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Tim's Live Ranking in Week 15
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The New Table is posted Here (on britishtennis.net) Tim starts thw week as he ended the last one: at 48. Monaco will need to reach the Houston semis to overtake him. Volandri, Grosjean, Ram-Ham, Vass- Arg and Korolev are also threats. All need to reach at least the finals to overtake. -- Edited by Mad...
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Monte Carlo
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Main draw [1] FEDERER, Roger SUI vs BYE QUALIFIER vs QUALIFIER LEE, Hyung-Taik KOR vs BJORKMAN, Jonas SWE MOYA, Carlos ESP vs [13] YOUZHNY, Mikhail RUS [12] FERRER, David ESP vs SIMON, Gilles FRA [WC] BALLERET, Benjamin MON vs BENNETEAU, Julien FRA TURSUNOV, Dmitry RUS vs GAUDIO, Gaston ARG BYE vs [6...
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Greg Retires
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its offical, as most of us suspected greg has retired with this win. will be missed.
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Clay-court season to be more open this year ?
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Who do you think the players in the mix for this year's clay-court season will be ? Last year it was mainly just Federer and Nadal, Robredo managed to sneak Hamburg as both were too exhausted from Rome to compete. However, signs are that the tourneys this year will be a lot more open. Will Murray surpris...
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Funny story about Greg Rusedski's aunt
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Thanks to steven for finding this one...just priceless  "A few years ago a friend of mine moved to Canada to start a new job. On his first day he was introduced to one of his new colleagues, a Mrs Rusedski. By way of banter he told her "That's a coincidence we have a rubbish tennis pla...
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Taylor Dent To Return!
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Retirement my foot! He's going to come back.  http://www.atptennis.com/en/news/2007/dent_surgery.asp
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Federer wins 3rd Laureus award
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Absolutely amazing achievement and what an amazing year it was.....do you think he deserved to win it for this year or do you think someone from another sport deserved it more ? Full awards list: Sportsman of the Year Roger Federer, Switzerland, tennis Sportswoman of the Year Yelena Isinbayeva, Rus...
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Bye, bye rebound ace
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Tennis Australia could be poised to change the surface of the Australian Open from rubber to hard court, according to media reports. The Age newspaper claim the switch could be made as early as 2008 in a quest to find a "national surface" for all levels of the game in Australia. The Rebound A...
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The Queen opens new tennis centre
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6505953.stm
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Davis Cup Qf's
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PHM bt the undertaker  Friday - P.Mathieu (FRA) d N.Davydenko (RUS) 26 62 61 75 Vliegen running Haas close and Johannsson leading Nalby in other ties
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Who's impressed you the most so far in 2007 ?
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Apart from Andy, which player would you say has impressed you the most so far this season ?
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Tim's Live Rankings Weeks 12 and 13 (Miami)
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The new table is posted here (on Britishtennis.net) Tim's defending a round 2 win, but now that Monfils has overtaken him in Sunrise, he doesn't drop any further, staying at 47. Also dropping are: Gicquel and Ginepri ahead, and Massu, Volandri, Grosjean, Lapentti, Koubek and Serra behin...
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Tim's Live Ranking Weeks 10 and 11 (Indian Wells
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The new table is posted here (On BritishTennis.net) No- one drops below Tim, so he starts the week where he ended week 9, at 44. Rochus, Becker and Gaudio drop places ahead of him. Benneteau, Monfils, Grosjean and Kohlschreiber drop places behind him. Tim can overtake everyone up to Hewitt, at 19, ahe...
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Lleyton hands Tiger a spanking
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-- Edited by Sheddie at 14:20, 2007-04-02
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The dark side of the Gonz
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"The beast has awoken within !"
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What the little Agassis will look like in a few years time
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-- Edited by Sheddie at 14:19, 2007-04-02
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Henman v Canas - 1am GMT tonight
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Tim Henman faces his old nemisis Guillermo Canas in rd1 of the Miami masters series event tonight. Henman will be looking to improve his rather disappointing record against the Argentine who's won their last 5 encounters. Canas hasn't lost to Henman since 1998. Many of those matches have b...
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Goldstein on Canas
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Very interesting. Suggests bad vibes, distrust and jealousy from player towards Canas because of his positive test. Worth a read: Goldstein: Nonetheless, his return to glory has been met with a fair amount of skepticism by his colleagues for several reasons. First and foremost, he has already tes...
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Imagine Wimbledon as a swimming pool!
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And I don't just mean when its raining! Sounds odd but that's exactly what's happened to the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. They've turned it into an olympic sized swimming pool! trying to find photos!
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ATP Points In Davis Cup?
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From The Times March 24, 2007 Ranking points may be given in Davis Cup Neil Harman, Tennis Correspondent in Miami, Florida It will come too late to help Tim Henman’s cause but the prospect of ranking points being awarded for participation in the Davis Cup is the most profound change being consi...
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Canas Beats Fed AGAIN !
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Well what a match...glad I watched it....Canas wins 7-6(2) 2-6 7-6(5) WOW.....really opens up Andy's chances to win...just duckboy andmaybe Nadal in the way though  -- Edited by Drew at 00:26, 2007-03-28
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Nadal v Djokovic
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Anyone think Djoko could cause an upset ? I'm gonna watch it for a little bit, think it's going to be Nadal in 2 though.... The camera has flashed on some amazingly hot girls in the crowd....I wish I was there.....
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AMS Shanghai!
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Shanghai Confirmed as ATP Masters Series Event from 2009 The ATP Board today approved Shanghai as the host of the ATP’s Asian Masters Series tournament, starting in 2009. Shanghai has hosted the men’s season-ending Tennis Masters Cup on three occasions. The first was in 2002 and it has since he...
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Del Potro vs. Nadal.
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The match which was on my minds for the last fourteen months is finally here. I think that Del Potro can take this. This is the sort of surface he thrives upon and he is in the form of his life. -- Edited by The Panda Bear at 09:45, 2007-03-27
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Miami main draw
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(1)FEDERER, Roger SUI/BYE ANDREEV, Igor RUS v (WC)QUERREY, Sam USA (WC)KUZNETSOV, Alex USA v STARACE, Potito ITA BYE/(29)ALMAGRO, Nicolas ESP (19)FERRERO, Juan Carlos ESP/BYE HENMAN, Tim GBR v QUALIFIER/LUCKY LOSER VERKERK, Martin NED v GROSJEAN, Sebastien FRA BYE/(15)GASQUET, Richard FRA...
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