With players back on court and thinking about tournaments I wonder if the LTA would think about the schedule for July and August especially and whether it is possible to increase the number of British Tour events? There will be a big demand, with all the usual entrants, players back from American uni and probably all the lower level professionals, and juniors who may have otherwise being doing itf junior tournaments, if they haven't started back. It would be good really if at least two BT events could be on the same week to get more players involved and if the events could be spread geographically so most players don't need to stay away from home, using hotels, restaurants etc.

The LTA announces four new events for the British Tour between 3rd and 26th July, all at the NTC behind closed doors.

www.lta.org.uk/about-us/tennis-news/news-and-opinion/general-news/2020/may/lta-unveils-domestic-competition-plans-as-part-of-return-to-tennis/

Edit - another update

We have made the decision to extend the cancellation of all LTA staged and LTA approved competitions (Grade 1 to 6) up to Sunday 26th July 2020 which includes County Week and the Scottish Junior Open (Grade 2)

Next event not yet cancelled is now the Tier 2 event at Ilkley starting on 27th July.

Of course, these are separate events to the NTC events starting on 3rd July

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 31st of May 2020 12:34:40 PM

the addict wrote:

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More info on the NTC events

www.lta.org.uk/globalassets/competitions/adult-competition/british-tour/2020/return-to-elite-competition/lta-british-tour-return-to-elite-competition---regulations-final.pdf

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 Do the 4 upcoming special events count as points towards the british tour masters?

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Yes, they do count for the leaderboard, and hence the Masters.

Two are Premier Tier and two are Tier 1

-- Edited by the addict on Sunday 28th of June 2020 08:47:37 PM

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 Cool, so we could see someone like lloyd or sam Murray do well in the next few weeks and perhaps also choose to play the masters, if they qualify.

Draw and order of play for week 1 now done at link below:
www.lta.org.uk/britishtour/returntoelitecompetition

(Edited as obviously I meant week 1!)

-- Edited by Spireman on Monday 29th of June 2020 07:42:59 PM

It's week one.
Very contrasting sections. Look at the third quarter, and then the fourth quarter. Lily's highest rank opponent is Eliz WR1109. The fourth quarter has Beth, Naomi, Freya and Jodie !