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Surbiton Trophy to end

Surbiton.com: April 10, 2008 - 9:08am
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LTA cancels future Berrylands tennis championships.

British tennis is up for sale as the Lawn Tennis Authority (LTA) pursues a new schedule that will, they believe, claw back the £1.5million loss they made on sponsorship last year.

From 2009 the Surbiton tournament, one of the run-up events to Wimbledon, will disappear from the calendar.

LTA chief executive Roger Draper said: "We lost £1.5m from the tournaments at Surbiton, Edgbaston, Nottingham and Eastbourne, and it is obvious we cannot go on haemorrhaging money."

The final Surbiton Trophy tournament starts on May 31 at the Surbiton Racket & Fitness Club.

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Daily Express

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Anonymous (not verified), 15 years ago...

I agree wholeheartedly with the previous comment. This has been a great tournament over the years and will be sadly missed
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Anonymous, 16 years ago...

What a shame and no wonder we have such a bad record in Tennis. Surely, the LTA could continue to sponsor this if they stopped dishing out money to mediocre players.

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