On Mon 7th December, over 20 people attended the Tennis Works Forum with guest presenter, Adrian Rattenbury. Adrian is the President of the RPT Europe, a coach education organisation that originated in Spain and started in the UK 12 years ago. The presentation was regarding Spanish Drills, in which Adrian took the audience through the various drills that are used in the successful Spanish Academies. The session also included Adrian analysing the player who is was working with and ways in which you would develop their game.

Spain has defeated Czech Republic 3-0 in the final of the 2009 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas in Barcelona. Spain becomes the first nation to successfully defend the Davis Cup title since Sweden in 1998. Spain has also won eight successive Davis Cup ties for the first time in its history.

The remaining two rubbers will be played on Sunday 6 December, with both matches the best-of-three sets. Play starts at 12:00 local time (11:00 GMT).

On 9 November 2009, the Grand Slam Committee Administrator determined that Ms. Serena Williams had committed the Grand Slam Major Offence of Aggravated Behaviour for her misconduct at the 2009 US Open.

The Decision and Penalties were as follows:

Andy Roddick stepped out at The O2 Arena to support the Barclays Ballkids initiative, the search to find the Ballkids for the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

Over the coming months, Barclays will search for, select, train and oversee the kids ‘journey to the O2’. A series of regional and national selection trials covering the whole of the UK will end with an intensive Barclays Ballkids Basecamp during in October 2010.

Fernando Verdasco becomes the 1st Technifibre player ever to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals.

In the 1980’s and 1990’s Jo was the most dominant force in British Women’s tennis. In 1984 she reached a career high of number 5 in the world whilst being the number 1 British player between 1982 and 1995. Whilst Jo was on the professional tennis tour, Alan Jones was the coach who influenced her tennis immensely. Alan was a former National Coach and spent 15 years travelling with Jo and Jeremy Bates, as well as coaching 8 British number 1’s and over 20 national age-group winners. He is the most successful British coach ever and is still at the heart of coaching at the FC** Tennis Academy at Dukes Meadow in London.

All coaching in Milton Keynes that was associated with Tennis Works is now being delivered through MK Ace Tennis. MK Ace Tennis is non profit club based at Leadenhall, Milton Keynes. The club has satellite centres at Shenley Brook End School, Hazeley School and Walton High, with more centres opening in the future. MK Ace Tennis will be the ONLY tennis club in Buckinghamshire that does not require the users to be members. This inclusive and welcoming environment will benefit tennis, local sport and the community as a whole.