Tennis

Evans above: GB triumph over Slovakia

13 February 2012

THE crowd at the Braehead Arena may have been missing a certain local hero over the weekend.
Doubles triumph gives Great Britain precious lead in Davis Cup tie

12 February 2012

GREAT Britain's chances of shrugging off the absence of Andy Murray to record an unlikely Davis Cup victory over Slovakia are too close to call ahead of the final day's play, but Scotland's Colin Fleming and partner Ross Hutchins will have the satisfaction of knowing they did their bit.
'Best career win' transforms Dan Evans from teenage troublemaker to Davis Cup upstart at Braehead

11 February 2012

DAN EVANS wore Scotland colours as he recorded the biggest win of his life yesterday but he could hardly have endeared himself any further to the Braehead Arena crowd had he opted to top off his outfit with a kilt and a 'see you Jimmy' wig.

Miloslav Mecir, the Big Cat with the cream of Slovakian tennis at his disposal

10 February 2012

TO a child of the 1980s, there was always something impossibly cool and charismatic about the way Miloslav Mecir conducted himself on a tennis court.

Dan dares to dream of breakthrough

10 February 2012

COMETH the hour, cometh the man.
Home advantage can be difference for Great Britain

10 February 2012

THE scoreline tells the story.
Smith has ensured players' study sessions have continued after graduation

10 February 2012

Leon Smith has had four wins in four ties as the AEGON Great Britain team captain but is aware that his toughest test yet will come today when his team contest the Davis Cup Euro/Africa Zone Group 1 campaign against Slovak Republic.

Novak Djokovic tells Andy Murray to chart his own road to the top

8 February 2012

Novak Djokovic believes Andy Murray must find his own path to glory rather than trying to copy the blueprint that catapulted the Serb to the top of tennis.
Murray's girls storm to victory in Fed Cup to reach world group play-offs

5 February 2012

AFTER Judy Murray's first Fed Cup win against Portugal on Wednesday, she said her role as the AEGON Great Britain Team captain was simply one of "keeping the players company".
Davis Cup gives British underdogs chance to emerge from Murray's shadow

5 February 2012

ANDY Murray won't be in attendance, but the need for a passionate Braehead crowd to come out and support the AEGON GB Davis Cup team will be greater than ever.

Elsewhere on Herald Scotland

Tears as Murray makes winning start

4 February 2012

JUDY MURRAY and Elena Baltacha shed tears of joy as they embraced after Britain had secured their place in today's Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group One promotion play-offs.
Murray's charges fight back to defeat Pool C top seeds Netherlands

3 February 2012

JUDY MURRAY remembers a certain tennis match between Great Britain and Israel with fond memories.
Andy Murray's withdrawal makes Britain's Davis Cup task all the more difficult at Braehead Arena

1 February 2012

LEON SMITH's hopes of taking Britain a further step along the road to the Davis Cup World Group may have severely diminished after Andy Murray decided to miss next week's tie at Braehead, but despite his disappointment, the GB captain has given his full backing to his former protege.

Interview: Djokovic seeks to emulate Rod Laver by winning four majors in 2012

31 January 2012

"Rod Laver did it, so why can't I?" Those were the words of Novak Djokovic yesterday, jaded on almost no sleep but still buzzing after the greatest match of his life.
How Djokovic went from Murray marathon to Nadal epic . . .

31 January 2012

It was a meticulous recovery programme, customised and refined for his specific needs, that allowed Novak Djokovic to triumph in the longest grand slam final in tennis history only 48 hours after another marathon encounter with Andy Murray.
Azarenka brushes aside Sharapova to win first Grand Slam in Melbourne

29 January 2012

The women's tour has a new No 1 and on the evidence of yesterday's stunning 6-3, 6-0 win over Maria Sharapova in the final of the Australian Open, Victoria Azarenka could take an awful lot of stopping over the months to come.