Before you start to worry, I know nothing about tennis so you can expect this review to be free of inexcusable puns and lame wordplay (perhaps a first for me?). Thankfully though, if your knowledge of the sport extends no further than 'Tim Henman is rubb

Great Britain moved on the brink of a fifth consecutive Davis Cup win under captain Leon Smith after Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins beat Michal Mertinak and Filip Polasek of Slovakia to open up a 2-1 lead in Glasgow. Fleming and Hutchins, partners on th

Great Britain moved to within one rubber of a fifth consecutive Davis Cup win under captain Leon Smith after Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins beat Michal Mertinak and Filip Polasek of Slovakia at Glasgow's Braehead Arena. The doubles clash looked very eve

You first heard the worried mumbling about a year and a half ago, when Rafael Nadal won his third straight major. Since then, the worries have become a veritable babble, as Novak Djokovic has suddenly, inexplicably taken over the game. What if Roger Fede

Tim Henman has told Andy Murray that, if Novak Djokovic can suddenly become the most dominant tennis player in the world, then so can the Scot. Djokovic took his third Australian and fifth Grand Slam title last Sunday after a five-set thriller against hi

As Andy Murray confirmed his place at the top of the men's game in an absorbing Australian Open semi-final battle with Novak Djokovic, on an outside show court two young British players were winning the boys' doubles title to confirm the emergence of wor

Novak Djokovic's record-breaking five-set Australian Open win over Rafael Nadal will be talked about for years to come. Below are some of the other great men's Grand Slam finals. Roger Federer owned Wimbledon. The Swiss was going for a sixth successive c

SIDELINE CUT: The Scottish star has to bear the burden of the torch handed down to him by Fred Perry and Tim Henman, writes KEITH DUGGAN WHO WOULD be Andy Murray? Even in faraway Australia this week, all eyes were on the lanky Scotsman yesterday morning

Who knew that JD Salinger, who died two years ago this week, was a big fan of Tim Henman and his parents? And who, quite frankly wanted to know? Re-reading The Catcher in the Rye becomes difficult, if not impossible once you do know it. Did the creator o

Paul Annacone, the highly respected coach of Swiss superstar Roger Federer, believes the 16-time major champion has an unmatched passion for the game despite entering his 15th year on tour. Annacone, speaking prior to the official Australian Open draw ce

As Australia's only two realistic tennis prospects ready themselves for their most demanding fortnight of the year, they could do worse than take the advice of one of the sport's most astute mentors. Bernard Tomic and Sam Stosur carry the hopes of a nati

TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN COUNTDOWN: As Kim Clijsters returns to Grand Slam tennis after being out for most of last year, she tells DONALD MCRAE of her inspiration and her remaining ambitions ‘THERE HAVE been many moments over the last year when I thought

"There have been many moments over the last year when I thought it was all over," Kim Clijsters says of the physical ravages which continue to threaten an end to one of the most remarkable comebacks in professional sport. "These were the moments when I w

Alun Thorne looks at one of Birmingham’s hidden gems which is about to make new strides onto the international stage A Sunday newspaper recently included Edgbaston in its list of the top 10 places in the UK to live – and it’s easy to see why. The leafy e

Andy Murray has never wanted for friends in tennis. Many of the game's biggest names think he will do in 2012 what less-qualified sceptics doubt he is capable of ever doing: winning a grand slam tournament. In the fan club recently have been Goran Ivanis

I was in high school when I first experienced pro tennis in-person. One Friday in March, my Dad and I packed sandwiches, a couple extra shirts, and proceeded to drive 600 miles to Miami for a day and change at what was then known as the NASDAQ-100 Open.

THERE was a truly international flavour to the wedding of Northants county skipper Mark Taylor last Friday. Taylor waited until he was 40 before finally tying the knot with his long time partner Jill Livingstone whose dedication to the local teaching and

HBO’s animated comedy star Tim has new life. Could these be his times? When Monty Python needed an absurdly non-threatening name for a sorcerer in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” they introduced him with the line, “There are some who call me. Tim

For Top 10er Tim Henman thinks that Roger Federer can regain his No. 1 ranking. Speaking after a hit with the Swiss in London last month, Henman was not ruling out that his good friend could return to the top spot in men’s tennis. “I think with a rolling