Holger Rune, the sixth seed, produced a staggeringly impressive performance, saving two match points and dragging himself back from a seemingly hopeless final set tie break position to defeat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No31 seed, and reach the Wimbledon fourth round for the first time 6-3,4-6,3-6,6-4,7-6 (10/8) in 3hrs 59mins Rune faced an underarm serve Read More …
Matteo Berrettini finally erased the painful memories of his Covid-19 enforced withdrawal from Wimbledon last year with a thumping 6-3,7-6,7-6 win against Alexander Zverev in 2hrs 27mins on Court No1 to set up a blockbuster fourth round clash with Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed. Berrettini has only played, due to injury, 17 matches this year Read More …
Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova is thoroughly enjoying the grass court section of the women’s tour, following up her Surbiton win with a performance of real grit to overcome World No43 Alison Riske, from the USA, 6-2,6-7,7-5 in a match that kept the Nottingham Open centre court crowd totally engrossed for two hours and 35minutes. Rybarikova was Read More …
Leon Smith, Great Britain’s Davis Cup winning captain, has revealed Andy Murray is working harder than ever at his Florida training based to defend his World No1 ranking. Murray interrupted his punishing schedule to receive the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for an historic third time after defending his Olympic title, winning Wimbledon Read More …
Judy Murray has called on tennis chiefs not to waste the “golden opportunity” to build on the remarkable success of sons Andy and Jamie by boosting playing numbers across Britain using the ground breaking scheme she runs in Scotland. Britain’s most famous tennis Mum and her team travel the length and breadth of Scotland in Read More …
Nick Kyrgios is a 21-year-old loose cannon on the tennis court, but the sport needs him badly. The Australian has agreed to see a sports psychologist following his latest meltdown in Shanghai that saw him fail to compete properly and then try to – and fail – to explain himself to the media. Kyrgios will Read More …
