions
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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...
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LTA Agree to sell Queens
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BBC sports ticker just announced that the LTA are selling Queens Club for £35million More later
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They said WHAT !!!
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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."
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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
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LTA appoint Annacone
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On the BBC news ticker.
Will post link when article becomes available
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Davenport likely to retire
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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...
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Grand Slam Surprise Packages.
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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...
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