Tie Break Tens

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: Tie Break Tens

paulisi · Tennis legend

Over in Vienna we have the competition again.

Marcus lost to Andy and Goran

Andy has made the final

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

It's a bit of fun, but I don't see Tie Break Tens doing for tennis what Twenty 20 did for cricket.

indiana · Tennis legend

Dominic Thiem beat Andy in the final 10-5 and takes the winner takes all $250,000 prize.

Second time Andy"s lost one of these finals. Loser

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Nice bit of banter between Stuart Fraser and Kyle's dad (Steven) on Twitter

Stuart Fraser

As an illustration of the post-Brexit pound, $250k was worth £164,437 when Kyle Edmund won it last December. Now converts to £204,340.

Steven Edmund

Robbed

Born2WinTennis · Club Coach

Wow that is incredible money for Kyle to win last year, I somehow missed this at the time. I wonder if most of it was reinvested and is now paying dividends in terms of full time coaching, physio etc?

JonH · All-time great

For what it is worth berdych won the Melbourne version today, beating rafa in the final. Djokovic lost to Hewitt round one.

seagull · Hall of fame

And Wawrinka pulled out

JonH · All-time great

I didnt realise that - Stan looking v. doubtful for the Oz Open...

EddietheEagle · County player

Born2WinTennis wrote:
Wow that is incredible money for Kyle to win last year, I somehow missed this at the time. I wonder if most of it was reinvested and is now paying dividends in terms of full time coaching, physio etc?

Marquee names will be getting that just for showing up. I wouldn't get taken in by any of this "winner-takes-all" nonsense; that's for the birds.

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

I was wondering the same; if the top names turn up to fart around for no money.

EddietheEagle · County player

Do you seriously think Murray would have lost to junior Edmund had there been a real issue at stake?

Incidentally, substantial LTA funds gets shipped into bank accounts belonging to top professionals in exchange for the latter showing up at grass tournaments at Wimbledon time. Some enterprising journalist ought to be asking "how much?" and whether Wimbledon and the LTA are acting together in harness and question perhaps, whether such money could be better spent. And why - in this era of openness, when buzzwords like Freedom of Information and Transparency trip so freely off the tongue, does the LTA configure its accounts to hide the sums? Not embarrassment, surely?

Here's a comment from some other cynical wag:-

www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/65231157/Reason-Tennis-stars-like-Federer-Nadal-and-Djokovic-only-care-about-cash-not-fans

skibbarriz · Strong Club Player

First point - it's a very valid point. They pay £400k or so for Rafa to turn up at Queens so he can go out in the first round, as has happened. Imagine what that money could do spread across several young British players with talent and potential but not from loaded families.

Second - Fed making a $72 million annual earning. Well I don't think he spent any time wondering how he can use it to support financially struggling players in the 200-500 ranking bracket. But instead was thinking on what colour picture frame he should have for the portait of himself he's going to stick up in the lounge.

flamingowings · All-time great

skibbarriz wrote:
First point - it's a very valid point. They pay £400k or so for Rafa to turn up at Queens so he can go out in the first round, as has happened. Imagine what that money could do spread across several young British players with talent and potential but not from loaded families.

Second - Fed making a $72 million annual earning. Well I don't think he spent any time wondering how he can use it to support financially struggling players in the 200-500 ranking bracket. But instead was thinking on what colour picture frame he should have for the portait of himself he's going to stick up in the lounge.

First point - how many people would buy a ticket to see Rafa than some GB players that many people have not heard of? I am a big fan of tennis and I'm not sure I would watch two GB players I've not heard of over Rafa. He is A Draw.

Secondly, I believe that Rafa and Uncle Toni have a tennis academy, Fed does a lot of charity work/awareness as well so it can be argued that they do help future players.

-- Edited by flamingowings on Thursday 11th of January 2018 08:18:27 PM

indiana · Tennis legend

Guess it's a question of value for money ?!

Noone is proposing paying two unheralded British players any significant fraction of £400K. But much of it over the year as skibbarriz said spread about among several players with genuine potential, if not falling within the LTA's current goalposts, might be very helpful.