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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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Sheddie
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0
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448
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LTA appoint Annacone
(Preview)
On the BBC news ticker.
Will post link when article becomes available
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johnnylad
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5
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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...
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Sheddie
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508
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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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Salmon
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11
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730
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Sampras on Federer
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/wimbledon-still-an-attraction-for-sampras/2006/12/10/1165685554336.html
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Sheddie
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0
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519
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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...
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Drew
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6
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1447
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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...
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Drew
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589
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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
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Drew
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628
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Interesting Article
(Preview)
http://www.britishtennisparents.com/tennis_articles/id12_1.asp
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john
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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...
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inside_tennis
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777
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Tim to play the Albert Hall........
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061108Henman.htm?BSMGuid=b1c9cfab-6180-4f86-86c3-58e712fb1e0d
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Drew
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4
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597
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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...
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john
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555
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Masters Cup
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(Preview)
Fed beats Nalby
Roddick bts Ljubo
BLAKE beats NADAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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johnnylad
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49
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2360
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Tennis emails
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(Preview)
I saw these on another site, some are so, so funny. Basically people have been making up emails for different players. Post your ideas in this thread.
Here are some of the ones done so far:
Federer: captainwasabi@rafasucks.edu
Feliciano Lopez: washandset@beauty.com or beautician@ma...
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Sheddie
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Cljisters still planning on 2007 retirement
(Preview)
Former world number one Kim Clijsters has re-iterated her intention to retire from professional tennis next season.
The 23-year-old has declined an invitation from the Belgian Olympic Committee to represent her country at the 2008 Olympics.
The injury-prone Clijsters announced last...
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Sheddie
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559
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Dnepropetrovsk Challenger: Greg vs Koubek
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(Preview)
Has been underway for a while now.
Greg takes the first set 6-3!!
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RobC
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19
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1379
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Tim's Competitors Week 44 - Paris Masters
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(Preview)
Here's the table (c)GC77 for the week of the 30th October. It's prepared before the week 43 rankings are out. Please let me know if anything's wrong!
STRONG>week   ...
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RobC
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2435
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Greg's ranking weeks 42 & 43
(Preview)
Having had a week catching his breath at around 155, (I think Drew will show him at 154 tomorrow, up from 155) Greg will take a big dive next week. He has 60 points from St Petersburg to defend, which will take him down to 235 points, which will be in the mid - 170s...
His Paris Masters points fall of in week...
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RobC
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1
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611
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New man at the top for 'Tennis Scotland'
(Preview)
http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061103Marshall.htm?BSMGuid=a984e036-6cfa-4b1b-9c63-ddbb1a6b6080
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Drew
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515
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Gabashvili at Paris
(Preview)
He's one lucky guy. He only got into the quals for Paris as a late replacement for Mahut. Won one game. Lost in the final qual round, but now finds himself thru to the second round of the main draw as an LL replacement for Fed (with a first round bye of course).
He'll probably get a w/o next ...
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eblunt
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648
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Henman turned down a Paris wildcard
(Preview)
The Englishman was forced to turn down the offer of a wild card from tournament director Cedric Pioline last Friday.
It was a shame I had to say no, Henman continued. I would have loved to have gone back to Paris where I won the event in 2003 but the knee was too sore at that stage to say yes.
From LTA...
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john
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Idea for a weekly competition ...
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(Preview)
******* Basle pts *****
Mkkreuk, Imoen, Drew and Ed all partially correct 15pts each
*********** Latest Table ********
Points standing after Basle:
Imoen 800 pts (the 'Fed' of this competition )
Mkkreuk 400 pts
Akhenten 330pts
Ed 3...
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London backed to host Masters Cup
(Preview)
London has been backed to host the ATP's season-ending Masters Cup by its chairman Etienne De Villiers.
Shanghai's deal to stage the event runs out in 2008, after which De Villiers said it is likely to return to Europe.
He said: "It's an open process, but I'd love it to go to London in the run-up...
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Vonce
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529
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Tim's Competitors Week 43
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1 2
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(Preview)
Here's the table (c)GC77 for the week of the 23rd October. Please let me know if anything's wrong!
week   Running
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RobC
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1659
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ATP Basel 2R: Henman v Wawrinka
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
The 'ugly' Swiss agianst the 'gentleman Brit! Match to commence no later than 2.45pm BST.
I think it going to be tough for Tim. Wawrinka got a nice flowing backhand and an erratic forehand with less bite on the serve! so henman should win comfortably but i think he going to work hard f...
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