Tennis

  • Baker takes first blood but fails to make cut for SW19
    19 June 2013

    The will was there but in the end, Jamie Baker's hopes of reaching the main draw at Wimbledon were ended yesterday by the experienced Russian Igor Kunitsyn in the second round of qualifying at Roehampton in west London.

  • Tired of labels, Dimitrov vows to make a name for himself
    18 June 2013

    When Grigor Dimitrov won junior Wimbledon as a 17-year-old in 2008, he thought he had made it.

  • Baker ready to tough it out
    18 June 2013

    Scotland's Jamie Baker will, today, attempt to complete the second of the three stages of qualification for a place at Wimbledon and join Andy Murray and James Ward, the British No.1 and No.2 in the main draw.

  • Queen's win has Murray set fair for Wimbledon tilt
    17 June 2013

    Andy Murray won a third Aegon Championships title at London's Queen's Club yesterday and said he was "in a good place" with one week to go until Wimbledon.

  • Scot aims for grand-slam glory after triple crown win
    17 June 2013

    There were a couple of glitches, and a couple of things still need ironing out, but Andy Murray completed the perfect week of preparation for Wimbledon as he won his third Aegon Championships at London's Queen's Club yesterday.

  • Baltacha heading to SW19 in fine fettle
    17 June 2013

    An emotional Elena Baltacha yesterday picked up her first title for two years as she beat Slovenia's Tadeja Majeric to win the Aegon Challenge in Nottingham.

  • Andy Murray clinches Queen's hat-trick as Wimbledon beckons
    16 June 2013

    Top seed Andy Murray came from a set down to defeat defending champion Marin Cilic and seal his third Aegon Championships title at Queen's.

  • Final preparations
    16 June 2013

    Andy Murray showed he is coming into form rather nicely as Wimbledon approaches as he defeated the in-form Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the final of the Aegon Championships in London last night.

  • Enqvist aims for senior moment to lift gloom of Swedish slump
    16 June 2013

    SWEDES used to reign supreme on the courts of Britain in June and July, but these days, tennis enthusiasts from the Scandinavian country should simply be thankful that Thomas Enqvist is still scurrying around the courts of the ATP Champions Tour.

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