The Old Tennis Thread

[Marc]

Hope Kerber can win this, much prefer her gameplay. Exciting stuff

[Novo]

Well this is a bit of a walkover

[Legend killer]

Ladies tennis is so bad atm something really has to be done about it. Rallies are so boring and go on for about 3 shots max

[Novo]

Ladies tennis is so bad atm something really has to be done about it. Rallies are so boring and go on for about 3 shots max

You serious? you not been watching this year then? Kerber and Radwanska play some of the best Tennis on the tour and then you have the new Serena and Vika top 2 rivalry, and Kerber v Vika and Radwanska v Sharapova yesterday were amazing, when you look at recent years it's starting to improve a lot

[Marc]

Poor Kerber, shattered.

Hopefully Vika isn't too tired

[Legend killer]

Please son don't let Vika's Vag cloud your judgement

Watch Ladies Tennis early 2000's around the time when Capriati,Daveport,Clijsters and the Williams Sisters were slugging it out then get back to me

[Marc]

I've enjoyed watching women's tennis evolve since the days of Seles/Graff/Capriati/Davenport

It's changed a fair bit, a lot more power.

[Legend killer]

Marc early 2000s or ladies tennis now??

Put your love and respect for me to one side and give us a verdict

[Novo]

Please son don't let Vika's Vag cloud your judgement

Watch Ladies Tennis early 2000's around the time when Capriati,Daveport,Clijsters and the Williams Sisters were slugging it out then get back to me

Let's be honest Serena has been in better form this year then any other year in her career and the rest are gone so get over it.. can't live in the past just enjoy the greatness of the Radwanska Squat

[Marc]

Marc early 2000s or ladies tennis now??

Put your love and respect for me to one side and give us a verdict

Honestly, today's tennis is much better quality. The points may be shorter now but we have a nice mix of decent players and despite Serena winning a fair amount last decade, nowadays we have a good mix of champions, makes the game a bit more unpredictable.

[Marc]

Serena now would beat Serena early 2000s

[Legend killer]

She looks better cause she is under NO pressure from any of her other players

Back then she had to face Venus,Dav and Cap week in week out

[Marc]

I do sort of miss the rivalries from back in the day but I like the diversity of the game nowadays. Radwanska is such a good player but completely contrasts the games of Serena/Azarenka and Li Na and Stosur have a great power and finesse. Schiavone and Errani have been amazing stories for the modern day game of tennis.

[Legend killer]

In all honesty when Fed retires im done with sport

[Marc]

It will be really weird without him

[Novo]

Vika staying with Serena here.. good to see her start so well she usually starts **** against her

[Legend killer]

I do sort of miss the rivalries from back in the day but I like the diversity of the game nowadays. Radwanska is such a good player but completely contrasts the games of Serena/Azarenka and Li Na and Stosur have a great power and finesse. Schiavone and Errani have been amazing stories for the modern day game of tennis.

I understand what your saying i guess its just down to personal preference i guess. I just miss the rivalries and intensity of the game during that time

Each to there own though

[Novo]

Won't be long before Raonic breaks into the top 4

[Legend killer]

It will be really weird without him

The problem for me is there is no other player on tour that has the style of play i like that roger plays with.So elegent and gracefull

[Legend killer]

Won't be long before Raonic breaks into the top 4

In these modern day slow conditions he will never make it big time. If he finally gets his head straight tomic is the only one of the young breed who has the tools

[Novo]

Raonic will be in the top 8 by the end of next year mark my words and Tomic has had an awful year i can't see him going far

[Novo]

Keep an eye out for this girl as well

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Eugenie+Bouchard+Wimbledon+Championships+2012+v1Oa 5PYgUlMl.jpg

[Marc]

For Sharapova to be year-end No.1...
- Sharapova must win today, win her semifinal and win the final
- Azarenka must lose today
Anything else and Azarenka will be year-end No.1...

[Marc]

Keep an eye out for this girl as well

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Eugenie+Bouchard+Wimbledon+Championships+2012+v1Oa 5PYgUlMl.jpg

Junior Wimbledon Girl's Champions of past

María Emilia Salerni 2000
Angelique Widjaja 2001
Vera Douchevina 2002
Kirsten Flipkens 2003
Kateryna Bondarenko 2004
Agnieszka Radwańska 2005
Caroline Wozniacki 2006
Urszula Radwańska 2007
Laura Robson 2008
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 2009
Kristyna Pliskova 2010
Ashleigh Barty 2011
Eugenie Bouchard 2012

Seems by the look of that list, she has about 6/5 years to perfect her craft and start doing well.

[Novo]

Sharapova has won.. ****, i have a bad feeling Vika is going to lose today as well

[Novo]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5mxw-sYc_F0/TBsamKFYu6I/AAAAAAAArTU/pyFHCMj6K6k/s1600/croft.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5035/6910356294_7009043aca_z.jpg

GIP?

