Hi Arthur! LOL Great tip - cheers for that : )

WHAT IS WRONG WITH BRITISH TENNIS,WHEN A SMALL COUNTRY­ LIKE BELGIUM CAN PRODUCE 2 WORLD CLASS LADY PLAYERS AND­ THEY HAVE NO WHERE NEAR THE POPULATION OF THE UK WE ARE­ NOW DOWN IN THE THIRD DIVISION OF WORLD TENNIS WE DID­ NOT EVEN PUT UP A ADECAENT FIGHT

Thot Derren Feckin Broon his bin biggin hemsell up­­ ogain on Ch4 .He's ona boot his latest show dis­­ Friday nicht.
He shesh '' Watch my show this­­ Friday night and I'll make everyone think of the­­ same single thought at the same time ! '' Weel­­ Derren efter watchin da lest 2 wiks pesh ya spewed up­ ,­ I'm thinkin yer probably gonna be rite! Abody­­ watchin yer show thas Fridays gonna be thinkin­­ ...'' Derren Broon ! Wot a horses tadger ! A­­ bed fert in a wee lift wed be mare use ! ''.

well done, Wendy. Did you see how Andy sets up cones to­ serve against, not satisfied unless he hits them again­ and again? Set the situation up on the free all weather­ courts and if s.o. says anything, say that as Andy­ practices footy to improve his tennis, your son is­ practicing his tennis to improve his free footy... :-)

Hi tennis britain!
I'm tennis coach from poland­ (since 2004 in scotland)and have been looking for­ tennis club to join since I came to UK.your problem is­ andy murray who is very talented guy and whatever he­ achieved or will achieve its belongs to him.­ unfortunately all lta and associated coaches they proud­ and arogant like they did his succes themselves.
all­ tennis clubs looking for young guy like dan evans to be­ coaching adults in their clubs. all these amateur­ leagues are more important then kids,
that is why you­ have only one top player at time. Meanwhile lta and its­ tennis centre coaches will waste all aegon money foe­ their own benefits, houses cars travel and UK will wait­ another 60 years for next top player as andy. its a­ shame having so many facilities so many kids
to waste­ it for a few wins in a middle of nowhere senior league.

Why thank you Sanchez santos. I will let him know :­ )

And re the rest of your post, sadly so true. One­ almighty task trying to change the mindset of the, as­ you rightly note, nasty, negative people who choose to­ comment here.

good luck to your son Wendy and indeed,a slam win for­ Andy will boost the sport here no end. meanwhile I hope­ we will all be united in protecting anne keothavong and­ heather watson from the reactionary brigade as although­ the williamses in america show us what anybody can­ achieve, it sadly also teaches us what formidable­ enemies await them out there if and when they achieve­ notable success.

good point you make crispyduck and, i will add that the­ excuse is rather tenuous nowadays as a lot of money has­ been poured into relatively poor areas in the last­ eight years so that anyone can take their children­ along and practice for free. Naturally there are still­ some aspects of the snobbery that is common in society­ generally but it is no more so in tennis and the­ situation is rapidly improving. It is very difficult to­ eradicate entrenched prejudices from unprogressive­ types of people (and nasty ones like you find on these­ boards) but thankfully they are a dying breed and more­ and more people will get the opportunity to play­ irrespective of their backgrounds, i think sam smith,­ baltasha, bogdanovic, keothavong and heather watson­ already come from not too privileged a background so­ progress has been evolving, albeit a bit slow.

AJ What a depresing person you must be to live with.

No surprise there then we only have Andy Murray to rely­ on oh well.

the state of british tennis is indicative of the state­ of the country - thid rate and going down. we will all­ not be able to afford anything because of the way the­ politicians and greedy @#$% bankers treat us.

one word POOR

gwaporob: I played tennis to a decent level and can­ tell you that yes, it could be an expensive sport (if­ you let it) but it's not a posh sport unless you­ want it to be. The club I was in was very affordable.­ As a kid, when it came to buying things such as rackets­ and balls etc I did everything I could to earn money­ such as washing peoples cars, doing odd jobs, and even­ collecting glass bottles out of bins and taking them to­ ice-cream vans for the money back. My point IS that if­ you want something bad enough you will do it. I'm­ sure tiger woods wasn't given it on a plate and I­ know Andre Agassi wasn't. The problem isn't­ with the sport itself. It's with people like you­ and the British attitude. You and other people want to­ continually have a "them and us mentallity".­ You don't need to loads of money or the best­ equipment to play a sport ONLY the motivation to do it.­ Obviously you don't have that and while our nation­ has negative people like you we will never be a force­ in that sport.

It's just amazing how the UK players just cannot­ seem to find a winning tennis combination, sure someone­ has to re-look at British Tennis and try to get it up­ to a higher level.

Where was Jamie Murray? Is he injured?

dan evans was a pathetic embarrasment-pathetic

Living in the US, you wouldn't think tennis is a­ sport for snobs and spoiled kids. Free Tennis courts­ all over the place (2 down my street and about a dozen­ within 1/2 mile...and most of them deserted except for­ about 3 mos in the year (Boston weather you know)...yet­ is the US ranking better than England??..well a bit,­ okay...but right now it's European athletes all­ over (all right take the Williams out of the­ pix)...more tennis courts better players?? maybe, but­ it's far from being the case over here..