Nine British players have made it through to the second round of Wimbledon following an excellent couple of days of Tennis at SW19, nine Brits is the highest amount of Brit's through to round two at Wimbledon since 1997. The first two days at Wimbledon have seen wins on Centre Court for Andy Murray and... Continue Reading →
Andy Murray My question continues to be, what would constitute a successful Wimbledon for Andy Murray? https://tennistalkblog1.wordpress.com/2022/06/17/stuttgart-was-a-success-abdominal-injury-a-setback-but-what-would-define-a-successful-wimbledon-for-andy-murray/ Emma Raducanu The most important thing for me is to enjoy it, there is a lot of talk about pressure and expectation but we need to look at the season as a whole and with perspective. There is... Continue Reading →
Simona Halep's grass court return You wouldn't think it had been three years since Simona Halep had played on grass, her last match before her opener in Birmingham was when she lifted the Wimbledon title in 2019 against Serena Williams. Since then we have been hit with a global pandemic and Simona herself suffered a... Continue Reading →
Seven Brits in London 🇬🇧 One of the exciting things of a home tournament is seeing those home players in action with seven British players in action. Cam Norrie vs Grigor DimitrovDan Evans vs Matteo BerrettiniAndy Murray vs Lorenzo SonegoLiam Broady vs Marin CilicJack Draper vs Taylor FritzRyan Peniston vs Casper RuudPaul Jubb vs Botic... Continue Reading →
Cam Norrie continues to reach new heights on the ATP Tour, a runner-up in Acapulco and title winner at Delray Beach have propelled the Brit up to a career high of World No.12 and will now face the challenge of defending a major title. A month or so ago the form of the Brit was... Continue Reading →
Cam Norrie leaves Melbourne looking for his first win in 2022 following crashing exit to Seb Korda This was one of my matches to keep an eye on coming into the first round down at Melbourne Park and the American Seb Korda who was making his Australian Open debut and beginning his 2022 season at... Continue Reading →
Harriet Dart vs Iga ÅšwiÄ…tek Another Brit who came through qualifying, Harriet Dart is back in the main draw of the Australian Open for a third time having come through qualifying on all three occasions. Dart has not had the luck of the draw in her time in Melbourne: 2019 - 0-6 0-6 vs Maria... Continue Reading →
Cam Norrie vs Seb Korda Two players I really enjoy watching and would hope they would gain some momentum in Melbourne. I don’t think the match-up will be straight forward for Cam who seemed to be off the boil at the ATP Cup, he showed good tennis but consistency in the matches was lacking. The... Continue Reading →
The ATP Cup has come into some criticism over the course of the last couple of weeks some fair and some unfair, since New Years Eve players from 16 countries have been competing to lift the trophy in Sydney. Tsitsipas' bizarre start to 2022... Stefanos is a nice guy and a team player but it... Continue Reading →
As Sunday mornings go it could not have gone better for Team GB in their opening ATP Cup match against Germany. Three ties which included two singles and one doubles saw the Brits win 2-1 against a German side led by Sascha Zverev. Dan Evans 6-1 6-2 Jan Lennard Struff A big result to begin... Continue Reading →
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