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Billie Jean King
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The great BJK wants to change the scoring system in tennis.(IMHO probably the best thing about the sport as it's so unique.) Instead of 15, 30, 40 she wants 1,2 3 (Boring). Oh and all players should wear numbers on their back so we know who they are Of all the issues tennis has, this is the least of them. ...
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The future of British tennis in the post-Andy era
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and in the light of Team GB's performance in the Davis Cup last week, Sonay Kartal's maiden WTA title as a qualifier in Monastir & Jake Fearnley's triumph in Rennes yesterday, an in-depth analysis by one of the Beeb'...
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The LTA
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I often see people refer to "The LTA" as an organisation and want to know actually who it is at the LTA responsible for certain decisions. When board members post things like "The LTA scrapped most of the futures events" or "The LTA scrapped the bonus scheme" etc it must be a decision from either the Chie...
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Peter Lundgren
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Sad to hear of the passing at just 59 years old of Peter Lundgren. Former coach of Federer, worked at the LTA for a good while and did a great job before being let go. I cant recall exactly, was there some issue with drinking and id heard it may have blighted his career and life. by all accounts, a well liked...
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Feedback wanted: I built a site that helps tennis fans find hotels near ATP tournaments
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Hi guys! I've recently launched a website designed to help tennis fans who enjoy travelling find the best hotels near ATP tournaments worldwide. The site is called MyTennisTrip and you can find it here: https://mytennistrip.com I originally built it for myself, since I really enjoy watching live...
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Saudi Arabia - $1 bn offer - merger of WTA & ATP
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The Telegraph is reporting that there's a 90-day now-or-never offer from SA to 'buy' tennis and merge mens and womensSaudi Arabia launches tennis takeover with $1 billion take-it-or-leave-it offerExclusive: Saudi offer to merge mens and womens tours is apparently time-sensitive, with a 90-da...
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2024 Olympic Tennis
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We have a few Olympic posts dotted around so I thought Id put a thread up - nearer the time, no doubt, individual threads will appear for the different events in the mens and womens section. Here is a decent and relatively simple overview of how the complicated qualification rules work. https://www...
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There was a fair bit of discussion - inevitably - of people's favourites/pet hates on the Queen's thread last week generated by the Beeb's commentary team. I posted a link to Stu Fraser's report on Jack Draper's match against Carlos Alcaraz (& a little bit about Billy Harris's cracking win over...
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5 set tennis for women in grand slams.
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Just watched Barbora v Jasmine in the Wimbledon final. Wouldn't it have made a great 5 set match?
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King's Cup Tennis - can anyone help?
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I wondered if anyone could help. I love reading on the history of tennis. When I was younger (I was born in 1965), around that time and through to the 80's , there was an annual tennis tournament called the King's Cup. Given by King Gustav of Sweden in the post war years, it was an indoor event for national t...
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Vic Seixas
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Sadly the oldest living former Wimbledon singles champion Vic Seixas passed away on 5th July. He was 100 having been born on 30th August 1923. He won the Wimbledon singles title in 1953 and the US championship in 1954. He also won 5 doubles and 8 mixed doubles titles at the Grand Slams. He was a member...
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Tennis Intelligence
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With all the talk about players tennis IQ and being to smart to need a coach and the current preoccupation with big data, I had a quick read to see what was out there -some interesting stuff, from improving your tennis IQ, to on demand streaming of Wimbledon, algorithms to track players and provide in-...
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US College Signings and General College Chat 2023/24
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New thread for Fall 2023 college signings as there seems to be a few currently happening '2023 commitsFollowing his recent official visit, Louis Bowden (UTR 12.85) has verbally committed to@BaylorMTennis and will join the Bears for the fall of 2023. The 18-year-old has an ITF juniors career-hi...
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Barclays LTA Local Tennis Leagues
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Anyone else here compete in these Leagues? The cost recently went from £18 a session to £21 but the user experience has plummeted. It was always two up two down where possible but is now apparently totally random so that in numerous cases in my Local Lge (Richmond) the winner has stayed put whilst the r...
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Looking for podcast co-hosts
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Hello everyone. For those of you that may not remember, my name is Mark, and over the years Ive attempted to get involved in British tennis in a few different ways. In 2016, I launched a website, Britennis, which aimed to cover the ups and downs of British tennis players across the world and across all ty...
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Lowest ranked British number 1s
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With such a great start to the grass season, especially from Boulder and Draper, it got me wondering: I was a kid in the early 90s and vaguely remember our top male and female players only having a ranking in the 400s. I could be likely misremembering, this would have been somewhere between 92-94 just be...
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French Open
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Planning my next tennis trip and French Open looks like a plan. Anyone been and can offer some advice. Best courts to book, best time to buy, good places to stay etc. Be going first couple of days probably and hopefully following the Brits around.
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Just received an e-mail from Queens saying no fans to be allowed in for qualifying and no ground passes for the main draw.
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Progress Tour 2024
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Seeing as we usually have dedicated threads for the British Tour and UKPL, I thought perhaps we should have a dedicated thread for the top money events from the Progress Tour too rather than putting it in the UTR thread. This week is the £10k event at Cardiff Met, with, what appears to be, a 32 draw for the...
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Wimbledon Qualifying
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Looks like tickets are now available to purchase. https://qualifyingtickets.wimbledon.com/
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Tennis - The Corporate Issue
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This week we had Swiatek playing Osaka on French Open main court. An absolutely electrifying match at a Grand Slam. It's raining hard outside so no other tennis to watch and yet the stadium is less than half-full. So where are all the spectators? While thousands of people in grounds look up at the big s...
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Naomi Osaka
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Well, Naomi may not have been this boards favourit player, but she is the worlds it seems, at least financially. Highest earning aportswoman, overtaking Serena https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/52774191
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Laver Cup
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This looks interesting: http://lavercup.com/#captains A Ryder Cup style weekend event. Teams of 6 Europe vs Rest of the World. 4 players selected automatically by ranking and two wildcard picks by the captains (bjorg & mcenroe). Hosted in Europe one year then USA the next. Scheduled for the w...
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Tony Henman
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Did anyone know Tim's dad had passed away on 3rd May? Didn't know myself until a friend showed me the obituary in today's Telegraph, page 29. Interesting article, well worth a read.
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