[Marc]

Nah

[MTVN]

Yeah

[Marc]

Vika loses today and Maria wins it all then uh oh

[Novo]

Going to have to rely on Serena at this rate

[Marc]

Good old Serena

[Marc]

I love watching Aga

[Novo]

https://twitter.com/serenawilliams/status/254951746491793408

[Novo]

I love watching Aga

The good old Raddy squat

[Marc]

Why do the people I like keep losing

[Legend killer]

Sharapova is so fuken sexy WOULD DESTROY WITH THE FORCE OF A THOUSAND EXPLODING SUNS/10

[Marc]

Good

[Novo]

Sharapova is so fuken sexy WOULD DESTROY WITH THE FORCE OF A THOUSAND EXPLODING SUNS/10

She's no Raddy though

[Legend killer]

Rad doesn't really do it for me of course she would get bent over the net and receive the best 30 secs of her life But Shara and those legs are just the ****

[Marc]

You'd probably have a better chance to do Raddy

[Legend killer]

Why you say that Marc??

[Novo]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E1SpJQYGX78/UCTjmMo0HLI/AAAAAAAAAjw/MkisJe95BOQ/s1600/Agnieszka+Radwanska+New+Pic.jpg

[Legend killer]

Rady strikes me as the type of girl who expects u to do all the work

Nomsayen.gif

[Novo]

Vika ends year as World #1 :worship:

Semis tomorrow

Raddy v Serena
Vika v Sharapova

Vika and Raddy are ****ed so i expect a Sharapova v Serena final

[Marc]

C'mon Raddy do it for me

[Marc]

Last time the top 4 seeds in the world were in the end of year championships

1989 WTA Championships
Graf (#1)
Navratilova (#2)
Sabatini (#3)
Sanchez-Vicario (#4)

Steffi Graf won.

[Marc]

http://www.wtatennis.com/javaImages/56/7/0,,12781~11339606,00.jpg

[Marc]

http://www.wtatennis.com/javaImages/50/7/0,,12781~11339600,00.jpg

3 hrs 29 minutes later...

[Marc]

Aga looking exhausted.

She's going to lose this match very quickly

[Marc]

Serena through.

But we knew that would happen. This is the match we've been looking forward to.

Maria v. Vika

[Marc]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02120/sharapova_azarenka_2120297b.jpg

[Marc]

Great stuff in this match already

[Marc]

that turkish airline advert is so *******ing annoying :mad:

Maria takes the first set 6-4

[Legend killer]

Looks like Maria is gonna take the trash out sadly we all know who is gonna win the final regardless

[Marc]

Serena won't even bother warming up tomorrow.

[Novo]

Vika's not even trying looks like she has settled for #1 in the World

[Marc]

Not much point continuing.

[Legend killer]

Very boring match this is my main complaint with current ladies tennis no rallies whatsoever

[Marc]

The first 4 games were incredible. I blame Azarenka for being lazy since then

[Novo]

Very boring match this is my main complaint with current ladies tennis no rallies whatsoever

They are both big hitters though

[Novo]

The first 4 games were incredible. I blame Azarenka for being lazy since then

She's played more games then anyone else :idc:

[Legend killer]

I really hope Shara's serve holds up 2moz cause she is the only player on tour pound for pound that can take Serena. Bar prime Venus of course

[Marc]

Serena has the best serve in the game.

Azarenka is just warming down now, going to go home and tuck into some of that End of Year World #1 cake.

[Legend killer]

Tuck in to some more cock more like if she focused more on the balls on the bloody court maybe she could take Serena when it actually matters

[Novo]

When was the last time Serena was defeated in Singles?

[Marc]

French Open 1st round?

[Novo]

Tuck in to some more cock more like if she focused more on the balls on the bloody court maybe she could take Serena when it actually matters

Vika will be taking at least 2 of the 4 next year

[Novo]

French Open 1st round?

was that Razzano?

[King Gizzard]

Rusedski 2 sets up

[Novo]

Hang on a minute the come back is on

[Marc]

Yeah to Virginie, but I just checked and it was in Cincinnati to Kerber.

[Legend killer]

Still don't know what happened at the French leading up to it she was looking the best on Clay she had ever looked

[Marc]

Crowd propelled Razzano

[Novo]

Got a lucky draw, you know you've hit the jackpot when you face Errani in the final

[Marc]

WTA Website already has this final planned

http://i50.tinypic.com/25us9xv.png

[Novo]

Vika is waking up

[Legend killer]

Maria felt sorry for Vika and has lowered her level to make her feel better about herself

WHAT A WOMAN

[Marc]

Uh oh..

[Novo]

Maria felt sorry for Vika and has lowered her level to make her feel better about herself

WHAT A WOMAN

Don't be silly

[Novo]

Vika will be getting a nice 10Mil bonus for finishing the year as world #1

[Marc]

This effort from Maria is futile, she won't become World #1 and she won't beat Serena

[Novo]

Struggling to hold serve against Vika who is putting in 10% of her potential effort

[Marc]

Just swinging away now.

