| Arthur Fery 17:29 - Jul 8 with 2336 views | catch74 |
Where has he come from! Wimbledon would have been very sad for GB without him this year. |  |
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| France. (n/t) on 17:30 - Jul 8 with 2038 views | Bloots |
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| France. (n/t) on 17:35 - Jul 8 with 2005 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| France. (n/t) on 17:30 - Jul 8 by Bloots |
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Nah we'll have him.
Swapsie for Olise. |  | | |
| France. (n/t) on 17:36 - Jul 8 with 1998 views | StNeotsBlue |
| France. (n/t) on 17:35 - Jul 8 by _CliveBaker_ |
Nah we'll have him.
Swapsie for Olise. |
He is from serious dough. |  | | |
| France. (n/t) on 17:39 - Jul 8 with 1962 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| France. (n/t) on 17:36 - Jul 8 by StNeotsBlue |
He is from serious dough. |
His dad looks like he's got a serious wine collection. | | | |
| Arthur Fery on 17:54 - Jul 8 with 1874 views | StNeotsBlue |
As someone who doesn't watch a lot of tennis, why do the post match interviews happen with them standing about 5m apart? | | | |
| Arthur Fery on 17:56 - Jul 8 with 1856 views | Ryorry |
| Arthur Fery on 17:54 - Jul 8 by StNeotsBlue |
As someone who doesn't watch a lot of tennis, why do the post match interviews happen with them standing about 5m apart? |
B O? |  |
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| Arthur Fery on 17:57 - Jul 8 with 1842 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Arthur Fery on 17:54 - Jul 8 by StNeotsBlue |
As someone who doesn't watch a lot of tennis, why do the post match interviews happen with them standing about 5m apart? |
Weird isn’t it. Seems a hangover from Covid, but I’ve no idea why. |  |
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| Arthur Fery on 17:58 - Jul 8 with 1840 views | MattinLondon |
This may not be the thread for this comment but here goes.
Does the Lawn Tennis Association (or whatever it’s called) actually do anything to encourage tennis in this country. There must be quite a lot of natural tennis players in this country which goes to waste simply because they aren’t middle class and privately educated.
I could well be doing them a disservice. |  | | |
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| Arthur Fery on 18:01 - Jul 8 with 1813 views | Perublue |
| Arthur Fery on 17:57 - Jul 8 by Swansea_Blue |
Weird isn’t it. Seems a hangover from Covid, but I’ve no idea why. |
It has to be doesn’t it |  |
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| Arthur Fery on 18:06 - Jul 8 with 1768 views | Churchman |
Fantastic achievement. Well done him! |  | | |
| Arthur Fery on 18:24 - Jul 8 with 1691 views | Perublue |
Obviously never expected him to get to a semi .. but he like all the young ones and the old ones too was on my radar as I follow the sport and the British players outside Wimbledon and the other majors.. a lot of them are down the Cam Norrie route where they go to the States to study and play on the collegiate circuit and then pop out around 22/23 on to the professional after.
It’s more common with our men then women but I think that’s a physiological thing in that the girls have already reached the same level as a woman before college. | |
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| Arthur Fery on 18:51 - Jul 8 with 1582 views | mellowblue |
| Arthur Fery on 17:58 - Jul 8 by MattinLondon |
This may not be the thread for this comment but here goes.
Does the Lawn Tennis Association (or whatever it’s called) actually do anything to encourage tennis in this country. There must be quite a lot of natural tennis players in this country which goes to waste simply because they aren’t middle class and privately educated.
I could well be doing them a disservice. |
they always claim to pump money into grassroots tennis. I suspect the middle class aspiring tennis parents and offspring dominate those grassroots. I rarely see anybody at muncipal ourts where I live. Maybe a few dust off the rackets when Wimbledon comes around. The Ameican collegiate system is the way to go but requires plenty of financial support. It is a brilliant system really. |  | | |
| Arthur Fery on 19:28 - Jul 8 with 1465 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Arthur Fery on 18:01 - Jul 8 by Perublue |
It has to be doesn’t it |
I’m pretty sure that’s when it changed. I remember it jarring at the time and being very different from normal. It’s very odd they’ve not reverted back to a more friendly approach. | |
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| Arthur Fery on 19:50 - Jul 8 with 1376 views | Perublue |
| Arthur Fery on 19:28 - Jul 8 by Swansea_Blue |
I’m pretty sure that’s when it changed. I remember it jarring at the time and being very different from normal. It’s very odd they’ve not reverted back to a more friendly approach. |
I’m trying to remember how it is at the other majors now.. I’ve a feeling it’s similar just not as extreme… the French seemed more cosy.. but the US and Aussie ? | |
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| Arthur Fery on 19:51 - Jul 8 with 1374 views | Swansea_Blue |
That’s a mint reply 👌 | |
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| Arthur Fery on 19:53 - Jul 8 with 1364 views | Perublue |
| Arthur Fery on 19:51 - Jul 8 by Swansea_Blue |
That’s a mint reply 👌 |
Can’t bear to say it but You’re on fire you little fox [Post edited 8 Jul 19:53]
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| France. (n/t) on 20:38 - Jul 8 with 1252 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| France. (n/t) on 17:30 - Jul 8 by Bloots |
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STOP THE BOATS! |  |
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| Arthur Fery on 21:03 - Jul 8 with 1218 views | Churchman |
True. He’s far to cheerful to be Murray | | | |
| Arthur Fery on 21:06 - Jul 8 with 1210 views | blueislander |
| Arthur Fery on 18:51 - Jul 8 by mellowblue |
they always claim to pump money into grassroots tennis. I suspect the middle class aspiring tennis parents and offspring dominate those grassroots. I rarely see anybody at muncipal ourts where I live. Maybe a few dust off the rackets when Wimbledon comes around. The Ameican collegiate system is the way to go but requires plenty of financial support. It is a brilliant system really. |
That is the perceived view, but I think that the LTA do actually do an awful lot to promote tennis in areas that one would naturally consider to be its natural environment. I was fortunate to play tennis at a reasonable level, and certainly then, around 60 years ago, it was very much a middle/upper class sport. This very much so ,in Spain ,where I lived in my early 20s . I was very priveleged to be given a temporary membership of the Real Madrid club, and I played a lot with the ball kids there who were very much from humble backgrounds who had been scouted . Now Spain is arguably the leading European tennis nations. | | | |
| Arthur Fery on 21:13 - Jul 8 with 1193 views | Churchman |
| Arthur Fery on 17:58 - Jul 8 by MattinLondon |
This may not be the thread for this comment but here goes.
