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Low level players. Admire? Sympathise?
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We know that that life on the tennis fringes is tough. You need to have a very high talent level to be in the top small percentage that can financially carve a living in pro tennis. As Naomi Cavaday said, there are in effect 100 jobs in (singles) tennis. For the players who make up the pro ranks, there are a...
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Satellite Circuits
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I was musing on the fact we have 3 back to back Futures events this month in GB as well as 3 grass Challengers and also , if it works as per last season, 3 Futures events towards the end of the year (on the mens side that is). It made me think back to the old Satellite circuits and I wondered if anyone recalled th...
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New Grass Tournaments
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Only just read this so sorry if already known. When Wimbledon goes back a week in 2015, allowing for 3 weeks between French and Wimbledon, the Mercedes Cup has been accepted in a request to switch from clay to grass. It will be the first week of the three, followed by Halle I believe, so Germany will have...
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Roland Garros plans approved
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http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2017-02-03/press_release_roland_g...
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Age restrictions..?
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Hi, does the LTA totally restrict children from playing up a colour ball... All I can find is that they need to play 40 red balls and only after that in the season before they are 9 can they play orange. What if they are capable of orange at age 7? Is there nothing they can do except red?
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Tennis for youth in the UK - advice needed
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Hi to everyone on this forum. I would like to sign up my son for tennis lessons and I thought, that maybe you know any teacher from this list https://zoptamo.com/uk/s-tennis-c-uk because on this site they don't have any opinions. Can you recommend any of them?
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Prize money increases for the ITF Circuit
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This may have been posted elsewhere but... "The ITF Board of Directors has approved an extensive programme of prize money increases for the ITF Pro Circuit following a detailed review of the ITF professional tennis structure and an extensive consultation with over 8,000 tennis stakeholder...
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Sascha Morris Tennis Player
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I suppose this is a bit gossipy, and not even sure if she qualifies as a Brit or not. I live in Harrogate so found it of interest. Anyway, Sascha Morris, Australian Tennis player ranked #15 in O45 ladies, has been jailed for 8 1/2 years for fraud relating to holiday properties in Greek Islands. She is an A...
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Hopman Cup
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As it is a mixed team exhibition tournament, I've put it in general section. GB - Evans & Watson First match is currently live on Eurosport - Evans v Federer.
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Ana Ivanovic
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Ana Ivanovic has announced her retirement today.
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Li Na announces her pregnancy
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"I think Dennis is doing a good job - he just made one ace," Oh how I shall miss her pressers. 
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Adding WTA/ATP matches to an Outlook Calendar
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Kinda neat little feature. If you use Outlook, Outlook365, or outlook.com, you can add a calendar feed into your calendar that lists the shows the times for ATP/WTA matches - there's even separate feeds for singles & doubles. Follow instructions here, choosing tennis as the sport (obviously)...
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LTA seek new sponsorship
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I see that the LTA are seeking sponsorship for their main events now that AEGON have stopped their sponsorship. Will be interesting to see if they have others knocking on the door. Based on other sports corporate sponsorship is becoming harder and harder to find.
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A new low for the WTA
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http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/6137142
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Federer Return?
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I see Fed was down to play the IPTL series this winter but has withdrawn - BBC seems to suggest it is down to his knee still but further down it turns out the IPTL is having financial problems and that both Fed and Serena have pulled out. Whatever the truth of it I do wonder whether we will see Fed again - actu...
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Tennis Journalism
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Couldn't readily see a thread that this would fit into - but it's part of general tennis discussion, so ... congratulations to Stuart Fraser, who has been named as The Times' tennis correspondent. Always comes across as pleasant and well-informed - good to see that get its due reward (even if it does m...
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ATP Livestream
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Are people still having joy with this site when it comes to watching recodings of matches? https://livestream.com/ATP I wish to watch recorded matches on there but no videos are appearing anywhere. This didn't used to be a problem in the past. Have the ATP downgraded the functionality and the con...
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2017 Summer Competition Planning
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I've just received an email from the LTA to submit any Grade 5 & 6 tournaments I wish to run in the 2017 summer season for sanctioning purposes by 31st January 2017. I've also just been reading the recent posts on the Marcus Willis thread about lack of futures, lack of british tour prize money, too fe...
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Fast4 tennis/playing lets
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Just wondering what people think of this new format that has been getting a lot of promotion recently? I'm just starting to watch some from a couple of days ago in Sydney including Fed v Hewitt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sre3MkgS71A My first thought is that if you are going to change the rul...
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LTA in court
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I've just seen an article in today's telegraph, suggesting that Isaac Stoute's father is sueing the LTA claiming racial discrimination as the reason for Isaac's loss of funding since 2010 and trying to claim back 60k in lost funding. -- Edited by paulisi on Saturday 5th of April 2014 10:24:34 AM
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Rio 2016
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US College Signings 2016 (and general college tennis chat)
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Young players are starting to sign up to colleges for the next academic year Men Matthew Alexander - Davis & Elkins (Div 2) George Barfoot - Belmont Abbey (Div 2) Milo Bargeron - Appalachian State Max Benaim - Charlotte Dan Bennett - Louisville Phillip Blyth - Le Moyne College (Div 2) Jared Bones -...
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The Optimist
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British tour Paddington men's final
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Nearly as good as the women Adam Thornton Brown v Thomas Wright https://youtu.be/s1WBVdFGRDc
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British tour Paddington women's final
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Harriet Dart v Joanna Garland Seriously good tennis. https://youtu.be/yt7JOqUa1xY
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Britennis and The Britennis Podcast
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Hi everyone, I hate to self-promote, but some of you may already be aware of what I have had in the pipeline for a couple of months. I'm writing this now before our official launch tomorrow because New Year's Day will be predictably busy/spent in bed hungover, so I may not have time to do so tomorrow. I've...
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