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The Tennis Hampshire Podcast
THPod 2.09: Peak Apsley results and cheating headaches
Dave's on the road and no one's heard from Tom since he went to that stag do in Poland a week ago. But never fear, Edwin Lau is back!
And just as well, since we have a bumper round of Apsley fixtures to talk about. Bassett's winning streak came to an end at the top of the Premier Division, Division Two bought us a real slugfest, and it seems we've all been sleeping on Willow. Who knew?
In our special topic this week, we dig deeper into cheating in tennis. Why is it happening so much, why does it matter, and how can we stop it?
Also thanks to the LTA for writing to us about the Tennis Awards, we set the record straight on a few points there too.
Links for this episode:
Shout out to Dumbarton Tennis Club for adopting Edwin: https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/DumbartonTC
Send nominations for the LTA Tennis Awards, especially for Hampshire: https://www.lta.org.uk/what-we-do/lta-awards/
Learn more about rules around line calls and much, much more: https://www.lta.org.uk/4ae9d8/siteassets/roles/officials/files/regulations/lta-competition-regulations-2025.pdf
Read about "hooking" between professional tennis players: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/08/ive-been-hooked-scourge-of-shady-line-calls-baffles-raducanu-and-others
Research into cheating:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28446891/
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PS, we did hear from Tom. He's just not... pod-fit after his adventures....
