Unsung Briton who donned headphones in titanic Wimbledon match against Sampras wants more than 15 minutes of fame As confident as he was in his own ability to break into the world’s top 100 male tennis players, Barry Cowan did not start 2001 expecting to be invited to the BBC Sports Review of the Year […]
Greg Rusedski pulled out of Britain’s Davis Cup team because of an injury to his left foot yesterday, just as Tim Henman was testing his damaged right shoulder by hitting balls for the first time since the United States Open.
Alex Bogdanovic, the 17-year-old revelation of the National Championships, is due to play Arvind Parmar, six years his senior, in the men’s singles semi-finals today.
John Crowther is not the first to discover that the popular prints have a soft spot for mavericks.
David Lloyd, Britain’s Davis Cup captain, was at odds with the Lawn Tennis Association on two fronts yesterday following the Davis Cup defeat by the Czech Republic.
Murray says ‘tanking’ a match is easy and that ‘everyone knows it goes on’. Now the ATP want a meeting with the British No 1 enlarge Bookmakers are concerned it may be widespread, John McEnroe is worried some players see it as “a cheap way to make a buck” and Andy Murray claims that “everyone […]
Andy Murray’s dramatically unexpected proclamation of lingering problems with ankle ligaments has pitched into chaos the battle plans of Britain’s captain, Jeremy Bates, for the Davis Cup Euro/African Zone tie against Serbia and Montenegro this week.
There is nothing pretentious about Jonny Marray, whose profile is as low as his world ranking of 883.
Little-known Englishman Arvind Parmar defeated top-seeded and defending champion Cedric Pioline 7-5, 7-6 in the first round Monday of the Nottingham Open grasscourt tournament.
Alex Bogdanovic, the 18-year-old national champion, who was given his Davis Cup debut in Australia in February in the absence of both Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski, has been warned that he will have to take part in a play-off in order to get a wild card for Wimbledon.
Who will win the Wimbledon men’s title? Henman, Hewitt, Agassi or Sampras, who you can’t write off because of his incredible record.
John Lloyd: The public are being misled by hype and propaganda as the cracks in the system are papered over again Interview by Ronald Atkin The newspapers, television screens and airwaves have been full these past few days of the heroics of Barry Cowan.
Lee Childs, the reigning champion, recovered to fight off the threat of an embarrassing first-round exit on the first morning of the National Championships in Bolton yesterday.
Buried deep under the dire Davis Cup happenings of last weekend in Birmingham was a nugget.
Hitchin’s Arvind Parmar hammed it up by falling backwards to the ground after what was in every sense a staggering success over the Brazilian Andre Sa yesterday evening.
Lleyton Hewitt is amped up for this Open. Hewitt used no less than five “COME AWNS!” in the first set of his match against Thiago Alves on grandstand.
As British tennis continues to stumble from one Davis Cup defeat to the next, one inadequate reserve to the next, one five-year plan to the next, the questions keep raining down on the administrators at the …
“It’s not just how he’s hit the ball, but the whole presence he brings onto the court.
They are the tennis equivalent of Kool and the Gang. Andy Murray’s emergence as a true master of the sport in sweltering conditions that would have tested the patience of a saint was played out before an …
If British fans thought Tim Henman toyed with their emotions they ain’t seen nothing yet. via Telegraph.co.uk
“If players have been approached about fixing matches but haven’t informed us about it then they are letting the sport down.” View as a single page 5:00AM Friday October 12, 2007 By Paul Newman Bookmakers are concerned it may be widespread, John McEnroe is worried some players see it as “a cheap way to […]
“It doesn’t really surprise me” Britain’s No1 Andy Murray has stated that he believes players on the circuit are involved in match-fixing. Murray told BBC Radio Five Live that the financial incentives to cheat are too tempting for some … via Buzzle.com
“A guy I’d never seen before just walked up and asked me to throw a match” No quick fix when sport is corrupted by cheats ANYONE who had maintained a steadfast conviction, until recent revelations blew it out of the water, that tennis was immune to the global plague of match-fixing … via The […]
“It’s not really acceptable, it’s difficult to prove if someone has tanked a match or not tried because they can try their best until the last couple of games of each set and then make some mistakes, a couple of double faults, and that’s it” Bet now on tennis with Sky Bet! Click here […]
“If they have nothing to hide, it would be in their best interests to be up front” The WTA and Betfair doubt there was any wrongdoing in a match between Tatiana Poutchek, above, and Mariya Koryttseva that showed signs of suspicious betting patterns. via ESPN
A leading online betting firm admitted last night that they had delayed payment on bets laid on a women’s match played in India after becoming concerned about what appeared to be irregular gambling patterns. via Winner Online
SOME of the top seeded men’s doubles players in the UK, including a squad from Pershore Tennis Centre, will be descending on north east England to take part in the National Premier League Indoor Tennis Finals … via Evesham Journal
“Apart from those games, I matched her all the way but in tennis it’s one or two points half of the time.” Lee Childs became the sole Briton to reach the first round of Wimbledon via the qualifying tournament at Roehampton. via TalkSport
