Wimbledon wins the property grand slam with pricier houses than the US, French and Australian Opens June 22, 2015 Can Murray win Wimbledon? It’s the question on everyone’s lips, but when it comes to the property grand slam, it’s certainly us Brits left holding the trophy. Wimbledon is the priciest area of all the tennis season’s biggest tournament, serving up an average house price of £745,000. If you want to get even more up [...]
I’m ready for Wimbledon, warns Murray June 21, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray believes he is playing better than ever after stepping up his preparations for Wimbledon by winning the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club for a record-equalling fourth time. Murray yesterday brushed aside big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4 in a final that barely lasted an hour, having earlier completed a rain-delayed semi-final [...]
Murray will not win Wimbledon, insists Wawrinka June 17, 2015 French Open champion Stan Wawrinka ranked Britain’s Andy Murray as only the third-favourite to win Wimbledon after failing to contain big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in the second round of the Aegon Championships yesterday. Second seed Wawrinka slipped to his fourth consecutive defeat against familiar nemesis Anderson, losing 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (13-11), a day after [...]
Murray ready to lock horns with old foe Verdasco June 16, 2015 THREE-TIME Queen’s Club champion Andy Murray booked a second-round clash with Spain’s Fernando Verdasco after starting his grass-court season with a routine victory over Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun at the Aegon Championships yesterday. Top seed Murray dropped a service game in each set but powered through 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 19 minutes against world No63 [...]
Home factor lifts Murray’s grass hopes June 15, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray is hoping that a welcome return to home comforts inspires him to success in a landmark grass-court season that gets underway today at Queen’s Club. Murray estimates that he has spent just “nine or 10” nights in his own bed this year, having sacrificed a lengthy honeymoon in April in favour of [...]
Wimbledon set to serve up aces June 9, 2015 WASH your whites and let out your waistbands; Wimbledon 2015 is just over three weeks away. Fans are gearing up for the party of the year and to cheer dour Brit Andy Murray to victory. Wimbledon is the largest annual sporting catering operation in Europe. Whether you’re just coming for the finals or staying for [...]
McEnroe keen to turn tennis into a whole new ball game June 9, 2015 American has a blueprint for change DO NOT ask John McEnroe whether he can be serious. He has heard that one before and, despite him no longer being the angriest man in tennis, a fire still rages within the world No1-turned-media pundit. He is serious all right, and his attention is trained furiously on conjuring [...]
Murray’s had best year yet says Henman June 8, 2015 FORMER Wimbledon favourite Tim Henman believes Britain’s Andy Murray has made the best start to a year in his career and is second only to world No1 Novak Djokovic in the SW19 running this month. Murray lost to Djokovic in an epic French Open semi-final on Saturday but has already won his first clay court [...]
Andy Murray hoping to serve an ace for Seedrs firms as tennis ace joins crowdfunding platform’s board June 7, 2015 Tennis ace Andy Murray may have suffered a defeat to Novak Djokovic at the French Open last week, but he is hoping to win off the court by getting involved in funding companies. Murray is announcing today that he is joining the advisory board of the online equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, as part of what [...]
Murray takes solace in clay revival and plots Djokovic French demise June 4, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray believes his standout scalps during an unbeaten 2015 clay season can ignite the fuse under his bid to overpower world No1 Novak Djokovic today and reach a first French Open final. Two-time major champion Murray recorded his maiden clay-court titles in Munich and Madrid this year, the latter secured with a first [...]