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A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

Marcus wins 4 back to back futures doubles titles

scottie1 · Futures level

A1 tennis academy wrote:
Marcus Willis wins 4consecutive futures doubles titles with new partner Lewis burton .
The pairing of the Kent no1 & Berkshire no1 shows much promise for the future

Yes thats fine but Marcus has so much more potential in singles !

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

High Scottie1
Your absolutely right he has & that's why he is GB's 2nd biggest climber in the ATP rankings
End of dec 2012 singles ranking 1012 now around 412 - A huge climb of 600 places in just 9 months
Places . We have planned an intensive winter training prior to building on both his singles & doubles rankings in 2014 .

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

A1 tennis academy wrote:
High Scottie1
Your absolutely right he has & that's why he is GB's 2nd biggest climber in the ATP rankings
End of dec 2012 singles ranking 1012 now around 412 - A huge climb of 600 places in just 9 months
Places . We have planned an intensive winter training prior to building on both his singles & doubles rankings in 2014 .

This pretty much answers my questions on the other thread. Thanks.

A1 tennis academy · Satellite level

I will keep the forum updated on the outcomes of a number of training options that we are going to fully test & evaluate .
But its all about building on the firm foundations that Marcus has created this year prior to moving forward & consolidating .

john · Top national player

Lol maybe a little harsh, but still....

You're one of my favourite posters on here indiana, you are one of the few who actually dares to express an opinion that would generally be contrary to the popular consensus on the board every now and then, and I generally enjoy your posts which almost always offer something worth reading or give some food for thought.

Just annoys me that some people will make such silly comments to rebuke someone's post because they don't go with the popular flow, even though they are actually probably closer to the truth than just blind positivity

-- Edited by john on Sunday 22nd of September 2013 12:19:48 AM

RJA · Hall of fame

While I don't wish to belittle anyone's achievements doubles at futures level is pretty much a joke. Very few players take it remotely seriously.

LordBrownof · Futures level

Hopefully you can get him to lay off the take-aways and spend more time on the treadmill.

spud · Challenger qualifying

RJA wrote:
While I don't wish to belittle anyone's achievements doubles at futures level is pretty much a joke. Very few players take it remotely seriously.

Have you won one?

paulisi · Tennis legend

Out of interest A1 tennis academy is there anyone else other than Marcus that you are backing?

john · Top national player

spud wrote:
RJA wrote:
While I don't wish to belittle anyone's achievements doubles at futures level is pretty much a joke. Very few players take it remotely seriously.
Have you won one?

And the award for most stupid pointless post of the day goes to.......

Don't forget to thank jesus in your acceptance speech spud

indiana · Tennis legend

Ha Ha, frank but fair..

indiana · Tennis legend

Oh shucks, John, I can now go to bed with a warm, fuzzy feeling...

To be fair, there are plenty independant minds around. For better or worse, I would definitely say that the forum has actually become less "consensual" this year, and ( generally constructive ) criticism more noticeable. So you would really have had fun before LOL

I think there are sone that would still prefer to live in Happyland, but we will overcome..

Salmon · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
While I don't wish to belittle anyone's achievements doubles at futures level is pretty much a joke. Very few players take it remotely seriously.

It's refreshing to see people speak some hard truths instead of simply greeting every bit of news with a mechanical or .

Ratty · County player

There's an old joke about efficient markets: Two economists were walking together, and one said: "There's a £10 note on the ground." The other replied: "You can't be right - if there was, someone would have picked it up".

It has long struck me that Doubles is a prime example of an inefficient market. There's £10 notes all over the place waiting to be picked up. Yes, the prize money is a lot less than Singles, but the competition for that prize money is weaker too, and by a greater factor.

To prove my point, here's a question for you: Which British tennis players apart from Andy Murray have won more than $100,000 in 2013? The answer might surprise you:

1. Colin Fleming - $206,540

2. Dominic Inglot - $144,983

3. Dan Evans - $136,894

4. Jonny Marray - $133,822

5. Jamie Murray - $119,485

6. James Ward - $103,922

One has to say that history is against Marcus Willis ever making a living from Singles. Concentrating on Doubles is likely to be a better option.