Britain braced for Davis Cup draw September 17, 2013 TENNIS: Unseeded Great Britain will learn the identity of their first Davis Cup world group opponents at a draw in London this morning. Britain, ranked 18th, returned to the elite group for the first time in five years at the weekend with victory over Croatia.
Murray hands Great Britain double boost in Davis Cup September 15, 2013 WIMBLEDON champion Andy Murray has pledged to play a full part in the Davis Cup after leading Great Britain back into the competition’s top division for the first time in five years. Murray clinched victory over Croatia with a straight-sets triumph over Ivan Dodig yesterday, his third point of the tie having also beaten teenager [...]
Wimbledon win hit Murray’s US Open – Rusedski September 8, 2013 FORMER British No1 Greg Rusedski believes Andy Murray hid the extent of a back problem during his ill-fated US Open defence, and that winning Wimbledon harmed his chances at Flushing Meadows. Murray looked out of sorts in Thursday’s straight-sets quarter-final defeat to ninth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, yet played down stiffness in his back. Rusedski believes [...]
British tennis ace Hutchins reveals cancer remission news on Twitter July 22, 2013 BRITISH tennis star Ross Hutchins confirmed yesterday he is in remission from cancer. The Commonwealth Games silver medallist, who specialises in doubles and counts Wimbledon champion Andy Murray among his best friends, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in December and underwent a six-month course of chemotherapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea. And Hutchins, 28, [...]
Tennis ace Murray buys a hotel in plan to repay his home town February 25, 2013 BRITAIN’S No1 tennis player Andy Murray has splashed out £1.8m to acquire a hotel in Dunblane, the planned development of which he hopes will provide a major boost to the economy in his home town. The Cromlix House Hotel, where his brother Jamie married wife Alejandra Gutierrez in 2010, is a Victorian Mansion, which Murray [...]
Murray voices his fears over tennis doping February 4, 2013 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray has called on fellow players to sacrifice a portion of their earnings in order to fund more rigorous drug testing in tennis, admitting he does not know whether the sport can be called clean. Murray yesterday passionately argued for more blood testing and the introduction of the biological passport system in order [...]
Czechs take Davis Cup from Spain November 18, 2012 Defending champions Spain lost the Davis Cup last night to a Czech side that was cheered on by its home crowd in Prague. A four set win by Radek Stepanek against Nicolas Almagro gave the Czech Republic a 3-2 victory. Stepanek won 6-4 7-6 (7-0) 3-6 6-3 to deliver the Czechs’ first Davis Cup win [...]
Stosur: Resilient Robson has got a great future in tennis September 2, 2012 DEFENDING US Open champion Sam Stosur last night lauded Laura Robson as one of the sport’s rising talents after eliminating the Briton with a 6-4, 6-4 win in the tournament’s fourth round. The resilient Robson saved eight match points before Stosur secured victory after 98 minutes of a match in which the world No89 fought [...]
Wimbledon Wenlock is top seeded Mascot August 28, 2012 Game, set and £3,000 match to the winner who yesterday snapped up Topiary Wenlock in the Mayor’s Fund for London charity auction. Unlike all the other 2m high sporting bodies, this is a living monument, which may need some replanting next year. Let’s hope the top bidder has green fingers. For more items, go to [...]
New calendar date for Wimbledon July 19, 2012 TENNIS: Wimbledon is to take place a week later in the calendar from 2015. There will now be a three-week, instead of two-week, gap between Wimbledon and the French Open.