General tennis discussion

Sheddie · Sheddie

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...

Salmon · Salmon

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...

Sheddie · Sheddie

http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/wimbledon-still-an-attraction-for-sampras/2006/12/10/1165685554336.html

Drew · Drew

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...

Drew · Drew

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...

Drew · Drew

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

john · john

http://www.britishtennisparents.com/tennis_articles/id12_1.asp

inside_tennis · inside_tennis

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...

Drew · Drew

http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061108Henman.htm?BSMGuid=b1c9cfab-6180-4f86-86c3-58e712fb1e0d

john · john

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...

johnnylad · johnnylad

Fed beats Nalby Roddick bts Ljubo BLAKE beats NADAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheddie · Sheddie

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...

Sheddie · Sheddie

Former world number one Kim Clijsters has re-iterated her intention to retire from professional tennis next season. The 23-year-old has declined an invitation from the Belgian Olympic Committee to represent her country at the 2008 Olympics. The injury-prone Clijsters announced last...

RobC · RobC

Has been underway for a while now. Greg takes the first set 6-3!!

RobC · RobC

Here's the table (c)GC77 for the week of the 30th October. It's prepared before the week 43 rankings are out. Please let me know if anything's wrong! STRONG>week   ...

RobC · RobC

Having had a week catching his breath at around 155, (I think Drew will show him at 154 tomorrow, up from 155) Greg will take a big dive next week. He has 60 points from St Petersburg to defend, which will take him down to 235 points, which will be in the mid - 170s... His Paris Masters points fall of in week...

Drew · Drew

http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061103Marshall.htm?BSMGuid=a984e036-6cfa-4b1b-9c63-ddbb1a6b6080

eblunt · eblunt

He's one lucky guy. He only got into the quals for Paris as a late replacement for Mahut. Won one game. Lost in the final qual round, but now finds himself thru to the second round of the main draw as an LL replacement for Fed (with a first round bye of course). He'll probably get a w/o next ...

john · john

The Englishman was forced to turn down the offer of a wild card from tournament director Cedric Pioline last Friday. “It was a shame I had to say no,” Henman continued. “I would have loved to have gone back to Paris where I won the event in 2003 but the knee was too sore at that stage to say yes.” From LTA...

eblunt · eblunt

******* Basle pts ***** Mkkreuk, Imoen, Drew and Ed all partially correct 15pts each *********** Latest Table ******** Points standing after Basle: Imoen 800 pts (the 'Fed' of this competition ) Mkkreuk 400 pts Akhenten 330pts Ed 3...

Vonce · Vonce

London has been backed to host the ATP's season-ending Masters Cup by its chairman Etienne De Villiers. Shanghai's deal to stage the event runs out in 2008, after which De Villiers said it is likely to return to Europe. He said: "It's an open process, but I'd love it to go to London in the run-up...

RobC · RobC

Here's the table (c)GC77 for the week of the 23rd October. Please let me know if anything's wrong! week   Running

VSandhi20 · VSandhi20

The 'ugly' Swiss agianst the 'gentleman Brit!

Match to commence no later than 2.45pm BST. I think it going to be tough for Tim. Wawrinka got a nice flowing backhand and an erratic forehand with less bite on the serve! so henman should win comfortably but i think he going to work hard f...

RobC · RobC

- check it out: http://stevegtennis.com/ Looks like the site's reverted back to August 2005. I hope it doesn't mean that Steve's lost all his data for the last year ???

