Tennis ace Murray buys a hotel in plan to repay his home town February 25, 2013 BRITAIN’S No1 tennis player Andy Murray has splashed out £1.8m to acquire a hotel in Dunblane, the planned development of which he hopes will provide a major boost to the economy in his home town. The Cromlix House Hotel, where his brother Jamie married wife Alejandra Gutierrez in 2010, is a Victorian Mansion, which Murray [...]
Murray voices his fears over tennis doping February 4, 2013 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray has called on fellow players to sacrifice a portion of their earnings in order to fund more rigorous drug testing in tennis, admitting he does not know whether the sport can be called clean. Murray yesterday passionately argued for more blood testing and the introduction of the biological passport system in order [...]
Czechs take Davis Cup from Spain November 18, 2012 Defending champions Spain lost the Davis Cup last night to a Czech side that was cheered on by its home crowd in Prague. A four set win by Radek Stepanek against Nicolas Almagro gave the Czech Republic a 3-2 victory. Stepanek won 6-4 7-6 (7-0) 3-6 6-3 to deliver the Czechs’ first Davis Cup win [...]
Stosur: Resilient Robson has got a great future in tennis September 2, 2012 DEFENDING US Open champion Sam Stosur last night lauded Laura Robson as one of the sport’s rising talents after eliminating the Briton with a 6-4, 6-4 win in the tournament’s fourth round. The resilient Robson saved eight match points before Stosur secured victory after 98 minutes of a match in which the world No89 fought [...]
Wimbledon Wenlock is top seeded Mascot August 28, 2012 Game, set and £3,000 match to the winner who yesterday snapped up Topiary Wenlock in the Mayor’s Fund for London charity auction. Unlike all the other 2m high sporting bodies, this is a living monument, which may need some replanting next year. Let’s hope the top bidder has green fingers. For more items, go to [...]
New calendar date for Wimbledon July 19, 2012 TENNIS: Wimbledon is to take place a week later in the calendar from 2015. There will now be a three-week, instead of two-week, gap between Wimbledon and the French Open.
Murray: It’s time to reach my first Wimbledon final July 5, 2012 BRITISH No1 Andy Murray is adamant that nothing short of reaching his first Wimbledon final will suffice as he heads into today’s crucial semi-final showdown against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Any potential victory would make Murray the first British male to reach the All England Club’s showpiece since Henry Wilfried Austin in 1938, and though [...]
Tennis is booming financially – but the cash is wasted June 25, 2012 TENNIS is one of Britain’s greatest inventions. It was codified in the nineteenth century and exported all over the world. Yet, while many of us love the strawberries and cream side of Wimbledon, the undoubted financial success of the tournament has failed to produce a British champion since 1936. And more importantly, it has failed [...]
ATP tennis sees its world stars sign up to return for 02 event March 14, 2012 Most tennis fans would relish the chance to see the world’s top players slug it out in a setting such as the 02. The 2012 Barclays ATP tournament in London in November follows last year’s massive success. The VIP Suites, which are both spacious and beautifully furnished, offer an exceptional and unrestricted view of the [...]
Betfair boosted by Australian Open March 6, 2012 Betfair, the world’s biggest betting exchange, reported an 11 per cent rise in third quarter revenue, beating market expectations, with strong demand for betting on the Australian Open tennis and horse racing driving growth. Betfair said the Australian Open had been particularly popular with the marathon five set final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadel [...]