I posed a couple of questions to Alex in December, have just got round to posting it on
http://www.alexbogdanovic.com
Q: Which would you say was your best match of the year ?
Alex: "My best match of the year was in rd2 of the Mons challenger again...
Hi Guys, it seems that the Juniors tennis followers have (in the recent quiet spell) kept the board going.
I wondered if it was now time for Juniors tennis to have its own section on the board, so tha those who follow Juniors tennis particularly would have a section where it was primary and thos...
So Andy plays a patchy match but still too good for FV. Andy has never played either of the Rochus brothers on the main tour. Christophe is 29 and Andy should be too good for him. 7-5 6-2 for me !!! -- Edited by Drew at 16:18, 2007-01-01
Hope this is of interest, now updated to the end of 2006.THE 47 BRITS RANKED NOW AND AT THE END OF 2005
This first table is ranked by how far players have moved from where they were at the end of last year to where they are now as a percentage of the amount they needed to climb to reach no. 1 in the world.
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This list shows the GB top 40 now and where they are ranked, then after the "/", who was in the same position last year and where they were ranked:
GB no. 1 - Murray (17) / Henman (37) GB no. 2 - Henman (39) / Rusedski (38) GB no. 3 - Bogdanovic (123) / Murray (64) GB no. 4 - Rusedski (191) / Bogdanovic (168) GB n...
From MTF :
Tournament Name: CHENNAI OPEN 2007 Location: CHENNAI, INDIA Dates: 1–7 JANUARY 2007 Prize Money: US $416,000 (US $391,000) 32 DRAW SITE: SDAT TENNIS STADIUM LAKE AREA, NUNGAMBAKKAM CHENNAI 600034 TAMIL NADU, INDIA SURFACE: HARD (PLAY PAVE) BALL: DUNLOP FORT PRIZE MONEY: US DOLLARS—...
The table has been updated. Here is our present top 10:
Graeme Dyce (1989) moves from 102 to 57.
Daniel Cox (1990) moves from 122 to 70.
David Rice (1989) moves from 197 to 122....
1 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 3 2 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO 5 3 Haas, Tommy GER 11 OUT 4 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP 12 5 Murray, Andy GBR 17 6 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 24 7 Soderling, Robin SWE 25 8 Grosjean, Sebastien FRA 28 9 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI 30 10 Vliegen, Kristof BEL 31 11 Almagro, Nico...
Never one to keep his opinions tucked away in his racket-bag, Andy Murray was heavily critical of the Association of Tennis Professionals about the round-robin format which will be introduced at a number of tournaments next season, including at the pre-Wimbledon Stella Artois Championships at Q...
From MTF :
Tournament Name: NEXT GENERATION HARDCOURTS Location: ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA Dates: 1–7 JANUARY 2007 Prize Money: US $419,000 ($394,000) 32 DRAW SITE: MEMORIAL DRIVE/NEXT GENERATION TENNIS COMPLEX MEMORIAL DRIVE NORTH ADELAIDE S.A. 5006 SURFACE: REBOUND ACE BALL: WILSON PRIZE MON...
Takes place on either Monday or Tuesday. Preview: Andy gets his chance for revenge over Italian clay-court specialist and world no 38 Fillippo Volandri. Last year they met in round 1 of the Masters series event in Rome and Volandri defeated a below-par Murray quite comfortably, 6-4, 6-4. That day Mu...
(by the way anyone can join in this game at any time):
Adelaide:
Hrbaty (1.4) v Luczak (2.85)
Serra (3.0) v Johansson (1.37)
Hajek (1.77) v Jones (2.0)
Becker (1.7) v Guccione (2.1)
Del Potro (1.37) v Soeda (3.0)
Kunitsyn (2.1) v Moodie (1.7)
Dancevic (1.57) v Bacc...
Starts on the 1st day of January. Peter Francis was initially in the qualies list but is now in the mains. Nicholas Hallchurch is in the qualies. http://www.copacafe.com/acceptbu18.htm -- Edited by Greenleaf at 15:04, 2006-12-19-- Edit...
Best wishes for a happy new year to all our members Here's to a great 2007 for you and British tennis ! Happy Hogmanay to our members from Scotland and northern England *Sings: "Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind....."* Oops, sorry about that, I knew I should...
This starts tomorrow, however I can't find any odds for us to use anywhere ? Can someone have a look or maybe one of our more "betting-savvy" members can create some ? NB : YOU MUST LIST THE BETTING ODDS IN YOUR POST OR IT WILL BE VOID Eg : 50am on Murray (1.28)-- Edited by Drew at 21:21, 2006-12-30
Brad Gilbert has defended the Lawn Tennis Association's decision to foot his £700,000 a year bill for coaching Andy Murray rather than have the player pick up the tab himself.
After the news on Friday that the British No 1 had signed a sponsorship deal which could see him earn as much as £80 million...
TENNIS star Andy Murray has signed a sponsorship deal worth at least £1million.
The 19-year-old will start 2007 wearing the logo of water firm Highland Spring on his shirt.
The deal replaces an earlier one with juice company Robinsons.
The company also agreed to be the new sponsor to Te...
I'm going to try and do a short Q&A with Jessica Ren for this site (and britishtennis.net) after her Orange Bowl final tomorrow.
Please post any questions you'd like me to ask, in this thread
Arvind Parmar is backing the Lawn Tennis Association's impressive roster of new coaches to finally unlock the secret of turning more world-class youngsters into champions.
Parmar, who retired this week after 10 years as a professional, has seen Britain produce several top-class teenagers...
Here's to a great 2007 for you and British tennis ! Happy Hogmanay to our members from Scotland and northern England 