Roger Federer: harvesting the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Autumn: The season of warm sunshine and cool evenings, of golden mornings and burnished afternoons, of dewy lawns and slanting shadows. It’s a season of…
Andy Murray Archives: 09/2012
Murray & the British belles: Ten memorable US Open 2012 moments
It turned into one of the most memorable US Open’s of recent years. The weather may have been familiar, the climax on a third Monday,…
Andy Murray lights the final beacon in Britain’s 2012 summer
The signs were, if not in the stars then in the skies over London and New York. On one side of the Atlantic, summer gave…
US Open 2012: Mighty Andy Murray makes 76-year history in New York
They were the last two men standing. After tornadoes, heat in the 30s and humidity close to saturation, monsoon-style showers and gale-force winds, the No2…
US Open 2012: Murray beats Berdych & elements to reach final
It was Super Saturday at the 2012 US Open, so the forecast must be rain. Well, the threat of rain at least—enough to ensure that…
US Open 2012: Andy Murray routs Milos Raonic to reach quarter-finals
Andy Murray may have reached the final of the US Open before, along with three other Grand Slam finals. He may have reached the semis…
US Open 2012: Roger Federer and Andy Murray defeat Spanish Armada
Two of tennis’s pin-up boys were, conveniently, both given the big stages on one of the busiest days of the US Open fortnight: Labour Day…