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2024 Paralympics Wheelchair Tennis - Roland Garros, Paris (Clay)
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Decided to give this one it's own thread as we have a decent number of entries across the six events and , well, it is the biggest event on the calendar, really. Men's singles: 48-player draw, all 16 seeds receive bye to second round Women's singles: 32-player draw, 8 seeds Quad singles: 15-player...
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Sir Andy Murray September 2024 Player of the Month Award - Nominations thread
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Nominations for September close 29th September. Usual process - anyone can nominate, just add a name to the last version of the list and also give a narrative supporting reason. Nomination List 1 2 3 etc
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Whatever became of whatsis(er)name?
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Am starting this thread in response to a comment by Rosamund on the Laura Robson individual thread, as the discussion there was becoming sidetracked by posters' various reminiscences about past players!
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ATP Next Gen Expense Support Programme
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Extra financial help was announced at the US Open for young players "The ATP is proud to announce the launch of the Next Gen Expense Support Programme, aimed at financially supporting the future stars of tennis as they compete on the ATP Challenger Tour. Players ranked between 101 and 500 in the PIF A...
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Six Kings Slam
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https://x.com/TheTennisLetter/status/1840104770582774045
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Billie Jean King
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The great BJK wants to change the scoring system in tennis.(IMHO probably the best thing about the sport as it's so unique.) Instead of 15, 30, 40 she wants 1,2 3 (Boring). Oh and all players should wear numbers on their back so we know who they are Of all the issues tennis has, this is the least of them. ...
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The future of British tennis in the post-Andy era
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and in the light of Team GB's performance in the Davis Cup last week, Sonay Kartal's maiden WTA title as a qualifier in Monastir & Jake Fearnley's triumph in Rennes yesterday, an in-depth analysis by one of the Beeb'...
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No male player born in the 90s will ever win a grand slam
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For definition purposes, based on birth year. No player born in the 90s has won a slam, and it is 2019 now!. I feel a whole generation, the 'lost gen' and maybe 'current gen' could possibly never win a slam. Next gen seems very strong. The lost gen will rank amongst the worst generation of tennis player...
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I often see people refer to "The LTA" as an organisation and want to know actually who it is at the LTA responsible for certain decisions. When board members post things like "The LTA scrapped most of the futures events" or "The LTA scrapped the bonus scheme" etc it must be a decision from either the Chie...
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Peter Lundgren
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Sad to hear of the passing at just 59 years old of Peter Lundgren. Former coach of Federer, worked at the LTA for a good while and did a great job before being let go. I cant recall exactly, was there some issue with drinking and id heard it may have blighted his career and life. by all accounts, a well liked...
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August 2024 Player of the Month Vote
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August PoM vote - 19 players this time. You know the drill. have a vote and then tell us who you voted for and why - you dont need to, but it makes more interesting for us all! VOTE WILL CLOSE AT 9.50 PM TUESDAY 27th AUGUST Nominations - sorry if the font looks big below, the cut and paste sometimes does weird...
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Sir Andy Murray August 2024 Player of the Month Award - Nominations thread
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Here we go again, August nominations thread - this time, the period will end in 4 weeks on Sunday August 25th - which may seem early but a week later is mid way through the US Open, which starts in late August and so the cut off for this month will be Sunday 25th August. Nominations 1 2 3 4 etc
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Feedback wanted: I built a site that helps tennis fans find hotels near ATP tournaments
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Hi guys! I've recently launched a website designed to help tennis fans who enjoy travelling find the best hotels near ATP tournaments worldwide. The site is called MyTennisTrip and you can find it here: https://mytennistrip.com I originally built it for myself, since I really enjoy watching live...
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Saudi Arabia - $1 bn offer - merger of WTA & ATP
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The Telegraph is reporting that there's a 90-day now-or-never offer from SA to 'buy' tennis and merge mens and womensSaudi Arabia launches tennis takeover with $1 billion take-it-or-leave-it offerExclusive: Saudi offer to merge mens and womens tours is apparently time-sensitive, with a 90-da...
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July 2024 Player of the Month Vote
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Here we go - players listed below - vote for your player of the month from this list. Poll will close 7.20 pm Tuesday 1. Sonay Kartal - as a qualifier beating Sorana Cirstea WR29 in R1 of Wimbledon, who was nearly 200 places above her in rankings. Followed that up by beating Clara Burel WR45 in R2 2. Jake F...
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Sir Andy Murray July 2024 Player of the Month Award - Nominations thread
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Anyone can name a player, add them to the list as the Month progresses and give your supporting reason. period closes on Sunday 28th July, so a 4 week period - note, this period does not include the Olympics which start on 27th July and go on into August. Nomination list: 1 2 3 etc -- Edited by JonH come...
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2024 Olympic Tennis
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We have a few Olympic posts dotted around so I thought Id put a thread up - nearer the time, no doubt, individual threads will appear for the different events in the mens and womens section. Here is a decent and relatively simple overview of how the complicated qualification rules work. https://www...
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BBC Wimbledon commentators
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There was a fair bit of discussion - inevitably - of people's favourites/pet hates on the Queen's thread last week generated by the Beeb's commentary team. I posted a link to Stu Fraser's report on Jack Draper's match against Carlos Alcaraz (& a little bit about Billy Harris's cracking win over...
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5 set tennis for women in grand slams.
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Just watched Barbora v Jasmine in the Wimbledon final. Wouldn't it have made a great 5 set match?
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King's Cup Tennis - can anyone help?
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I wondered if anyone could help. I love reading on the history of tennis. When I was younger (I was born in 1965), around that time and through to the 80's , there was an annual tennis tournament called the King's Cup. Given by King Gustav of Sweden in the post war years, it was an indoor event for national t...
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Vic Seixas
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Sadly the oldest living former Wimbledon singles champion Vic Seixas passed away on 5th July. He was 100 having been born on 30th August 1923. He won the Wimbledon singles title in 1953 and the US championship in 1954. He also won 5 doubles and 8 mixed doubles titles at the Grand Slams. He was a member...
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June 2024 Player of the Month Vote - Final
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https://britishtennis.activeboard.com/t70762300/june-2024-player-of-the-m...
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Tennis Intelligence
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With all the talk about players tennis IQ and being to smart to need a coach and the current preoccupation with big data, I had a quick read to see what was out there -some interesting stuff, from improving your tennis IQ, to on demand streaming of Wimbledon, algorithms to track players and provide in-...
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June player of the month vote - semi final group two
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So here we are - 22 players in two groups of 11 - Ive tried to spread and balance the players, but apologies if your personal favourites clash. Top 3 plus ties go through to the final, however no Players with zero votes will progress. votes will close at 11 pm tomorrow , Sunday evening. The final will be p...
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