Approach Shots: Sitting down with ATP Chair Umpire Fergus Murphy
During the Rogers Cup in August,A Jennifer Knapp sat down with ATP Chair Umpire Fergus Murphy to discuss his life as an umpire on the ATP World Tour .
Archive for December, 2011
Djokovic beats Ferrer to win Abu Dhabi exhibition
Novak Djokovic showed he remains the player to beat in 2012, routing David Ferrer 6-2, 6-1 Saturday to win the World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament.
Murray charts new path
ANDY Murray has diverged from the path that has carried him to the past two Australian Open finals, preferring the Brisbane International to the Hopman Cup in Perth, where the Scot has celebrated the past two new years.
Scottish sport’s highs and lows of the past 12 months
THE Scottish football year began as it is ending, with Celtic at the top of the SPL following a victory over Rangers.
Floyd in trouble, Djokovic in frightening form and Gayle unleashes thunder
‘PRETTY BOY’ Floyd in trouble again, Knighthood for All Black boss, Djokovic in frightening form and Chris Gayle unleashes thunder.
Rafael Nadal’s Lame Shoulder or Lame Excuse: Rafa Hedges Bets with Latest Injury
Is it simply that the greatest athlete of this tennis generation seems particularly brittle at times, or, less simply and more cynically, conveniently so? Suppose we offered a little pro bono work for the devil’s advocate here.
Friday Sports Fix
Boxing Day Test analysis, Perth Scorchers win another KFC T20 Big Bash League match, Rafael Nadal, Jelena Dokic, Mark Webber on a motorbike; get your morning Sports Fix here now! AUSTRALIA WILL CONTINUE BOUNCING BUNNIES Cricket: Michael Clarke signalled his ruthless intent during Australia’s emphatic first Test victory on Thursday by encouraging … (more)
Djokovic downs Federer in Abu Dhabi exhibition
The 24-year-old Serb twice broke No. 3 Federer in the first set and ran off nine games in a row in a one-sided affair that lasted only 44 minutes.
Tennis: Fitzgerald secures spot in semi-finals
GREYSTONES man Niall Fitzgerald clinched a spot in the semi-finals of the National Indoors Championships at David Lloyd Riverview last night.
Games people play
Very rarely does an athlete write a memoir at the height of his or her career. Such a chronicle, one assumes, would lack the perspective of someone looking back objectively.
Olympic comeback at age 50
After more than a decade of trying Stephen Ainsworth and his crew on Loki have been confirmed as overall winners this morning.
Nadal to take a break after Australian Open to rest ailing shoulder
Rafael Nadal will be taking a break after he tries to win another Grand slam title at the Australian Open.
Australian Open - Nadal to take February off
World number two Rafael Nadal will take most of February 2012 off as he tries to recover fully from a shoulder injury.
Greatest shows of all
The usual suspects are among the favourites to come second Italy, Germany, France.
Tennis News Net Notes for December 28, 2011
Former tennis player Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario of Spain arrives with her husband Jose Santacana to attend the Laureus World Sports Awards in Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi March 10, 2010.