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The BBC news just finished with a section on Lily Mills, did anyone see it. Lily is in the AO in the Learning Disability event - I didnt know there was one. she lives for tennis, having suffered meningitis when young and being lucky to survive, but with learning disabilities through her life. good lu...
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Neale Fraser
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Sadly the Wimbledon singles champion of 1960 Australia's Neale Fraser passed away on 2nd December 2024 aged 91. He won the US singles Championships of 1959 and 1960. In the 1959 US Championships he also won the doubles and mixed and is the last man to win all 3 titles at the same Grand Slam. He won...
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European League Club Tennis
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As per the sensible request on the other page, (and as it concerns some of our best players), here is a thread exclusively for our GB players (men and women) who take part in the European club tennis leagues. (NB I don't follow the German leagues so if someone else does, please add it as this isn't meant to...
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Delpo farewell
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https://x.com/rishi45kumar/status/1861343333651546316?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw
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2024 ITF Wheelchair Tour
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https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/entries-confirmed-for-biggest-australia...
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Week 47: NCAA Div 1 Ind Singles & Doubles Championships, Waco, TX, USA - Hard
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The NCAA Div 1 Individual Singles and Doubles Championships start on Tuesday, having been moved from May in a 2 year pilot. This year they are being held at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Qualification for the Championships was through 4 tournaments that have taken place since the end of Septembe...
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Winter County Cup
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I found out - mainly by asking why the ITF junior final was on Friday rather than Saturday - that the winter county cup(open age)is on this weekend. I did find it a bit strange that it is a 3 day event starting on Friday morning, especially when some of the lesser counties will not have 6 pro players so they w...
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2024 NEC Singles/Uniqlo Doubles Wheelchair Masters - Arnhem, NL (Indoor Hard)
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The annual Wheelchair Masters begins today. From GB we have: Men's singles - Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne Men's Doubles - Alfie/Gordon; Andew Penney (w/Robin Groenewoud (NL)) Quad Doubles - Andy (w/ Donald Ramphadi (RSA)) and Greg Slade (w/Ahmet Kaplan (Tur)) The si...
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Reminiscing
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For those who hanker for the old days, this Youtube video has appeared on social media. It is a 15 minute highlight reel of the 1952 Women's Singles final at Wimbledon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoSWyMdsfKM Thought some might find it interesting.
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UTS 2024
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https://x.com/uts_tour_/status/1853424303695405313?s=46&t=Bvtg7M7Hc8gNhFe9rQksUw
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Beyond the baseline. New LTA documentary.
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Just watched the first episode and was impressed. Concentrated mainly on Felix Gill over in Spain. Hadnt realised his Dad passed away this year. Not much depth to it but each episode is only 15 mins.
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Peng
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Feels wrong that we dont have a discussion on this to allow people to comment - the British government have tonight urged China to prove she is safe. Good. I support the wta in their stance and getting out of China is their only reasonable option now. It is untenable for the wta to play in China next year I...
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US College: ITA All-American Championships 2024 - Hard - Tulsa, OK & Cary, NC
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For the main championships I'm going to see if separating out them out from the main US College discussion works. The ITA All-American Championships, the first major tournament of the 2024/25 season, starts this weekend. This is the first of 4 events where players can qualify for the NCAA Singles an...
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Weak tournament entry lists
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https://www.dartsrankings.com/tennis/brazzaville Dont think Ive ever seen one this bad. ATP challenger 50 event in Brazzaville in Republic of Congo last direct entry 1531 and only 6 names on the alt list. Be surprised if a qualifying draw happens and this is before anyone drops out.
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Off court coaching
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Wimbledon changes
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/ce3zg3y23v7o
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Rafael Nadal
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What do you think's up with Nadal at the moment ?
After a simply brilliant first 6 months, in which he won 5 titles and reached the Wimbledon final aswell as winning RG and made the semis of Indian Wells, his last few months have been quite disappointing by his standards.
In Toronto he was outpow...
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Congratulations
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More 'important' congratulations get their own thread (Andy and Kim's baby, Marcus' wedding etc.) which seems right but we didn't seem to have a general congrats thread, for all tennis players (rather like the remarkable non-GB performances, or best wishes re injuries). And good news is good news...
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2024 British Tournaments
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Not sure if there is a thread for this years tournaments. I couldnt find one, having gone through the pages till I found the 2023 one. I notice the post Wimbledon ITF tournaments are now showing on the ITF calendar. Unlike last year they are all showing as Hard court tournament. real shame that we wont ha...
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Para Tennis-World Championships in Annecy 9th-14th September 2024
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Anna is defending her titles next week in Annecy France next week. As usual the LTA get the details wrong, which are corrected below. Defending champion Anna McBride is playing for GB in the World Championships, Annecy France next week. Some of the LTA's articles details are incorrect. She is 20 and n...
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2024 Paralympics Wheelchair Tennis - Roland Garros, Paris (Clay)
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Decided to give this one it's own thread as we have a decent number of entries across the six events and , well, it is the biggest event on the calendar, really. Men's singles: 48-player draw, all 16 seeds receive bye to second round Women's singles: 32-player draw, 8 seeds Quad singles: 15-player...
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Whatever became of whatsis(er)name?
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Am starting this thread in response to a comment by Rosamund on the Laura Robson individual thread, as the discussion there was becoming sidetracked by posters' various reminiscences about past players!
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ATP Next Gen Expense Support Programme
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Extra financial help was announced at the US Open for young players "The ATP is proud to announce the launch of the Next Gen Expense Support Programme, aimed at financially supporting the future stars of tennis as they compete on the ATP Challenger Tour. Players ranked between 101 and 500 in the PIF A...
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Six Kings Slam
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Billie Jean King
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The great BJK wants to change the scoring system in tennis.(IMHO probably the best thing about the sport as it's so unique.) Instead of 15, 30, 40 she wants 1,2 3 (Boring). Oh and all players should wear numbers on their back so we know who they are Of all the issues tennis has, this is the least of them. ...
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