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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - September FINAL
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Final 4, vote closes monday 10pm
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St Petersburg
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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
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - September Semi Group B
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Vote for who you think is player of month below. Top player plus ties to final. Poll closes 10pm Sunday
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - September Semi Group D
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Vote for your player of month from below. Vote closes 10PM Sunday. Top plus ties progresses.
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - September Semi Group C
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Vote for player you think deserves to be player of month below. Top player plus ties progress to final. Vote closes 10pm Sunday
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JonH
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Who is the GB Player of the Month for September 2020 - Semi Group A
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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
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BOBBY WILSON
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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...
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Ash Barty returns
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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.
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Who is the GB Player of the Month for August - FINAL
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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...
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Who is the GB Player of the Month for August - SemiFinal Group B
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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...
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Who is the GB Player of the Month for August - SemiFinal Group A
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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...
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Who is the GB June/July 2020 Player of the Month - FINAL
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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...
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GB March Player of the Month Vote - please vote here!
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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...
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GB February 2020 Player of the Month - poll - please vote here!
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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...
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David Mercer
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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.
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Bryans
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https://twitter.com/DavidLawTennis/status/1298871270944239622
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Angela Buxton
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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...
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Halogen lights....
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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...
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A Morning Challenge
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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.
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Neil Harman - Plagiarist
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http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports/2014/07/neil_harman_plagiarism_the_all_england_club_discovered_journalistic_malfeasance.html
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Big request !!
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This is not meant as a criticism more as a request to help us all! And forgive me if anyone takes umbrage or disagrees. It's really great when someone says " Evo has withdrawn from Wimbledon " or whatever. But I also find it really, really helpful if you can attach a link to the article or an article. ...
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - June and July Semi Group B
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Vote for your player of the month. 7 players in this group, 7 in the other. Top 3 plus ties will go through. Poll will close 6 pm Monday evening , 3rd August Emily AppletonRU 1 UK Pro event, Semis 1 UK Pro event, QF's in 2 British Tour Premier events Jodie BurrageWON UK Pro event, Progress Tour RU, RU Bri...
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Who do you think was GB Player of the Month - June and July Semi Group A
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Vote for your player of the month. 7 players in this group, 7 in the other. Top 3 plus ties will go through. Poll will close 6 pm Monday evening , 3rd August Alicia BarnettRU Progress Tour Womens Doubles, Won Progress Tour Tie Break 10s, 1/4 record Battle of Brits; involved in organising Progress To...
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US College Signings 2019 (and general college chat)
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Those going this year: Victoria Allen - Florida State Aziza Aubin - Tennessee-Martin Jonea Bach - Delaware Elinor Beazley - Northern Arizona Mimi Bland - Northern Arizona Maria Budin - Rice Ellie Chawner - Hillsdale (Div 2) Eve Daniels - Tennessee-El Paso Erika Dodridge - Iowa Gemma Heath - South C...
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How to proceed with GB player of the month? Vote for your preferred Option
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I was having a think about this. Currently, I had planned a vote covering June and July and a separate one covering August. But the issue in retrospect is that August would only have the 2 weeks of the final part of SGH event, as the others finish in July, and then whatever happens in terms of maybe ATP and W...
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