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Who is your favourite British Player?!
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So, here is the new poll. I figured this is the British tennis Active Board (or so it tells me when I log in) and we should be able to work out who our favourite player is. I wanted to make it a bit of fun, so here is the way it will work. 60 British Players (all current) will be nominated - the 60 players will be...
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Wonderful BBC
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OK, maybe not the greatest match of all time, but I was rather enjoying the fluctuating fortunes of the Schuettler v Clement match, when it got to early in the 4th set tiebreaker. The up popped Sue. Sorry our time is up on BBC 2. Ha, but the Women's semi-final was still in it's early stages on BBC 1, so eas...
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September 2021 Player of Month - Final
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3 players in the final - you know the rules , winner takes all. Poll will be closed 9 pm Tuesday finalists are: Emma Raducanu - Winner of US Open Womens Singles as a qualifier Joe Salisbury - Winner of US Open Mens Doubles and Mixed Doubles (and ATP. 250 San Diego!) Liam Broady - Winner of ATP Challenger...
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September 2021 Player of the Month Poll - Semifinal
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So here we are, phew As mentioned elsewhere, Emma gets a bye to the final This poll is to decide who runs off against her - 10 great players. Poll will close at 9 pm tonight - only the player with most votes will go through to that final, no 50% threshold in this months poll. Please add if any colour is missi...
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LTA announces an improved domestic competition calendar for tennis in Britain
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The LTA have announced from 2022 they increase the number of ITF WTT events to 15 for both men and women. This year, they plan to hold some ITF events towards the end of the year, but won't hold the summer swing as the cost of a 25K event has increased from 65K to 130K with Covid safety requirements. This inc...
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Who’s got the biggest match next!? A poll
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a fun poll - ! In the context of their career who has the biggest match next ?
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Injury cheating?
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Your opinion on if this is an actual thing? Players assumingly being unable to play and then coming out and destroying top level players with relative ease and no real visible injury. Injury/toilet time outs being used at opportunistic (scoreboard) moments? Novak is getting a lot of grief for it thi...
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Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis 2021 - Tokyo
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https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/tokyo-2020-paralympic-tennis-event-draws/
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British Player of the Month Play Off Vote August 2021
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Our final 2, both worthy finalists this month -- Edited by emmsie69 on Sunday 29th of August 2021 09:19:27 PM
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August British Player of the Month - Poll
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so here we are - vote closes 10 pm Sunday night. If someone gets fifty percent they win. If not, top 2 will go into a play off !August Player of the Month NominationsAlicia BarnettWon W25 Doubles Spain Beth GreyWon W60 Doubles Czech RepEmma RaducanuReached F WTA 125 Chicago, QF ITF 100 Landisville; Qu...
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July 2021 Player of the Month Poll
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Remember, vote for your player of the month - if a player gets 50% plus they will win outright. If not, two top players will go into a final playoff tomorrow night. Voting will close c. 9pm Sunday evening. We have 11 players, their months are summarised below. If you have any points to add to any players re...
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Clay Clay Clay
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I mainly follow the mens tour ATP down to the ITFs. Looking at upcoming tournaments there appears to a very heavy balance towards clay court tournaments in Challenger and ITFs. Is it me or is it more than normal? Looking at just challenger level from this week to w/b 16th August there are 22 Challengers...
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Olympic tennis
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HOW DOES ANDY MURRY MAKE THE TEAM FOR JAPAN IT SHOULD BE CAM NORRIE AND DAN EVANS Merged with other Olympic thread -- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 13th of July 2021 11:51:51 AM
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youtube videos
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I was pleased to find videos of Evonne Cawley's matches against Hana Mandlikova and Tracy Austin, from 1980 on youtube. The full matches as well. Lots of other Hana Mandlikova matches as well.
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From Rags to Riches - Road to Wimbledon Glory
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A few weeks ago we talked about following players from the start of their Wimbledon journey to the eventual winner. With no pre qualies, it therefore seemed reasonable to start in qualies at the first stage. Im not sure who the lowest ranked in each event are , but selecting our national under 18 wild ca...
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World Mixed Doubles Rankings
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Just to amuse myself, and not to upset anyone, I decided to create a sort of mixed doubles ranking list. Given there are only 4 pro events (that I know of) ie the 4 slams each season, I took two seasons worth of performances, so 8 events from FO 17, through to AO19. Like real world rankings, I will drop FO17 w...
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ITF to introduce advance entry for Doubles
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From next month there will be advance entry to ITF tournaments at 25K and above. 7 teams will be accepted for advance entry based on their combined doubles ranking. The remaining teams will continue to be accepted on site based on best of singles or doubles ranking. The entry deadline will be 24 hours a...
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BBC Wimbledon coverage till 2027
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Sorry if it's been mentioned elsewhere , but I'm just delighted. The fact it's on terrestrial and people might watch not just the headline matches but some juniors, mixed doubles or the like is a very good thing as far as I'm concerned. I think BBC sports live broadcasts are streets ahead of the competi...
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June 2021 Player of the Month Poll
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Here we go, vote from the 19 listed below If a player gets 50% of the vote or more, they win; if not, the top players who make up 50% of the vote between them will go into a play off vote on Sunday night Vote will close 9pm Sunday - if you think my comments dont do the player justice, please feel free to add your ow...
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2021 GB Player of the Month Thread Jan to Jun
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Yep, putting it up here. As each month progresses, lets use this thread for nominees etc. on that front, January 2021 month will close 31st January. But I am very conscious we have play this week that may throw up some worthwhile candidates , so if someone catches your eye this week, please put their na...
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Casper Ruud
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An interesting interview in yesterday's Times (behind a paywall). He comes across as a very pleasant & level-headed young man, who is clearly u...
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Wimbledon Tickets
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Apparently there are going to be a limited number of tickets for Centre and No.1 court 48 hours in advance for Ame cardholders. I'm bloody livid that this opportunity is being limited in this way -- Edited by emmsie69 on Friday 25th of June 2021 08:25:58 PM
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Racism and Discrimination
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We have several threads for general ills in tennis (doping, match fixing etc) but there doesn't seem to be one on racism. And yet there have been some very big stories over the years (racism against Serena, racism by Serena etc. etc.) The case of Doug Adler (not Ben Rothenburg's best moment and he doesn...
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Technical Things - courts, rackets, balls etc
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There's a really interesting 'long read' article in the Guardian about groudsmanship and the art of creating the perfect grass pitch/court whatever. Completely mind-blowing the level of detail and the change in the business in recent years. Most is about football. But part covers Wimbledon too a...
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Body Shape
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I will flag this in the Racism thread too. As it's a multi-layered story and different people will focus more on different aspects. Taylor Townsend's account is a long read. It's been met with a lack of sympathy from many (along the lines of 'you've never buckled down and made the most of your talent, do...
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