Are you worried about the future of British mens tennis?

christ · Futures level

Are you worried about the future of British mens tennis?

steven · Tennis legend

Vandenburg wrote:
Blue_Belle wrote:
Andy is special and we all know it.

Focus is all on the singles but what about doubles? Also some signs of the partnerships not working out or just levelling out again.

Vandy's post mentions our top men - but why is Kyle there at all? Kyle can barely play these days it seems. Next men in the rankings are Broady, Peniston, Choinski etc.
Because it was more about what could have been, Kyle was a top 20 player. Broady Peniston and Choinski are only ever going to be steady eddy challenger players, nothing wrong with that, but we should not aspire to have it.
As Evo once said, how can a country as poor as Argentina with no federation have 20 players in the top 200........

Answer: Lots of clay court Challengers and ATP 250s in the region which are harder to get to than equivalent events in Europe and North America and tend to have much weaker fields as a result, hence easier points, and those brought up on clay can find clay court ATPs to play most weeks of the year.

9vicman · Satellite level

steven wrote:
Vandenburg wrote:
Blue_Belle wrote:
Andy is special and we all know it.

Focus is all on the singles but what about doubles? Also some signs of the partnerships not working out or just levelling out again.

Vandy's post mentions our top men - but why is Kyle there at all? Kyle can barely play these days it seems. Next men in the rankings are Broady, Peniston, Choinski etc.
Because it was more about what could have been, Kyle was a top 20 player. Broady Peniston and Choinski are only ever going to be steady eddy challenger players, nothing wrong with that, but we should not aspire to have it.
As Evo once said, how can a country as poor as Argentina with no federation have 20 players in the top 200........
Answer: Lots of clay court Challengers and ATP 250s in the region which are harder to get to than equivalent events in Europe and North America and tend to have much weaker fields as a result, hence easier points, and those brought up on clay can find clay court ATPs to play most weeks of the year.

And also to clarify that Argentina has a very active federation.