Pete Sampras thinks so. Do you?

You’re a tiger! Grrrrrrrrrrrr…
Andy Murray did everything asked of him in 2008, except win a major. By the end of the year, he was the playing better than anyone, including Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, both of whom ran out of steam after gruelling seasons. Hence his nomination for the [...]

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Former world No.1 left his heart in SW19

Roger Federer has admited that winning Wimbledon in 2009 is more important to him than regaining his No.1 world ranking from Rafael Nadal:
“While I would also love to beat Pete Sampras’s Grand Slam record of 14 titles, and also to regain my No. 1 ranking, I place winning [...]

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Welcome back, Boris

We’ve been too frightened to go on about it, just in case we dissolved in tears, but Boris Becker has been seriously letting himself down - fashion-wise. Always so suave, he’d taken to dressing down to impress his gorgeous young girlfriend, Sandy Meyer-Wolden, leaving the house in zany psychedelic shirts, ridiculous trainers, stupid [...]

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Is there anything left to achieve?

2008 has been the year that saw Roger Federer come down from his cloud to show the world small chinks in his armour. He lost out at Wimbledon, Nadal stole his World Number One slot after 237 consecutive weeks. And now, the Swiss is taking some time off to enjoy [...]

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Say “g’day”, because she’s from Australia

Think of a city in Australia. No not that one, another one. OK, not that one either. Sit back, close your eyes, and think of another city that wasn’t either of the cities you just thought about. No, not Brisbane. Do it again… that’s right - Perth! Well done. And [...]

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No Boris, not like that!

Great Poker face, but his card holding technique leaves much to be desired.

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Tennis, China Open style

The Olympics showed that the Chinese are not afraid to put their own stamp on sporting events, and at the China Open the country has displayed its own brand of tennis tournament. The first thing that you will see at the China Open but probably not at Wimbledon is a group of [...]

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Her measurements are 34-24-35, whatever that means…

Yeah, we know what you’re thinking: that clay court specialist Guillermo Canas has a blessed life. Not only is he one of just two men to beat Federer in consecutive tournaments (along with Nadal), but he gets to bed down most evenings with a young supermodel called Fabiana (pictured).

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World’s second greatest player goes shopping…

Once the tennis season has finished, you’d assume that male stripper Rafael Nadal might relax enough for his left arm to deflate down to around normal size. But no, as things stand, it’s on a three-bags-to-one ratio with his right arm. Will those arms ever resemble one another? Computer says [...]

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Look who’s got a boyfriend…

Your luck’s run out, folks, Maria Sharapova and her long legs are dating a young gentleman called Charlie Ebersol - hence, she is temporarily off the shelf. He’s a wealthy American, who once survived a plane crash, and his dad, Dick, was one of the wise brains behind Saturday Night Live.
That’s [...]

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