Brit Tennis

Losing to Lituanian Kids - what a joke - I think that we should give up on the sport!

They were saying UK tennis gets about 30 million per year through funding, sponsorship etc.

The Lithuanians only get £90k per year and only have 3 seeded professionals in the country.

Oh, and Ireland are officially ranked higher than Great Britain in Tennis. that shows how shockingly bad they are at the moment

MrMagoo wrote:They were saying UK tennis gets about 30 million per year through funding, sponsorship etc.

The Lithuanians only get £90k per year and only have 3 seeded professionals in the country.

Oh, and Ireland are officially ranked higher than Great Britain in Tennis. that shows how shockingly bad they are at the moment

And therein lies the problem. Alex Bogdanovich, ranked about 500th in the world, rakes in a £475k per year sponsorship deal with Lacoste. Where's the motivation to succeed?

Ezekiel 25:17 wrote:

MrMagoo wrote:They were saying UK tennis gets about 30 million per year through funding, sponsorship etc.

The Lithuanians only get £90k per year and only have 3 seeded professionals in the country.

Oh, and Ireland are officially ranked higher than Great Britain in Tennis. that shows how shockingly bad they are at the moment

And therein lies the problem. Alex Bogdanovich, ranked about 500th in the world, rakes in a £475k per year sponsorship deal with Lacoste. Where's the motivation to succeed?

I wish I was shit at tennis..

From the BBC's Robbo blog..

It's surely no coincidence that the most talented Brit to pick up a tennis racquet in 70 years left Britain at the age of 15

Tennis is shite anyway - apart from womens tennis that is!

potatoblight wrote:Tennis is shite anyway - apart from womens tennis that is!

Since Ivanovic and Sharapova have started losing women's tennis is fecking shite. The standard is horrific.

Ezekiel 25:17 wrote:

potatoblight wrote:Tennis is shite anyway - apart from womens tennis that is!

Since Ivanovic and Sharapova have started losing women's tennis is fecking shite. The standard is horrific.

I hear frenchie is taking measures so that he can improve womens tennis.

Avfc_4eva_Sotc wrote:

Ezekiel 25:17 wrote:

potatoblight wrote:Tennis is shite anyway - apart from womens tennis that is!

Since Ivanovic and Sharapova have started losing women's tennis is fecking shite. The standard is horrific.

I hear frenchie is taking measures so that he can improve womens tennis.

He'd still be less manly that the Williams "sisters"