From the Lawn Tennis Association, a heartening statistic that slightly confounds stereotypes.
According to the governing body 25 per cent of those in their elite junior performance programmes are now from an ethnic minority, with the black community especially well World of Tennis represented.
Missing out: Dan Evans
Evans out With no automatic Wimbledon wildcard Dan Evans, who put in fine performances for the GB Davis Cup team earlier this year, was knocked out of the Brits-only wildcard play-offs by Sean Thornley.
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LTA bounce backAfter getting some of their funding withdrawn by Sport England earlier this year after disappointing but possibly unscientific participation figures, the LTA have been cheered by the latest numbers joining tennis clubs.
Memberships, often cheaper than many think, have gone up 12 per cent in the past six months and now stand at 576,000.
Hawks' doubleThe comedian and tennis campaigner Tony Hawks has reasons to celebrate after two pieces of good news.
His Tennis For Free movement has secured official LTA funding and the film of his bestseller 'Playing the Moldovans at Tennis' - the story of him playing a game against each member of their national football team in order to win a bet - is out this week.
Kermode's good callA Good spot by AEGON Championships tournament director Chris Kermode was to identify this year's semi-finalist, Bulgarian Grigor Dmitrov, back when he was only 17 and give him a wildcard to cultivate loyalty to the Queen's event.
The 21 year-old Dmitrov is clearly a star of the future, not just due to his attractive game style but because of his natural charisma as well.
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