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Players off and running prior to start of Australian Open — The Friday Five

January 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Pair of Threes Brisbane was the first stop of the Aussie summer hard court season, and it was also a very lucrative location for the third-ranked players of the WTA and ATP. Serena Williams continued her dominance from 2012 by sailing to the Brisbane title. Even while acknowledging that Serena benefited from [...]

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Twitter Talk: Tennis players rally around Ross Hutchins and his cancer battle

January 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

January 8, 2013 — It was a heartfelt and tear-filled victory speech by Andy Murray in Brisbane this past week which revealed he had a “sick friend” for which he dedicated his win to. “I’d like to dedicate this victory to one of my best friends. He’s back home watching. You’re going to get through [...]

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Tennis in the Commonwealth – Katie O’Brien New British No. 1; Alicia Molik Ends Retirement

November 12, 2009 By 1 Comment

Andy Murray of Great Britain has picked up his sixth title in 2009 after he defeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2 in the final of the Valencia Open. The top seed was playing his first tournament for six weeks after recovering from a wrist injury and he will be delighted to have returned to the court in such style.

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Tennis In The Commonwealth – Stosur on Verge of Top 10

November 5, 2009 By 2 Comments

Britain’s Andy Murray has offered his support to Andre Agassi after the former star’s revelations about crystal methamphetamine use in his autobiography.

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Tennis In The Commonwealth – Murray and Robson To Play For GB In Hopman Cup

October 29, 2009 By 1 Comment

Robin Soderling is a doubt for the ATP World Tour Finals in London, England, after the world No. 10 was forced to withdraw from his semifinal in Stockholm against Cyprus’ Marcos Bagdhatis with an elbow injury.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: I Fought For My Country

September 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Davis Cup and Bell Challenge.

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Brits Play Historic Match, Big Day For McEnroes

March 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Tennis history was made – well, sort of – last week when British players Chris Eaton and James Ward played in the longest recorded match of all time. Eaton and Ward battled for 6 hours, 43 minutes in a play-off challenge match set up by the Lawn Tennis Association and British Davis Cup captain John Lloyd to determine who would represent Great Britain against Ukraine in this week’s Davis Cup Euro-African Zone Group One match.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: I played unbelievable tennis against Novak

September 29, 2008 By 8 Comments

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Thailand Open and the China Open.

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The Court of (un)Appealing tennis fashion

April 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The current issue of Ocean Drive follows up their cover story of Maria Sharapova with a fashion spread with some ATP young guns — Robby Ginepri, Donald Young, Ross Hutchins, Benjamin Becker, and Jamie Murray.

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No chance for GB after Andy’s AWOL

February 10, 2008 By 1 Comment

This weekend’s Davis Cup tie between Argentina and Great Britain was always going to be difficult. Since that glorious weekend in late September when Tim Henman bowed out of the game after sending his country back into the higher echelons of the competition, Argentina have been looming. The joy soon turned to a knowing dread [...]

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