TSR Tennis Society III

Nice of you to raise my spirits, only to crush them a mere eight minutes later.

I saw it too, my heart sank a little then I read the bit at the end of the 'article'. Gosh, they can't be messing with me like that.


This was posted from my phone

Nice of you to raise my spirits, only to crush them a mere eight minutes later.

Just learnt that I've been given an award for dishing out the most bagel sets in a single club tournament, so that's nice

You got a rating?

Nah - it's not LTA affiliated unfortunately. Do you know how I can get membership with them, and how exactly does their rating system work?

Just go to the LTA website and find it. It's a bit difficult to explain. You need a certain amount of wins within 6 months (and a certain percentage) to move up. You start at 10.2>>>>10.1>>>>9.2>>>>9.1>>>>8.2 etc.

However, it's not a very good system as it promotes emphasis on trying to get your rating up, even if it means not competing to protect your win percentage (if it falls below a certain percentage then you are not eligible).

My rating is only 9.1 however I very rarely play tournaments so I have no chance of getting it up. I've beaten a 7.1 (6-0 6-0), a 6.2 (6-1 6-1 ) and a 6.1 (tight 3 setter), however that was quite a while ago before they got that rating. I've just played waaaay less tennis than them since then I guess.

Ah, I see - not the best system but I think I'll get into it (and convince my friends/opponents). You should try and get back into tennis when you have the time - if you can beat a 6.2 and a 7.1 for the combined loss of just 2 games, you could be seriously great!

(P.S. do the top players like Murray have an LTA rating still? I'm assuming they're like a 1.1 or something)

He does and it is indeed 1.1.

It's not that I don't play tennis, I just don't play enough, especially over the winter. I've played the last few days for example and plan on playing on Friday atleast. Moaybe Saturday/Sunday as well.

It's just I don't play against enough good players/or in tournaments/matches. Beating those players was several years ago but I guess it shows I must be half decent. I genuinely reckon I could have been a pretty decent player if I played 10 hours+ a week for example. Although I'm only 17 so I'll improve a lot I suppose.

I plan on trying to get an ITF number and enter a futures qualifying event. At the very least I'll get to see what level players are at that need to qualifying for the lowest rung of tournaments.

He does and it is indeed 1.1.

It's not that I don't play tennis, I just don't play enough, especially over the winter. I've played the last few days for example and plan on playing on Friday atleast. Moaybe Saturday/Sunday as well.

It's just I don't play against enough good players/or in tournaments/matches. Beating those players was several years ago but I guess it shows I must be half decent. I genuinely reckon I could have been a pretty decent player if I played 10 hours+ a week for example. Although I'm only 17 so I'll improve a lot I suppose.

I plan on trying to get an ITF number and enter a futures qualifying event. At the very least I'll get to see what level players are at that need to qualifying for the lowest rung of tournaments.

Hah, hes 1.1 and he has 1670000 points. No 2 is Jamie Baker and he has 45800 points, and hes still 1.1. Just says how good even Baker is compared to most tennis players.

How many points does an average player have, to put it in perspective?

Why did it raise your spirts?

If Nadal remains World No.5 SEED at RG is there a possibility he could face Djokovic/Federer in the quarter finals?

Yep, he could face any of the top 4 I think.