Dear players of FWTT,
an exciting but also exhausting season is shortly coming to an end, only the Fed Cup final to be played in the next 2-3 days. I would like to take this opportunity to say a big "Thank you" to all of you!!!
First of all, I would like to thank Josh for continuing the game after our break; it takes courage to admit that he made some harsh decisions which hurt players and the game. But in the end of day, he is the one who has been running this game for so many years, putting in a lot of work regarding results. On a personal note, thank you so much for partnering me in doubles, which made us such a successful doubles team.
I would also like to thank Ryan for his amazing work regarding the rankings and helping out several times with posting results, etc. As I said before, this game wouldn't work without regularly updated rankings and I can't think of anyone else who did such a great job with the rankings, updating them quickly to help posting draws in time, to publish entry lists, make calculations regarding the Olympics or the YEC, etc.
A big "Thank you" also goes to Yannik for running the junior tour with huge success for several years. I know that we had some arguments over the years and I'm sure this won't change but he still did an amazing job and hopefully one day, the junior tour will be back. Oksana tried her best with getting the junior tour back going, but it wasn't meant to be - I was very sorry to see that!
There were also several changing members of the players council, e.g. Fleri, Vittoria and Miranda who took responsibility and came up with very good suggestions for the game. Thanks a lot!!
Last but not least, the players: we couldn't play this game without players, so this is also a huge "Thank you" to every player who played FWTT in 2016. I would like to mention several outstanding players, e.g. Guisa with some amazing work during the YEC regarding calculations and the player's interviews (and also getting the people back to the game considering to start FWTT again) Elise for some amazing articles; also to everyone who posted articles, interview, bitchy comments - you guys make this game feel alive
There are also some points, we need to address in 2017. We lost several players, due to the boards password problems (and this was huge) and with several retirements during the season as well. This is a huge issue and we need to find solutions to attract more players to the game in 2017. To have a huge amount of players is a key factor of this game. Beside this, we have some other points to discuss and I would like to welcome everyone to come up with ideas for 2017, suggestions, critics, etc.
I still think we all did an amazing job to finish this season, especially with shortened tournaments and deadlines, etc. I'm still very satifised that we could finish the season in style with some great tournaments and I'm looking forward to 2017 already. Thank you everyone once again and enjoy a well-deserved break!!!
an exciting but also exhausting season is shortly coming to an end, only the Fed Cup final to be played in the next 2-3 days. I would like to take this opportunity to say a big "Thank you" to all of you!!!
First of all, I would like to thank Josh for continuing the game after our break; it takes courage to admit that he made some harsh decisions which hurt players and the game. But in the end of day, he is the one who has been running this game for so many years, putting in a lot of work regarding results. On a personal note, thank you so much for partnering me in doubles, which made us such a successful doubles team.
I would also like to thank Ryan for his amazing work regarding the rankings and helping out several times with posting results, etc. As I said before, this game wouldn't work without regularly updated rankings and I can't think of anyone else who did such a great job with the rankings, updating them quickly to help posting draws in time, to publish entry lists, make calculations regarding the Olympics or the YEC, etc.
A big "Thank you" also goes to Yannik for running the junior tour with huge success for several years. I know that we had some arguments over the years and I'm sure this won't change but he still did an amazing job and hopefully one day, the junior tour will be back. Oksana tried her best with getting the junior tour back going, but it wasn't meant to be - I was very sorry to see that!
There were also several changing members of the players council, e.g. Fleri, Vittoria and Miranda who took responsibility and came up with very good suggestions for the game. Thanks a lot!!
Last but not least, the players: we couldn't play this game without players, so this is also a huge "Thank you" to every player who played FWTT in 2016. I would like to mention several outstanding players, e.g. Guisa with some amazing work during the YEC regarding calculations and the player's interviews (and also getting the people back to the game considering to start FWTT again) Elise for some amazing articles; also to everyone who posted articles, interview, bitchy comments - you guys make this game feel alive
There are also some points, we need to address in 2017. We lost several players, due to the boards password problems (and this was huge) and with several retirements during the season as well. This is a huge issue and we need to find solutions to attract more players to the game in 2017. To have a huge amount of players is a key factor of this game. Beside this, we have some other points to discuss and I would like to welcome everyone to come up with ideas for 2017, suggestions, critics, etc.
I still think we all did an amazing job to finish this season, especially with shortened tournaments and deadlines, etc. I'm still very satifised that we could finish the season in style with some great tournaments and I'm looking forward to 2017 already. Thank you everyone once again and enjoy a well-deserved break!!!