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The net post tilts at a 45-degree angle. The January rain and wind whip across the potholed tarmac. Teenagers swear as their football disappears through the rip in the wire mesh fencing. In three months’ time, a weak sunshine will penetrate Britain’s permanent grey lid. Paunchy bank managers and solicitors will dig out their single Babolat and prepare for a season of American tournaments,...
Published: January 3, 2013
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal have established themselves as the Big Four of men’s tennis. Between them, they carved up the Grand Slam cake last year and took home eight of the nine Masters titles available. (Take a bow, David Ferrer at the Paris Masters.) But the landscape is changing somewhat. In the last six months, we’ve seen how the tour looks with a Nadal-shaped...
Published: January 2, 2013
Laura Robson, Heather Watson, Liam Broady, Oliver Golding, Johnny Marray… oh, and the small matter of Andy Murray. If you follow tennis in the UK, you probably think the place has turned into Australia’s Gold Coast. Johanna Konta certainly thinks so. The 21-year-old Sydney-born pro adopted Britain as her home and looks set for a promising future on the WTA circuit. But the brightest lights...
Published: January 1, 2013
After Andy Murray’s maiden slam title in New York last September, men’s tennis now assuredly has a Big Four. But, following the surprise (shock?) withdrawal of Rafael Nadal from the Australian Open after reporting solid progress with his troublesome knees, it’s currently a case of ‘and then there were three’. Nadal doesn’t look like he’s returning to the tour...
Published: November 9, 2012
The Davis Cup Final next week is an enticing prospect if you’re a Spanish or Czech tennis fan. If you’re British, too, you might be forgiven for throwing the 100th final a sideways glance on the basis that it’s being held at London’s O2 Arena from 16th to 18th November. Except it’s not. It’s being held in Prague’s O2 Arena. Close, but no cigar for the Brits. But...