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...
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...
hi everyone! i've been here for a little bit so i figured i'd introduce myself to you...
i'm 16 years old am a student and currently learning to be an electrician... i play tennis for my high school team and my future ambition is to turn pro, but if that doesnt work out, i've always got the sparky trade re...
Continuing the Josh Goodall dash for rankings places, here's his table for week 50 - the rankings that will be out on Monday 18th.
Unless there are wildcards in the futures this week, Josh is the only one in action, so has a clear run at the top 200. Bloomers moves up 2 places as Klec and Andujar fa...
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."
As it's been a very long time since I joined the board, I thought I should post an intro.
I'm a 37- year old bloke, living and working in North London: Stoke Newington, whose claims to fame are Daniel Defoe, Edgar Allen Poe, the graves of the Salvation Army's founders and numerous Meedja- types, who ma...
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...
This is totally off- topic: apologies!
I'm posting this because the business that I've been working on for the last couple of years is about to launch in the UK, and I need some help trying the service out, and getting the word around.
I was wondering if any of you fine folk would be willing to check it...
Mel South is 12th on the lists. Initially she was outside the top 35, I think.
No Brits in qualies draw. Not even the Dubai based 15 year old Jennifer Smith.
12&U begins tomorrow.
The draw should feature Liam Broady, Jonathan Cornish and Jathan Malik.
Jathan is our 12&U number one (rankings wise only I guess, as he has played as many as 15 events, compared to Liam's 6). He won the British nationals this year ahead of Liam, an achievement that can'...
Jade and Tara in the main draw. Tara can shoot up the rankings if she makes some damage here.
Entry List:
http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/77-2-18+years.html
Main draw begins on Monday.
Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic believes Britain's Andy Murray has what it takes to be the world number one.
Murray ended 2006 as world number 17 in his first full season on the ATP Tour and Ivanisevic says he can go higher.
"He can be number one," he told BBC Sport. "But I...
Main draw starts tomorrow. Sarah Borwell returns to action and is 10th on the entry list.
Emily Webley-Smith and Olivia Scarfi were on the alts list but both withdrew.
If anyone knows of a website for this tournament, please post it
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...
Fourteen year old Laura Slater, ranked 628 and seeded third, is through to the semis here.
She plays (has played actually, ITF is always behind) second seed Shivika Burman of India in the semis.
This month's nominees [I'll set up a player of the year poll soon]: [a] Alex Bogdanovic - Won the Shrewsbury challenger title, reached the Dnepropetrovsk 125k+H doubles semis. Finished the year as British no 3, ranked 123. [b,] Jonny Marray - Made semis of Dnepropetrovsk 125K+H challenger [beatin...
Congrats to Mkkreuk for winning
1. Mkkreuk 1080.33
2. Eblunt 833.16
3. Steven 411
We will start the 2007 competition in the 1st week of Jan with ATP Adelaide and ATP Chennai. Everyone will start again with 200AM
Entry List:
http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/77-2-18+years.html
Main draw begins on Monday.
