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TENNIS: FO R4 and The Gods of Tennis
Jun. 6th, 2023 08:06 amThe second week of the French Open is starting to shape up, ( Read more... )
It’s become clearer to me what the LTA and UK Government are doing about Russian and Belarussian players for the English grass-court season, which has started at Surbiton. If players sign up to certain requirements, they can play as neutrals, with the LTA ceding to the general tennis arrangements so they won’t get fined, and so all players will gain ranking points as well as prize money. But the Home Office will be doing extra checks before granting them visas, so there’s a possibility some players may not get to play as a result.
As I can’t really watch tennis (I try to listen to coverage, but it depends on whether I can find something else to be doing that doesn’t demand too much attention, and I certainly haven’t found anything that lasts a whole match), I watched the first episode of The Gods of Tennis.
( Read more... )
It’s become clearer to me what the LTA and UK Government are doing about Russian and Belarussian players for the English grass-court season, which has started at Surbiton. If players sign up to certain requirements, they can play as neutrals, with the LTA ceding to the general tennis arrangements so they won’t get fined, and so all players will gain ranking points as well as prize money. But the Home Office will be doing extra checks before granting them visas, so there’s a possibility some players may not get to play as a result.
As I can’t really watch tennis (I try to listen to coverage, but it depends on whether I can find something else to be doing that doesn’t demand too much attention, and I certainly haven’t found anything that lasts a whole match), I watched the first episode of The Gods of Tennis.
( Read more... )
