Fed Cup 2017: Johanna Konta rises above Nastase and controversy to level tie with Romania
With so much at stake for both nations—a place among the elite 16 in tennis’s Fed Cup—and with two of the sport’s top players—Great Britain’s…
Davis Cup 2016: ‘Happy’ Kyle Edmund spearheads win in Serbia to set Argentina tie
Not for the first time this summer, rain was determined to make an appearance during the World Group Davis Cup ties that would determine the…
Davis Cup 2015: Djokovic, Murray, Nishikori, Raonic lead national hopes
When it comes to one of world’s biggest team sport competitions—and the Davis Cup this year features 126 nations—having the best players in the world…
Davis Cup 2014: One day, two wins as Andy Murray takes GB closer to SFs
Andy Murray has contended with poor weather, a tough schedule and sickness, as well as a vociferous away crowd on the surface that he finds…
Davis Cup 2014: Big guns Federer, Wawrinka & Murray play for history
There are surprises at every turn in this year’s Davis Cup quarter-finals, and those surprises are ensuring that tennis fever takes an ever stronger grip…
Fed Cup 2014: Romania end Great Britain’s promotion hopes
Great Britain felt control of their Fed Cup pool slip away after Romania came from behind to win 2-1 on Friday evening. After beating Latvia…
Davis Cup 2014: Murray and GB break new ground with win over USA
Ever since the first Davis Cup was contested in 1900, it has continued to enthral, to test and to spread the tennis word to an…
Davis Cup 2014: GB lead 2-0, as Murray backed by heroic Ward comeback
It seemed appropriate, somehow, that for Great Britain’s return to the World Group they should be pitted against their oldest, indeed their original, adversary. For…
Davis Cup 2013: Andy Murray leads Team GB into World Group
Several teams had already sealed their place in 2014’s Davis Cup World Group by the end of the second of three days of compelling competition…
Davis Cup 2013: Murray takes first blood but Dodig levels tie
The only time that the GB Davis Cup team had played Croatia before was in 2007, and the combined efforts of Andy Murray and Tim…
Britain’s Laura Robson and Heather Watson light up 2012
At the start of 2012, two teenagers heralded a tennis resurgence in a sport-mad Olympic Britain. Heather Watson, who would turn 20 in May, was…
London 2012 Olympics: Andy Murray eases into singles semis
Andy Murray’s quest for Olympic Gold remained on track after he eased past injured Spanish opponent Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals at…
London 2012 tennis: British women ready for Olympic challenge
Andy Murray’s fine achievements on the courts of the world in the last 12 months have rightly been capturing the tennis headlines throughout the Olympic…
Football has no place at the Olympics, says Pickering
Four-time world champion swimmer Karen Pickering believes football has no place at the Olympics. Pickering, 39, was responding to recent comments made by Arsenal manager…
World Athletics 2011: Mo Farah wins 5,000m gold
Great Britain’s Mo Farah won gold in the 5,000m final at the World Athletics Championships in Deagu on Sunday. Farah overcame the disappointment of missing…