General News Snippets from the Tour

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[JesuslookslikeBorg]

open era began 48yrs ago today..april 22nd 1968.

 

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One for you @Ioana

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

woot. via atp site. turkey is launching a new pre-Wimbledon GRASS tourney from 2017.

 

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Is the grass court season being extended by one week permanently or this year only?

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the 3 weeks between fo-wimb is set for the calendar going forward.

this new grass tourney is right before wimb, so its another 250 on grass the same week as nottingham

 

[britbox]

Cool. I'm still hoping the Liverpool Invitational Event eventually evolves into an ATP 250. It gets decent crowds.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

going into the French open..some career matches played milestone's are looming up..

ferrer 992 matches. nadal 962 matches. ferrer will and rafa might reach 1000 before seasons end in November.

 

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woot. via atp site. turkey is launching a new pre-Wimbledon GRASS tourney from 2017.

Antalya...

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

sounds surreal..lawn tennis tournament in.........turkey.

the technology, or at least the knowhow to look after grass has improved alot, like how under the soil have layers of sand/meshing/whatnot in football grounds to help with drainage and ventilation. suppose similar 21st century goings on happen to help keep grass tennis courts in condition. like those lamps used to replicate sunshine etc..in winter or whenever.

some bigwigs from Wimbledon are going over there to help with the start up maintenance, so the turks have best advice on how to look after lawn tenniscourts. if they see a weed we won't be advising to pour on old supplies of paraquat weedkiller.

in future there is no excuse for players not playing at least one grass tourney before Wimbledon.

from 2017 we have.. 2 x atp250s, 2 x atp500s, 2 x atp250s, Wimbledon, 1 x atp250. get in.

 

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[JesuslookslikeBorg]

away from the Djokovic 4 in a row hullaballoo..dustin dreddy brown won a grass challenger in Manchester today.

after all the gloopy clay at rg, that challenger ushers in some much welcome grasscourt tennis for the next 6 weeks.

 

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[JesuslookslikeBorg]

grass beast cuevas.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

Cool. I'm still hoping the Liverpool Invitational Event eventually evolves into an ATP 250. It gets decent crowds.

is that 'the boodles' tourney ?.

 

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is that 'the boodles' tourney ?.

No, the Boodles one is in the south, although Boodles (Boodle & Dunthorne) was originally a Liverpool company and they still have a store in the city.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

No, the Boodles one is in the south, although Boodles (Boodle & Dunthorne) was originally a Liverpool company and they still have a store in the city.

ok lol.