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2023 - Who is your favourite British Player? Semifinal Group 3
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Semis group - same rules, vote for your favourite. 7 players here, 2 plus ties will make the final Vote will close at 10 pm WednesdayAndy MurrayJack DraperJodie BurrageHarriet DartArthur FeryLily MiyazakiKaty Dunne
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2023 - Who is your favourite British Player? Round One Group F
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Last done 3 years ago. Let's see who supercedes Dan Evans as the Boards favourite player. 60 players - 6 groups of 10 in total. Sorry if your faves are all in one group, luck of the draw!! Groups include 5 men and 5 women, a mix of singles and doubles players (6 or 7 singles from the GB Top 20's per group,...
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2023 - Who is your favourite British Player? Round One Group E
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Last done 3 years ago. Let's see who supercedes Dan Evans as the Boards favourite player. 60 players - 6 groups of 10 in total. Sorry if your faves are all in one group, luck of the draw!! Groups include 5 men and 5 women, a mix of singles and doubles players (6 or 7 singles from the GB Top 20's per group,...
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2023 - Who is your favourite British Player? Round One Group C
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Last done 3 years ago. Let's see who supercedes Dan Evans as the Boards favourite player. 60 players - 6 groups of 10 in total. Sorry if your faves are all in one group, luck of the draw!! Groups include 5 men and 5 women, a mix of singles and doubles players (6 or 7 singles from the GB Top 20's per group,...
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2023 - Who is your favourite British Player? Round One Group A
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Last done 3 years ago. Let's see who supercedes Dan Evans as the Boards favourite player. 60 players - 6 groups of 10 in total. Sorry if your faves are all in one group, luck of the draw!! Groups include 5 men and 5 women, a mix of singles and doubles players (6 or 7 singles from the GB Top 20's per group,...
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Amazon Prime
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How many people here going to subscribe to this for the US Open? I will but if picture quality no good (streaming not very good for sports with lots of movement) I will cancel. Anyone already got it - thoughts?
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2020 - Who is your favourite British Player?! THE FINAL
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So here we are, a starting line up of 60 whittled down to 13, 5 men and 8 women. The list is shown on the poll. We all know the format by now, voting can start now and will finish around 5pm Friday. The winner will have the most votes! Players listed in alphabetical surname order. Have fun and please say w...
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February 2023 Player of the Month Vote
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So here we are: voting will close Tuesday night at 11pm so be aware of that! just vote for your favourite and remember to try and say who and why you voted for that nominee. It makes it a lot more interesting! Nominated players and the reason for nomination 1. GB Davis Cup Team - for their victory in a di...
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February 2023 Player of the Month Nominations
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Usual process, nominate in a post below by copying the current list and adding your nomination name and reason and pasting into a new post. The period this month is 4 weeks and closes Sunday 26th February. remember, anyone can nominate for any reason, dont suggest a name looking for approval, just g...
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GB Player Coaches
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I don't think there is anywhere we can find out who is coaching our players so maybe we can pool knowledge and list them here - and update as we (and they) go. Despite searching I'm largely in the dark, particularly on the women's side. Other than Nigel who recently left Harriet, not sure who is being coac...
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Junior Players
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Does anyone know any junior players in the top 10 for their county at any age or are themselves as i just thought it would be interesting to find out.
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Hi all, It's been a while since I've been here. You may remember me from a few years ago as the guy who set up Britennis, a website that ran for around six months in the first half of 2016 that documented everything to do with British tennis at all levels of the game from Grand Slams to British Tour events. Si...
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January 2023 Player of the Month Vote
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Noting that this includes December performances as well, the 14 nominations are: in order of being nominated 1. Katy Dunne - was doing so well, a firm favourite for just being fun, and upbeat, and a nice person, and then has been injured for ages, and now has won the 15k title in Sharm. Which she brillian...
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January 2023 Player of the Month Nominations (incl December 2022)
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Please put your nominations here. Usual format - note, January is included December 2022 play as well as it is a shorter and also less active month. Someone mentioned Katy, not sure who she is or what for (sorry not been following!) but please put nominations and reasons in usual list below Just to note...
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"Why does tennis finish so late?"
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"And what's the impact on players?" The 04.05 finish of Andy's match against Thanasi Kokkinakis, the second latest in the history of the AO, has prompted the Beeb to look at the effects of loss of sleep on tennis players & to consid...
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PTPA
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No idea where to put this but , in fact, I agree with this idea https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/64231044 the atp started as a union but clearly is no more. The players Should be represented. In the absence of anything else
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Rex Bellamy
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Rex Bellamy I have just purchased the ATP Media Guide for 2023 and I note that the Times Tennis correspondent from 1967 to 1989 Rex Bellamy passed away on 17th November 2022. He also wrote 11 books , 3 of which were on tennis. I can recall seeing him at Eastbourne WTA tennis during the 1980's. I
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Tony Trabert
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Tony Trabert, the American multiple Grand Slam winner of the 1950's passed away on 3rd February aged 90. He won 5 major singles titles between 1953 and 1955 , being 2 French , 1 Wimbledon (1955) and 2 US. When he won the French in 1955 ,it would be another 34 years in 1989 before an American man wo...
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Thought I'd start a new thread for the Pro League for 2022. Their website has been updated with a calendar. Although I'd imagine there is a chance it will change during the year. Currently 7 qualifying weeks and a finals week. Down from 9 and the finals in 2021. 2020 had 5 and the classic week. Week 1 16-...
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Whats the Best Grand Slam ?
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The ITF have been running a poll on their front page for a while asking...
"Whats your favourite Grand Slam Tournament" - http://www.itftennis.com/mens/
So far....
1. French Open 40% 2. Wimbledon 31% 3. Us Open 15% 3. Aussie Open 15% (952 votes).
Lets see what you lot th...
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2022 Titles - Seniors & Juniors, Singles & Doubles
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Week 1 : Men's Doubles ATP 250 Melbourne, Australia Neal Skupski ( & Wesley Koolhof, NED ) Women's Doubles ITF W60+H Traralgon, Australia Tara Moore ( & Emina Bektas, USA )
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LTA Tournament Bonus Scheme
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The success of our players have led to some changes to the LTA Tournament Bonus Scheme for 2023 to make it, say the LTA, more targeted and sustainable. These changes include age restrictions introduced and reductions to the bonus awards. As I read it, some bonuses have sizeable reductions: an eligib...
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Future of Player of the Month / Season
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As you will have are , Im stopping doing this after the player of season vote finishes tomorrow. Its been a blast but I cant continue. but I hope PoM and PoS do continue - if you feel like you can give it the time, energy and love to take it forwards can I suggest anyone interested puts their name forwards in...
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British Tour 2022
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The British Tour started this week with a three-day Grade 2 tournament in Loughborough.Men's resultsSF:- Michael Shaw [1] def James McKinlay [3] 6-3 7-5SF:- Joseph Newman-Billington [4] def Sahej Maker [5] 6-4 6-2F:- Joseph Newman-Billington [4] def Michael Shaw [1] 6-2 6-3 Women's resultsSF...
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