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ATP Nottingham Challenger Entry List
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Overall a weaker entry for Nottingham than Surbiton, only 4 top 100 and lower cut off by 40 places. But one big name at the top of the list in Dan Evo! Clearly looking at a week on grass after RG, and before presumably playing Queens, Eastbourne and then Wimbledon. Good that Dan is going for the grass sea...
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ATP Eastbourne Entry List
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Each of Kyle, Dan and Aljaz make the MD list for Eastbourne. It is actually a v good list - no real stars at the top end but v solid entry through the 20-60 rankings and an initial cut off of 59 is good. Several good grass court players as well. Pity Eastbourne is around 350 miles from where I live  Entry d...
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Piqué's World Cup of Tennis
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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/barcelona-gerard-pique-davis-cup-andy-murray-novak-dj...
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ATP Queens Entry List
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https://www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-championships/aegon-championships-entry-list/
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2017 Davis Cup QuarterFinals - BEL v ITA; AUS v USA; SRB v ESP
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I thought it might be worth having a separate topic to cover anyone wanting to comment on the other ties as opposed to GB v FRA which has its own thread of course! Apologies if I got this wrong! AUS v USA draw is out already - no changes to line ups and Jordan Thompson leads off v Jack Sock and then Nick K is up ag...
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JonH
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Novak Djokovic
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Apparently has split with his entire coaching team incl Marian Vajda to try and kick start his comeback with shock tactics. Big move but I guess all had become stale and perhaps it is what he needs...
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Madrid Tie Break Tens
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Looks like we have double Brit interest: Womens Draw: Keys - Kuznetsova Radwanska - Muguruza Konta - Halep Puig - Sharapova mens Draw Dimitrov v Evo Pouille v Verdasco Berdych v Sock Stan v Lopez According to David Law, whole event is live tomorrow night on DAVE channel (is that Channel 12 on Freeview...
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denis-shapovalov
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http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/challenger-chronicles-2017-denis-shapovalov
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Withdrawals: 249 players decided on something better to do
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http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tourname...
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Which is the most ethical kit manufacturer
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I find myself in a difficult position in terms of buying tennis kit for my kids. Having a reasonable understanding of when a drug should and shouldn't be prescribed for medical reasons, I struggle to square a number of recent arguments about the use of non FDA (an organisation whose judgement I trust)...
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Serena
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is Serena ok health wise? have watched her last two matches. against Garbine M she had to stop play as she was coughing. at the interview after beating Dominique Cibulkova (which was a good match despite the score) her voice was croaky. maybe she has a cold, I hope that's all it is.
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ITF live scores
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I only see a blank screen when I try to access the live scores on the ITF I tried clearing the history on my laptop but still the same I have windows 10 internet explorer any idea how I can see the scores as they happen
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Should there be reforms to the Davis Cup format?
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If so, what would you like to see change? I figure the topic can have its own thread.
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Primary School Tennis
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I had an idea last week about creating a new National Primary School Tennis competition and wondered if anyone had any thoughts? The current state of play is this: School Years3&4 (roughly ages 8-9) have a local level mini-red competition organised via school games that leads to a county finals...
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Judy Murray on pushy parents
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When Serbian Damir Dokic threatened during this year's Australian Open to drop a nuclear bomb on Sydney and kill an Australian citizen in retaliation for his daughter Jelena's decision to play as an Australian again, it wasn't difficult to see why tennis dads are often considered the most notoriou...
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Best attended Futures and Challenger events
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I was reading the Tipton thread and noticed a few people with experience of attending various events over the years. It made me wonder, which are the best attended Futures and Challenger events in the UK , and what sorts of crowds would they get (if crowds is the correct phrase?) How does this compare wi...
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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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