General tennis discussion

Bob in Spain · Bob in Spain

I have posted in a couple of other threads about some of my experiences in Madrid, but there is one more I wanted to share. It doesn't relate to any GB players so I thought here was the most appropriate place. Much as I enjoyed being on the centre court with Nole, Muzza, Rafa et al, I also enjoyed wandering...

RJA · RJA

Plans for major changes at the AELTC have been announced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1WZLVrhm8k Unsurprisingly court 1 will get a roof, hopefully by 2019. Plans also in place for 3 new courts to the north of court 1. This will allow court 19 to be removed and 2 courts from 4-11 to also be remove...

korriban · korriban

I know this is a topic which is probably less relevant than 10-15 years ago, as court speeds have generally declined and the balls have changed enough to negate the impact of the very very fast servers of yesteryear. The game appears more balanced than it perhaps was a few years back. However, a quick lo...

korriban · korriban

So Rafa has been back playing for a week and a half, and whilst most tennis fans seem delighted that he's back (he WAS missed), I sense a few reservations and rumblings in the distant background...... That aside, what I've been staggered about is how strident and opinionated he's become about everyth...

blob · blob

I see today that Esther Vergeer has announced her retirement, and thought it was worth just noting it here. A remarkable, astounding career. Congratulations to her, and all the best for whatever she undertakes next. The WTA summary of her tennis achievements: Vergeer's numbers speak for themsel...

korriban · korriban

This interview on the BBC website this morning. I find many of the comments and quotes rather extraordinary - vague, misleading, disingenuous - in fact much of it reminds me of the leader of the London Olympics "Deliverance" Committee on the brilliant comedy 2012 - "so that's all go...

RBBOT · RBBOT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/interactive/2013/jan/24/australian-open-2013-quiz-spot-stars

eblunt · eblunt

Similar to the one that cropped up on 'Millionaire' but subly different. Certainly created some discussion at a pub quiz I was at. "Excluding retirements, penalty points, time penalties etc. , what is the fewest possible number of times a player can hit the ball during a set of tennis and win...

RBBOT · RBBOT

Does anyone have any feedback / suggestions on what to change from the 2012 format before I copy the worksheets and open entires? I think we should go with the rankings run that includes the last UK tournament results as the end date, and given Bally's proposed Indian Wells return, I think we should sti...

Armchair · Armchair

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere but I'm speechless at the US Open's attempt to sort their scheduling. The mens's final on a Monday, really, that seems a good idea does it ? I think we mostly could agree 'something needed to be done' and a roof and scheduling changes would help. But this looks lik...

Helen40 · Helen40

Please can someone tell me the difference between a legend and a champion at the Albert Hall this week. They have legends as:- McEnroe Lendl Bates Cash Wilander Leconte and champions as:- Henman Ivanisevic Enqvist Moya Philippoussis Santoro I ca...

the57bears · the57bears

For London-based vintage pro-tennis enthusiasts (and fans of great sport documentaries in general): this Sunday there will be an afternoon screening of William Klein's The French, a documentary on the 1981 Roland-Garros, at Tate Modern. The doc ill be screened in full, from 16mm film and with En...

toddy tennis · toddy tennis

how likely is it that rafa will be back after more knee problems, i know he will come back at some time but at what level can his knees sustain that kind of punishment espiecly the hard court season.

RBBOT · RBBOT

The BBC have announced they are cutting back the red button video to a single stream on all platforms from this week, so that probably means even less chance of seeing your favourite players at Wimbledon. Must have blown their budget on the Olympics.

andypandy · andypandy

http://blog.oddslife.com/2012/09/murray-joins-the-one-slam-club/

annabelcroftslegs · annabelcroftslegs

Hi everybody, I'm trying to find out if there are any weekly/monthly tennis magazines on the market Is anybody aware of such a thing Thanks Paul

RBBOT · RBBOT

Tonight seems an appropriate time to mention Tony Hawks' movie "Playing the Moldovan's at Tennis", in which he attempts to beat every member of the Moldovan football team from the last time they played England, as the result of a drunken bet. The bet became a book and then a film, both of whi...

insomniacfolder · insomniacfolder

I couldn't believe how well Serena played throughout the tournament to win the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal. I can't remember ever having seen a female player play a better tournament? Perhaps Graf's 1988 French open domination is close (factoring in the additional round )? I started looking at her perf...

Valery · Valery

There is my point about the next coming major. I believe that Serena Williams has the biggest chance to win in London and Maria Sharapova is her only competition. No other tennis player on the womens side has a chance to win at Wimbledon. And now some thoughts concerning the mens draw. Four players have...

