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Federer taken to 5 sets !
(Preview)
This usually happens in the Semis or final but not in the third round...against the world number 49 !!! Final score : 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-1) 5-7 6-1 10-8 Ful game by game HERE
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Drew
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Weekly Competition 2007: The Brits' Progress
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New competition will start ATP week 2 **** Total points after St Petersburg (new points)******** Eblunt 500 (120) John 451 (0) Foreverdelayed 269 pts (0) Drew 244 (0) Imoen 196 (0) Johnnylad 139 pts (0) Mkkeuk 131 (0) UltimateShed 114 (0) Arka 102 (0) Michael 84 (0) Sally 60 (0) Steven 34 (0) RobC 10 (0)...
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Aussie Open in turmoil
(Preview)
As a result of a spate of freak withdrawals, it has been decided to cancel the 2008 Australian Open. A woeful series of events led to the entire field being ravaged to the point where there was a distinct possibility that Oscar Hernandez or even Alex Bogdanovic might have won the title. Reason prevaile...
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Sheddie
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BBCi Aussie Open coverage
(Preview)
It's the same as before....the night session will be televised live from 8am GMT onwards each day but there's a fab new extra feature.....the best match of the day will be repeated in full live aswell and shown on a rolling ticker throughout the day !!
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Sheddie
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BBC i-player
(Preview)
BBC have launched their 'i-player'. They will be showing Wimbledon on it they confirmed today. Do not know about the AO though ? www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
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Drew
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Who was greater - Henman or Philippoussis
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Looks like the Scud is retiring too so who was the greater, Tim or Scud Philippoussis led 4-3 on head-to-heads, including wins in the 98 US Open and Wimbledon 2000 but Tim won the last two, in the final of Adelaide 2002 and at Wimbledon 04 Both won 11 career titles, Henman won 1 masters series as did Philip...
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Sheddie
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Why ?
(Preview)
Simple question about Radek Stepanek which is all on our lips ! How can an ugly sod pull Martina & an 18 year old when Fitz can't even get a date with Ivanovic ?
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Sheddie
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The First of Many ?
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The ATP investigation into gambling / match fixing has its first guilty verdict...or a patsy ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7088488.stm He did gamble...but did he throw matches....not certain here ?
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Drew
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6
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876
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Lightning never strikes twice or does it !
(Preview)
Stepanek and Vaidisova are engaged !!!! Forget Djokovic's win in Montreal , Federer beating Nadal on clay, Boggo nearly beating Roddick.................this is the biggest shock of the tennis year...what has happened ! This has to be one of the weirdest couplings of all time...Nicole is still...
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Sheddie
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A little bit of Xmas cheer and quite amusing
(Preview)
http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2007news/jingle_bells.asp
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goldfish
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BlackRock Masters - Albert Hall 4th-9th Dec
(Preview)
On BBC TV Friday and Saturday only. Anyone know if its covered by any other stations or on live streaming?
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timmoore46
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McEnroe fears mafia infiltrating tennis
(Preview)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071207/sp_afp/mafiatennisrususamcenroefixing
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Montana Doug
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How long do you think Roger will remain no 1 for ?
(Preview)
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Sheddie
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Martina Retires amidst Positive Drug Test
(Preview)
Oh dear...not Martina.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7073033.stm
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Drew
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666
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Predictions for 2008
(Preview)
Who do we reckon will take the mens and womens slams in 08 ? Men: AO: Federer French: Federer Wimbledon: Nadal USO: Djokovic Women: AO: Henin French: Henin Wimbledon: S Williams USO: Jankovic
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Sheddie
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Which tournaments are you going to in 2008 ?
(Preview)
January: Sutton 25K (womens challenger, final week of the month) - easy tube access May: Roland Garros (possibly) June: Surbiton qualies definately and maybe a day of main draw, Queens qualies and Monday, Eastbourne/Nottingham qualies (depending on which bt.net radio decide to cover), Wimbled...
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Sheddie
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Nadal has career ending foot injury....
(Preview)
On the BBC news ticker....apparently his coach has come out and said that Rafa has a foot injury that could affect his career ? Lets hope not !
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Drew
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4
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642
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Sampras beats Federer
(Preview)
7-6(6), 6-4 in their 3rd match in Kuala Lumpur !!!!! I know its end of season and only an exhibition but thats stunning....Ive been amazed at how close all the matches have been....2nd one really could have gone either way
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Sheddie
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Player nicknames
(Preview)
Shamelessly nicked from am.com, its a pretty cool and conclusive list...have we got any to add to this ? I'm sure that steven has some !!! Players Nicknames. Ancic Mario - Super Mario, Baby Goran (after Ivanisavic) Baghdatis Marcos - Smiley, Baggy Berdych Thomas - Berdy (short for Berdman or Ber...
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Sheddie
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Masters cup - Shanghai
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(Preview)
Huge shock today, Gonzalez beating Federer 3-6, 7-6, 7-5....what an upset....sounds like an incredible match, gutted I missed it but just the wrong time....play starting at 8am...grrrrr.....if it was 3 hrs earlier Id be able to watch it....roll on London 2009 It sets up the unthinkable , could F...
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Sheddie
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Glasgow wins 2014 commonwealth games
(Preview)
I imagine Drew will almost certainly be there and will tennis be among the sports ?
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Sheddie
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Tallest players to compete at British ATP venues
(Preview)
(1) Ivo Karlovic - 6ft 10 (2) Dick Norman - 6ft 8 (3) Chris Guccione - 6ft 7 (4) Bladetiger (member of this forum) - 6ft 6
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Sheddie
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606
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Deco Turf for Bejing Olympics
(Preview)
http://www.itftennis.com/olympics/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=17926
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Drew
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683
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Best performance ever?
(Preview)
I think this week we have seen a major contender for the best ever week's tennis. A few months ago in Montreal, people claimed Djokovic's wins over Roddick, Nadal and Federer consecutively was the best masters series performance ever but surely Nalbandian's victories over Federer, Nadal and Djoko...
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john
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969
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Federer looks to Become British
(Preview)
In a move that will please the lta roger federer has signaled his intention that he may wish to follow greg rusedski's lead and switch nationalites. News is leaking that roger feels he could offer a lot to the british people and his sporting excellence would lead him to become a legend among the populat...
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Count Zero
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