RosyLily wrote: » Great to hear McGee still going strong! Hopefully he'll get the win. A good grass court season should improve his chances of getting a Wimbledon wildcard. On a side note, the tickets for the Surbiton Trophy tournament are ridiculously cheap!! I know it's a Challenger event but I thought prices would be a bit higher. Such a gap between ATP Tour and Challenger/Futures ticket prices.
TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: » So..... the spectators this year will be sitting in the middle of a building site?
RosyLily wrote: » Ireland has a Futures event 20-26 July - Irish Open. According to Tennis Ireland in April, there will be 3 ITF events here as well. If they go well, we might get to host a bigger event some time. An ideal location since we're so close to England which has loads of Challenger/Futures/ITF events this summer.
smurfs5 wrote: » Over at the US Open, the new roof on Arthur Ashe is set to be completed by 2016. The structure is already in place (pic below). Apparently it's been 12 years in the making! A new 8,000- seater Grandstand court will also be completed for the 2016 tournamenthttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/11/sports/tennis/supporting-structure-for-arthur-ashe-roof-is-completed.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 Also, Andy Roddick will be part of the BBC's coverage of Wimbledon this year. Great news!http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/wimbledon2015
the_monkey wrote: » Great news on Roddick, so that stadium - Arthur Ashe - will it be usable for the USO 2015? I mean with the roof being incomplete ?
RosyLily wrote: » IDK. According to the US Open Facebook page, the steel structure is in place. Now they're moving onto the Grandstand stadium. What's the point in starting a new roof when the big one isn't even finished?? Makes more sense to finish Ashe for this year's tournament. And start Grandstand as soon as the tennis is finished. At least it does to me.
the_monkey wrote: » But if matches are in play in Arthur Ashe stadium, it will hinder a lot of fans views unless they reallocate the seating, which I can't imagine they'll do until project is completed.
the_monkey wrote: » NADAL looking good for wimbledon
yerwanthere123 wrote: » Del Potro has announced he'll be undergoing yet more surgery on his wrist, he uploaded a video to his Facebook page explaining his decision. I didn't watch the whole thing, but he seems really deflated and his body language is utterly defeatist. Kinda seems like a final throw of the dice before he eventually decides to pack it in.
yerwanthere123 wrote: » Interesting to see Nadal winning the title in Stuttgart. If he can continue playing himself into from at Halle then I see no reason why he couldn't go deep at Wimbledon. Obviously winning still seems like a long shot though.
Floppybits wrote: » I know Nadal is considered a god by some but to be in 2 places at once is really taking the Mickey. Nadal is playing Queens this week. Be interesting to see how he does against proper opposition. Its a great line up at Queens with 14 of the top 20 players playing. Murray seeded #1 and Wawrinka is at #2 and Nadal is at #5. Great match tomorrow between Kyrgios and Wawrinka. Hopefully Stan will be up for it, he has already said he is feeling drained after the French Open win.
RosyLily wrote: » So sad. His career is made up of what ifs.:( I really believe that he'd win more Major titles if it wasn't for the wrist injury. Love watching him play - his forehand is something else.
yerwanthere123 wrote: » I obviously meant Queens Kyrgios-Wawrinka should be fun. Would love to see Stan make an impact at Wimbledon too. Would it be greedy of me to hope for SF/F? :pac:
WaterLily. wrote: » I saw him play a few years ago at Wimbledon, I was right on the front row practically on the court and he was absolutely magnificent. It's cruel the way his talent is just going to go to waste, he must be devastated by the way his career has turned out On a happier note, I always forget each year how much I love watching grass court tennis. It's just special. I hope Stan can do something at Wimbledon, wouldn't it just be incredible if he won back to back slams :pac: I feel that a disappointing early exit is just as likely though!