[Legend killer]

If Maria's serve holds up she can hit just as well as Serena in the groundstrokes. If there is any sort of wind Maria might aswell not turn up cause her serve just crumbles

I remeber before that injury she actually had the best serve in the world

[Novo]

Vika just wants this match to be over by playing practice shots

[Novo]

Vika is tiring her out here

[IheartBB]

Finally *facepalm*

[Marc]

That game has rilled her up

[Novo]

and here is the come back

[Novo]

Maybe not

[IheartBB]

Sharapova will be lucky to get two games tomorrow if she plays like that.

[Legend killer]

Bye bye Aza u will not be missed

[Marc]

Sharapova wasn't special, Vika was just tired

Sharapova's serve was terrible near the end

[Legend killer]

Sharas serve is too robotic like any change in conditions and it cracks completely a lot like Tigers drive off the tee after his injury

[Marc]

She'll need to improve that.

[Novo]

Bye bye Aza u will not be missed

She'll be playing her 3rd place play off practice match against Raddy before she goes anywhere :idc:

[MTVN]

http://starstorage.blob.core.windows.net/archives/2012/9/3/sports/2012-09-03T030627Z_1_CBRE88208N800_RTROPTP_2_TENNIS-OPEN.JPG

[MTVN]

Got to love how Sharapova can play nowhere near her best and still destroy Vika in two sets

[Legend killer]

Bagels would be the order of the day if Vika came up against pre-injury Shara

[Novo]

Funny thing is Vika actually Bageled Sharapova in the Australian Open Final where as Sharapova has never done it to Vika, 7-5 to vika in the head to head as well

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/24607622.jpg

[Novo]

Got to love how Sharapova can play nowhere near her best and still destroy Vika in two sets

Sharapova was at 100% and playing her best tennis today, Vika was at 10% at playing some of her worst tennis ever and she still won 6 games

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mchwxx3wBU1r1fcy4o2_250.gif

[IheartBB]

Serena has been up and down all week (by her standards) and still manages to win the season ending championships without dropping a set. What a woman. Real #1.

[Novo]

Steady on

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mckw7tQIIM1rbjiwco1_500.jpg

[IheartBB]

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/multimedia/dynamic/00301/Serena-Williams_301670k.jpg

[Novo]

The Bane of Vika's life, 2013 will be the year though when Vika dominates her all around the court

[IheartBB]

http://cowbell.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83423e30253ef0133f20f1091970b-250wi

[Novo]

http://i.imgur.com/HN8RQ.gif

[Marc]

Ana lost, Jelena lost, Ana won :amazed: Jelena lost :bored:

Czech Republic win Fed Up 3-1

[Marc]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jonathanoverend/fed_djok_murray_blog595.jpg

[IheartBB]

I'm glad Czech Republic won :p

Gutted I won't be going to the O2 this year :(

I'll go for a Delpo v Djokovic and Murray v Fed semi final lineup. Any outcome from there wouldn't surprise me.

[IheartBB]

Also hoping Tipsarevic goes 0-3 too. really gone off that snotty little bastard this year :bored:

[Marc]

http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/395140_10151124573311966_962222784_n.jpg

[Marc]

http://i45.tinypic.com/2quusgo.png

[Black Dagger]

I'm so excited :amazed:

[MTVN]

My Mum's going to that tomorrow, wish I could have gone with her

[Legend killer]

God Berdy has to be one of the biggest bottlers in tennis history how Fed let him beat him in the Olympics all those years ago I will never know

[Marc]

My Mum's going to that tomorrow, wish I could have gone with her

I'll go with her.

I love the O2 :love:

[Marc]

Good win

[Black Dagger]

Great start...

Shame I could only catch the last 15 minutes but from the highlights it looked a good game.

[Marc]

Where the hell have you been

[Black Dagger]

Where the hell have you been

At College...

[Marc]

Why

[Novo]

A vital set dropped for Murray there, not a good start.. Tsonga will eat him for breakfast

[Black Dagger]

Why

So I can learn things xo

[Legend killer]

Del Boy is gonna walk this could see him giving Fed a bagel stick. The great man cannot handle that sort of pace anymore

[Marc]

I can teach you all you need to know

[Black Dagger]

I can teach you all you need to know

Sure, tell my Dad that then and he might let me drop out xo

[IheartBB]

Slow start for Muzza but nice recovery. Onwards and upwards :bouncy:

[Novo]

Del Boy is gonna walk this could see him giving Fed a bagel stick. The great man cannot handle that sort of pace anymore

More chance of you getting a prediction right

[Legend killer]

Our only Tennis predictions

LEGEND KILLER

Fed takes out Djoko in 4

Novo

Djoko in 4

ACTUAL RESULT Fed In 4

LEGEND KILLER

Fed takes out the trash and beast Murray in 4 Wimbledon final

Novo

Think you said Fed in 5

ACTUAL RESULT FED IN 4

100% BABY U MAD???

[Novo]

Chomp Complete

[Legend killer]

My sig

[Novo]

I believe mine reads - Forever educating Legend Killer, Brother Leon and Locke. VikaStyle

[Black Dagger]

3-2 in the final set for Jock so far.

