Lenny Rider
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Tennis legend
Aged 86
Game set and match........
Aged 86
Game set and match........
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[Other Sport] RIP Fred Stolle
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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What did we ever do without the Ignore Thread feature? 
Lenny Rider
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Its my specialist subject Tom, and a name many of a certain age would instantly recognise.What did we ever do without the Ignore Thread feature?
I will be there for you old boy, when you are weeping openly on NSC when Andi Peters or Philip Schofield go to the 'big studio' in the sky.
Harsh to say the least.What did we ever do without the Ignore Thread feature?
The Death Times editorial
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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R.I.P. Fred.
He was just retiring as I was getting into tennis, but I still remember him playing in the Wimbledon Men's Senior Doubles in the 70s and 80s. He is one of those names that won't mean much to many but this guy was some player.
Two interesting facts about Stolle:
1. He reached the final of all 4 tennis major Grand Slam tournaments in the singles, doubles and mixed.
2. In 1964 he reached the final of the Wimbledon singles, doubles and mixed, playing a total of 19 matches, 61 sets, 631 games of tennis over 13 days with one day's rest in the middle, this at a time when there were no tie-breakers.
So that's more than the equivalent of playing a 5 set match every single day of the 12 playing days.
He was just retiring as I was getting into tennis, but I still remember him playing in the Wimbledon Men's Senior Doubles in the 70s and 80s. He is one of those names that won't mean much to many but this guy was some player.
Two interesting facts about Stolle:
1. He reached the final of all 4 tennis major Grand Slam tournaments in the singles, doubles and mixed.
2. In 1964 he reached the final of the Wimbledon singles, doubles and mixed, playing a total of 19 matches, 61 sets, 631 games of tennis over 13 days with one day's rest in the middle, this at a time when there were no tie-breakers.
So that's more than the equivalent of playing a 5 set match every single day of the 12 playing days.
Moshe Gariani
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Please stop serving up this nonsense.
Greg Bobkin
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Just closed any thread we weren't interested in and never opened it again?What did we ever do without the Ignore Thread feature?
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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LOVE that.
Nitram
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- Jul 16, 2013
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Great back handed comment! Well served.
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Well I remember him LennyRider - some great games against Roy Emerson in the days when the Aussies ruled men’s tennis - RIP Fred
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Will there be a minute's silence before the game tomorrow?