VictorE · VictorE

Let's start a thinktank, we'd probably do a better job than the GB tennis authorities. Suggestions please -- Edited by VictorE on Sunday 10th of June 2012 10:50:23 AM

markvighan · markvighan

Carlos Berlocq - Gilles Simon Berlocq is obviously known for his clay court play, but he usualy fails when playing on the european courts. I don't really know what that happens, but his results this year clearly show it. Last week he didn't pla good tennis at all in Umag, where he advanced a pair of round...

Shhh · Shhh

I use IE at work as a browser but, when on the ATP/WTA/LTA sites and click for live scoring, I get the pop up window but its just a blank black screen. I would swap to Firefox and it would work fine. My laptop has just updated and, now the life scoring wont work on Firefox either (just the blank black pop up sc...

Helen40 · Helen40

Thought I'd start a thread for the Olympics, and qualification criteria discussions appearing randomly. Here's some info that I posted on the new Andy Murray forums. According to current rankings Flem and Hutch would qualify, but not Andy/Jamie. http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medi...6_...

Valery · Valery

There is a good article about how to choose strings for junior players and prevent injures from using polys. http://wp.me/p2iyrR-9n

VictorE · VictorE

I heard about this event on Facebook and was wondering if anyone knows if this is the going rate for these type of events as Im tempted. Ive removed the web address as the software here doesnt seem to like it. You can search the dream college on Google to find their website. Play a match against former...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Memory of Madrid (Preview) I have posted in a couple of other threads about some of my experiences in Madrid, but there is one more I wanted to share. It doesn't relate to any GB players so I thought here was the most appropriate place. Much as I enjoyed being on the centre court with Nole, Muzza, Rafa et al, I also enjoyed wandering...	Bob in Spain	2	347	May 14, 2013 by blob
	Wimbledon Master Plan (Preview) Plans for major changes at the AELTC have been announced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1WZLVrhm8k Unsurprisingly court 1 will get a roof, hopefully by 2019. Plans also in place for 3 new courts to the north of court 1. This will allow court 19 to be removed and 2 courts from 4-11 to also be remove...	RJA	1	684	Apr 23, 2013 by RJA
	Men's Tennis - Too much Impact of Big Serving? (Preview) I know this is a topic which is probably less relevant than 10-15 years ago, as court speeds have generally declined and the balls have changed enough to negate the impact of the very very fast servers of yesteryear. The game appears more balanced than it perhaps was a few years back. However, a quick lo...	korriban	3	707	Mar 29, 2013 by indiana
	Rafa Nadal Moan-athon (Preview) So Rafa has been back playing for a week and a half, and whilst most tennis fans seem delighted that he's back (he WAS missed), I sense a few reservations and rumblings in the distant background...... That aside, what I've been staggered about is how strident and opinionated he's become about everyth...	korriban	3	1207	Feb 14, 2013 by indiana
	Esther Vergeer retires (Preview) I see today that Esther Vergeer has announced her retirement, and thought it was worth just noting it here. A remarkable, astounding career. Congratulations to her, and all the best for whatever she undertakes next. The WTA summary of her tennis achievements: Vergeer's numbers speak for themsel...	blob	0	458	Feb 13, 2013 by blob
	BBC Interview with Simon Long - "British tennis in its best health for decades" (Preview) This interview on the BBC website this morning. I find many of the comments and quotes rather extraordinary - vague, misleading, disingenuous - in fact much of it reminds me of the leader of the London Olympics "Deliverance" Committee on the brilliant comedy 2012 - "so that's all go...	korriban	13	3045	Feb 4, 2013 by korriban
	Guardian AO Shadows Quiz (Preview) http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/interactive/2013/jan/24/australian-open-2013-quiz-spot-stars	RBBOT	1	616	Jan 25, 2013 by Julia Carrot
	Pub Quiz tennis question (Preview) Similar to the one that cropped up on 'Millionaire' but subly different. Certainly created some discussion at a pub quiz I was at. "Excluding retirements, penalty points, time penalties etc. , what is the fewest possible number of times a player can hit the ball during a set of tennis and win...	eblunt	14	983	Jan 24, 2013 by eblunt
	2013 Rankings predictions competitions (Preview) Does anyone have any feedback / suggestions on what to change from the 2012 format before I copy the worksheets and open entires? I think we should go with the rankings run that includes the last UK tournament results as the end date, and given Bally's proposed Indian Wells return, I think we should sti...	RBBOT	4	1019	Dec 27, 2012 by RBBOT
	US Open Rejig (Preview) Apologies if this is covered elsewhere but I'm speechless at the US Open's attempt to sort their scheduling. The mens's final on a Monday, really, that seems a good idea does it ? I think we mostly could agree 'something needed to be done' and a roof and scheduling changes would help. But this looks lik...	Armchair	4	539	Dec 15, 2012 by korriban
