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Richard Russell
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Richard Russell who passed away on 15th January 2025 was a Jamaican tennis player who played in all the Grand Slams in the 1960's and also the Davis Cup. However in the days before all these coaches etc, VIrginia Wade knocked up with him before her 1968 USOpen final against Billie Jean King.She wrote...
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Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
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Can't post this in the individual players forum, even though it kicks off with comments from Jamie Murray, as he's not a Brit. His name has cropped up on a number of threads in the last year or so & he would have started this week's Nottingham Challenger as...
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Money Tournaments
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This is a duplicate from another thread but I suddenly thought it deserved a thread of its own, maybe even as a reference tool for British players (I talked to one a few months ago who had no idea of the scope of money available elsewhere in individual tournaments - team tennis gets quite a lot of press but...
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Funny tennis
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Gonna chase down that ball..... oops.... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB9nSNnSEz6/ 
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United Cup 2025
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Teams announced and here is ours GREAT BRITAINJack DraperBilly HarrisJoe Salisbury 3516040* Katie BoulterYuriko Lily MiyazakiOlivia Nicholls
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British Tour 2024
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Congratulations to Charlie Swaine (2006) and Elizabeth Evans (2007) for winning the G2 in Hull this week Finals Charlie Swaine (2006) d. [4] Jamie Forrest 6-2 6-4 [5] Elizabeth Evans (2007) d. [4] Sarah Copley (2007) 6-2 1-0 ret.
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2024 Titles, Seniors & Juniors, Singles & Doubles
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Week 1 from 01/01/24 : Men's Singles ITF M25 Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg Jacob Fearnley Men's Doubles ATP 250 Brisbabe, Australia Lloyd Glasspool ( & Jean-Julian Rojer, NED ) ATP Challenger 75 Nonthaburi, Thailand Arthur Fery & Joshua Paris ATP Challenger 50 Oeiras, Portugal Ja...
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Transgender Men in Women's Tennis
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I put this in the Chat section but as it is Tennis now I've decided to start a thread here. Craig Tiley pushing for TiM (and TiF but not an issue as they will never be able to compete with the Men) to play the AO. Currently Tennis is still using the outdated and scientifically debunked 5nmol of testosterone...
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Para tennis 2024 thread
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The BBC news just finished with a section on Lily Mills, did anyone see it. Lily is in the AO in the Learning Disability event - I didnt know there was one. she lives for tennis, having suffered meningitis when young and being lucky to survive, but with learning disabilities through her life. good lu...
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Neale Fraser
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Sadly the Wimbledon singles champion of 1960 Australia's Neale Fraser passed away on 2nd December 2024 aged 91. He won the US singles Championships of 1959 and 1960. In the 1959 US Championships he also won the doubles and mixed and is the last man to win all 3 titles at the same Grand Slam. He won...
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Delpo farewell
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https://x.com/rishi45kumar/status/1861343333651546316?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw
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2024 ITF Wheelchair Tour
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Week 47: NCAA Div 1 Ind Singles & Doubles Championships, Waco, TX, USA - Hard
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The NCAA Div 1 Individual Singles and Doubles Championships start on Tuesday, having been moved from May in a 2 year pilot. This year they are being held at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Qualification for the Championships was through 4 tournaments that have taken place since the end of Septembe...
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2024 NEC Singles/Uniqlo Doubles Wheelchair Masters - Arnhem, NL (Indoor Hard)
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The annual Wheelchair Masters begins today. From GB we have: Men's singles - Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne Men's Doubles - Alfie/Gordon; Andew Penney (w/Robin Groenewoud (NL)) Quad Doubles - Andy (w/ Donald Ramphadi (RSA)) and Greg Slade (w/Ahmet Kaplan (Tur)) The si...
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Reminiscing
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For those who hanker for the old days, this Youtube video has appeared on social media. It is a 15 minute highlight reel of the 1952 Women's Singles final at Wimbledon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSWyMdsfKM Thought some might find it interesting.
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UTS 2024
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Beyond the baseline. New LTA documentary.
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Just watched the first episode and was impressed. Concentrated mainly on Felix Gill over in Spain. Hadnt realised his Dad passed away this year. Not much depth to it but each episode is only 15 mins.
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US College: ITA All-American Championships 2024 - Hard - Tulsa, OK & Cary, NC
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For the main championships I'm going to see if separating out them out from the main US College discussion works. The ITA All-American Championships, the first major tournament of the 2024/25 season, starts this weekend. This is the first of 4 events where players can qualify for the NCAA Singles an...
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Weak tournament entry lists
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https://www.dartsrankings.com/tennis/brazzaville Dont think Ive ever seen one this bad. ATP challenger 50 event in Brazzaville in Republic of Congo last direct entry 1531 and only 6 names on the alt list. Be surprised if a qualifying draw happens and this is before anyone drops out.
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Off court coaching
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cglklyl048no
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Wimbledon changes
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/ce3zg3y23v7o
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Rafael Nadal
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What do you think's up with Nadal at the moment ?
After a simply brilliant first 6 months, in which he won 5 titles and reached the Wimbledon final aswell as winning RG and made the semis of Indian Wells, his last few months have been quite disappointing by his standards.
In Toronto he was outpow...
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2024 British Tournaments
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Not sure if there is a thread for this years tournaments. I couldnt find one, having gone through the pages till I found the 2023 one. I notice the post Wimbledon ITF tournaments are now showing on the ITF calendar. Unlike last year they are all showing as Hard court tournament. real shame that we wont ha...
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Para Tennis-World Championships in Annecy 9th-14th September 2024
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Anna is defending her titles next week in Annecy France next week. As usual the LTA get the details wrong, which are corrected below. Defending champion Anna McBride is playing for GB in the World Championships, Annecy France next week. Some of the LTA's articles details are incorrect. She is 20 and n...
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2024 Paralympics Wheelchair Tennis - Roland Garros, Paris (Clay)
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Decided to give this one it's own thread as we have a decent number of entries across the six events and , well, it is the biggest event on the calendar, really. Men's singles: 48-player draw, all 16 seeds receive bye to second round Women's singles: 32-player draw, 8 seeds Quad singles: 15-player...
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