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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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LTA's 'Transforming British Tennis Together'
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I am doing some research into how the LTA's headline '£250 million' TBTT investment aimed in doubling the number of kids playing tennis and doubling the number of times infrequent adults play is going one year post launch. I am hearing stories that the LTA is driving club volunteers who are trying to a...
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Amazon Prime
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How many of you out there already subscribe to this? I shall start it in September for the US Open and with the recently announced Premier League package they have won (on top of the ATP tour events from next year) looks like they mean business on the UK sports front. Now means forking out for BT, NOW TV (Sk...
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Qualis or Qualies ?
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Ok, so we do a fair bit of linguistic navel-gazing on this site so I thought I would throw out this: I seem to be the only person who goes for 'qualis' - everyone else (here and on twitter) is a fan of 'qualies'. Now, I'm not sure if there's a right answer here but my reasoning is: If qualifications ever gets s...
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Quentin Halys
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Best teenager seen since 2012 when regularly visiting futures in uk & abroad
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RIP Jana Novotna
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Very much saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Jana Novotna from cancer at the age of 49. A lovely player and person. Remembered especially fondly here for her determination, frailty and humanity in exploits at Wimbledon; and, of course, triumphing over it all in glorious fashion in 1998. S...
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Shot Selection
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Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1M6Oqw9IF8
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The Best Non-Ranked Player in the World
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Very random question, but this popped into my head last week. Who would win a world championships to find the best player without an adult world ranking. The types of contenders could be: 1) An up and coming youngster yet to win his first ATP point 2) An ex-world ranked pro recently retired from the cir...
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ITF announce major changes from 2019
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Detail here: PRESS RELEASE 30 March 2017 ITF announces major restructuring of entry level of professional tennis The ITF Board of Directors has approved a major restructuring of professional tennis at its entry level. The reform programme of changes will include a radical reduction in the number...
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What is the best structure to limit professional tennis to 500 ranked players?
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Match fixing at the lower levels of tennis is about to drive a reduction in the number of ranked professional tennis players to 500. How will that work? What do you think is the best structure? A qualifying school as in golf? Could it result in the development of a rival tour? Perhaps an Under 23 tour? Wi...
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Queens Hospitality Package
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Sorry if this is not really appropriate but before I try elsewhere just thought I would offer to true tennis fans on here: I have a hospitality package for Queens on Saturday June 23rd (Semi-Finals Day) that I now can't make as I have to run a junior match at my local club. This package is for 2 East Stand ti...
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New Exhibition Event in June
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https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/yorkshire-castle-to-host-tennis-garden-party-featuring-wimbledon-champion-1-9107228
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Davis Cup 2018 Quarterfinals
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Put this in the general section as not GB related. The teams for the DC ties in April are being announced : Italy v France Italy - Fognini, Lorenzi, Seppi, Berrettini, Bolelli - Berrettini is the new one for me? France - Pouille, Mannarino, Herbert, Chardy, Mahut - so none of the big 4 of Tsonga, Monfil...
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Clay court tennis - GB women
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We see a lot of our LTA funded men being asked to go and play clay court matches to improve their game, but I don't seem to see that being promoted within the women's game. In fact i'm struggling to think of anyone other that Hev, Joko, Amanda and Eleanor who has played clay on the senior tour this year. The...
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Meeting with LTA Chief Exec
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It's probably inappropriate to post this in the Mens discussion section, because it also affects women and Junior game, but the MDS tends to be the one that I go on and has most contributors on. This evening I'll be at a roundtable discussion with incoming LTA CEO Scott Lloyd. Will be able to ask him abou...
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