[Black Dagger]

4-2 to Jock.

Andy keeps swearing and faulting.

[Lee.]

Andy's hanging in there. :D

[Lee.]

Yasssss! He's actually making an epic comeback here! :lovedup:

[Black Dagger]

He's trying to fight back :lovedup:

[Black Dagger]

Yes Andy <3.

Slay him now.

[MTVN]

Bloody hell

[Black Dagger]

Oh dear Andy. s0b

[Black Dagger]

Oh go away Jock :hmph:

[Novo]

Marray and Nielsen with 2 wins from 2 now and beating last years Champions Mirnyi and Nester :worship:

[Marc]

Marray doing well!

Brilliant

[IheartBB]

Gah I wish I could go tomorrow tonight. Murray and Marray in the same sitting. Should be a good watch.

And seeing Tipsarevic lose so handily again pleases me. 8 games in 2 matches :laugh3:

[Marc]

Tomorrow eve will indeed be a good one.

[MTVN]

Afternoon session will be better I reckon

[Marc]

Good win for Novak (and by virtue for Murray)

I think he needs to win just one set tonight against Tsonga to qualify for the semi finals

[Black Dagger]

Good win for Novak (and by virtue for Murray)

I think he needs to win just one set tonight against Tsonga to qualify for the semi finals

Just been confirmed by our Sue Barker =)

[Marc]

Good old Sue

[Black Dagger]

I love Sue <3

Her and Clare Balding >>>>

[Black Dagger]

Marray and Nielsen down in the first set.

But 3-1 up in 2nd.

[Black Dagger]

3-2 now.

Semi finals btw for those who weren't aware.

[Novo]

They lost but that was just their final group game match, they are still through to the Semis

[Novo]

And Murray is through now

[Marc]

Qualified

[Marc]

Game

Set

and Match yo'

[MTVN]

Was there for the afternoon session today, was really good actually, had been worried Berdych was gonna just get destroyed after the first set but at least he made the second one competitive, should have won it really

Good to see Murray won too

[Marc]

Good thing Berdy didn't win :pipe:

[Black Dagger]

Oh I got confused with the semi thing for the doubles, I thought that was it. Ooops

And yay Murray <3

[Black Dagger]

Del P :lovedup:

[IheartBB]

Federer v Murray and Djokovic v Del Potro tomorrow then. Shock horror!

[Marc]

Unless Janko does something amazing tonight :laugh:

[Legend killer]

Knew Del-boy would destroy Fed sadly Fed is looking a lot like he did in the Olympic final TIRED AS ****. Can't blame him he put a lot of energy into the first 6 months of the year and you can see it is starting to tell(has been REALLY POOR since start of USO)

Hopefully he gets Djoko in the semi's cannot deal with the disgusting biased BBC pundits going on about how much Murray destroyed a LIFELESS Roger if ala Olympic final which was a joke

[Novo]

Federer is sadly suffering end of Career Syndrome

[Legend killer]

Father time even catches up to the GOATS sadly even Floyd is starting to slow. However the court is playing the slowest I have ever seen which is not helping

[Marc]

Olympic finals all over again.

I reckon Djokovic will get his revenge this time around

Think Federer will beat Andy as well, this being an indoor tournament. But it'll be a great match

[Maia]

Djoko is in the final

[Marcus.]

come on andy murry

[Novo]

Del Potro bottled that

[Black Dagger]

Bloody Jock.

Del P :sad:

[IheartBB]

Delpo and Muzza :bawling:

Going for Djokovic tomorrow but there's definitely something about Federer and London...

[Black Dagger]

Wanted Del P and Murray.

Hope Fed wins, something about Djock that I don't like.

[Novo]

Federer to win #7

[Marc]

Federer will probably win.

[Legend killer]

Thought i would share my thoughts on yesterday as i know a few of you love to read them.

Firstly yesterday confirmed the * beside Andy's Olympic title sadly. As i said a million times Fed was like a corpse out there and at the very least the Caveman should be joint Gold medal winner with Andy

As for the match itself i actually turned off 10 mins into it not because of the way Fed was playing but because of the DISGUSTING commentary i had to listen too. Which ended with the cringeworthy

Fed is now better then he was in his prime domination years PMSL

The fact that a 32 year Fed DESTROYED a PRIME Andy on a slow court with less rest is the final nail in the Andy is part of this golden era debacle

[Marc]

Federer has had a decent year, really good indoors as well.

I'm surprised he managed to win the second set so easily but fair play to him. There's a reason he's higher ranked than Andy. Novak looks exhausted during this championships, I really wouldn't be surprised if he lost tonight

[Legend killer]

My heart says Fed but my head say's Novak.You said Novak has looked tired BUT Fed has looked TERRIBLE including the start of yesterday's match. Add to the fact Novak has had that extra time to rest aswell as the slower court condtions it will be tough for the GOAT

If the match goes 3 sets Novak will win Fed needs to win in 2 IMHO

[Legend killer]

Federer has had a decent year, really good indoors as well.

