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Andy Murray wins his first Slam in the big city of dreams

September 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Romi Cvitkovic The Men’s Final of the U.S. Open Monday evening between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray had it all. Wind, massive fistpumps, chokes, 54-plus shot rallies, deft net play, the best movement in tennis and, of course, a five set and nearly five hour battle on Arthur Ashe Stadium. (For video of match [...]

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Spain’s Davis Cup Future; Judy Murray as New Fed Cup Captain – The Friday Five

December 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

by Maud Watson Familiar Territory The Spanish Davis Cup team was back to its winning ways as it captured the coveted trophy for the fifth time since the year 2000.  Despite an uninspiring display from their doubles duo, the singles performances by the Spanish Armada could not have been better.  What a difference a surface [...]

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Rafael Nadal starts clay – grass adaptation

June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The World No.1 Rafael Nadal arrived in London in his own unique, but now customary way – as the French Open champion, via the Eurostar from Paris, and just in time to practise on the best grass courts in the world at the AEGON Championships. At 7pm, he walked into The Queen’s Club with a [...]

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WHERE IS BRITISH WOMEN’S TENNIS?: 25 YEARS SINCE ANNABEL CROFT’S BRITISH WIN

April 28, 2010 By 1 Comment

Today, April 28, 2010, marks the 25th anniversary of the last fully British female to win a WTA Tour singles title (Monique Javer won a WTA Tour singles title in 1988 but was only half British). On 28th April 1985, 18-year-old Annabel Croft of Great Britain, ranked No. 83 at the time defeated world No. [...]

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LTA AS ERRATIC AS MURRAY

April 17, 2010 By 1 Comment

If you thought Andy Murray was uncharacteristically erratic in Monte Carlo on Wednesday, the whole match served perfectly as a metaphor for the strange behavior of Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in recent weeks following the findings of the government’s report. The appointment of Murray’s former mentor Leon Smith as the new Davis Cup Captain [...]

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MURRAY IN CRISIS MODE: THE FRIDAY FIVE

April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Confidence in Crisis – It was just nearly four months ago that Scot Andy Murray appeared ready to continue his ascent up the rankings and perhaps claim his first of what could be multiple major titles. He was confident then, even claiming before the Australian Open final that his best could beat [...]

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HOPE FOR BRITISH TENNIS AT INDIAN WELLS

March 16, 2010 By 3 Comments

Despite British tennis being mauled to pieces like an animal’s corpse in a barren landscape, with even the politicians launching an investigation into how the LTA spends its millions from Wimbledon profits and tax payers money, there has been a beacon of hope burning brightly in the Californian sun. Our British fighter, Elena Baltacha, aged [...]

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THE CONTINUED MESS WITH BRITISH TENNIS

March 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for British tennis, they do. In fact the situation has become so comical even the genius minds of the Monty Python crew would have been hard-pressed to come up with this. Carry On Tennis, it should be called. “Great Britain suffer humiliating Davis Cup defeat” scream [...]

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ARE MURRAY AND ROBSON THE START OF A GOLDEN AGE FOR BRITISH TENNIS?

January 16, 2010 By 2 Comments

By Melina Harris The start of the Millenium was not particularly memorable for the British public despairing on Henman Hill over Tim’s recent exit in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2000; but unbeknown to us, a rather talented little gem, aged 6, had moved across to the UK from Australia with her parents Andrew, [...]

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MURRAY IS AEGON PLAYER OF THE YEAR: TENNIS IN THE COMMONWEALTH

December 17, 2009 By 1 Comment

By Leigh Sanders Last week saw the British Tennis Awards 2009 decided in an informal ceremony at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton. World No. 4 Andy Murray scooped the AEGON Player of the Year Award while US-Open Girls champion Heather Watson picked up the AEGON Junior Player of the Year gong. The formidable doubles [...]

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