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New thread as the circle starts round again. Men Rhodi Atkinson - Lenoir-Rhyne (Div 2) (See notes on Lewis Scott) Finn Bass - Baylor Matt Caroll - ASA Miami (NJCAA) Oscar Cutting - Memphis Joel Hancox - Judson (NAIA) Sebastian Harris - Gardner Webb Liam Hignett - Tennessee Tech Emile Hudd - Oklahoma St...
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Borg forced to sell his trophies
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A very sad story:
BBC article:
Tennis legend Bjorn Borg is selling the five Wimbledon trophies he won between 1976 and 1980.
Borg, who retired at 26, is reported to have established a £40m fortune during his career but has since been through two divorces and a bankruptcy.
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London Corporate Tennis League
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I had an idea about starting a London based Corporate Tennis League. I believe Paris runs a successful one and London had one called the Nomura Tennis Challenge upto roughly ten years ago, not quite sure why it ended. Anyway would appreciate feedback on my idea, it would roughly be: Four geographica...
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Players age - are they getting older
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https://medium.com/@mathzero/why-are-tennis-players-getting-older-eb2fb5895929
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WTA Finals 2018 - Singapore
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Shame there's no British interest in either singles or doubles, although unlike the last couple of years, there were no genuine contenders heading into the latter stages of the season. Final year in Singapore before it adds to China's ever-growing list of tournaments. Got underway this morning w...
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Todd Reid dies aged 34
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Won Wimbledon juniors in 2002 Tragic news
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how to find which tournament any given player is playing
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hi, I like to follow Dan Evans and his meteoric rise back up the rankings after his recent sabbatical. I find it difficult to find out where he is playing. I have to go through the listings in the British Men discussion forum, until I find him. But sometimes hes not playing and I search through a lot of e...
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Davis Cup Semis and Play Offs + Final
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Despite no GB presence, nonetheless I do like DC semifinal week and of course the play off's. They are up next week and teams are just coming in: Semis France v Serbia - France name Tsonga, Pouille, Herbert/Mahut; Serbia name Lajovic and Krajinovic, Zimonjic and Djere with Troicki joining Novak on th...
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Seedings
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Wildcards are discussed on another thread, which generates as much heat as light. Seedings bother me more. I guess, because I am naturally in favour of the plucky underdog; also because I pay less attention to James Ward, just outside the GS DAs, than to Hev, just outside the GS seedings. Grotesquel...
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LTA performance strategy 2018 to 2028
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https://www.lta.org.uk/player-pathway/programmes-and-centres/
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French Fed Cup team disharmony
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Top Earning Women Sports Stats
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According to some analysis by Forbes the top 10 comprises 8 tennis players - Serena gets most of her income from endorsements. I have heard of Danica Patrick of course, she will get a lot of money from non prizemoney as she does a lot of modelling etc, but PV Sindhu, I had no idea who she is. She is a badminto...
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Home nations tournament
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Seems to be back - inaugural event in Belfast. Morgan Cross and Elinor Beazley representing Wales.
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Wild Cards
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Thought posters might be interested in this article in Forbes re wildcards particularly as it quotes the thinking of Kyle E's agent in relation to the recent WCs awarded to himhttp://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelmorales/2014/04/17/wild-cards-tennis-free-lunch-may-cause-indigestion/...
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Starting itf as a British player on low income
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Why does it seem so difficult to get a foot in , when your son is top 50 in the uk, works his but off is a 2.2 with out a single match play, but gained from tournaments only. the new player pathway also excludes him as the old one missed him, and the next hoop to jump through is to try and get into top 150 itf in a yea...
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Week 32 2018 - $15K Kazan
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Is this draw in the current $15K in Kazan, Russia, unique? A full 32/32 are domestic players. I can't remember that, at leasst not for a very, very long time. There were only two non-Russians in the 32 place qualifying draw, too (an Iranian & a Ukranian) The doubles draw is unsurprisingly also all-...
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Young British Tennis players in transition: Top 20 ATP/WTA Tennis players by age
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One of the greatest pleasures of following British Tennis on this board is watching the younger plays transitioning from juniors ideally on through futures and challengers to the main tour. There have been many debates as to markers of progression that would suggest a young player was destined for...
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Equal pay for women
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Interesting article in an Australian newspaper today:
Women net top money from a little tennis
WELL, thank you Martina Hingis for coming back and showing us everything there is to know about women's tennis.
First, by not picking up a racquet for almost three years and then cruising straight i...
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LTA funding
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I know there is very little about at the moment, but where there is can anyone explain how it works please. Do the LTA pick up all tabs? - travel, accommodation, coaching costs and other expenses during tournament week(food/entertainment etc) If the competitor picks up prize money - do they get to kee...
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Tennis in Gunnersbury Park
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Just seen this on the Beeb's London News page; 17:56 Local Democracy Reporting Service Eight new state-of-the-art tennis courts will be available to use at Gunnersbury Park from 1 August. The new macadam courts are the first phase of the Gunnersbury Park Spor...
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Who was the British player of the Grass Court Season?
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Having seen the grass court weeks play out and tracking the wins of our players in singles, doubles and qualies, I thought it would be interesting to see who folks on the Forum thought had been our player of the grass court season overall - singles and doubles, everything and every week taken into accou...
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Is the jump from boys to mens bigger than the jump from girls to womens?
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I've been pondering the above question, and wonder if anyone has more information on it. This is as far as I've got. This year both Jack Draper (age 16) and Emma Raducanu (age 15) got QWCs into Wimby seniors, and both lost in QR1. Emma had a tight three setter, losing to someone who then beat two players r...
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25 second stop clock at Aussie Open and new warm up rules.
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What do people think of the new timing rules and stop clock? There will be a visible 25 second stop clock for player's serving time. It seems like there has still got be some umpire discretion on when this clock starts (I mean we've seen it when there's been a great rally, the crowd won't calm down), for...
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Grand Slams: number of seeds to be reduced from 32 to 16
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A post I made on the Jay Clarke thread in the Individual players forum seems to have sparked a bit of discussion entirely unrelated to Jay, hence this new thread here. The post in question was: And with Wimbledon looming, we're spoilt for choice [tennis articles in The Sunday Times] today: the Jay ar...
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Ranking to win at each level.
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I was wondering whether someone has any stats for what ranking players are when they win tournaments at various levels, from lowly ITFs to GSs, and how this varies (if at all) between men and women.
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