I'm surprised he managed to win the second set so easily but fair play to him. There's a reason he's higher ranked than Andy. Novak looks exhausted during this championships, I really wouldn't be surprised if he lost tonight

Correction AMAZINGyear. He has won a couple of Masters titles aswell as another Grand slam at the age of 31 against what many call the Golden ERA. Touch wood he wins tonight and makes it 7 WTF chmapionships

GOATS GONNA GOAT

[Alf]

this season can't really be called the golden era, because the top man has been injured, don't really follow tennis but, injury's have hampered nadal from dominating this sport,

i saw the murray vs djokovic game this year, i think it was u s final, that was the best tennis match i've ever seen, some of the rally's were unreal, both men's leg's were jelly at the end of the match.


and that's all my contribution to the tennis thread for this year.

[Legend killer]

The US open final was terrible the rallies were long because for the most part both were just pushing the ball back to the other.

[Novo]

It didn't reach the Dizzy heights of Vika and Serena's encounter anyway

[Maia]

Fed means business

[Maia]

Lemar and his new fro

[Maia]

Reminds me a bit of Nathan

[Maia]

Djokovic winning meh :(

[MTVN]

Novak :worship:

[IheartBB]

Credit to Djokovic. Great ending to a great season for him.

Just Davis Cup to go now. Nadal-less Spain vs Czech Republic. Ordinarily I'd cheer for Spain, but the lack of Nadal and the thought of CZE winning the Hopman Cup, Fed Cup and Davis Cup in the same year is making me root for them.

[Legend killer]

Was depressing watching Fed lose nadal style cause he plays the much harder to execute single handed backward. On all the key points novak just went to the backward shot after shot. Once that went the serve and forehead cracked in the second.

Was a very good match though Fed sld have at least won a set but even getting to finals like this is a big achievement at his age

[Marc]

Oh well.

[Black Dagger]

I really don't like Novak.

[Legend killer]

Nah i like Novak you can't blame him for not trying to go to Feds forehand cause he would be DESTROYED. Its just sad to watch Fed get exploited for executing a shot which is leagues harder to play

[IheartBB]

It's obviously not leagues harder to play for Federer otherwise he wouldn't play it :joker:

[Legend killer]

Of course the single handed backhand IS A MUCH HARDER shot to play then the double

[Marc]

R.I.P tennis

Until January

[Marc]

R.I.P tennis

Until January

[Black Dagger]

I'm happy with having a break, I'm all tennis'd out. <3

[Marc]

You can never be all tennis'd out

http://www.newsucanuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bigstock_Child_Abuse_4281219.jpg

[Legend killer]

We can still watch Berdy choke as per in the davis cup at the weekend

[IheartBB]

Of course the single handed backhand IS A MUCH HARDER shot to play then the double

For some. Not for all. And obviously not for Fed.

[IheartBB]

Czech Republic beat Spain 3-2 :cheer2:

Stepanek rolled back the years in that final rubber. Played like a top 20 player again. And CZE become the first country to win all three team competitions in the same year (and an Olympic doubles silver). Always nice to see Vaidisova in the audience too (even if I'd prefer to see her on the court).

Great ending to a great season.

[IheartBB]

Urgh, after a quick search I see that Vaidisova is only a few months older than Azarenka. What a career she could/should have had. Top 20 at 16, top 10 at 17, retired at 19. What a waste.

[Novo]

I remember Benoît Assou-Ekotto saying the same thing a few years back, he had no interest in football or he has no love for it and he only plays for the money

[MTVN]

That was the same with Agassi as well wasn't it, he always hated tennis

[Novo]

December 2012

29th - 5th January ITF Hyundai Hopman Cup , Perth, Australia.
30th - 5th January WTA Brisbane International , Brisbane, Australia.
30th - 6th January ATP Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia.
30th - 5th January WTA Shenzhen Longgang Gemdale Open, Shenzhen, China.
31st - 5th January ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar.
31st - 5th January WTA ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand .
31st - 6th January ATP Aircel Chennai Open, Chennai, India.

January 2013

6th - 11th WTA Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
6th - 12th ATP Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
6th - 12th WTA Moorilla Hobart International, Hobart, Australia.
7th - 12th ATP Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand.
12th - 20th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, Glasgow, Scotland.
14th - 27th Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia.
19th - 27th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, South Ribble, TBC.
26th - 2nd February AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's Event, Sheffield, England.
28th - 3rd February WTA PTT Pattaya Open, Pattaya City, Thailand .
28th - 3rd February WTA Open GDF SUEZ, Paris, France .


