Memopad
COURT QUOTES:
"...local council has made (Carlos Tevez) bulldoze the tennis hardcourt he installed without permission..also refused him leave to replace it with a grass one, on the grounds that this would be 'inappropriate in the green belt.'"
The Independent, 16 Jan
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Restringing the economy:
When Alan Greenspan, then chairman of the US Federal Reserve, retired in 2006 before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, he was highly praised. "The situation you're handing off to your successor is a lot like a tennis racquet with a gigantic sweet spot"
The Independent quotes a Fed committee member as saying. The paper added: 'Unfortunately, the economy was like a tennis racquet: it was full of holes.'
14.1.12
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"We work hard, we prepare the best we can and that's success in itself. You have to focus on the process...You can never guarantee the wins but you can guarantee that you give it 100%." Lendl
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"The area... where work needs to be done is in the mind...playing the immature kid on court, cursing and swearing at his support team when things go wrong, is not the behaviour that wins Grand Slam titles."
Pat Cash on how Lendl might help Murray
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"Sometimes when you're waiting for your food to come it can be quite frustrating when everyone else is dunking bread in the olive oil and smearing butter on it."
Andy Murray on avoiding gluten and dairy products for a while, to discover any food that might give him a problem, 11.11.11.
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"He doesn't play that fast, but he mixes it up a lot. Sometimes he is able to do chips or to play higher or flatter, and his rhythm is varied.
"Sometimes you have the impression the ball is coming slow, but he hits it early and he places it at the right spot and you're far away."
Jérémy Chardy after losing to Murray, 9.11.11.
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"I am not going to reveal how I will play but I will definitely have to get my percentage of errors really low"
Robin Haase before playing Andy Murray in the
US Open, 2.9.11
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"The way to play on the backhand is to hit hard to the forehand first"
Tim Henman during
Nadal v del Potro
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"Hardly anyone gives the same advice"
Andy Murray on how to recover from a sporting disaster
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"Go for your shots when it gets tight"
Lindsay Davenport
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"He hasn't changed his grip. He should have changed it to a volley grip so he could dig it out."
TV commentator on Nadal failing to return a Murray drop shot:
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"...I don't think without tough moments the good ones would feel as good."
Sharapova
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"She was absorbing my pace and moving me around."
'Old biddy' Baltacha on losing to Vania King in the French Open
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"The toughest thing for tennis players is when the wind isn't consistent."
Murray after winning in a swirling wind in
the French Open
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"When you lose, you have to find different things. It's like football...Tennis is a much more simple game, but you can always adjust a few things."
Nadal, with Djokovic in mind.
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"Probably he's defending better. When you have this confidence, it seems like you improve everything a lot."
Nadal on what has improved in Djokovic's game.
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"I think it's better to let it all out rather than just fester."
Murray on players' frustrations at not playing well.
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“I’m not one of those sportsmen who practise a strict policy of sexual abstinence before playing.”
Andy Murray
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"Guys and girls have different mentalities. Girls are so stressed about everything. Guys take everything much more lightly......
I'm like, 'Just be more bubbly and happy and upbeat'."
Ana Ivanovic
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"I have to play aggressive tennis and I have to play all the points to win."
Djokovic before beating Nadal in Miami 3.4.11
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Late news...play stopped by earthquake
In Christchurch NZ, a crack appeared the length of a tennis court during play. When one player started to come off court his opponent asked if he was conceding the match....
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"He made it very difficult for me -
Murray losing to Bogomolov, 25.3.11
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"I will step in and try to be aggressive. It's the only way."
Djokovic on how to play Nadal -
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"I just told myself this time I was going to see it through and not let the nerves get the best of me."
Donald Young after
beating Murray, 14.3.11
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"The most important thing is that I'm not losing one and one. I'm getting closer and closer every time"
Elena Baltacha, 14.3.11
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"The focus was there" (Djokovic) v Federer
("I can't play great every time.")
Dubai 27.2.11
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"You have to dictate ...play aggressively."
Wozniacki
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"We don't play boom-
Kuznetsova on long matches with Schiavone
(4hrs 44mins record).
And on taking a long time to beat Pironkova:
"It's just concentration. If everybody could change it so easily then everybody would be very good."
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"The past is the past. I have to focus on what happened today."
Justin Henin after losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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"I know what you're going to ask me already. So I'm just going to start with the answers."
Caroline Wozniacki
after telling the media they got the same boring answers because
they always asked the same
boring questions.
She also said:
"Go green. When you take a shower, don't stay there for half an hour. Two minutes is enough, even for girls."
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"The older Jurgen Melzer got the better he started to play"
Andy Murray
(so hope for us all).
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"If I keep my unforced errors low, push him around and get my winners, I think I have a chance"
Melzer on how
to beat Murray
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for us all.
