Rapt for Ash. I've been following her partly in her first career, but much more in her second. I think she's great for the game too - game style and personality.
Just a belated shout for feliciano Lopez, not many players win an atp500 singles and doubles aged 37. In fact who was the last person to win both titles at an atp500 or above in the same tournament?
I wasnt sure where to put this - with the US Open nearly on us, this story on the BBC website is both touching and informative and makes us realise how terrible times used to be (and how we need to be careful not to repeat some of the mistakes we made 70 or more years ago).
I dont remember Althea Gibson as a player but do recall her name and achievements and had no idea of the hardships she had gone through to both get there initially but also to live a decent life after tennis
Can we talk for a second about...Filip Polasek. Out injured from November 2013 until June 2018. Doesn't play his first ATP main tour event until June this year where he teamed up with his current partner Ivan Dodig and somehow manages to qualify for the ATP Tour Finals. From futures to the O2 in 18 months. Unreal.
Can we talk for a second about...Filip Polasek. Out injured from November 2013 until June 2018. Doesn't play his first ATP main tour event until June this year where he teamed up with his current partner Ivan Dodig and somehow manages to qualify for the ATP Tour Finals. From futures to the O2 in 18 months. Unreal.