February 2013

1st - 3rd Davis Cup World Group- First round, TBC.
2nd - 9th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's Event, Wirral, England.
4th - 10th ATP Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France.
4th - 10th ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia.
4th - 10th ATP VTR Open, Vina del Mar, Chile.
9th - 10th Fed Cup World Group - First round, TBA.
11th - 17th ATP Brasil Open, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
11th - 17th ATP ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
11th - 17th WTA Qatar Total Open, Doha, Qatar .
11th - 17th ATP SAP Open, San Jose, California, USA.
17th - 23rd WTA Memphis US National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America .
18th - 24th ATP Copa Claro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
18th - 23rd WTA Dubai Duty Free Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates .
18th - 24th WTA XX Copa BBVA Colsanitas, Bogota, Colombia .
18th - 24th ATP Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
18th - 24th ATP Open 13, Marseille, France.
23rd - 2nd March AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's Event, Cardiff, Wales.
24th - 2nd March WTA Brasil Tennis Cup , Florianapolis, Brasil.
25th - 2nd March WTA Abierto Mexicano TELCEL, Acapulco, Mexico .
25th - 3rd March WTA BMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
25th - 2nd March ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico.
25th - 3rd March ATP Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, Florida, USA.
25th - 2nd March ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAE.


March 2013

2nd - 10th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, TBC.
6th - 17th WTA BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, California, United States of America .
7th - 17th ATP BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, California, USA.
9th - 17th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, Bath, England.
16th - 24th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, Sunderland, England.
19th - 31st WTA Sony Open Tennis, Miami, Florida, United States of America .
20th - 31st ATP Sony Open Tennis, Miami, Florida, USA.


April 2013

1st - 7th WTA Whirlpool Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico .
1st - 7th WTA Family Circle Cup, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America .
5th - 7th Davis Cup World Group - Quarter-finals, TBA.
6th - 13th AEGON GB Pro-Series Women's Event, Birmingham, England.
8th - 14th WTA Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain .
8th - 14th ATP Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
8th - 14th ATP US Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, Texas, USA.
8th - 14th WTA e-Boks Open, Copenhagen, Denmark .
14th - 21st ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
20th - 28th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, Bournemouth, England.
20th - 21st Fed Cup World Group - Semi-finals, TBA.
22nd - 28th WTA GP de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, Fes, Morocco .
22nd - 28th ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania.
22nd - 28th ATP Barcelona Open BancSabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
22nd - 28th WTA Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany.
27th - 5th May AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's & Women's Event, Edinburgh, Scotland.
29th - 5th May ATP Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal.
29th - 5th May ATP BMW Open, Munich, Germany.
29th - 4th May WTA Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal .
29th - 5th May ATP Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia.


May 2013

4th - 11th AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's Event, Newcastle, England.
4th - 12th WTA Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain.
5th - 12th ATP Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain.
12th - 19th ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome, Italy.
13th - 19th WTA Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome, Italy .
19th - 25th ATP Power Horse Cup, Dusseldorf, Germany.
19th - 25th ATP Open de Nice Cote d’Azur, Nice, France.
20th - 25th WTA Brussels Open, Brussels, Belgium .
20th - 25th WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
26th - 9th June French Open, Roland Garros, Paris, France.


June 2013

1st - 9th AEGON Trophy, Nottingham, England.
8th - 16th AEGON Nottingham Challenge, Nottingham, England.
8th - 16th AEGON Classic, Birmingham, England.
10th - 16th WTA AEGON Classic, Birmingham, England.
10th - 16th ATP Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany.
10th - 16th ATP AEGON Championships, Queen's Club, London.
16th - 22nd WTA UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands .
16th - 23rd ATP UNICEF Open, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
17th - 22nd WTA AEGON International, Eastbourne, England.
17th - 22nd ATP AEGON International, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
24th - 7th July All England Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, England.
29th - 6th July AEGON GB Pro-Series Men's Event, TBC.

July 2013

8th - 14th August ATP Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
8th - 14th WTA Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary.
8th - 14th WTA XXV Italiacom Open, Palermo, Italy.
8th - 14th ATP SkiStar Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden.
8th - 14th ATP MercedesCup, Stuttgart, Germany.
15th - 21st WTA NURNBERGER Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria .
15th - 21st WTA Sony Swedish Open , Bastad, Sweden .
15th - 21st ATP German Open Tennis Championships, Hamburg, Germany.
22nd - 28th WTA Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan.
22nd - 28th WTA Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, California, United States of America .
22nd - 28th ATP Credit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland.
22nd - 28th ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia.
22nd - 28th ATP BB&T Atlanta Open, Atlanta, United States.
28th - 3rd August WTA Citi Open, Washington, United States.
28th - 3rd August ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel, Kitzbuhel, Austria.
29th - 4th August WTA Mercury Insurance Open, City Medical Center, United States.
29th - 4th August ATP Citi Open, Washington D.C., United States.


August 2013

5th - 11th WTA Rogers Cup , Toronto, Canada .
5th - 11th ATP Rogers Cup, Montreal, Canada .
11th - 18th ATP Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States.
12th - 18th WTA Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States.
17th - 23rd WTA Texas Tennis Open, Grapevine, United States.
18th - 24th ATP Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States.
18th - 24th WTA New Haven Open at Yale, New Haven, United States.
26th - 9th September US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York, United States of America.

