British Tennis Forum - Celebrating 20 Years!

eblunt · eblunt

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...

Drew · Drew

Was on the cards for a while... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7575211.stm

Armchair · Armchair

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...

talp · talp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A39309645 this is good

imoen · imoen

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...

talp · talp

Where do u start?

talp · talp

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...

steven · steven

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7705352

hagadol · hagadol

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.

mjd · mjd

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...

Salmon · Salmon

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....

goldfish · goldfish

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23964860-5006301,00.html?from=public_rss

steven · steven

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...

tennisfan08 · tennisfan08

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...

Salmon · Salmon

Can I just say wowhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/sportsplus/sportsplus.php?id=128378

Akhenaten · Akhenaten

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...

madfan · madfan

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...

Count Zero · Count Zero

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...

Salmon · Salmon

https://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn64/pfboa/2008%20Queens%20Qualies%20day%20one-%20Sat%207th%20June/?action=view&current=IMG_1260.jpg

johnnylad · johnnylad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7439124.stm

mkkreuk · mkkreuk

The Schedule for Day one is: CHATRIER 11:00 Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[2] Denis Gremelmayr (GER) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[18] Julia Vakulenko (UKR) v. Alize Cornet (FRA)[19] LENGLEN 11:00 David Nalbandian (ARG)[6...

steven · steven

Only one entry so far, but it's notable for a pic of him trying on his father's glasses and looking about 80 (!) and for the revelation that the Philipp Davydenko who lost in QR1 at Portschach is his 15-year-old nephew and sometime hitting partner. http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/blog/davydenko.a...

mjd · mjd

World number one Justine Henin is set to announce her retirement from tennis, according to Belgian media reports. Newspapers claim the 25-year-old, who has withdrawn from this week's Italian Open, citing fatigue, will make the announcement at 1400 BST on Wednesday. This little 'dynamo' will be m...

dougie · dougie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7381548.stm Hey guys/girls... just saw this article on the beeb and thought its an interesting topic and would like to se how you all felt about it. Personally i think that the timing of having a 4 hour photoshoot jus a day before a Tier1 begins is a little in...

Salmon · Salmon

Becomes only the tenth 15 year old to win a Tour main draw match in the history of tennis. The last person to do this was Nadal when he beat Ramon Delgado in Mallorca in 2002. And a hell of a win this is, too. He has beaten Pablo Cuevas in straight sets, who's a fine player on slow surfaces. He happen...

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	Weekly competition 2008 : The Brits' Progress ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 ) (Preview) 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...	eblunt	125	5543	Aug 25, 2008 by eblunt
	ATP boss De Villiers to step down (Preview) Was on the cards for a while... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7575211.stm	Drew	5	634	Aug 21, 2008 by ForeverDelayed
	Lets copy the Cyclists and win ! (Preview) 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...	Armchair	10	901	Aug 15, 2008 by DJ
	BBc 606 - Tennis Updates (Preview) http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A39309645 this is good	talp	0	816	Aug 8, 2008 by talp
	Olympics offering points (apparently it was in doubt before now) ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) 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...	imoen	35	2651	Aug 8, 2008 by steven
	How to become a pro etc ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Where do u start?	talp	20	1955	Aug 8, 2008 by steven
	My idea to boost tennis into a forward direction (Preview) 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...	talp	9	908	Aug 7, 2008 by indiana
	ATP wins Hamburg Masters anti-trust case (Preview) http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/feedarticle/7705352	steven	12	1029	Aug 7, 2008 by DJ
	UK - Tennis Magazines, Tennis Websites, Coaches Websites (Preview) 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.	hagadol	7	5018	Aug 6, 2008 by Count Zero
	Serbian Tennis taking the systematic approach (Preview) 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...	mjd	0	852	Aug 6, 2008 by mjd
	Prakash Amritraj In A Tour Final. (Preview) 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....	Salmon	2	866	Jul 13, 2008 by Salmon
	Philippoussis - bit of a wild card (Preview) http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23964860-5006301,00.html?from=public_rss	goldfish	2	769	Jul 3, 2008 by Salmon
	For anyone with money to burn ... (Preview) 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...	steven	8	911	Jul 1, 2008 by Salmon
	Tennis fans petition to support ATP players ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) 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...	tennisfan08	33	4226	Jun 29, 2008 by johnnylad
	ATP South Africa! (Preview) Can I just say wowhttp://www.bangkokpost.com/sportsplus/sportsplus.php?id=128378	Salmon	9	839	Jun 22, 2008 by johnnylad
	Silva def. Silva; Silva def. Silva (Preview) 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...	Akhenaten	2	680	Jun 19, 2008 by StevoTG
	Queens Club ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	madfan	18	2287	Jun 16, 2008 by steven
	New LTA site (Preview) 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...	Count Zero	11	854	Jun 11, 2008 by john
	Who Is This Player? (Preview) https://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn64/pfboa/2008%20Queens%20Qualies%20day%20one-%20Sat%207th%20June/?action=view&current=IMG_1260.jpg	Salmon	4	750	Jun 10, 2008 by Salmon
	Maartens promoted to Draper's No 2 (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7439124.stm	johnnylad	4	731	Jun 9, 2008 by wolf
	Roland Garros Discussion Thread ( 1 2 ) (Preview) The Schedule for Day one is: CHATRIER 11:00 Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) v. Ana Ivanovic (SRB)[2] Denis Gremelmayr (GER) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB)[3] Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) v. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)[18] Julia Vakulenko (UKR) v. Alize Cornet (FRA)[19] LENGLEN 11:00 David Nalbandian (ARG)[6...	mkkreuk	23	1670	May 29, 2008 by mkkreuk
	Davydenko blog from Portschach (Preview) Only one entry so far, but it's notable for a pic of him trying on his father's glasses and looking about 80 (!) and for the revelation that the Philipp Davydenko who lost in QR1 at Portschach is his 15-year-old nephew and sometime hitting partner. http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/blog/davydenko.a...	steven	1	787	May 24, 2008 by Salmon
	Justine Henin 'set to retire from tennis' (Preview) World number one Justine Henin is set to announce her retirement from tennis, according to Belgian media reports. Newspapers claim the 25-year-old, who has withdrawn from this week's Italian Open, citing fatigue, will make the announcement at 1400 BST on Wednesday. This little 'dynamo' will be m...	mjd	7	800	May 14, 2008 by Count Zero
	Sharapova and the WTA photoshoot! (Preview) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7381548.stm Hey guys/girls... just saw this article on the beeb and thought its an interesting topic and would like to se how you all felt about it. Personally i think that the timing of having a 4 hour photoshoot jus a day before a Tier1 begins is a little in...	dougie	5	606	May 4, 2008 by mkkreuk
	Ryan Harrison!! (Preview) Becomes only the tenth 15 year old to win a Tour main draw match in the history of tennis. The last person to do this was Nadal when he beat Ramon Delgado in Mallorca in 2002. And a hell of a win this is, too. He has beaten Pablo Cuevas in straight sets, who's a fine player on slow surfaces. He happen...	Salmon	5	914	Apr 18, 2008 by Salmon
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