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Bob Brett
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Very sad news this morning that Bob Brett, previously coach to both Boris Becker. Goran Ivanisevic and Marin Cilic has died of cancer at the age of 67. https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/55544286
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Fantasy Davis Cup Battle of Brits
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Quick fantasy poll! A new Years day special ! in a Davis Cup, best of 3 rubber tie, singles and doubles, which team would win this 4 team event - pretend its a round robin, whos going to come out top. All players at peak of their career powers! vote for your winning team. votes will be counted 11pm toni...
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JonH
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Fantasy Billie Jean King Cup Battle of Brits
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Quick fantasy poll! A new Years day special ! in a Fed Cup best of 3 tie, singles and doubles, which team would win this 4 team event - pretend its a round robin, whos going to come out top. All players at peak of their career powers! vote for your winning team. votes will be counted 11pm tonight !
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Australian Open WC
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Let's get polemic, WC for Andy?
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Who is your World Player of the Year 2020
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A prelude poll to our GB Player of the Season, with the ATP and WTA now over this season and a year where the honours have been shared across the board, thought a fun vote may be in store! 7 candidates, winner takes all: All the players below won a Slam or their Tour Finals (women of course didnt have one!)...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Semi Final Round, Group 2
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Semifinal groups - 5 left in each group. Due to ties, some players now coming up against same opponent as last round, cant be avoided! Top 2 plus ties into the final. Polls will close at 1230pm Friday. Liam BroadySept PoM RU, Nov/Dec PoM RU; Won UK Pro Series Week 3, Won UK Pro Series Masters Week, Quali...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Semi Final Round, Group 1
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Semifinal groups - 5 left in each group. Due to ties, some players now coming up against same opponent as last round, cant be avoided! Top 2 plus ties into the final. Polls will close at 1230pm Friday. Arthur FeryJun/Jul PoM; Won British Tour Leaderboard; Won J1 Kazan with 9 wins, 3 losses junior reco...
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GB Player of the Season - 2020 - finalists thread
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Finalists will be added to this thread as they arise. Plan, subject to change as appropriate, is to include the following in the final vote Players of the month and runners up for each month - Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun/Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, (Dec tbd) ATP and WTA top British singles players ATP and WTA top Br...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Quarter Final Round, Group Z
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So, the last 17 - 4 groups, 3 of 4 and one of 5! Top 2 (plus ties) in each group will progress to the semifinals Voting will close c.1130am Thursday. Enjoy! This is the 5 player groupJodie BurrageJuly PoM 3rd place, nominated 3 times for PoM. Won W15 Doubles Monastir; Singles Won UK Pro Series event and...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Quarter Final Round, Group Y
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So, the last 17 - 4 groups, 3 of 4 and one of 5! Top 2 (plus ties) in each group will progress to the semifinals Voting will close c.1130am Thursday. Enjoy! Liam BroadySept PoM RU, Nov/Dec PoM RU; Won UK Pro Series Week 3, Won UK Pro Series Masters Week, Qualified French Open, RU Challenger Parma 38 wins...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Quarter Final Round, Group X
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So, the last 17 - 4 groups, 3 of 4 and one of 5! Top 2 (plus ties) in each group will progress to the semifinals Voting will close c.1130am Thursday. Enjoy! Harriet DartJun/Jul PoM RU; RU W25 Cherbourg, Qualified Australian Open, 6 out of 8 wins in Battle of Brits II. 18 wins 14 losses (58.75%) in single...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Quarter Final Round, Group W
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So, the last 17 - 4 groups, 3 of 4 and one of 5! Top 2 (plus ties) in each group will progress to the semifinals Voting will close c.1130am Thursday. Enjoy! Arthur FeryJun/Jul PoM; Won British Tour Leaderboard; Won J1 Kazan with 9 wins, 3 losses junior record (75%); At pro level, Won 3 British Tour eve...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group H
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through.Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research!Poll will close c. 11.30am Wednesday QF groups will be posted Wednesday eveningHDan EvansFeb PoM RU, 3 PoM nominations;...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group G
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through.Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research!Poll will close c. 11.30am Wednesday QF groups will be posted Wednesday eveningGJodie BurrageJuly PoM 3rd place, nomin...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group F
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through.Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research!Poll will close c. 11.30am Wednesday QF groups will be posted Wednesday evening FKyle EdmundFeb PoM 3rd place. Won ATP 2...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group E
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through.Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research!Poll will close c. 11.30am Wednesday QF groups will be posted Wednesday eveningEJo KontaAugust PoM; SF WTA Monterrey,...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group A
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through. Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research! Poll will close c. 8pm Tuesday night Final 4 round one groups will be posted tomorrow evening, in case your favourite is mi...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group B
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through. Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research! Poll will close c. 8pm Tuesday night Final 4 round one groups will be posted tomorrow evening, in case your favourite is mis...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group C
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through. Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research! Poll will close c. 8pm Tuesday night Final 4 round one groups will be posted tomorrow evening, in case your favourite is mi...
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British Player of the Season 2020 - Round One, Group D
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Round one, opening groups. 4 players, top 2 (plus ties) go through. Summary of their seasons below - but don't rely on this information, please do your own checking and research! Poll will close c. 8pm Tuesday night Final 4 round one groups will be posted tomorrow evening, in case your favourite is mi...
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - Nov/Dec FINAL
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Winner takes all - top 3 qualify for Player of Season, if not already done so Liam BroadyRU ATP Challenger Parma, 4-2 win loss record (66.67%) Felix Gillas a junior, 4-4 on month (50.0%), beat Trungelliti in massive upset, Beat Ilhan on way to M25 Turkey SFHep OluwadareWinner J5 and RU J5 in Israel...
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GB Player of the Month
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Now Konta is out (sigh), who is everyone's player of the month for March? I think it's been a bit weird this season - the top 100 players (bar Kyle) aren't getting the results, but when you look outside the top 100 there's so much to be positive about! I've done a fun little vote https://thebigracket.org...
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - Nov/Dec Semifinal Group B
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Vote from the list below - top 2 plus ties into final. Voting closes at 7 pm Sunday evening.Charles BroomW M15 USA Doubles Title (singles and doubles record was 6-2 - 75% - win loss main draws )Lloyd GlasspoolRU ATP Challenger Eckenthal Doubles, ATP Challenger Maia (7-4 win loss record in doubles, 63....
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - Nov/Dec Semifinal Group A
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Vote from the list below - top 2 plus ties into final. Voting closes at 7 pm Sunday evening. Liam BroadyRU ATP Challenger Parma, 4-2 win loss record (66.67%) Jasmine Conwayas a junior, reached QF in W15 Egypt, 2-1 record in month (66.67%). Felix Gillas a junior, achieved pro level 4-4 on mo...
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When McEnroe played Connors at Craiglockhart
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Back in the 70s and 80s, a large number of pre Wimbledon events in places like Beckenham, Surbiton, Bristol, took place and one venue was Edinburgh's Craiglockhart club. the event wasnt always played (was it the Scottish Championships) and the quality of the field was up and down - the event didnt car...
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