Andy Murray: The champion who won our hearts
As the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year awards loom on the Christmas horizon, the name on everyone’s lips brought this nation to a standstill one Sunday afternoon in mid-Summer: […]
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Murray & Federer first to welcome tennis biological passport
Against of growing chorus of encouragement from within its ranks—most vociferously Andy Murray and Roger Federer—tennis is set to introduce an Athlete Biological Passport Programme from 2013. The sport’s key […]
Australian Open outplays other Slams in prize money—and more
The Australian Open may once have been considered the poor relation of the Grand Slam circuit, with its distance from the beaten track of Europe and North America a step […]
2012 Review Pt3: Djokovic triumphs, Ferrer and del Potro strive
Part 3 of the review of 2012 looks at how autumn and winter on the men’s tour saw the race between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for year-end No1 and […]
2012 Review Pt2: Wimbledon belonged to Federer and Murray
If the start of 2012 belonged to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, the summer and the grass season threw the other pair in the “big four” into the limelight, as […]
2012 Review Pt1: It began with Djokovic and Nadal
The four seasons of 2012 reflected the dominance of the top four men, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal, better than any year this decade. In the […]
Novak Djokovic & Roger Federer converge on year-end No1
The competition for the prestigious No1 ranking entered a new phase as the top seeds, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, took to the courts of the Shanghai Masters this week. […]
Shanghai Masters Preview: Can Federer make record-breaking 22?
The biggest tournament in the Far East has many things in its favour. The Shanghai Masters is hosted by one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in China with […]
Andy Murray continues Far East love affair with 50th win of 2012
This time last year, Andy Murray cut a swathe through the Asian swing with a clean sweep of three titles: Bangkok, Tokyo, and finally the Shanghai Masters. It was perhaps […]
Asian swing launches Murray, Djokovic, Gasquet, Monaco into year-end race
The tennis pace picks up with a vengeance during the frenetic three-week Asian swing as two men with ambitions for the year-end No1 and the World Tour Finals title enter […]
