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Wimbledon Girls Preview
I wrote a preview for the French Open juniors that seemed to go down well, so I thought I would have another go for Wimbledon. Whoever wins the title will be looking at the success of the past two...
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Competitive Balance in the Premier League
‘Among us, no one shall be the best; but if someone is, then let him be elsewhere and among others. Why should one be the best? Because then the contest would come to an end and the eternal life for...
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Junior Tennis Review - 16/02
Paula Badosa Gibert won the MediterraneeAvenir Grade 1 event in MoroccoMediterranee Avenir (Morocco) – Grade 1A huge shock in this Grade 1 event as unseeded Spaniard, Paula Badosa Gibert, came through...
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How To Fix a Tennis Match (by Boy Westerhof and Antal van der Duim)
Meerbusch is a small town in the west of Germany with a population of just over 50,000 residents. Since last year, it is also the host of the Maserati Challenger tennis tournament. As a tournament,...
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What Happens In Tampere...
Ask most people where Tampere is, the majority of people might struggle. Despite being Finland's third biggest city, it is not a place that is well-known beyond the borders of the Scandinavian country....
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An Analysis of Drug Testing in Tennis
As Marin Cilic lifted the US Open title two weeks ago, it capped a remarkable turnaround in fortunes for the Croatian. Just fifteen months ago, he had withdrawn from Wimbledon through injury, although...
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Andy Murray: What Has Gone Wrong in 2014?
Before his back surgery after the US Open last year, Andy Murray had become an undisputed member of the ‘Big 4’ in men’s tennis. Long grouped with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Andy...
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Understanding the Tennis Radars
Recently, you may have noticed some of the player radars that I have been posting on Twitter. They do seem to have garnered some interest, but there have been a number of questions about them, so I...
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Serena Williams: The Decline?
Serena Williams has been, without a doubt, the best women’s tennis player in the past few years. In 2012 and 2013 combined, she racked up a win-loss record of an astonishing 136-8. She won no fewer...
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Predicting Break Point Performance
Break points are some of the most important points in a tennis match. Whether for the server or the returner, winning those points is often the difference between winning and losing the match. This...
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The Curious Case of Maria Sharapova
Until three years ago, Maria Sharapova had never reached the final of the French Open and had just one major clay court title to her name. Since then, she has lifted two French Open titles, three...
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Lower Level Tennis Weekly Review
I am not sure how much interest there might be in this, but I thought it would trial it as an idea. The idea is a weekly review of the ITF and junior tennis winners and results in a single article....
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Lower Level Tennis Weekly Review 2
ITFITF $75k EventsFrom the first day onward, there was just one European in the entire draw at the $75k event in Toyota, Japan, but that had little impact as An-Sophie Mestach stormed to her fourth...
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Restructuring Prize Money on the ITF Tour
In the past year or so, there have been several excellent posts and letters written by lower level tennis players concerning the issue of lack of pay on the Challenger and ITF Tours. The main two that...
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Analysing a Tennis Article
While there are plenty of very good tennis writers putting their thoughts onto paper, there are also plenty of other articles that seem to get disseminated that are simply nonsense. Whether they are...
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Aston Villa: A Half-Season Analysis
It has been a season of mixed emotions thus far for Villa fans. The club’s best start in many years was followed by a dismal run of defeats and the longest scoring drought in Premier League history,...
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How To Fix a Tennis Match (by Denys Molchanov)
These days, Dallas is not exactly known as a tennis hotspot. It hosts a Challenger Tour event, but it rarely attracts much attention, particularly for a first round match between a Ukrainian and an...
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Spotlight on Jimmy Wang
If you asked someone what linked the tropical Hawaiian island of Maui and the South-Central Mexican state of Morelos, chances are you would get rather more peculiar looks than you would get answers....
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Competitive Balance in the Premier League
‘Among us, no one shall be the best; but if someone is, then let him be elsewhere and among others. Why should one be the best? Because then the contest would come to an end and the eternal life for...
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Looking at Tiebreak Performance
We can all picture the scene. A tennis match goes into a tiebreak and whether it is via the commentators or via a graphic, we are informed that one player is 6-4 in tiebreaks this year while his...
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