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Rosanna Loyd Following his electric, but all too familiar outcome of a loss on Thursday in Indian Wells to Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios’ post-match press conference drew on the nature of the relationship between the player and the spectator. Crowds are increasingly crossing the invisible line within tennis etiquette...
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Daniel Evans Is tennis world number two Novak Djokovic an oppressed campaigner for human rights, or is he a denier of science? There is very little use trying to rationalise an anti-vaccination stance. There are no valid peer-reviewed studies or substantiated facts, just opinion and questionable articles. Dubious links...
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Roger Federer’s iron grip on men’s tennis continued in Melbourne with a remarkable 20th grand slam title for the Swiss. Grand Slam titles are intensely difficult to win, having to win seven 5-set matches in a fortnight is no mean feat. Federer seems to make it look effortlessly easy....
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As a British tennis fan, there is one certainty that will always feature in any tennis article. That is of course, Sir Andy Murray – everyone wants to read about him because arguably he is one of the best sportsmen the country has ever produced. Over the years, he...
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Going into the Australian Open, there were seven British players who made the main draw. On the men’s side, recently knighted world number one Sir Andy Murray was one of the two favourites for the tournament along with his rival and world number two, Novak Djokovic. Elsewhere, Dan Evans...
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After warm up tournaments across Asia, the first grand slam of the year got underway in Melbourne on the 16th of January – and what a way to start 2017. From two old foes fighting it out in the men’s final, shock early exists from the world number one...
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Becoming world number one is arguably the greatest achievement of Andy Murray’s remarkable career, even greater than his three Grand Slam titles and two Olympic Golds. He has achieved something which many believed simply wasn’t possible, and now surely is on course for a record third BBC Sports Personality...