Madeline · Madeline

Tomorrow not before 2.45 UK time

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Davenport likely to retire (Preview) 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...	Sheddie	0	423	Dec 15, 2006 by Sheddie
	Grand Slam Surprise Packages. (Preview) 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...	Salmon	11	639	Dec 13, 2006 by Drew
	Sampras on Federer (Preview) http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/wimbledon-still-an-attraction-for-sampras/2006/12/10/1165685554336.html	Sheddie	0	446	Dec 13, 2006 by Sheddie
	Tennis Stat Software (Preview) 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...	Drew	6	1318	Dec 10, 2006 by Drew
	How to Win the Davis Cup ? (Preview) 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...	Drew	1	507	Dec 9, 2006 by Salmon
	Tim Henman in 2007 (Preview) 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	Drew	1	549	Dec 9, 2006 by Sheddie
	Interesting Article (Preview) http://www.britishtennisparents.com/tennis_articles/id12_1.asp	john	2	610	Dec 5, 2006 by Salmon
	Questions for Nicole Vaidisova (Preview) 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...	inside_tennis	4	537	Nov 28, 2006 by inside_tennis
	Tim to play the Albert Hall........ (Preview) http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061108Henman.htm?BSMGuid=b1c9cfab-6180-4f86-86c3-58e712fb1e0d	Drew	4	520	Nov 21, 2006 by Count Zero
	Countries in the top 100 (Preview) 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...	john	3	471	Nov 21, 2006 by john
	Masters Cup ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Fed beats Nalby Roddick bts Ljubo BLAKE beats NADAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	johnnylad	49	2004	Nov 19, 2006 by Count Zero
	Tennis emails ( 1 2 ) (Preview) 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...	Sheddie	16	1274	Nov 17, 2006 by VSandhi20
	Cljisters still planning on 2007 retirement (Preview) Former world number one Kim Clijsters has re-iterated her intention to retire from professional tennis next season. The 23-year-old has declined an invitation from the Belgian Olympic Committee to represent her country at the 2008 Olympics. The injury-prone Clijsters announced last...	Sheddie	4	432	Nov 17, 2006 by Sheddie
	Dnepropetrovsk Challenger: Greg vs Koubek ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Has been underway for a while now. Greg takes the first set 6-3!!	RobC	19	1201	Nov 15, 2006 by Count Zero
	Tim's Competitors Week 44 - Paris Masters ( 1 2 3 4 ) (Preview) Here's the table (c)GC77 for the week of the 30th October. It's prepared before the week 43 rankings are out. Please let me know if anything's wrong! STRONG>week   ...	RobC	53	2042	Nov 15, 2006 by seagull
	Greg's ranking weeks 42 & 43 (Preview) Having had a week catching his breath at around 155, (I think Drew will show him at 154 tomorrow, up from 155) Greg will take a big dive next week. He has 60 points from St Petersburg to defend, which will take him down to 235 points, which will be in the mid - 170s... His Paris Masters points fall of in week...	RobC	1	486	Nov 6, 2006 by RobC
	New man at the top for 'Tennis Scotland' (Preview) http://www.lta.org.uk/Newsroom/GeneralNews/061103Marshall.htm?BSMGuid=a984e036-6cfa-4b1b-9c63-ddbb1a6b6080	Drew	0	426	Nov 4, 2006 by Drew
	Gabashvili at Paris (Preview) He's one lucky guy. He only got into the quals for Paris as a late replacement for Mahut. Won one game. Lost in the final qual round, but now finds himself thru to the second round of the main draw as an LL replacement for Fed (with a first round bye of course). He'll probably get a w/o next ...	eblunt	3	550	Nov 1, 2006 by RobC
	Henman turned down a Paris wildcard (Preview) The Englishman was forced to turn down the offer of a wild card from tournament director Cedric Pioline last Friday. “It was a shame I had to say no,” Henman continued. “I would have loved to have gone back to Paris where I won the event in 2003 but the knee was too sore at that stage to say yes.” From LTA...	john	1	499	Nov 1, 2006 by Vonce
	Idea for a weekly competition ... ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 15 ) (Preview) ***** Basle pts * Mkkreuk, Imoen, Drew and Ed all partially correct 15pts each ******* Latest Table ****** Points standing after Basle: Imoen 800 pts (the 'Fed' of this competition ) Mkkreuk 400 pts Akhenten 330pts Ed 3...	eblunt	212	5185	Nov 1, 2006 by eblunt
	London backed to host Masters Cup (Preview) London has been backed to host the ATP's season-ending Masters Cup by its chairman Etienne De Villiers. Shanghai's deal to stage the event runs out in 2008, after which De Villiers said it is likely to return to Europe. He said: "It's an open process, but I'd love it to go to London in the run-up...	Vonce	1	431	Nov 1, 2006 by Andymonium
	Tim's Competitors Week 43 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Here's the table (c)GC77 for the week of the 23rd October. Please let me know if anything's wrong! week   Running	RobC	29	1459	Oct 29, 2006 by RobC
	ATP Basel 2R: Henman v Wawrinka ( 1 2 3 4 5 … 6 ) (Preview) The 'ugly' Swiss agianst the 'gentleman Brit! Match to commence no later than 2.45pm BST. I think it going to be tough for Tim. Wawrinka got a nice flowing backhand and an erratic forehand with less bite on the serve! so henman should win comfortably but i think he going to work hard f...	VSandhi20	80	2992	Oct 27, 2006 by Drew
	something weird going on at SteveG (Preview) - check it out: http://stevegtennis.com/ Looks like the site's reverted back to August 2005. I hope it doesn't mean that Steve's lost all his data for the last year ???	RobC	3	617	Oct 25, 2006 by Akhenaten
	ATP Basel - Henman v C Rochus ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Tomorrow not before 2.45 UK time	Madeline	37	1597	Oct 25, 2006 by john
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