Archive: wimbledon
Tim Henman is hoping that British tennis heir Andy Murray can stay relaxed as the summer title defence of his Wimbledon crown slowly approaches.
Petra Kvitova aimed to try and put aside a month of tennis torment as the 2011 Wimbledon winner vows to recover fitness in time for her title defence at the Dubai WTA tournament starting today.
The news isn’t so good for Jamie Murray whose doubles ranking had just re-entered the top 30 after slipping down for several years. The elder brother of Wimbledon champion Andy, has not played since the Australian Open and will be sidelined for at least another month after discovering a chipped bone in his pelvis.
Andy Roddick dispatched Goran Ivanisevic 6-4, 6-3 to seal a landslide victory for Team USA over Team International at the Delray Beach Open on Sunday.
After years of lobbying the grass season will finally come into its own in 2015, with a six-week ATP season to be played on the lawns. The men will get a true run-up to Wimbledon, with three weeks now separating the end of the French Open and the start of Wimbledon.
Michael Downey has only spent a month in his new job, chief executive of Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association, but he is already preaching a familiar mantra; that the success of Andy Murray will boost grass roots tennis in the United Kingdom.
Tennis Hall of Famer Louise Brough Clapp, a former world No. 1 player and the winner of 35 major titles, has died. Brough Clapp, who was 90 years old, passed away at home with her family in Vista, Calif. on February 3, following a brief illness.
As Wimbledon champion, Andy Murray would appear a distinctly marketable asset. However corporate Britain hasn’t really bought into the Scot yet even though he has just been in GQ’s magazine’s inaugural list of UK 100 Most Connected Men.
Andy Murray has never been a fan of anybody who makes ludicrous remarks simply for effect. In fact he downright treats them with total derision and so when he insists Britain’s Davis Cup team have now set their sights on winning the trophy for the first time since 1936, it’s time to take notice.
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Andy Murray's handlers have been quietly making applications in the British patent office to lock down any use of their man's image by unauthorized products in the wake of the Scot's historic Wimbledon title last summer.
Canada's Genie Bouchard won the junior Wimbledon title in 2012, but is not surprised that she is already in an adult Grand Slam semifinal.
Fears that Wimbledon champion Andy Murray might wither in the intense Melbourne heat after insufficient match practice in between his September 29 back surgery and the Australian Open proved ill-founded as the Scot required just 87 minutes to dispense of first round opponent Go Soeda.
Amid every other award that a grateful Scotland can dream up for native Wimbledon winner Andy Murray, now is more out of character than naming a delicate strain of plant after the gruff, all-business tennis player.
Alan Little, one of Wimbledon’s firmest traditionalists but for so long one of the unsung heroes of the All England Club, has been awarded the MBE (member of the British Empire) in the Queen's New Years' Honours List for his services to tennis.
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