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Archives for January 2009

What can we learn from Murray defeat?

Jonathan Overend | 09:13 UK time, Tuesday, 27 January 2009

: "You guys [the media] are expecting me to win matches like this. You don't think there's any pressure on me? If you guys don't think you're putting pressure on me then that's fine."

: "I understand how sport works. You cannot always play your best and sometimes the other guy plays too well. There are upsets every week in sport."

Andy Murray has grown up before our eyes in the past three years. He amazes us with his skill, , but tennis players lose matches - it's - and Murray has just lost a bad one.

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Desperate times as Rusedski plots return

Jonathan Overend | 11:00 UK time, Saturday, 24 January 2009

Greg Rusedski, who wants to come out of his two-year retirement, may swiftly revise his plans if he keeps getting knocked back.

He's been considering a comeback for a while, primarily with the motivation of playing Davis Cup for Great Britain again, and for the past week he's been badgering team captain John Lloyd.

With Britain so short of obvious contenders to join Andy Murray in the team, he was desperate to return .

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Media glare on Murray at Melbourne

Jonathan Overend | 17:58 UK time, Saturday, 17 January 2009

If you ask the British bookies who they make favourite to win the the answer would be .

"It's surprising to hear," says an amused , clearly fancying his own chances with his .

Which brings us to . Who does he consider favourite?

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