Madeline wrote:

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KK wrote:

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 What difference should it make how much tennis you had played?  He comes across as arrogant.  I can't even remember him being much good.  What rank did he reach?

 

 

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 The new ATP site doesn't seem to give career high positions, or if they do they have hidden it well. I had in mind I has seen somewhere that it was 88, and a brief scroll through his rankings history confirms that - 88 in 1988.

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It is directly under the Current Ranking.  Click on the player to open the details and you get

2015      Rank   Move   W/L   Titles

Career   Rank (CH)      W/L   Titles

It is in the "Overview" section of the players details.

"When Ferrer pulled out people were talking about it being an easy draw facing a lucky loser, it wasnt at all - he would have fancied playing me as well," said Ward, following a 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 victory.

Great comment from James - yep, exactly, Vanni knew it was his lucky day - but Dino wasn't having any of that

(really dislike Castle - gazzpash has a good point - we should motivate ourselves to all write in.....)

Jaggy1876 wrote:

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[...] The Eurosport team are better shame they don't have Wimbledon

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No, it's not!   I happen not to have cable or satellite TV & have no intention of paying for it, so I would get to see no live matches, if that were the case.  The likes of "Bouncy" may be an occupational hazard with the Beeb, but I'll happily put up with them.  In any case, the AELTC won't even contemplate selling out to pay TV at the moment, thank God, because it doesn't want to limit the audience - from last Thursday's London Evening Standard (extract from an interview with Mihir Bose):

And, unlike cricket, with its live coverage now wholly on pay TV, Wimbledon has no plans to desert the BBC.

Amplifying recent remarks on this subject by Wimbledon chief executive, Richard Lewis, [Philip] Brook [the AELTC Chairman] says: We have a 90-year relationship with the BBC and it works really well. I cant see any reason why we would want to change.

When Andy Murray won in 2013, the peak audience was 17 million. Nobody else in Britain could do that and its really important to Wimbledon that we are available to the British public. People can turn on their television sets and watch Wimbledon. Many people who arent tennis fans do. Our Championships transcend the sport. Its a very strong relationship.

The relationships between organisations within sport can be tested. This week, for instance, it was claimed in a report that the ECB had put pressure on Sky not to use Kevin Pietersen as an Ashes commentator.

Wimbledon, however, has never told the BBC whom to employ. John Inverdale, who made unflattering comments about the looks of 2013 ladies champion Marion Bartoli, will no longer be doing the nightly highlights show. So did Wimbledon have words with the BBC? Their decision, says Brook, as if to suggest any interference with BBC plans would be unthinkable.

For Wimbledon, this relationship with the BBC is part of a tradition which means Brook can say the club does not have sponsors but official suppliers.

Bob in Spain wrote:

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KK wrote:

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 What difference should it make how much tennis you had played?  He comes across as arrogant.  I can't even remember him being much good.  What rank did he reach?

 

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 Castle's CH ranking was 80 in June 1988 according to the ATP site.

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 Yes, following your instructions I found it!