View Full Version : London Masters Tennis - Royal Albert Hall, 5-9 December 2013
Sallydaisy
02-12-2012, 00:10
An annual event in a very special arena.
Players by invitation only and this year including some interesting combinations and guests!
http://www.statoilmasterstennis.com/
Last year's champion Tim Henman will return to defend his title.
Other players due to compete include Ivan Lendl (erm, he's supposed to be coaching Andy in Florida!) John McEnroe, Goran Ivanisevic, Mark Philippoussis, Pat Cash, Henri Leconte, Mansour Bahrami and Peter McNamara.
Ably assisted by Heather Watson, Anne Keothavong
The Winter Whites Gala - Saturday 8 December, 8.30pmIMG and Danielle Alexandra Productions are excited to announce this extraordinary evening of tennis and celebrity entertainment, on behalf of Centrepoint. In the presence of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, it features tennis legends including Borg, Becker, McEnroe, Lendl, and world number 1 Novak Djokovic.
World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic is to be presented with a unique Centrepoint award by the charity&rsquos patron, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, at the Winter Whites Gala in London&rsquos Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 8th December.
http://www.onatp.com/2012/11/djokovic-to-receive-centrepoint-award/
patmoren
02-12-2012, 21:23
Tickets very expensive !!
Anybody know if this is to be televised?
Anybody know if this is to be televised?live on itv4 http://www.statoilmasterstennis.com/schedule/
coverage starts Friday i think
The tennis starts today (Wed) but doesn't seem to be online, & ITV not covering it until 7.30pm Friday. :doh:
Had a brilliant time at the Masters today! Such a pity Mr Lendl was injured but got to watch Pat Cash vs Leconte, McEnroe vs Bates and the genius Bahrami with bouncy against Mcnamara and Ferreira. Took a video of one of Bahrami's awesome service games. Enjoy! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sOgqb5f7BI&feature=youtu.be)
A nice thing they are doing is that for every challenge there, £100 is donated to centre point. I think the figure was up to about £2,000 after this afternoon
patmoren
07-12-2012, 08:07
Brilliant Zainab, thanks.
Wonderful! I do love to watch Bahrami. :clap: :clap:
Thanks guys :) Feel free to comment on the video too... Love comments lol!
I decided to buy the DVD of Bahrami and get it signed too. Didn't get the book as was expensive for its size and available of kindle for very cheap!
Thanks xenon for the tennis treat. Love Bahrami, a really talented player. :thumbup:
Watching it now! Moya & Santoro look unbeatable.
Moya and the magician were truly the dream team! That doubles was such a treat! Completely understand why Santoro was andy's favourite player!
LOL! Bahrami giving Bouncy Andrew Castle mouth to mouth! Never seen Bouncy bounce back up so quickly!
supergran
08-12-2012, 17:50
Thanks...had watched your link of the video on fb or twitter. We both enjoyed it. Supergramps loves Bahrami.
Shouts of "Come on, Andy!" ;) Tim smiled - at least for the first time it happened!
JAMES4578
08-12-2012, 21:36
The seniors at the RAH are always entertaining, though a while since I've seen it live. Great stuff from for instance Santoro,Moya and Bahrami and now Tim/Goran which looks like going to a ctb. Tim takes itgetting the better of Goran this time, well done!
Sallydaisy
08-12-2012, 22:09
That was good fun to watch!!! Well done Tim.
;)
John McEnroe to play Mats Wilander tomorrow afternoon in the Legends Final.
Tim Henman to play Fabrice Santoro tomorrow night in the Masters Final.
And it's televised ...
:thumbup:
JAMES4578
09-12-2012, 13:38
McEnroe cetainly in the Zone and Willander only won 3 games. Would have liked a longer match mind you but well done John on another title! Hopefully a good one with Tim and Fabrice later! Bahrami playing again now with Forget against Goran and McNamara,should be fun!
Sallydaisy
09-12-2012, 13:41
Wow! What a great photo for Heather Watson!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A9oXiEjCYAEqnJs.jpg
Heather Watson @HeatherWatson92
With 5 number 1's :) honored to be with the Greats of tennis! Borg, Becker, Wilander, Henman, McEnroe, Djokovic pic.twitter.com/rH3maVON
Well done John. He played amazing tennis for a 53 year old. :cheer:
Looking forward to the match between Tim and Fabrice later on today.
Tim and Fabrice are playing now. Ball kids were dancing gangnam style at the last break. :rolling:
Sallydaisy
09-12-2012, 19:32
Tim lost .....
:sad:
But it was a great match to watch and Santoro played really well.
He only retired last year so I think he's probably still a lot fitter than Tim who has been off the tour for a few years now. In fact I thought Henners looked exhausted at the end!
18 days to Abu Dhabi and Andy ... not that I'm counting the days for him being back on court.
:whistle:
JAMES4578
09-12-2012, 20:02
Pity Tim didn't defend the title but an entertaining final and Santoro really was a form living up to the "magician" tag. His last event on the main tour was actually at the 2010 Australian Open and he is more match fit than Tim, who mentioned it would be June before he'd play another event.
Aussie Andy
10-12-2012, 07:06
18 days to Abu Dhabi and Andy ... not that I'm counting the days for him being back on court.
:whistle:
Only 18 days... I can handle that. Phew. I thought it was longer. :faint:
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