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US College Signings 2015
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As CD points out on the other US thread, the circus is starting up again with recruits committing to colleges for next autumn. Thought it might be clearer to start a fresh thread. Boys signing for 2015 Sam Bird - Troy William Bissett - East Carolina Ryan Brough - Tyler Junior College (NJCAA) James Bru...
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Abolishing 17-32 seeds in slams in 2019?
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Just heard that along with the new proposals for the 25 second shot clock and players receiving 50% of their prize money if withdrawing before the first round of the slams, they are also looking at abolishing the 17-32 seeded positions in slams to 'increase the jeopardy for the top players'. http://w...
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The difficulties of coaching
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We all know how difficult it is for tennis players to make it big, but what about coaches too?! Especially in this country, where we don't always get the weather and facilities.. I know I've shared stuff on my blog in the past, but I've had a really good response from you all so far so massive thanks :) I hav...
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Is David Goffin the worst player to reach the WTF final?
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Does Goffin reaching the Final of the WTF confirm this era is the weakest it has been for many years. Goffin: Has won 4 titles ( 1x 500, 3 X 250) Never reached a Masters 1000 Final Never gone past the QF of a Grandslam (reached 2 x QF). He makes Davydenko and Nalbandian look amazing. Compare when Davydenk...
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Non-Tennis Players playing tennis
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Struck by the picture below, I thought I'd share it in what might become part of a very very very infrequent series: She may have been a peerless actress, but not so sure of Katharine Hepburn's tennis form: There are quite a few pictures of her playing though, mostly in the sports trousers ubiquitous at...
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TV rights
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According to press reports - the coverage of men's tennis, for which Sky had the UK rights, has been won by Amazon Prime.... BT Sport still have the women's rights and Eurosport some coverage and of course Wimbledon is on the BBC What a odd range of channels... I assume Amazon Prime is an internet/smar...
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Leon Smith
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Next week I will have the pleasure of meeting Leon Smith again here in Spain. He is coaching the "Adult Academy" at La Manga, all week. Whilst I cannot participate, I intend to make an appearance on a couple of days at least and then on Thursday Evening, their is a Gala Dinner where Leon will be doing a que...
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Nadal and Federer in World Tour Finals?
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taking a look at the in running points today, Nadal clearly hasnt officially qualified - Live Rankings has him a few hundred points off still. But since the Finals have been at the O2, the lowest 8th placed qualifier has had around 4400 points and as of today Nadal has 5200 or so. Pretty much a dead cert Na...
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Australian tennis
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I've been wondering for a little while what's gone wrong with Australian tennis ?
Men : No 1 = Lleyton Hewitt ( world ranked 14 ), No 2 = Peter Luczak ( 120 )
Women : No 1 = Samantha Stosur ( 55 ), No 2 = Nicole Pratt ( 133 )
I can remember the d...
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Byes in China Open
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I notice that three players have been given byes to the last 32 in the WTA China Open. They are Ashleigh Barty, Caroline Garcia and Jelena Ostapenko. They are far from being the top 3 seeds-in fact, Ashleigh is not even a seed! The obvious explanation is that they reached the semis in the previous week an...
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James Blake
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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/27/james-blake-police-disciplinary-trial-decision-may-not-be-made-public
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US College Signings 2017 (and general college tennis chat)
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There are already a couple of names out for 2017 entry, so have started a new thread (easier to update the list if it's on P1) Men Jack Beuttell-Triggs - Maryville (Div 2) Joseph Blakely - St Bonaventure Nick Brookes - Northwestern James Caddies - Alabama-Huntsville (Div 2) James Capeling-Lee - McPh...
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Alfie Hewett
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On the final day of the US Open, both Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne were put to the test in their respective singles finals. 19-year-old Hewett was up first in the men's wheelchair singles and faced France's Stephane Houdet. Despite levelling the match to force a third and decisive set, the Frenc...
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Us Open men's singles champion 2017 ?
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So who do folk think will win it ?
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US Open women's singles champion 2017 ?
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So who do you predict will win it ? Don't say I don't provide choice. All these are currently at bet365 odds no longer than 50/1. Listed in current ranking order.
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Busta Watch
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Wasn't sure where to post this so in the end I chose here. ATP Masters Series 500 - Barcelona L32: Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) WR 256 beats Robin Haase (NED) WR 71 : 6-1 2-6 7-6(5) The King of Futures is alive and well !! -- Edited by Bob in Spain on Monday 22nd of April 2013 01:53:16 PM
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Wimbledon Qualifiers 2017
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Well, I'm glad I made it to Wimbledon Qualies last year. Apparently this year, for the first time, there are a limited number of entries and people will be charged. Last year it was free. http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/39795441 As you can see from this article, the possible presence of Sharapo...
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Strongest Top 10 for a while?
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Looking at the rankings today made me think how strong the current top ten is: Murray, Nadal, Fed, Wawrinka, Djokovic - multiple GS winners Cilic - US Open winner, although probably less likely to win another than any of the other top10 with the exception of Nishikori Zverev - has future world no.1 wri...
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easyTennis......is the future orange????
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It seems Stelios Haji-Ionnou if easyJet has an interest in tennis and has launched an app called easyTennis to match players of similar abilities on local courts. Apparently he describes it as a Tinder for tennis without the selfies!!!!!!
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WEAK ERA- INCOMING
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This week has been very sad for tennis. Hasse reaching a Masters semi among other things. With Murray, Novak, Warwinka missing, the draws have opened up and clowns are going deep into draws. I feel we are about to enter a 2000-2003 era, where Agassi, Hewitt and Safin won slams against clowns (cleme...
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Scandinavian Tennis?
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This is a genuine question and is probably aimed at Vandenburg although anyone can answer. I just wondered what had happened in Swedish tennis since the halcyon days of the 80s and 90s and why there was no real presence. We all recall Borg, Wilander, Esbjerg, Nystrom, Sundstrom, Pernfors, Joha...
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County Week
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Always wish I was a better tennis player at this time of year, would love an excuse to play 6-9 sets of tennis each day for 5 days in a row! Here's a link to the county groups and there is a link from within that to results, the usual mixture of pro players, coaches and part time players. https://www.lta.org...
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Peter Doohan
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Sorry to report Peter Doohan has died at just 56, from motor neurone disease. Many will remember Peter beat Boris Becker as defending champion in 1987 in one of Wimbledons greatest shocks. Sad to see his passing, sympathy to his family and friends
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Tennis to Golf
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At a much lower standard I did the same thing, swapping tennis for golf around age 15. After numerous beatings at tennis individually (but good team success) I loved the advantages of golf over tennis: a) you could compete and win from day one against much better playersb) you could practice much more...
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ATP Ranking Points
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Does anyone know why some challenger events carry more ranking points than others at the same or even higher prize money bracket. i.e. $85k the winner gets 110 points but at a $100k you might only get 100 points, but some $100k do offer 110 points. Similarly at 75k sometimes the winner gets 90 points, ot...
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