	What's the difference between the legends and the champions? (Preview) Please can someone tell me the difference between a legend and a champion at the Albert Hall this week. They have legends as:- McEnroe Lendl Bates Cash Wilander Leconte and champions as:- Henman Ivanisevic Enqvist Moya Philippoussis Santoro I ca...	Helen40	5	590	Dec 7, 2012 by indiana
	Vintage treat for the Londoners: 1981 Roland-Garros documentary screening (Preview) For London-based vintage pro-tennis enthusiasts (and fans of great sport documentaries in general): this Sunday there will be an afternoon screening of William Klein's The French, a documentary on the 1981 Roland-Garros, at Tate Modern. The doc ill be screened in full, from 16mm film and with En...	the57bears	0	601	Dec 6, 2012 by the57bears
	WILL RAFEL NADAL BE BACK TO HIS BEST AFTER MORE KNEE PROBLEMS? (Preview) how likely is it that rafa will be back after more knee problems, i know he will come back at some time but at what level can his knees sustain that kind of punishment espiecly the hard court season.	toddy tennis	6	1078	Nov 21, 2012 by Montana Doug
	BBC Red Button cutbacks (Preview) The BBC have announced they are cutting back the red button video to a single stream on all platforms from this week, so that probably means even less chance of seeing your favourite players at Wimbledon. Must have blown their budget on the Olympics.	RBBOT	4	856	Oct 16, 2012 by Reeltime
	Could any of these win in the current era? (Preview) http://blog.oddslife.com/2012/09/murray-joins-the-one-slam-club/	andypandy	0	576	Sep 12, 2012 by andypandy
	TENNIS PUBLICATIONS (Preview) Hi everybody, I'm trying to find out if there are any weekly/monthly tennis magazines on the market Is anybody aware of such a thing Thanks Paul	annabelcroftslegs	1	703	Sep 7, 2012 by RBBOT
	Playing the Moldovans at tennis (Preview) Tonight seems an appropriate time to mention Tony Hawks' movie "Playing the Moldovan's at Tennis", in which he attempts to beat every member of the Moldovan football team from the last time they played England, as the result of a drunken bet. The bet became a book and then a film, both of whi...	RBBOT	0	461	Sep 7, 2012 by RBBOT
	Serena Williams' Olympian Achievement (Preview) I couldn't believe how well Serena played throughout the tournament to win the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal. I can't remember ever having seen a female player play a better tournament? Perhaps Graf's 1988 French open domination is close (factoring in the additional round )? I started looking at her perf...	insomniacfolder	2	494	Aug 5, 2012 by Helen40
	Who will win at Wimbledon 2012? (Preview) There is my point about the next coming major. I believe that Serena Williams has the biggest chance to win in London and Maria Sharapova is her only competition. No other tennis player on the womens side has a chance to win at Wimbledon. And now some thoughts concerning the mens draw. Four players have...	Valery	13	1159	Jul 19, 2012 by indiana
	What do U think needs to be done by GB Tennis to reverse the dreadful state of British tennis in the world top 100? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Let's start a thinktank, we'd probably do a better job than the GB tennis authorities. Suggestions please -- Edited by VictorE on Sunday 10th of June 2012 10:50:23 AM	VictorE	24	2230	Jul 17, 2012 by insomniacfolder
	Bet at Home Cup (Preview) Carlos Berlocq - Gilles Simon Berlocq is obviously known for his clay court play, but he usualy fails when playing on the european courts. I don't really know what that happens, but his results this year clearly show it. Last week he didn't pla good tennis at all in Umag, where he advanced a pair of round...	markvighan	0	358	Jul 16, 2012 by markvighan
	Live Scoring Help (Preview) I use IE at work as a browser but, when on the ATP/WTA/LTA sites and click for live scoring, I get the pop up window but its just a blank black screen. I would swap to Firefox and it would work fine. My laptop has just updated and, now the life scoring wont work on Firefox either (just the blank black pop up sc...	Shhh	13	972	Jun 22, 2012 by Shhh
	Olympics 2012 - tennis. (Preview) Thought I'd start a thread for the Olympics, and qualification criteria discussions appearing randomly. Here's some info that I posted on the new Andy Murray forums. According to current rankings Flem and Hutch would qualify, but not Andy/Jamie. http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medi...6_...	Helen40	9	1213	Jun 21, 2012 by wolf
	Tennis racquets and strings for junior tennis players (Preview) There is a good article about how to choose strings for junior players and prevent injures from using polys. http://wp.me/p2iyrR-9n	Valery	0	701	Jun 21, 2012 by Valery
	Play a filmed match with World #8 Peter Fleming at Queen’s Club. Commentary coaching & souvenir DVD £595-anyone fancy? (Preview) I heard about this event on Facebook and was wondering if anyone knows if this is the going rate for these type of events as Im tempted. Ive removed the web address as the software here doesnt seem to like it. You can search the dream college on Google to find their website. Play a match against former...	VictorE	0	595	Jun 19, 2012 by VictorE
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