tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324995872008-09-09T12:49:06.961+10:00Check out our latest news, updates, stories, upcoming activities etc (even photos???).Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-14298521069961634922008-09-09T12:30:00.003+10:002008-09-09T12:49:06.973+10:00

thanks to the effort of guest photographer andy cheung - we now have photos from august 15, which consisted of men's semi-final and women's quarter-final matches, a very exciting day at this past olympics tennis. (a list of matches and results can be found here) rumour has it that mr cheung took some 2000 photos that day... but for now at VTP, photos are still trickling in.

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-17947006478309970112008-08-21T09:25:00.008+10:002008-08-24T13:26:41.240+10:00

yes, that's a mouthful for a name... :) VTP is proud to offer these new cards for the coming year 2009. wall calendars are out, but it won't hurt to print a small calendar at the back of these player cards, i hope. after all, they are really an enormous size compared to the standard pocket size varieties. and larger images of players should always be more desirable, i think. for more

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-52023416121731662102008-08-04T09:23:00.005+10:002008-08-04T09:42:35.518+10:00

as the beijing olympic games are coming this week, i hope to alert fans to some internet ticketing scams that have only been recently uncovered. see this article for more information. it's hard to believe how one of the scam sites, www.beijingticketing.com, is still in operation as of this current moment. VTP provides links to a ticketing website too. if anyone has problems with this agency,

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this final will get people talking for a long time :) (foxsports video swapped for ESPN's highlights on youtube swapped for another ESPN video that is guaranteed to be there for a long long time ;) this is the video that features the kipling's poem 'if'. also a link to another video with a match summary

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just have to post it... the hottest tennis video on youtube has little to do with tennis. the men's tour may need some more of this bloody action to generate more publicity :p so the atp should be pleased.

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-27003816128970524282008-03-24T22:02:00.005+11:002008-08-21T09:47:01.842+10:00

thanks to all who have bought the 2008 calendar... it's been quite an interesting exercise for me. there's now only one and only one left from the limited stock, and instead of waiting for that last buyer while the year is moving on fast (clay season almost upon us, after miami) i've decided to run a competition to give it away. of course in exchange for that, i will demand some answers for

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-28874135587094075102008-01-24T17:24:00.000+11:002008-01-24T17:35:24.975+11:00

there are now more photos and many more players from the australian open at my australian open 2008 gallery. and they're not just french! apart from ana, there are many other top female players, players who played french players (lol), some doubles players, a few pics of rafa and marcos as usual, and even practice pics of roger and lleyton. (luckily, to satisfy viewer demand).

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-91076176708646100292008-01-21T10:06:00.000+11:002008-01-21T13:09:22.800+11:00

i now have 4 days worth of photos from last week. it will be quite some time before i finish uploading and filing the good ones, so i'll just quickly put a few up here in this blog to whet your appetite ;) ... and you think sebastien can't be funny! here he is, having a serious discussion with the umpire at a doubles match. arnaud wiping sweat fans asking for autographs from clement/

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-48839772758962405742008-01-11T19:26:00.000+11:002008-01-24T17:52:21.311+11:00

yes you can find more photos and more players from the sydney tournament at my sydney 2008 gallery. i'm still adding, haven't got to the rest of tuesday yet, which was my last day. i'm doing only one or two for each player at this time... but if a player gets more hits or higher rating, then (as i always have done) i will add a few more of his/her pics. you are always the boss ;)

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-739477872807217372008-01-09T12:25:00.000+11:002008-01-09T13:02:36.410+11:00

i was more into catching people than watching matches today! enjoying a hit ... seb grosjean so many girls asking for a picture ... dmitry tursunov looking pretty in sydney ... ana ivanovic the blind team? lol ... fernando verdasco and gilles simon retiring ... paul-henri mathieu i also got autographs from carlos moya while he's waiting for a practice court, he's shy as usual...

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-40405550590313636502008-01-08T07:25:00.000+11:002008-01-08T07:49:07.164+11:00

another quickie ;) sebastien grosjean... hard fought match on centre court against 'aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi', but as one aussie lady yelled out, 'sebastien we love you too!' nicolas devilder... lost final qualie match to alberto martin feliciano lopez... disappointment in first round to fernando verdasco daniela hantuchova... long long match with dinara safina tatiana golovin.

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-9576430345935199502008-01-05T19:01:00.000+11:002008-01-06T13:50:18.755+11:00

i'm still so tired and soaked in rain and sweat that i really don't want to write much, apart from posting a few photos and captions in a timely manner and hope they are enough to please some of you! nicolas devilder... a lucky winner playing a no-name substitute! camille pin... at practice fabrice ... still having fun richard gasquet ... training with fabrice john isner ...

