Ed Warner: Does society have a responsibility to retiring athletes? August 25, 2022 We may be just days away from seeing the last of Serena Williams in competitive tennis. The US Open, which starts next week, is marked out as the retirement party for the greatest tennis star of the modern era. At 40 years old, she’s late to step away from elite sport and does so with [...]
“I’m evolving away from tennis”: Serena Williams announces impending retirement August 9, 2022 Serena Williams has announced her imminent retirement from tennis, announcing that she plans to call time on one of the great sporting careers after this month’s US Open. The 23-time Grand Slam singles winner told Vogue magazine that she is “evolving away from tennis” to spend more time being a mother and running her venture [...]
Djokovic wins at Wimbledon but Kyrgios’ story of fight a deserved consolation July 10, 2022 It represents an interesting state of affairs when Novak Djokovic wins his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title – his 21st Grand Slam triumph – and yet there’s a sense of his losing opponent Nick Kyrgios being the real story to come out of the All England Club this year. Despite ultimately going down 4-6 6-3 6-4 [...]
Semi-final against Djokovic is Cameron Norrie’s biggest ever match July 8, 2022 When British No1 Cameron Norrie ventures through the double doors, on to Wimbledon’s Centre Court and into a cathedral of raucous noise today, it will be the biggest moment of his five-year professional career. He may have won Indian Wells last year, arguably the biggest non-Grand Slam event on the circuit, but reaching the latter [...]
Cameron Norrie Britain’s last hope as he aims for Wimbledon semi-final July 5, 2022 Today’s play at the All England Club will feature British No1 Cameron Norrie as Wimbledon gets set to host a singles quarter-final involving a home player for the first time since 2017. Then it was the duo of Andy Murray and Johanna Konta, but today it is all about Norrie. Relegated to the outside courts [...]
‘I’m left wondering what price The Hundred franchises could one day fetch’ June 30, 2022 “What does Ed Warner know about tennis?” What indeed? My critique last week of the Lawn Tennis Association’s performance drew this feisty query in the Sport inc. comment section from Tom (no surname provided). It also garnered a response column in City A.M. from the LTA’s CEO, Scott Lloyd. Both Tom (no surname provided) and [...]
Wimbledon: Serena’s motivation, going under the radar and order of play June 29, 2022 As Wimbledon’s courts once again get set to be graced by Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray, Serena Williams has spoken of her first round loss. Here is your SW19 latest. Williams motivated Yesterday’s evening session saw 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams crash out at the earliest possible stage of the tournament. Asked about what [...]
As thousands of tennis fans arrive at Wimbledon, here are the top talking points ahead of the 2022 championships June 27, 2022 Thousands of tennis fans have begun pouring through the gates at Wimbledon as it returns at full capacity for the first time in three years. The Met Office has warned the expected 42,000 supporters to brace for rain showers over SW19 in the early afternoon – just as the first Centre Court games are set [...]
Wimbledon: The Brits aiming to capture the hearts of Henman Hill June 27, 2022 The bamks of Henman Hill will today be packed to the rafters for the first time since before the pandemic. Wimbledon is back. And though the likelihood of an Andy Murray win feels slim, and the odds on Emma Raducanu lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish remain long, there’s hope that a number of Brits will [...]
Wimbledon: The favourites to come out on top June 26, 2022 It’s fair to say that British players may not be the big favourites for either of this year’s singles Grand Slam titles. So just who is fancied to raise either of the trophies in 12 days time? Women’s favourites On the women’s side of the draw it is difficult to look past Iga Swiatek. The [...]