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Tim's Competitors Week 1
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Again, here's the first table of the new year, (C), as ever, GC77 and all of the players striving to get past Tim in week 1:
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Tim Henman plays in the Davis Cup !
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5205-2534697,00.html
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Australian open 2007
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first grand slam of 2007, and i cant wait 1 Federer, Roger SUI 1 2 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2 3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3 4 Blake, James USA 4 5 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5 6 Roddick, Andy USA 6 7 Robredo, Tommy ESP 7 8 Nalbandian, David ARG 8 9 Ancic, Mario CRO 9 10 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI 10 11 Haas, Tommy GER 11 12 Baghdatis, M...
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Hopman Cup 2007
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i know the Games are finishing soon but i thought i would up date to what is happening in Doha!
Women
In the Singles, the established players in the top 100, Sania Mirza (4), Li Na(1) and Jie Zheng (2), Y.J.Chan, Akiko Nakamura (3), Tamarine Tanasugarn and Akiko Morigami were among th...
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Henman handed Davis Cup deadline
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23379955-details/Henman+is+handed+a+Davis+Cup+deadline/article.do
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Henman out of Aussie Open
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6229665.stm
this is going to play havoc with his ranking 
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ATP Marseille 2007.
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1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 2
2 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3
3 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5
4 Ancic, Mario CRO 9
5 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 12
6 Ferrer, David ESP 14
7 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN 15
8 Djokovic, Novak SRB 16
9 Gasquet, Richard FRA 18
10 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS 20
11 Hrbaty, Dominik SVK 21
12 Johansson...
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Black Rock Masters
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i should be going to this tonight at the royal albert hall, unfortunly mac's match is int he afternoon, but i will get to see bates vs goran - are you allowed to boo? everytime Bates misses i will cheer and shout come on boggo :)
anyway, why the hell in Rios on the senoirs tour?? he's only 30 ffs, tha...
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Tennis Quiz questions
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I thought that we could post various tennis trivia questions in this thread [should they be mutiple choice or not ?]
I'll start:
What was unusual about Virginia Wade's opponent in rd1 of the 1977 US Open ?
Is it [a] she was from Mars, [,b,] she had been a man [c] she was Navratilova playing in...
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LTA Agree to sell Queens
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BBC sports ticker just announced that the LTA are selling Queens Club for £35million More later
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They said WHAT !!!
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New thread, post a quote here and guess who said it !
Here's a fairly easy one to start with:
Who said this:
"Shooting the guy who shot Bambi? I guess it feels better than shooting Bambi."
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Federer and Henin nominated as ITF champions
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No surprises on the mens side though on the womens it must have been a tough choice between Henin and Mauresmo
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LTA appoint Annacone
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On the BBC news ticker.
Will post link when article becomes available
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Davenport likely to retire
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6178019.stm
Great player, was the first to really challenge the dominance of Hingis and take over the world no 1 spot from her.
Can't believe she hasn't won a slam since 20...
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Grand Slam Surprise Packages.
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Pick four players, one for each Slam, who you think are going to surprise us all by their performances next year. They must be ranked outside the top 80 and you can't choose someone like Victor Hanescu, who is under ranked due to injury. US Open - Sam Querrey. Wimbly - Mischa Zverev. Roland Garros - Juan M...
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Sampras on Federer
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/wimbledon-still-an-attraction-for-sampras/2006/12/10/1165685554336.html
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Tennis Stat Software
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Does anyone use or know of 'Tennis Navigator'. Evaluating it at the moment and with the exchange rate of almost $2 to the £ the $50 per annum fee it looks very keenly priced. You get 6 months of free daily database updates then you pay $19.99 per year after. Bascially you can do just about anything with thi...
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How to Win the Davis Cup ?
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So Russia win the DC for the 2nd time in 5 years. How is it done...? They have depth in numbers.... They have the world no 3 and a further 3 players within the top 30. Add another 2 ranked in the top 100 and you can see something works for the Russians. Desire What a way out from the ordinary life that could be fo...
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Tim Henman in 2007
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Tim plans to play 22 events next year and he beat Mark Philippoussis 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 on tuesday. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6211950.stm
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Interesting Article
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http://www.britishtennisparents.com/tennis_articles/id12_1.asp
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Questions for Nicole Vaidisova
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Inside Tennis are going to be doing an exclusive interview with Nicole Vaidisova and want to give fans the opportunity to ask questions to Nicole. Send your questions to inside_tennis@hotmail.co.uk and as many as possible will be put to Nicole. You can post them on here too (so others can make sure th...
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Tim to play the Albert Hall........
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http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061108Henman.htm?BSMGuid=b1c9cfab-6180-4f86-86c3-58e712fb1e0d
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Countries in the top 100
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Don't know if anyone's interested, but here is a breakdown of the countries with players in the top 100 and how many players they have there. If anyone finds this interesting, I can maintain this as a kind of league table updated weekly....
1.nc France &nbs...
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Masters Cup
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Fed beats Nalby
Roddick bts Ljubo
BLAKE beats NADAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tennis emails
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I saw these on another site, some are so, so funny. Basically people have been making up emails for different players. Post your ideas in this thread.
Here are some of the ones done so far:
Federer: captainwasabi@rafasucks.edu
Feliciano Lopez: washandset@beauty.com or beautician@ma...
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