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£25m Shopping List for Britishtennis....to be spent by the LTA !
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So the LTA have somehow managed to convince someone to give them £25m in sponsorship from 2009 to 2013. Well done Rodger Draper....and of course to Andy Murray who has obviously raised the profile of the British game due to his recent little run to the USO final. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/te...
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Tennis on DVD
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hello i find a good place for tennis dvds have a look there http://www.tennislifedvd.org enjoy!
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Belgiquetennis.net
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http://www.les4verites.com/articles/comments.php?articles_id=1809
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Tennis in the Commonwealth Games???????
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Hey ive heard recently that tennis could be added as soon as the next commonwealth games in Delhi. Would this carry similar value in terms of points etc to the olympic tennis i see a potential ATP controversy as obv only commonwealth players could compete for these points(obv medals between england s...
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US Open discussion
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Thoughts on the general action so far ? Another big shock in the womens draw last night, many people's pick for the title on here Kuznetsova crashing out in 3 sets to Srebotnik 6-3, 6-7, 6-3. Wasn't a great match, Srebotnik got very tight at the end of the 2nd, didn't think she'd make it. She was very aggre...
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Roddick and Djokovic taking the piss out of their serves
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2009 ATP Calendar Out!
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http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/TrackIt.asp?file=http://www.atptennis.com/en/tournaments/fullcalendar/2009atp.pdf
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Weekly competition 2008 : The Brits' Progress
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Current Scores after Queens John 300 Ed 160 Stephen 140 RobC 120 Wolf 80 Johnnylad 60 Foreverdelayed 60 Imoen 40 Josh 20 Sheddie 20 Drew 20 the rules: Each week all the participants make one prediction: Which player will get through the most ATP tournament rounds, how many, AND w...
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ATP boss De Villiers to step down
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Was on the cards for a while... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7575211.stm
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Lets copy the Cyclists and win !
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The LTA should have a look at the success of the British cycling squad and see if there are any training techniques that can make the crossover into tennis. I watched quite a bit of the cycling over the weekend and was really impressed by the positive attitudes and fantastic support the coaches gave to t...
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BBc 606 - Tennis Updates
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A39309645 this is good
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Olympics offering points (apparently it was in doubt before now)
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http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/olympics_points.asp:Rankings Points to be Awarded at Olympics © Jim Rydell The International Tennis Federation and ATP have announced that ranking points for men will be awarded at the 2008 Olympic Tennis Event in Beijing, as they were at Sydney 2000...
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How to become a pro etc
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My idea to boost tennis into a forward direction
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Well ill start with this - how many Professional football competitions/leagues u see on the tv? Cricket? Rugby? Now we come to Tennis - what do we have - 4 grand slams and Masters series that gets on the tv - due to time difference normally in the middle of the night. Why dont we start a petition to get Chall...
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ATP wins Hamburg Masters anti-trust case
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7705352
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UK - Tennis Magazines, Tennis Websites, Coaches Websites
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Hi Everyone Doing some research on tennis in the UK. Any chance of a quick list of (for UK only): Tennis Magazines Tennis Websites Coaches Websites Comments about each would be appeciated.
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Serbian Tennis taking the systematic approach
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Everyone likes to quote the Serbs when talking about British tennis but it seems they are much more organised than given credit for. Perhaps LTA should have recruited Serbian coaches instead of the 'mega buck' ones that they did. :- Serbian tennis taking the systematic approach By JEFFREY DUNHAM A...
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Prakash Amritraj In A Tour Final.
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Beating Dancevic by 76 46 63 in Newport. In case anyone has ten odd minutes in her/his hands, they should see this video someone uploaded as it's great tennis from two natural grass players - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoNR-kjKBak I like it far more than the Wimbly final, anyday....
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Philippoussis - bit of a wild card
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http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23964860-5006301,00.html?from=public_rss
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For anyone with money to burn ...
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From my inbox today: An evening with.... John McEnroe & Tim Henman The Park Lane, London 25th June, 2008 This unique black tie occasion in the delightful ballroom of this prestigious London five star Park Lane on the Wednesday of the first week of Wimbledon will include a champagne reception, d...
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Tennis fans petition to support ATP players
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This years schedule is overcrowded. The reason is not Olympic Games as ATP goes on saying. US tournament dates have been moved because of US college basketball !The effect on ATP players was ever so obvious: withdrawals, retirements, injuries. Rome was especially worse.I do not want to see players...
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ATP South Africa!
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Can I just say wowhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/sportsplus/sportsplus.php?id=128378
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Silva def. Silva; Silva def. Silva
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I came across this on the ITF website. The finals of the last two Brazil Futures have both been between Rogerio Silva, 24, and his younger brother, Daniel Silva, 20. Two weeks ago, Rogerio won the final 6-0 6-1 and last week Rogerio won again but only by 6-1 6-7(2) 6-0. Rogerio has in fact won his last 22 ma...
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Queens Club
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Went to Queens yesterday and came back prettydisilusioned with the whole "charade". Here we are in the UK trying to produce a group of World Class Players and get away from the perception that tennis is an elitist sport and then you go along to one of our showcase events and are totally surr...
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New LTA site
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as steven mentioned the lta have relacunded their website. one feature that caught the eye is the map of where the players are!! i wonder if they had microchipped them, but alas now it's just a google map link to the where events are beign held. http://www.lta.org.uk/News/This-Week-Map/ would be ni...
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