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For many of the perhaps more casual tennis watchers, Judy Murray is the courtside supportive mother of her sons Jamie and Andy Murray since they both started to work their way up the tennis rankings in their respective disciplines.
Move aside, the Perry era, and welcome the age of Murray, as the world No. 2, British No. 1 and all round laird of our green and pleasant land put the icing on the cake, sealing a straight sets win 6-3 7-5 6-3 over Belgium’s David Goffin to bring Great Britain home 3-1.
Click here to see some of the photos from the ladies of the Fed Cup tennis via Instagram.
Judy Murray and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) have today revealed plans to encourage more young girls to get into tennis through a brand new programme called ‘Miss-Hits’. Specifically targeted at girls aged 5-8-years-old, Miss-Hits is a unique and exciting way to attract more young girls into tennis...
Andy Murray will not be going to the polls today as his long-term residence in England means he does not get a vote in the historic Scottish referendum on whether to secede from the United Kingdom. But the former Wimbledon and US Open champion did a last minute U turn on his stance of not getting involved in politics by taking to Twitter and Facebook to reveal his support for independence.
Judy Murray has finally made a response to criticism from Boris Becker three years ago that her son Andy would not win a grand slam title until she was on the sidelines. Wimbledon champion Murray won the title at the All England club last summer, under the tutelage of Ivan Lendl, since departed from the coaching team.
The international tennis family joined together today for Rally for Bally to celebrate the life of Elena Baltacha, one of Britain’s most successful ever female players.
British Fed Cup Captain Judy Murray and television presenter Helen Skelton joined the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) today to announce the launch of four ‘Great British Tennis Weekends’ which will take place across the country from May to July 2014.
The 2011 runner-up Jo Wilfried Tsonga and the youngest player ranked inside the world’s Top 20, Grigor Dimitrov, have both committed to play in the Aegon Championships, 9-15 June.
Andy Murray, Martina Navratilova and Tim Henman will lead an all-star line up at exhibition matches in three of the country's biggest tournaments as British Tennis stages a second Rally Against Cancer charity event - 'Rally For Bally' - on Sunday 15th June.
Judy Murray has admitted that critical 2011 remarks from Boris Becker over her son Andy's lack of major success at the time can still be hurtful. The British Fed Cup captain and mother of the current Wimbledon winner used British Mother’s Day to make her feeling known.
While still somewhat shell-shocked by his split last week with coach Ivan Lendl, Andy Murray won't be rushed into picking up another mentor, with the Scot saying he will soon have a month to ponder the pros and cons and make a rational decision.
As Andy Murray faces up to one of the most important ten days of his year with the ranking points from being champion of the Sony Open in Miami to defend, he has admitted he is emotionally wounded and distinctly down in the dumps after being rocked by Ivan Lendl’s decision to stand down as his coach.
Elena Baltacha's tennis career was for the most part a battle against superior forces such as illness, injury and opposing players she admitted were far more talented. Yet she made her mark by becoming Britain’s first woman to figure in the world’s top 50 since Anne Hobbs 24 years previously.
Maria Sharapova - or least her replica - will have the honor of taking a place as the first tennis star in the Hong Kong outpost of the world-famed Madame Tussauds wax museum. The WTA No. 3 and winner of four grand slam event titles is being added to a growing collection of famous names on display...
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