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Coaching from the sidelines: "I like it," says Caroline Wozniacki, "I think it's a good thing. It makes it more interesting. I think that the crowd likes it more also that they hear it at home, what we talk about."
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"I'm not quite there yet." Roger Federer
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"I didn't think I played badly"
Roger Federer, 28.1.11
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"He gets really good depth on the ball and good penetration."
Murray on Ferrer
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"I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing."
Kim Clijsters
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"When he doesn't have the ball he never stops moving."
Murray on Ferrer
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"Tennis is a very mental sport."
Novak Djokovic
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ELVIS NIGHT PARTY
Click for pictures
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THE PBTC PRO-
The above tournament, which was organised by John and Janet Brotherhood, took place on the sunny afternoon of Sunday 18 September. In fact, this was the seventh such tournament, the first having taken place in 1994 while the most recent one was in May 2000. Therefore, it was long overdue!
Twenty participants took part, ten being club members who were playing with their
invited ‘non-
Pam Hart kindly assisted with the tea which included a selection of Janet’s cakes and the usual supply of meringues, while Chris Cooke opened the bar, which was greatly appreciated by everybody and resulted in a little more for the bar kitty!
Trophies were presented to the winners and runners up. The winners turned out to be a family affair with Brian Baker taking the Pro section and his son Michael winning the Am section while the Pro runner up was John Pyndiah and the Am runner up was Paul Levitt (Susana’s husband).
The one blemish on the day was that Bob Daintree (Chris Cooke’s partner) suffered a fall which resulted in a hospital visit for attention to his ruptured Achilles. We hope he makes a speedy recovery.
That aside, a great day for all those taking part and the supporters who turned up.So, hopefully, everybody will be looking forward to the next one, which will probably be scheduled for the Spring. So keep an eye on the notice boards in the team room for news of the next date.
John and Janet Brotherhood
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2011 Finals day
by Josephine Ghodhbani
The Purley Bury centenary finals day took place on Saturday 9 July, the culmination
of many tournament matches which had been played over two months. The final line-
Click here for Josephine’s full report.
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A new member’s eye view of…
Open Day 2011
by Josephine Ghodhbani
As a fairly recent recruit to Purley Bury, a slowly ‘improving’ player and a brand-
The day began with open play from 10am and those members not running or watching
the Marathon came down for a few warm-
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You can buy a wide range of tennis equipment at here at Purley Bury.
Mark stocks K-
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TO HIRE OUR BAR
Available for members to hire Saturday afternoon and evenings, Sunday late afternoons
and evenings for parties, get-
Email him at ian@edcomava.co.uk giving your name, address, daytime and mobile contact numbers and the date, time and nature of the event you are planning.
Click here for more about hiring.
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BACK TENSION?
To prevent back tension stand against a wall with a tennis ball between your spine and your shoulder blade and move up and down. Repeat on the other side.
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BAR NOTES
The bar is now being run primarily as an enjoyment for members after their tennis.
At present bar management is undedertaken by Ian Livermore. Team captains and some committee members also have keys.
The new opening times are:
Mondays and Wednesdays 8.15 -
Tuesdays and Thursdays 8.45 -
(but usually NOT OPEN if bad weather prevents play)
Sundays 12-
As always the bar can be hired by members for social and private events on Saturday evenings and Sunday late afternoons and evenings. Click here for details about hiring the bar. Contact: ian@edcomava.co.uk
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WHEN DOUBLES
ARE SINGLES
Men’s doubles match practice on Tuesday evenings has an interesting format – with a singles trophy every month! Pairs play eight games – one point sudden death at deuce – against each other. Individuals accumulate their games won so there is a singles winner every four weeks.
Players who win three months in a row, like Richard Lowe get to keep the trophy.
Match practice is for members of the four men’s league teams and potential team players invited by the team captain. Mark Love invites junior members he feels could play in senior teams.
Matches are organised via email by Andy Adams.
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Club members can now exchange ideas about running the club by going to the new Purley Bury Tennis site on Facebook, initiated by Matt Sorenson. The modern way to discuss how you’d like the club to develop!
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CENTENARY YEAR
Honestly, it just doesn’t seem like a hundred years….but 2011 will be Purley Bury Tennis’s centenary.
Ideas please on events to help us celebrate – why not discuss them on Facebook? Or
email Chairman Alan Browne. Or go for the low-
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FOR THE TENNIS BOOK OF RECORDS
Croatia's Ivo Karlovic now holds the world record for fastest serve with 156mph, displacing Andy Roddick. April 2011
Jimmy Connors has been judged the greatest tennis player of all time after a survey of 133,261 tennis matches played since 1968.
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From the PR Week/One Poll, a survey of 2,000 UK people, which asked: ‘Which of the following sports players have the best reputation?’
Tennis came top, with 20% saying tennis players. Next came rugby (15%) then cricket,
cycling, Formula 1 and golf -
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