At 31 years old he is very much the game's elder statesman, but on an indoor court and at the season-ending championships Roger Federer remains the man to beat. The Swiss became the first player to qualify for Sunday's singles semi-finals here at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals yesterday when he handed out his customary drubbing to David Ferrer.
Thursday 16 August 2012
Jessie Cave would be the first to admit that she is one of life’s more precocious characters. A former tennis champion who used to play with the Murrays, her career was cut short by injury when she was 15. Her next move was into acting, most famously playing Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films. Now 25, she has turned to comedy and has already worked with Simon Amstell on Grandma’s House.
Thursday 31 May 2012
Andy Murray admitted he was moments from quitting during his remarkable victory over Jarkko Nieminen at the French Open today and declared: “I can't believe I won”.
Saturday 17 December 2011
My parents are... Carol and Bill. They are both retired. Carol is flourishing, Bill is on a sharp descent towards Meldrewdom. He recently had a letter published in the local paper where he vented his spleen about the wording on signs for cyclists. They continue to be supportive and are delighted when I do any comedy without swearing.
Tuesday 30 August 2011
Roger Federer was victorious if not entirely convincing in a 6-4 6-3 6-2 first-round win over Colombia's Santiago Giraldo at the US Open tonight.
Sunday 21 November 2010
Four of the six books on the shortlist for this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, to be announced on 30 November, have already been reviewed here – Blood Knots, Beware of the Dog, Trautmann's Journey and A Last English Summer.
Tuesday 22 June 2010
Roger Federer's experience yesterday against Alejandro Falla underlined the fact that nothing can be taken for granted, but if Andy Murray had hand-picked his first-round opponent here this afternoon he would no doubt have come up with someone like Jan Hajek.
Sunday 13 December 2009
He's letting down the Geordie nation. At the start of Robson Green's Wild Swimming Adventure (ITV1, Tuesday) he decided to take a dip in the Tyne and had to be fished out almost immediately. "My body shut down after 200 yards," he admitted before asking his rescuers when was the last time someone had gone in the river. "Friday night" was the answer, "and they were off their heads." Obviously Green should have had a few Newcastle Brown Ales before he jumped in the drink.
Friday 06 November 2009
Andre Agassi, mired in controversy after admitting to using crystal meth, pleaded for compassion from his critics in a television interview that will be broadcast on Sunday in the United States.
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Andre Agassi has revealed he used crystal meth at one stage of his tennis career - but drug controversies are nothing new for tennis.
Wednesday 09 July 2008
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