September 2013

9th - 14th WTA Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
9th - 11th Davis Cup Semi-finals.
9th - 15th WTA Bell Challenge, Quebec City, Canada.
13th - 15th Davis Cup World Group - Semi-finals and Play-Offs, TBA.
16th - 22nd ATP Moselle Open, Metz, France .
16th - 22nd WTA KDB Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea.
16th - 21st WTA GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China.
16th - 22nd ATP St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia .
22nd - 28th WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan.
23rd - 29th ATP PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand .
23rd - 29th ATP Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
28th - 6th October WTA China Open, Beijing, China.
30th - 6th October ATP Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan.
30th - 6th October ATP China Open, Beijing, China.



October 2013

6th - 13th ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China .
7th - 13th WTA Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria.
7th - 13th WTA HP Open, Osaka, Japan .
14th - 20th WTA Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia.
14th - 20th ATP If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden .
14th - 20th ATP Erste Bank Open, Vienna, Austria.
14th - 20th ATP Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia.
14th - 20th WTA BGL BNP PARIBAS Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
21st - 27th ATP Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain .
21st - 27th ATP Swiss Indoors Basel, Basel, Switzerland .
22nd - 28th WTA TEB BNP PARIBAS WTA Championships, Istanbul, Turkey.
28th - 3rd November ATP BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, France .
29th - 4th November WTA Tournament of Champions, Sofia, Bulgaria.

November 2013

2nd - 3rd Fed Cup World Group - Final, TBA.
4th - 10th Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, England.
15th - 17th Davis Cup World Group - Final, TBA.




Add this to the first post if you want Marc, it will just makes it easier for everyone to see what events are currently on and upcoming

[Novo]

Zvonareva has pulled out of the Australian Open as well

[Novo]

Organisers say Serena Williams will take part in this month’s Brisbane International tennis tournament despite undergoing minor surgery on her problematic feet.

The 15-time Grand Slam winner has withdrawn from an exhibition match in Thailand following the surgery but Brisbane International tournament director Cameron Pearson says he’s been assured by Williams’ agent that the superstar will compete at Pat Rafter Arena.

“She’ll be fit and ready for Brisbane,” Pearson told AAP on Thursday.

“She just needed a little bit more time than what the Thailand exhibition match gave her to be ready.

“I guess it’s a bit of a compliment that she wants to tailor her preparation around playing Brisbane.”


Time for Vika to take advantage of the weak and vulnerable Serena

[Marc]

Welcome back my dear friend

[Novo]

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[Black Dagger]

And so it begins again :amazed:

[Novo]

For anyone interested The Mubadala World Championships are on ESPN, it's only a exhibition tournament but it's still tennis.. think the press money is $250,000

Djokovic 6-3 6-0 Ferrer in the earlier Semi and now Almagro ( replacement for Nadal ) is playing Tipsarevic

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Almagro in the final with Djokovic after beating Tipsarevic

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A Nice win over Serena to set Vika up for 2013

[Marc]

Nadal out of the Australian Open

[Marc]

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Rafael Nadal will miss Australian Open as virus hits injury recovery

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next month's Australian Open because his recovery from a persistent knee injury has been hampered by a stomach virus.

Former world number one Nadal, 26, has suffered from tendonitis in his left knee since losing in the second round of Wimbledon in June.

The injury forced the Spaniard, who has won 11 Grand Slam events, to withdraw from both London 2012 and the US Open.

He also pulled out of an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi on 27 December.

"My knee is much better and the rehabilitation process has gone well, as predicted by the doctors, but this virus didn't allow me to practise this past week," Nadal said in a statement.

"Therefore I am sorry to announce that I will not play in Doha and the Australian Open, as we had initially scheduled."

Nadal, who won the Australian Open in 2009, also withdrew from this year's ATP World Tour Finals in London.

The world number four had announced on Tuesday on his Facebook page that he had been advised to rest while he recovers from a fever caused by the stomach infection.

Nadal said it was a difficult decision to pull out of his third consecutive Grand Slam through injury.

"You need your body to be at its best for the Australian Open," he told the Australian Open website. "It was a difficult decision and I am extremely disappointed to be missing such a great event."

The left-hander now hopes to return at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel event in Acapulco which starts on 25 February.

"It hurts to have to wait another 12 months before I get another chance [but] in the meantime, the focus is now on desperately trying to get back on the tour," he said.

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said: "It is completely understandable and we really feel disappointed for him."

[Locke.]

Great news

[Black Dagger]

Good stuff, he's letting Del P have the first slam of 2013 :lovedup:

[Locke.]

Sabine Lisicki v Lucie Safarova
Caroline Wozniacki v Qualifier
Serena Williams v Varvara Lepchenko
Sam Stosur v Sofia Arvidsson
Petra Kvitova v Carla Suarez Navarro

[Novo]

The Winner of Safarova and Lisicki plays Vika :joker: :joker: Hope it's Lisicki because Vika will likely bagel her at the Australian Open

[Marc]

Murray's start to the season didn't go the way he wanted it to. He lost in straight sets to Janko.

