Britain’s Andy Murray breezed through to the quarter finals of the Australian Open last night with a straight sets victory over Austrian Jurgen Meltzer in Melbourne. Murray took only 103 minutes to dispose of the French Open Semi-finalist and world number 11, taking the match 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 and will now play unseeded Alexandr Dolgopolov [...]
Caroline Wozniacki has become the No.1 on the WTA Tour. The girl from Odense, Denmark who now resides in Monte Carlo is the 20th woman to have achieved this feat. However, on the back of just 11 career titles (and 5 to date so far in 2010) it’s open to debate whether the 20-year-old deserves [...]
Andy Murray is set continue through the rest of the ATP Tour season without an official coach. The world No.4 who trails only Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the world standings has been without a coach since splitting with Miles McLagan in July. The Scot continues to work with former tour player [...]
The leading players in the world are all in action during the next two weeks on the ATP Tour … but one player is notable by his absence. Roger Federer. The latest events in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok have seen the likes of US Open champion Rafael Nadal, Nikolay Davydenko and a fit again Juan [...]
After a year blighted by injury, Juan Martin del Potro is set to play just his second tournament of 2010 at the Thailand Open. The 2009 US Open champion has missed almost the whole season after undergoing wrist surgery in early May, having only played previously this year at the Australian Open. During last season [...]
All the major ATP Tour titles for 2010 have been decided. Roger Federer took the Australian Open and Rafael Nadal cleaned up at the French Open, Wimbledon and most recently the US Open. However, the line-up for season finale at the O2 Arena in London, where the top eight players in the standings compete in [...]
Rafael Nadal joined the tennis elite after his 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 victory over Novak Djokovic in the US Open final. Interrupted by rain, which had also caused the final to be postponed from Sunday to Monday evening, the Spaniard eventually came out on top after the 3’43’’ final. The ‘Pearl Of Manacor’ – as [...]
It’s hard to believe that Venus Williams made her professional debut 16 years ago, in Oakland 1994, a year before sister Serena debuted in Quebec City in October 1995. There have been a total of 43 WTA Tour titles since for Venus (including 7 Grand Slams prior to the US Open) and although Serena has [...]
With 15 ATP Tour titles to his name, several Masters Series titles included, it is unfair to criticise 23-year-old Andy Murray in terms of career achievement. However, his R3 loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the US Open at Flushing Meadows added another result to an ever-growing list of Grand Slam matches which the Scot should [...]
To date the path to Grand Slam success for Andy Murray has been blocked by Roger Federer. Twice before, in the Australian Open 2010 and the US Open of 2008, the 23-year-old has made the final of a major only to find the world’s best player much too good as on both occasions Federer has [...]
Foot injury raises doubts over Serena Williams playing in the US Open (3.30 with Betfair). Which girls can step in to challenge? As the No.1 player on the WTA Tour faces surgery and a race to be fit for the US Open at Flushing Meadows the search is on for possible Grand Slam winners in [...]
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
Paul Nicholls was delighted to see Kauto Star show plenty of enthusiasm as the veteran chaser enjoyed a spin with stablemates Big Buck’s and Mon Parrain after racing at Exeter. The 11-year-old Kauto Star has enjoyed a stellar career, winning the King George VI Chase at Kempton on four consecutive occasions and taking Cheltenham Gold [...]
The racing Levy for the next financial year is expected to yield £72.4million, with fixtures down by 30 to 1,450 for 2012. A deal was finally agreed just before the midnight deadline to prevent the 51st levy scheme being handed over to government secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to determine. The three largest bookmakers – [...]
Lucinda Russell’s high-class chaser Silver By Nature has been ruled out of the current campaign with a leg injury. The nine-year-old won the Grand National Trial at Haydock in February for the second successive year and was sent off as one of the favourites for the big race itself. He could only finish 12th on [...]
Connections of Diamond Harry are optimistic the 2010 Hennessy Gold Cup winner will make his seasonal debut this month after being forced to miss his intended engagement at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old has not run since his Newbury triumph almost 12 months ago and was forced out of the Charlie Hall Chase after being [...]
