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Tennis Saltire · Tennis Saltire

I know you guys are as passionate about British Tennis as I am so here is a post for you to join in and discuss

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8786711/Heather-Watson-slams-LTA-rapid-Brexit-French-Open.html

wolf · wolf

Anyone else getting increasingly annoyed women play less sets? It's 2020, it should no longer be considered acceptable.

londontennistube · londontennistube

OK I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'VE STARTED LIVE STREAMING TENNIS EVENTS. RECENTLY THE EALING LTC CLUB FINALS DAY AND MORE RECENTLY FROM SUTTON WHERE THE VERY HIGH LEVEL GRADE 3 SUPERSERIES ORGANISED BY DAVID FUCHS TAKES PLACE MOST WEEKENDS . I'LL BE COVERING WHOLE MATCHES AND IT CAN ALL BE ACCESSED O...

Born2WinTennis · Born2WinTennis

I thought of a new tennis team competition today, based around the UEFA Champions League Format. I took the teams from the 19/20 Round of 16, this gave me 4 x English and Spanish teams, 3 x German and Italian teams and 2 x French teams. I then added a player of the same nationality to each team and then fill...

BradMarx90 · BradMarx90

Hi there, Some of you may remember me as the guy who set up a British Tennis website (Britennis) and who was quite active on here in around 2016. I ran the site for about six months, but it didn't bring in any money, and the time-consuming nature of maintaining the site meant I had to give it up and prioritis...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Final 4, vote closes monday 10pm

Sheddie · Sheddie

Rusedski faces Tursunov in rd1 and could face I Minar/K Kim in rd2. He's in the same quarter as nemesis Thomas Johansson. The draw could have been worse but he could have done with avoiding Johansson. Should reach the quarters though

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Vote for who you think is player of month below. Top player plus ties to final. Poll closes 10pm Sunday

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Vote for your player of month from below. Vote closes 10PM Sunday. Top plus ties progresses.

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Vote for player you think deserves to be player of month below. Top player plus ties progress to final. Vote closes 10pm Sunday

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Vote for who you think is player of the month. Top player or ties go through. Vote will close Sunday evening around 10 pm. -- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 26th of September 2020 09:45:25 PM

ROSAMUND · ROSAMUND

i've picked this up from Wikipedia but Bobby Wilson the British player from the 1950's and 1960's has passed away. He was 84. He had a distinguished career and reached the singles quarter finals of the French once, Wimbledon 4 times and the US twice. He also played in the 1960 Wimbledon mens 'doubl...

insomniacfolder · insomniacfolder

Good news! Ashleigh Barty seems to be in a much happier and hopeful place, and has decided to return to tennis. The WTA's in depth report: http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5329658 I wish her all the very best; very talented player.

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Here we are with the final 4, vote for your player you think is most deserving of player of the month for August! I will aim to close voting around 6 pm Tuesday evening A recap on their records Comments Record Jo Konta Semis in Cinci/NYC Premier 5 Tournament 3 wins, 2 lossesJamie Murray...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Please vote for the player you think is most deserving. Poll will close around 8 pm Monday. Top 2 plus ties progress to the final. Records below may not be entirely accurate, so please amend if you see an error or please add if you want to make any more comments about any of the players to help their nominat...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

Please vote for the player you think is most deserving. Poll will close around 8 pm Monday. Top 2 plus ties progress to the final. Records below may not be entirely accurate, so please amend if you see an error or please add if you want to make any more comments about any of the players to help their nominat...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

So, we have 7 finalists, winner takes all. Poll will run until around 6 pm Tuesday. In alphabetical order, we have: JodieBurrageWON UK Pro event, Progress Tour RU, RU British Tour Premier Event, 4/7 record Battle of Brits team Harriet Dart6 out of 8 record in Battle of Brits team event for best o...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

And so the March shortlist is in alphabetical surname order is: a summary of their month is also listed: Jake Hersey - Won Edgbaston Tier 2 British Tour event, losing 1 set on the way, plus won one match at Billesley before withdrawing George Houghton - Won Billesley Tier 2 British Tour Event - lost 1 s...

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

This is the voting poll and discussion thread for the February player of the month. There are 11 nominations. Voting will be kept open until 8 pm on Friday 6th March, so open for 5 days, winner will be the person/persons who has the most votes by that time. If equal, we will declare a tie. Below is my summa...

ROSAMUND · ROSAMUND

I read on the BBC/Sport/Tennis website that David Mercer has passed away at the age of 70. He was well known as an umpire and commentator on radio and television. He umpired the 1984 Wimbledon mens singles final between John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors. RIP and thoughts go out to his family.

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

https://twitter.com/DavidLawTennis/status/1298871270944239622

JonH comes home · JonH comes home

I read on the ITF site that Angela Buxton has passed away. She was of course a Wimbledon Finalist, in the 50's, as well as winning doubles at Wimbledon and the French. She suffered from much prejudice in her life, as a Jewish lady, and triumphed despite the barriers put in her way. She played doubles wit...

Moorlands · Moorlands

Hi just joined. Regarding halogen lighting. Haven't played for quite a few years but now getting on a bit need the exercise as often as possible, however suddenly discovering probably like many others down the years, that it's almost impossible to see the ball properly when serving and when switche...

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

Here is a challenge that has been set by Marcus Willis on Twitter this morning. You might like to try it. His challenge is simply, NAME THE 15. No cheating by looking up Yaz Clarke's answer sheet on Twitter. I am ashamed to admit, I got 1 and guessed 1. But that was all.

PaulM · PaulM

http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports/2014/07/neil_harman_plagiarism_the_all_england_club_discovered_journalistic_malfeasance.html

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