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Doubles duo key to Davis Cup
The horror of Vilnius - one of the more infamous British tennis graveyards - still haunts those of us who were there. But memories of that snowbound weekend in the sports hall of doom are thankfully...
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Spirited Brits plotting to jump for joy
A giant bronze statue of Pinocchio stands, rather bizarrely, on one of the roundabouts here in Boras, about 40 minutes east of Gothenburg, and venue for this weekend's Fed Cup play-off between Britain...
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Nadal & Djokovic give Santana the blues
What on earth was Manolo Santana thinking? Here was the Madrid Open tournament director sitting in the front row of the press conference room, stony faced and unnmoved, listening to his number one seed...
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Let's be optimistic yet realistic
At Roland Garros A photographer in the media conference room, disregarding common courtesy and unwritten media protocol, stops Andy Murray on his way out. "Picture, Andy?" he grunts, attractively....
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Murray brilliant, lucky and still in with a chance
At Roland Garros Andy Murray loves his boxing and will have seen many a bout end with the corner man throwing in the towel, for the protection of his fighter. If that option existed in tennis then...
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Prophetic Murray accepts he is not amongst clay-court elite
At Roland Garros Andy Murray got it right when he said the French Open semi-finals would feature the four best clay-court players in the world. David Ferrer may be six in the rankings but he's a clear...
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Nalbandian's double fault at Queen's
As they say in football or rugby, he simply had to go. David Nalbandian left the ATP officials with no choice but to issue an instant 'red card', or at least the tennis equivalent - a default - after...
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Schooled the Agassi way
The taxi route from McCarran International Airport flirts with the centre of Las Vegas, brushing past the strip's famous casinos - Caesar's Palace, The Bellagio, Mandalay Bay - all dripping in dollars....
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US Open: Can Andy Murray win his first Grand Slam
So, as they say in school, what comes next in this sequence? Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer... And what about this one? Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams... Six different...
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Andy Roddick should bow out with no regrets
Until my dying day I will remember that game. One game, five shots, 46 seconds. That 46 second game which saw Andy Roddick serve out the US Open of 2003. There are so many Roddick moments to recall...
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Will US Open success take Robson even higher?
Laura Robson has matured as a tennis player before our eyes over the past few days here in New York. Greats of the game such as Chris Evert, Billie Jean King and Lindsay Davenport were all saying the...
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The night the challenger became the champion
Murray's head was spinning in the corridors of Flushing Meadows last night. "I feel very relieved, happy, proud and also very tired..." Every now and then he would smile, keen to confirm this was,...
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Murray, Watson, Robson & Marray provide golden period
The stories in British tennis have been all too familiar over the past couple of decades - unfulfilled talent, near misses at the majors, juniors failing to deliver on over-generous financial...
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One final push for world's top players
Early afternoon inside the O2 Arena and with people laying carpets, plugging cables and fixing lights around them, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray traded blows on the blue court, reviving memories of...
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Johnny Marray: The man who started GB's golden summer
When we reflect on Great Britain's incredible sporting successes of 2012 and wonder, inevitably, whether it was all for real, various celebratory faces will play peekaboo in our minds. Bradley Wiggins...
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