Natasha Khan has been singled out as one of the players who can revitalise British tennis.
Khan, from Hove, has rocketed up the world rankings from 900 and is now inside the world's top 500.
Lewes-based Nigel Sears, the new national head coach for women, is impressed with her form and wants he...
Jane O’Donoghue, one of Britain’s top tennis players, says making the University of Bath her training base has given her tennis career a new lease of life.
The 23-year-old, originally from Wigan, is currently number 11 in the British women’s rankings and 383 in the world, but is determined to wo...
Took this video on my way to work last week....The 'Sea of Comrie' on tuesday....and then the 'fields of comrie on Friday.....this was a 50 year flood.......please visit the video and rate it please ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avyit6Kzdpg
I'm just interested to find out from Arka, what happens in India over Christmas ?
I realise that Indians don't celebrate it as a religious festival but I wondered if you maybe still have gifts, christmas trees, special festive curries etc due to western influence ??
Which is your equivalent...
Though i do a seperate thread for the Orange Bowl. Here's are the Brits aiming to qualify for tournament (surname comes first):
Qualifying Under 12's:
Broady Liam , Gosea Farris , Hill Tom, Malik Jathan, Poeiman Lucas
Qualifying Under 14's:
Davis Ben , Jones Nicholas, Marsalek James, Roge...
Using my Tennis Navigator Program I have looked at the performances of any British player in full ATP events and Grand slams. Grand Slams, Master Series, Int Series and Int Series Gold Only So here we go.... Number of individual players that have played : 13 Yes only 13 British players have play...
Had a chat with the Slabba a few days ago. I've persuaded him to do a monthly blog for his website, bringing us an insight into life on the tour. It'll be a bit like Jamie Baker's highly popular newspaper column for the Times which he did in 2005.
Alex is hoping for a wildcard into Redbridge but he's pre...
Dyce is the only Brit in the main draw. Nicholas Hallchurch is in the qualies.
No Brad Cox, so Dyce will play doubles with someone else.
Entry List:
http://www.copayucatan.com.mx/75-2-18+years.html
Qua...
ATP web site has updated match stats for all ATP events.
Split into 2 main sections : 'Service Game' and 'Return Game'.
I have listed the top rated person in each section and then Andys stats. Interesting reading.
Service GameAces : 1st. Ljubicic 328 in 28 matches (11.7 per match) 29th...
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...
