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Wimbledon Invitational- mens first round- Berretini v Djokovic
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Poll closes 2 pm Monday -- Edited by indiana on Monday 6th of April 2020 04:33:41 PM
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Wimbledon Invitational- womens first round- Osaka v Barty
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Poll closes 2 PM monday. -- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 5th of April 2020 01:12:08 PM -- Edited by indiana on Monday 6th of April 2020 04:34:31 PM
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Wimbledon Invitational- womens first round- Kenin v Halep
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Opening match for these two. -- Edited by indiana on Monday 6th of April 2020 04:35:34 PM
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Wimbledon Invitational - Womens First Round: Pliskova versus Konta
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Who will win this opening match on centre court? -- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 4th of April 2020 04:27:10 PM -- Edited by indiana on Sunday 5th of April 2020 08:20:15 PM
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Wimbledon Invitational - mens first round - Zverev versus Tsitsipas
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Who will win on grass? -- Edited by indiana on Sunday 5th of April 2020 08:21:07 PM
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Wimbledon Invitational - womens first round - Andreescu versus Murray-Sharan
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Who will win this opener on Wimbledon's grass? -- Edited by indiana on Sunday 5th of April 2020 08:21:52 PM
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Wimbledon Invitational- mens first round - Monfils versus Norrie
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Who will on centre court? -- Edited by indiana on Sunday 5th of April 2020 08:22:39 PM
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Epic Matches
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This thread might be somewhere else I haven't looked to try and find it. Having been inside my house quarantined without leaving for over a week I've rediscovered some of the old epic matches throughout the years. If anyone's up for it commenting on some of our favourite epic matches and we can all giv...
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David Law Tennis AMA 18/03/2020
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Hello,. Some new tennis action! David Law of The Tennis Podcast, innumerable commentaries for all the broadcasters, and organising Queens Club for years, is doing an AMA (Ask Me Anything) tonight @ 20:00. If you're not familiar with an AMA, you cab type in questions, and the subject goes through the...
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New fantasy event - world invitation event
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Lost interest! -- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 29th of March 2020 05:52:40 PM
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Who is your favourite British Player?! Semifinal Group Two
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Here is the second semifinal, please vote for your favourite. Voting will close Wednesday evening, probably around 5 pm again. 3 men and 5 women; no more than 2 from a previous group. Top 3 plus ties will go into the final Have fun! -- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 25th of March 2020 05:17:09 PM
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Who is your favourite British Player?! Semifinal Group Three
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Here is the third semifinal, please vote for your favourite. Voting will close Wednesday evening, probably around 5 pm again. 4 men and 5 women; no more than 2 from a previous group. Top 3 plus ties will go into the final Have fun! -- Edited by JonH comes home on Monday 23rd of March 2020 10:15:44 PM -- E...
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Who is your favourite British Player?! SemiFinal Group One
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Here is the first semifinal, please vote for your favourite. Voting will close Wednesday evening, probably around 5 pm again. 3 men and 5 women; no more than 2 from a previous group. Top 3 plus ties will go into the final Have fun! -- Edited by indiana on Wednesday 25th of March 2020 05:16:08 PM
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How to solve the Grand Slam crisis - and the problem of low pay in one fell swoop
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So my partner came up with this solution for solving the tennis crisis: The French Open is now practically on top of the US Open. And causing much angst. Wimbledon may well have to put back but can only be put off a few weeks at most, due to grass. So why not have Wimbledon, the US Open and the French Open all a...
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Who is your favourite British Player - Round One, Group C
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Of the 12 players listed, vote for your favourite. Top 4 go through to semifinals. In the event of a tie, when poll closes, any player tied in top 4 will be included in next round. Poll closes Monday 10 pm -- Edited by indiana on Monday 23rd of March 2020 10:05:32 PM
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Who is your favourite British Player - Round One, Group A
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Of the 12 players listed, vote for your favourite. Top 4 go through to semifinals. In the event of a tie, when poll closes, any player tied in top 4 will be included in next round. Poll closes Monday 10 pm -- Edited by indiana on Monday 23rd of March 2020 10:04:03 PM
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Who is your favourite British Player - Round One, Group E
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Of the 12 players listed, vote for your favourite. Top 4 go through to semifinals. In the event of a tie, when poll closes, any player tied in top 4 will be included in next round. Poll closes Monday 10 pm -- Edited by indiana on Monday 23rd of March 2020 10:07:05 PM
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Who is your favourite British Player - Round One, Group D
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Of the 12 players listed, vote for your favourite. Top 4 go through to semifinals. In the event of a tie, when poll closes, any player tied in top 4 will be included in next round. Poll closes Monday 10 pm -- Edited by indiana on Monday 23rd of March 2020 10:06:22 PM
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Who is your favourite British Player - Round One, Group B
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Of the 12 players listed, vote for your favourite. Top 4 go through to semifinals. In the event of a tie, when poll closes, any player tied in top 4 will be included in next round. Poll closes Monday 10 pm -- Edited by indiana on Monday 23rd of March 2020 10:04:42 PM
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Champion of Champions Fantasy World Tennis Event
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So, probably fuelled by a glass of two of Pinot Noir and a nice fuzzy feeling amidst all the madness, I thought in the absence of tennis for the next few weeks, folks might enjoy participating in this fantasy tennis event. The top 8 men and top 8 women of all time (as measured by grand slam wins) have gathe...
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Champion of Champions - Womens Event FINAL - Monica Seles versus Serena Williams - HARD
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So, the big final - Seles, the outsider, what a tournament she has had, versus Serena the 2nd seed. The final is on hard court. Seles won 9 slams, 6 of those where on hard courts. Her hard court slam record overall is 96 wins to 14 losses, 87% win loss. Serena has 13 of her 23 slams on hardcourts, 188 wins to...
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Champion of Champions - Mens Event FINAL - Roger Federer versus Rod Laver - HARD
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the big final, the man who set up the Laver Cup, plays his hero in the final Federer has won 20 slams, 11 on hardcourt. His win loss record in those events is 191 v 29 losses, 87% Laver won 11 slams and the Grand Slam twice, but nothing major on hardcourts, slams didnt play on them in those days. But he would h...
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Champion of Champions - Mens Event SECOND SEMIFINAL - Bjorn Borg versus Rod Laver - GRASS
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Our 2nd sem final pits two greats of the game, Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver on grass!! Borg won 11 slams but 5 of those (plus a losing final) where on the grass courts of Wimbledon - his Wimbledon grass court record was 51-4 and 92.7%, what an amazing record and a baseliner to boot!! The way he swapped from clay...
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Champion of Champions - Womens Event SECOND SEMIFINAL - Chris Evert versus Serena Williams - GRASS
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The second semi is a mouthwatering affair, certainly for Americans! Chris Evert, the Darling of American tennis in the 1970's and 80s versus the greatest player of the modern era, Serena Williams. And grass is the selected surface! Chrissie won 18 slams in total, 3 of those where at Wimbledon but she...
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Champion of Champions - Womens Event FIRST SEMIFINAL - Monica Seles versus Martina Navratilova - CLAY
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The first womens semi final is between two naturalised Americans, Monica Seles and Martina Navratilova, and it is on clay (as both played on the hard and grass in the QF stage). Monica has 9 grand slam titles and 4 RU spots. She played in 3 French Open finals and won 2 of those, in 1990 and 91. Her overall wi...
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