Why should you put a whole week's tennis inside just because - on one day out of the week - you had to move one match inside half way though?

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 6th of April 2023 03:39:37 PM

Qualies  boys R1 X 4 matches played indoors then remainder though delayed moved outside after courts dried out

And I dont live down south so maybe youve had nicer weather - as mentioned many times, I dont actually ever watch tennis so no idea what the weather is like at the courts !

Mika won in the third set. She played a very stready match, as is her wont. Served well when she had to. Kept her eyes on the prize, so to speak. And Lois couldn't quite hold it together.

JonH comes home wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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Why should you put a whole week's tennis inside just because - on one day out of the week - you had to move one match inside half way though?

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 6th of April 2023 03:39:37 PM

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 Just my view 

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 I know - I was asking why? 

If you only have 2 out of 104 matches having to move inside, I was wondering why you thought that meant it would be good to put all of them indoors? 

The whole beauty of this event (unlike many others) is that the NTC has great facilities and can be flexible, hence the lack of problems there's been this week

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 I guess my experience of April generally is that it is tending towards cold and wet up and down weather. Cold tennis is horrible for movement and changes the speed of the game . And not good for any spectators. so why take the risk.  it seems this week has been fine for them though , not sure it changes my mind but glad its worked out 

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 You need to read Emily Webley-Smiths blogs and tweets about events in winter in France 

Unheated huge corrugated iron sheds are colder inside than out

Inside team events take place in negative temperatures. As do lots of the 15 and 25ks and such.

Makes you run around more  

I thought northerners were supposed to be hardy? 

(The NTC outside is great for spectators, and there's nowhere inside for them at all. It's really pretty outside, and a suntrap) 

 

 

Coup Droit wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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Why should you put a whole week's tennis inside just because - on one day out of the week - you had to move one match inside half way though?

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Thursday 6th of April 2023 03:39:37 PM

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 Just my view 

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 I know - I was asking why? 

If you only have 2 out of 104 matches having to move inside, I was wondering why you thought that meant it would be good to put all of them indoors? 

The whole beauty of this event (unlike many others) is that the NTC has great facilities and can be flexible, hence the lack of problems there's been this week

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 I guess my experience of April generally is that it is tending towards cold and wet up and down weather. Cold tennis is horrible for movement and changes the speed of the game . And not good for any spectators. so why take the risk.  it seems this week has been fine for them though , not sure it changes my mind but glad its worked out 

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 You need to read Emily Webley-Smiths blogs and tweets about events in winter in France 

Unheated huge corrugated iron sheds are colder inside than out

Inside team events take place in negative temperatures. As do lots of the 15 and 25ks and such.

Makes you run around more  

I thought northerners were supposed to be hardy? 

(The NTC outside is great for spectators, and there's nowhere inside for them at all. It's really pretty outside, and a suntrap) 

 

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 Ok, ok, youve sold it to me!

Interesting to hear that Laura Deigman has been working with/helping out Hannah Klugman a lot recently.

Always nice when our old players are still involved - and seemingly Laura has been doing a lot of travelling with Hannah - so great for a young girl like Hannah to have someone she knows, and trusts, to travel with