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In some ways it’s Tim Henman’s fault that Andy Murray carries such a large yoke across his shoulders. It was ‘Tiger’ Tim who reawakened British hopes of a male grand slam winner. And with Tim’s game so wholly suited to grass, Brits everywhere entertained realistic hopes of a Wimbledon champion no less. Henman reached six grand slam semifinals (four at Wimbledon), but eventually...
Published: March 21, 2011
As a great admirer of Roger Federer, I cannot realistically see him regaining the No. 1 position in men’s tennis. And neither does he need to having held that lofty position for longer than anyone else in history bar one. Even though he would only need to regain the No. 1 spot for a few days to overturn Pete Sampras’s record, I believe that with all the young guns around him who are hitting...
Published: January 18, 2011
Imagine you came across a tennis record book from an alternate reality, one in which certain events never happened. I’ve often wondered how different today’s records might appear as a result. What if f Bjorn Borg had never retired at 26 and began to play with modern racquets? What if ‘open’ tennis had begun in 1960 rather than 1968? Here, I suggest four incidents...
Published: January 14, 2011
Regardless of the comparative merits of a “calendar” grand slam and a “consecutive” (four in a row spanning two seasons) grand slam, I think we have waited too long for either. Consider that the last calendar slam was achieved in 1969 by Rod Laver and the last consecutive slam by Don Budge in 1926, and you get my point. In the men’s game today we enjoy an embarrassment...