Semi finals of the Mubadala World Tennis Championships -

Djokovic df. Ferrer
Almagro df. Tipsarevic

Novak v. Almagro final

[Marc]

http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1318771.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Gold+medalist+Andy+Murray

Served up an OBE: Andy Murray honoured in the Queen's New Year list
Scotland's tennis star follows up Olympic and US Open titles with an OBE on the Queen's New Year Honours list

Olympic and US Open champion Andy Murray has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours following a year to remember for the Scottish tennis superstar.

The 25-year-old was one of a host of sporting stars to receive honours as part of a special list rewarding British athletes who excelled at the London Olympics and Paralympics.

Murray went into the Games still looking to win one of tennis' biggest titles after falling just short at Wimbledon in July.

The Scot reached the final for the first time, ending a 74-year wait for a home men's singles finalist, but was beaten in four sets by Roger Federer.

Murray reacted in superb fashion, though, beating Novak Djokovic to guarantee himself a first Olympic medal and then handing Federer his worst defeat on grass to clinch gold in the men's singles on Wimbledon's Centre Court.

Murray almost made it two gold medals on the same day but had to settle for silver in the mixed doubles with Laura Robson.

The hope was the success would spur him on to break his grand slam duck, and he did just that at the first opportunity by winning the US Open in New York.

The Wimbledon final was the fourth slam showpiece Murray had lost but he matched coach Ivan Lendl in winning at the fifth time of asking with a five-set victory over Djokovic.

Murray revealed after his triumph that his friends had been teasing him about the possibility of a knighthood - something he definitely was not expecting.

The world number three said: "A lot of my friends have been messaging me about it and I don't really know what to say. I think it should take more than one or two good tournaments to deserve something like that. It would probably be a bit rash."

The OBE is the first honour Murray, who survived the school shooting in his home town of Dunblane as a child, has received.
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[Black Dagger]

Great stuff. They can Knight him when he retires and he wins a couple more slams tbh. :worship:

[Novo]

Think he's got a pretty good chance of winning the Australian Open but he can never seem to beat Djokovic and he looks like he's on form at the minute judging from his match with Ferrer so i'd still put him as a strong favorite

[Marc]

Novak will win AO

[Marc]

Novak wins.

Don't even know why Almagro was chosen as the replacement, perhaps he was already in Abu Dhabi at the time.

[Locke.]

The Winner of Safarova and Lisicki plays Vika :joker: :joker: Hope it's Lisicki because Vika will likely bagel her at the Australian Open

Get ready to remove that last line of your sig

[Black Dagger]

Laura Robson will be destroying Lisicki and Vika in Australia :tongue:

[Brother Leon]

Great stuff. They can Knight him when he retires and he wins a couple more slams tbh. :worship:

No :idc:

[Black Dagger]

No :idc:

Who asked for your opinion? :idc:

[Locke.]

You just know Novo and Vika are ****ting themselves at the thought of facing one of Lisicki's serves

[Novo]

Vika is the best returner in the game unless she is playing Serena so Lisicki's only half decent weapon will be countered easily

[Locke.]

Stop acting as if Vika is any good please she is quite clearly not on par with Sabine, Serena, Sharapova, Kerber and Safarova

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Brisbane Intl ‏@BrisbaneTennis
Jarmila Gajdosova is the first Aussie through at #BI2013 after a 64 16 63 comeback win over Roberta Vinci

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Urzula Radwanska claims the first WTA main draw win of #BI2013 with a 26 60 62 win over Tamira Paszek

Brisbane Intl ‏@BrisbaneTennis
Match update: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeats Lucie Hradecka 63 36 63 at #BI2013

Brisbane Intl ‏@BrisbaneTennis
Serena Williams continues her stellar form in the new season, claiming a 62 61 win over Varvara Lepchenko in the first round of #BI2013

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Amazing :joker: :joker:

[Novo]

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[Locke.]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A2CXYgICIAAAxMR.jpg:large

[Novo]

victoria azarenka ‏@vika7
Hello Australia!!! How much I missed u

She has arrived

[Novo]

Lisicki and Safarova is on later today at 11.30 Brisbane time, not sure what time that is here though i think it might on about 1.30 in the morning

[Novo]

http://www.wprost.pl/G/cache/a/b/8/ab8b03179f9b17a4d47cde61e8a8dc1bf731f8f9.jpg

Raddy Junior picked up a good win against Paszek a nice bagel as well

[Novo]

http://www.wtatennis.com/javaImages/44/33/0,,12781~10105668,00.jpg

[Locke.]

I thought it was tomorrow they played?

[Novo]

No they are playing in about 13 hours time which is technically tomorrow

[Locke.]

Oh great I really am in for the worst sporting day of all time aren't I

[Novo]

Should have this the Brisbane International on Eurosport they have much worse tournaments on there like that Jobber Exhibition tournament the other day

[Marc]

Interesting wins so far

[Black Dagger]

Aww, Laura won <3

[Novo]

Niculescu will be hard but i think Robson will win

[Locke.]

Right time to look out for a stream

[Locke.]

"This is a new and rejuvenated Sabine Lisicki"

Vika is terrified

[Novo]

Lisicki beat Safarova 6-2 6-4

this must be some sort of mistake