Does the Lawn Tennis Association (or whatever it’s called) actually do anything to encourage tennis in this country. There must be quite a lot of natural tennis players in this country which goes to waste simply because they aren’t middle class and privately educated.
I could well be doing them a disservice. |
I don’t even think it’s for the privately educated or middle class. I’ve always felt it’s a game in this country for the privileged. Look at Wimbledon and the money it generates. Where does it go? I see people like that henman who grew up playing on Daddys tennis court at home and it all looks like upper crust only, plebs need not apply.
Probably harsh and certainly very subjective given one hit wonder Raducanu went to Mrs Cs old school. More than happy to be wrong and hope the game is thriving at grass roots level in this country. | | | |
| Arthur Fery on 00:08 - Jul 9 with 974 views | Illinoisblue |
Quite enjoying the uppity Jock routine. Keep it up. |  |
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| Arthur Fery on 11:59 - Jul 9 with 696 views | SaleAway |
| Arthur Fery on 17:58 - Jul 8 by MattinLondon |
This may not be the thread for this comment but here goes.
Does the Lawn Tennis Association (or whatever it’s called) actually do anything to encourage tennis in this country. There must be quite a lot of natural tennis players in this country which goes to waste simply because they aren’t middle class and privately educated.
I could well be doing them a disservice. |
They do a fair bit.... have recently spent a lot of money refurbishing publicly accessible tennis courts - adding online booking systems, and making them secure, such that they stay nice....
There are a lot of strands to development, from the participation pathways, through to elite pathways. Fundamentally, the reason we generally see middle class/ priveleged players at Wimbledon, is that it is incredibly expensive to start out on tour. Unless you are super talented and manage to shoot up the rankings really quickly, then you end up in the challenger tour, basically spending all your money travelling, in search of ranking points that will get you into the bigger tournaments. This is also why LTA generally prioritises up and coming brits with wild cards into their tournaments, as the funding and ranking points from one or two rounds at a grand slam or Masters event, can be enough to kick start a career.
I know the Broady family fairly well, ( Naomi commentates now, having had a typical middling British tennis career - and makes more money now than she ever did playing), Liam broke into the top 100 but immediately got injured and has bounced around the ITF circuit since trying to get back up there. Their dad basically had to remortgage his house to fund their tennis ( after Naomi got booted out of an LTA pathway for going to a nightclub).
Fundamentally, the LTA spend a lot of money trying to develop tennis, but whether they do it the right way is a massive debate. | |
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| Arthur Fery on 13:20 - Jul 9 with 615 views | chicoazul |
Yes it would have been so sad without this intercontinental scion of an enormously wealthy French family enjoying a lucky run to the semis. |  |
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| Arthur Fery on 13:45 - Jul 9 with 572 views | Vaughan8 |
| Arthur Fery on 17:58 - Jul 8 by MattinLondon |
This may not be the thread for this comment but here goes.
Does the Lawn Tennis Association (or whatever it’s called) actually do anything to encourage tennis in this country. There must be quite a lot of natural tennis players in this country which goes to waste simply because they aren’t middle class and privately educated.
I could well be doing them a disservice. |
IN search for a sport my son liked, we tried out the local, free tennis courts. He quite enjoyed playing it so I enquired about getting him into a lessons, before eventually when hes good enough, can join a group thing. I can hit the ball but i'm by no means a coach.
Firstly, it is great that there are free courts, but the standard of them is absolutely awful. Nets falling off, the concrete courts have cracks in them with weeds coming out. This is fine for us as we're not serious, but anyone who is remotely average or beyond, would not want to play on those.
To play on a decent court and get lessons at my local club, I'd have to get my son an annual membership which is quite expensive (£200-250). Then to pay for the lessons on top of that would have been too much of a commitment, especially as I don't even know if he'd do it for more than a couple of months.
You can't have lessons unless you're a member......!
I know the clubs need to make money and I don't know what the answer is, but surely giving a child a chance, means in the future they'll join as a member etc.
A 3 month trial or something would be ideal. | | | |
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