First we canonised Emma Raducanu – then we hounded her off the tennis court
Since her US Open victory, the 20-year-old has been pursued by a hurricane of hype not remotely of her own…
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I just might have been a top tennis player but my teenage body had other ideas
When after two years of lessons I still lost to my brother I gave up – not recognising the impact…
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The unbreakable spirit of Andy Murray
The Scottish tennis player has achieved a late-career grandeur and nobility.
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The last days of Roger Federer
The tennis giant’s departure will take a generation of fans with him, but his retirement may also spare us a…
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Serena Williams has been a tennis player like no other, and perhaps the greatest of all
Williams’ legacy lies not only in her extraordinary success and mesmerising on-court energy, but in the path she forged for…
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John McEnroe: “You don’t win every time, no matter how good you are”
The former professional tennis player on his sporting heroes, his friend Taylor Hawkins and being painted by Andy Warhol.
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Djokovic vs Kyrgios was the perfect final for these discomforting times
Wimbledon gave us a moral quandary in the guise of a tennis match, promising to settle everything while in reality…
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From the NS archive: Wimbledon the wacky
1 July 1988: Wimbledon is a testament to all that is English – it is decent, proper, undemocratic and unfair.
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