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-18897544647925816432007-12-19T08:04:00.000+11:002008-07-08T10:02:58.498+10:00

beware... serious lack of talent here!

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-85787671355956301802007-12-10T08:44:00.000+11:002007-12-10T08:50:33.313+11:00

it's that time of the year again for aussie tennis fans... like last year, i'm heading to the sydney tournament, and then for a few days to melbourne for the australian open. the players i'll be seeing are probably the same old same old... but this year no more rebound ace, instead there will be a new bluey surface called plexicushion (heaven help me that i've got this right lol) so at least

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-45441051127018916412007-10-18T14:52:00.000+10:002008-08-21T09:47:01.843+10:00

yes that is just what i have created from my fav photos, which you no doubt have seen at my galleries :) i hope there are a few fans out there, who likewise think this is a great idea, and are willing to pay me for my costs, plus a little extra to subsidise my hobby! so go and take a look at the calendar and see for yourself, for more information... and give me any feedback if you care..

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Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-74602471152222001552007-09-13T09:20:00.000+10:002007-09-13T09:59:57.801+10:00

as for me and this blog this is kind of a one year anniversary, as i basically started blogging for my trip to beijing! this year no such luck for me as i'm safely and boringly ensconced at home, with next to no tennis on the telly for me this year, and not having done any tennis with the camera since january. so really i don't have anything interesting to report, except that it's already

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-84557731980354785282007-07-10T10:11:00.000+10:002008-07-08T10:02:58.499+10:00

view photo gallery of the doubles victory of Clément-LLodra at this french federation of tennis web page (btw, congrats to roger and venus too ;) new addition 20 aug 07: thanks to higherlaw at MTF, and youTube poster nette1001... here's a video clip of that entertaining post-match celebration by clement/llodra, which involved llodra taking a shirt from clement's brother bruno :)

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-1379646661499585032007-07-02T12:58:00.000+10:002007-07-02T13:14:16.063+10:00

Adam aka adeegee has been taking a lot of pics at wimbledon lately, and he wants to share with everyone... more info on where to find Adam's wimbledon photos! by adeegeeby adeegeeby adeegeeby adeegee

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-26011228848552707462007-06-21T12:47:00.000+10:002007-06-21T13:11:56.722+10:00

well well! you never imagined you'd get the chance, right? a 'celebrity camera' ;) i'm auctioning an olympus digital compact zoom camera at eBay australia. so go and have a look! i'm only selling inside australia right now, but if that isn't you, well i might just change my mind, if you're persuasive enough. this camera took many of my tennis pics in 2005, and it isn't even SLR! i never like

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-46747210382952617422007-05-27T09:57:00.000+10:002008-07-08T10:02:58.499+10:00

the official roland garros website player photos - a new service this year by ibm. so we don't have to scan through pages and pages of photo galleries to find our favourite players. hasn't VTP been doing this for a while? lol but their flash photo album is pretty cool... just a little hard to control the preview thumbnails, without downloading the larger pic. Video UN JOUR à Roland présentation

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-51996438755736704962007-04-16T09:00:00.000+10:002007-04-24T11:15:01.977+10:00

Obviously i don't have the resource to go globe-trotting at tennis tournaments around the year, so i'll try to post some links from now on, to other fans' photos or galleries that do have the latest! i'll start with "tennis story" from france, who has some great pics from rotterdam in february: (and stay tuned for more of her pics at mostly french/european tournaments) ++ TENNISTORY++ ...

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-49489512637233778382007-03-22T04:39:00.000+11:002007-04-14T22:03:06.159+10:00

to these galleries: Australian Open 2007Sydney 2007Beijing 2006a new special gallery featuring marcos baghdatis has been created separately from bj2006, so that marcos' fans can have more of him to look at :) this is all what my special galleries are about, really! so other fans need not go there ;-) another hint... new pics are added to an existing gallery usually if there appears to be a

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-56739699213526261772007-02-06T21:30:00.000+11:002008-01-06T13:54:46.753+11:00

today was to be my last day in melbourne, and the only day for which i had reserved a ticket, and that was a last-minute grab for a vodafone arena 2nd row covered seat... at a fraction more than the price of a groundie... didn't sound bad at all when booking online in early january. when i got there, i checked out the seat first, as i had never been inside vodafone arena. i was very pleased. i

Viahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08269469858558307967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32499587.post-79742608256619379282007-02-04T22:41:00.000+11:002007-02-07T10:28:27.815+11:00

i was warned. it would be a 39° day today, but somehow i was not deterred... it had not been that hot all summer in sydney, and somehow my memory did not extend any further back than the current summer... so in a positive state of mind i boarded the tram to melbourne park. after all, i only needed to sit there and watch those guys sweat. at 11am, i think it was already in the mid 30s and quite

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