Masters Cup from 2009 - London

Drew · Feb 21, 2007

Masters Cup from 2009 - London

Count Zero · Tennis legend

that will be great, esp as we will probably have a home grown player competing in it by then, thats right come on boggo!!

-- Edited by Count Zero at 19:52, 2007-02-21

john · Top national player

By 2009, I predict the line up will be:

1. Murray
2. Baker
3. An ageing Henman
4. An even more ageing Gregory
5. Boggo
6. A declining Federer
7. Dan Cox
8. Robert Dee

Now, that would be one hell of a Masters Cup.

GC77 · County player

Have you been drinking again John?!?

....how could you possible leave Adam Lownsbrough off that list after he makes a shock comeback....

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I won't ask you to predict this week's lottery numbers for me!

GC77 · County player

The numbers are going to be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. I'm certain of it

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Glad to see London is in the running at least. It would be amazing to see the Masters Cup played there. Any ideas as to what the venue would be? They can't use the Albert Hall can they- something about it not being big enough for ATP standards and it's not exactly a place you can easily expand...

Sheddie · administrator

Drew wrote:

BBc report that Londaon is one step closer to hosting the Masters Cup from 2009....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6383347.stm

I can just see it now....Count standing on the winner's podium with both Federer and Nadal looking around in shock

-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 00:07, 2007-02-22

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

imoen wrote:

Glad to see London is in the running at least. It would be amazing to see the Masters Cup played there. Any ideas as to what the venue would be? They can't use the Albert Hall can they- something about it not being big enough for ATP standards and it's not exactly a place you can easily expand...

I heard the Millennium Dome was a possibility.

eblunt · Club Coach

john wrote:

By 2009, I predict the line up will be:

1. Murray
2. Baker
3. An ageing Henman
4. An even more ageing Gregory
5. Boggo
6. A declining Federer
7. Dan Cox
8. Robert Dee

Now, that would be one hell of a Masters Cup.

No , not quite. Mr Lownsbrough will be one of the sponsors, so Adam gets a wild card into it, replacing Federer.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

ultimateshedman wrote:

Drew wrote:

BBc report that Londaon is one step closer to hosting the Masters Cup from 2009....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6383347.stm
I can just see it now....Count standing on the winner's podium with both Federer and Nadal looking around in shock

-- Edited by ultimateshedman at 00:07, 2007-02-22

nice thatyou have such faith in me

i think it would be the dome, cant see anywhere else, unless they do some strnage conversion.

also on a side note:

wimbldeon has also confirmed that it is offering eqaul money. i persoanlly was againt this, but it actaully makes very little difference me as i doubt i'll be winning it either as a male or female. the good point is that it looks like it will eb equal money all the way. ratehr then just the champion (who argualbly needs it the least)
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imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

The Dome would be pretty good as a venue actually.

As for the equal pay, I'm on the 'equal pay for equal work' side of things so I personally woulnd't have made the change, however like Count I'm unlikely to ever win either so am not too fussed really!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i think an issuse id that some of the male players male feel aggrived by this, as its obvisu who has to put more effoert in, but they will have no way of complaing without being called all sorts of derogatory terms. i think it's another case of smallsih pressure groups achiving a result, which is siomething that stems far wider than 1 tennis event.

scoobsuk · Club Coach

On some levels it would be unfair for London to have a slam, another big tournament, plus the TMC...

But I'd LOVE it if it came here.

The Dome, in its new guise as the O2 would be a terrific venue to stage it, and given the oversubscription of Queens and Wimbledon, I think they'd have no problem packing the place. I know I'd be there every single day

Salmon · Tennis legend

Equal pay for men and women is a great idea.

I know that people will say that women work less, but then shouldn't we award people who win five setters more money than people who win in straights?

And it has nothing to do with number of matches. The "job" part of tennis players isn't the matches but what goes on behind the scenes - the training. Surely women work as hard as men do to become pros? Then why not pay them the same amount of money?
In ways it's loads tougher to play on WTA than on the ATP. Most top girls need to run around the world in search of ranking points from the age of 14, which hardly any boy does. Then they have to deal with stardom from the age of 16 or even 15, which no one in the present top 100 in men's had to do except for Gasquet, Nadal and Hewitt.