LTA Calendar 2010

wolf · Tennis legend

LTA Calendar 2010

Smidster · Challenger level

Quite a demotion for Manchester - I wonder if they will continue to try and charge rather high admission prices.

On a slightly different note good to see improvments on the 'British Tour' and some interplay between that and the ITF events.

James · Satellite level

Two very good decisions.

The Manchester tournament never really attracted the number of players, mainly in qualifiers, to warrant having Challenger status. And from my point of view, even though the challenger attracted top 200 players the lower ranked Brits always tended to skip it (for the 'London' Futures), so seeing a few of the up and comers will be a plus point.

And I think everyone concurred that having two challengers in Jersey, when the LTA should be promoting British entrants in British tournaments (a statement straight out of the Daily Mail), was totally odd - so thats nothing other than a rather large but positive change in direction.

-- Edited by James on Monday 28th of December 2009 07:41:39 PM

Count Zero · Tennis legend

theres an event in chiswick, so close to my home, might have to pop down there

Shhh · Challenger level

No Felixstowe? A big event at futures level for men and ladies, thats an odd one?????? 2 x 75k's for the ladies, especially back to back is a good thing for our girls I think though.

Has everyone noticed the change of date on the Manchester event.....it is now the 2nd week of Wimbledon, not afterwards.

-- Edited by Shhh on Tuesday 29th of December 2009 09:11:22 AM

Mervatron · Masters Series Champion

So the year I move down to Cardiff they make the wrexham outdoor event a 25k challenger for the ladies