Tag Archives: Tennis
Don’t Hurry To Criticise Murray
At the turn of the Century, the British public bemoaned the perennial ‘failings’ of the country’s number one player; cursed their luck at having to sit through and watch ‘torturous’ tennis; criticised the ability of someone deemed to be a ‘loser’, a ‘choker’, a ‘disappointment’. And by ‘loser’, ‘choker’ and ‘disappointment’ we are talking about …
Pace Exploration: Is Pace the Key Divide in International Sport?
If you’re Usain Bolt or Sebastien Vettel then that perhaps seems a moot question. In fact, any sport with a racing element, be it motorsport or track and field, the answer is simple and obvious. Those with the most pace, go on to win the race. Delving further and wider though, pace seems to be …
Plastic Fans Not Recyclable
Take a look around you. It’s all around us. See your laptop or computer monitors, or your smart phone casings. Behold the little box or bag your neatly cut prawn sandwiches are contained in. Plastic is everywhere; one of the most useful and widely-used substances across our planet. And it seems synthetic, man-made and unnatural …
Tics, Tacs and Tactics Making Top Players Tick
Reaching and competing at the top level of sport is the culmination of years of hard work and dedication, nurturing a blossoming talent into a full flower of sporting excellence. Keeping that flower in full bloom for an entire career is arguably even tougher. Continual dedication to the job, and an even greater accentuation to …
Just Reward or Just Ridiculous?
Some will say I am being sexist. Or that I am being unfair. I, naturally, would say that I am neither. What I am about to display, as a riled Rafa Benitez once said, is just the facts. Since 2010, the winners of both the women’s and men’s singles Championships at Wimbledon have been rewarded …
The Man Who Toppled the Emperor.
A story as a gripping as a film. A master; a legend; an emperor lauding over his world, seemingly untouchable. His powers great, his respect earned and his status etched into the hands of time. His name? His name is Roger Federer. Commander of the tennis world for over a decade. Winner of 17 grand …
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