It’s been a rough few months for tennis… It began with serious allegations of widespread match-fixing. This was followed by the news that Maria Sharapova, one of the world’s most popular and best known female athletes had failed a drug test at the Australian Open – prompting speculation about widespread doping in tennis. When things […]
Another Wimbledon Championships passes and the favourites have once again “aced” their way to victory, prompting the question, can an underdog ever win Wimbledon again? In the past 11 years the only real ‘surprise’ finalist in the men’s competition has been Tomas Berdych in 2010, while among the women, no-one seeded lower than 23 has […]
A massive summer of sport awaits but can inspiration be the winning formula for England’s sports teams? The national sport – football – has hardly led by example over the last few years. Sadly the England Under 21s failed to buck the trend with an early exit from the European Championships this week. But it’s […]
Andy Murray was moved to tears by his tournament win at the Shenzhen Open where he defeated Tommy Robredo by 5 match points. This was the end of a dry spell for Murray as his last glorious win was in July 2013 at Wimbledon. This was the Scots 29th tour-level crown and had improved to […]
