Archive: wimbledon
As reported in Tennis News last week, Wojtek Fibak has been co-opted onto the support team of world no.1 Novak Djokovic as a coaching consultant.
Back in the days of their pomp in the world’s top ten, Britain’s top two British players before the days of Andy Murray rarely saw eye to eye on anything.
A year ago Laura Robson took the tennis world by surprise when she knocked former French Open champion Li Na out of the US Open when the British teenager was only ranked 89th in the world.
Andy Murray enjoyed the sound of the on-court announcer introducing him to the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd as champion of the Olympics, the US Open and most recently Wimbledon.
Former top Briton Tim Henman may have abandoned the Andy Murray bandwagon little more than a month after his one-time protégé won an historic Wimbledon title, with the now-retired Gentleman Tim tipping Rafael Nadal as a favorite for the US Open title.
The world No. 14, who regained a spot in the top 20 through his Cincinnati final this month against Rafael Nadal, goes into the US Open worrying about his own game and not about carrying the weight of home tennis fans on his shoulders.
What a day it was! With a ton of matches and some rain delays in between! Not to forget all of the practise sessions for those players that were not on the schedule for the first day.
Andy Murray insists he can't feel much extra pressure as he heads into his Wednesday title defence start of the first grand slam title of his career.
When Marion Bartoli announced her retirement from tennis just 40 days after winning the Wimbledon ladies singles title, there was a widespread belief that it would only be temporary and the Frenchwoman would return to the game in time to defend her title next year.
We are on Thursday before the Open and now the real deal starts and the last thing you want is a day that makes it even more challenging than it already is for so many people!
Precious Andy Murray tennis gear is expected to fetch a good price for charity after the British Wimbledon winner donated a signed adidas replica shirt and a tennis bag to a newspaper goodwill fund in his native Scotland.
Just 40 days after experiencing the exhilaration and joy of winning the Wimbledon title, Marion Bartoli has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of just 28.
What was the moment when six-time year-end No. 1 Pete Sampras discovered he had a "champion's heart and mind and will"?
CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD “TED” TINLING WAS BORN ON JUNE 23, 1910. I WAS BORN FEBRUARY 20, 1943. HE WAS BORN IN
Former Singles and Doubles World No. 1 Will Make Her New Haven Doubles Debut in August.
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