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French Open tickets
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Haven't been to Roland Garros since 2022, so have been thinking about trying to get tickets again this year. Hadn't realised they had introduced an online ballot just to access the public ticketing platform - it's crazy how demand has soared over the past decade, seems like there's more hurdles to ju...
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Yola Ramirez
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Yola Ramirez the Mexican tennis player passed away on 9th March 2025 aged 90. Ann Jones beat her in the French singles final of 1961. However she won the mixed doubles French title in 1959 with British player Billy Knight. She also beat Billie -King in Billie-Jeans first ever singles match at Wimbledo...
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Fred Stolle
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Fred Stolle former Grand Slam champion, coach and commentator passed away on 5th March. -- Edited by GAMEOVER on Thursday 6th of March 2025 10:26:40 AM
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Max England?
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On the apprentice there is a former Tennis pro called Max England. But I've never heard of him, has anyone on here come across him before?
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Semi Final - Group Three
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Semifinal groups, all with 9 players in total, placed depending on where they finished in the previous roundVOTE WILL CLOSE FRIDAY EVENING AT 9PM - IF YOU VOTE PLEASE DO SAY WHO AND WHY AND TRY AND PERSUADE OTHERS TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE - THIS IS A NO HOLDS BARRED COMPETITION AND I WILL PROVIDE REGULA...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Semi Final - Group Two
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Semifinal groups, all with 9 players in total, placed depending on where they finished in the previous roundVOTE WILL CLOSE FRIDAY EVENING AT 9PM - IF YOU VOTE PLEASE DO SAY WHO AND WHY AND TRY AND PERSUADE OTHERS TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE - THIS IS A NO HOLDS BARRED COMPETITION AND I WILL PROVIDE REGULA...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Semi Final - Group One
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Semifinal groups, all with 9 players in total, placed depending on where they finished in the previous roundVOTE WILL CLOSE FRIDAY EVENING AT 9PM - IF YOU VOTE PLEASE DO SAY WHO AND WHY AND TRY AND PERSUADE OTHERS TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE - THIS IS A NO HOLDS BARRED COMPETITION AND I WILL PROVIDE REGULA...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group H
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group A
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group G
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group F
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group C
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group B
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group E
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - Round One - Group D
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Ok, 5th year of our Favourite British Tennis Player vote. Started in 2020 and been able to run it most years since! 64 players, 48 singles and 16 doubles, 32 men and women each. Divided into 8 groups of 8. Top 3 from each group plus ties go through to the semis 24 + players in the semis, into 3 groups of 8. Top...
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Match fixing
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28 professional players arrested in Spain https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/46822784
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Injuries and Illness - and good luck wishes
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It seems that we've had a couple of specific threads for certain players but that a general thread might also be a good idea, so it's bit more all-encompassing. Anyway, best wishes to Sam Murray who's just had her wrist operation today, I believe. Hoping you have a speedy recovery and enjoy a bit of dow...
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Favourite British Tennis Player - 2024 - FINAL
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So the final is here. Vote will close 2 days from now at 7.30pm, Saturday. Feels like it could be a close one! -- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 8th of February 2024 07:28:36 PM -- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 8th of February 2024 07:31:47 PM
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ITF increases investment into men's and women's tennis
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The ITF have announced today an increase in prize money and hospitality provided at women's ITF events and prize money at men's ITF events. For details see this press release. Headlines rize money at the two entry-level categories to be raised to provide an additional $5m of prize money (26% incr...
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Greatest Players of All Time - according to Tennis Abstract
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https://www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/02/01/introducing-the-tennis-128/
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Corruption - Umpires Now
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There are 3 stories and a video up on the Guardian... http://www.theguardian.com/sport/tennis
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Tennis on Sky Sports
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As we know Sky have the rights to the US Open and are expected to have the rights to the 2 tours from next year. If they do I suspect they'll announce it during the US Open. Looking at the schedules for next week and the 1st week of the main draw, Sky's coverage of the US Open is Qualifying: Each day from 4pm to m...
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No male player born in the 90s will ever win a grand slam
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For definition purposes, based on birth year. No player born in the 90s has won a slam, and it is 2019 now!. I feel a whole generation, the 'lost gen' and maybe 'current gen' could possibly never win a slam. Next gen seems very strong. The lost gen will rank amongst the worst generation of tennis player...
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Para Tennis 2025 Thread
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We had a thread last year which largely allowed us to keep tabs on the progress of Anna McBride and other players in the Para tennis world, so felt a new one for 2025 would be useful. If Anna's Dad reads this, I guess Anna and our other players are down in Australia now for the Aussie Open event? I can't see a d...
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Coaches - GB coaches and foreign coaches of GB players
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There are TONS of potential people to note here. I'd been keeping a list but it's not complete and so I've given up.... So just a little shout out today to Andy Bettles who seems to be doing a great job in Svitolina's corner, at the Aussie open. Good to see him, as one of our college boys, making a good living...
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