Jun
22
Love tennis, hate Wimbledon
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I love tennis but hate Wimbledon. That’s not quite fair on Wimbledon. If it wasn’t for that tournament, I wouldn’t like tennis. Huddled over Radio 5 (before it was also ‘live’) in 1991 with a supplement from a Sunday newspaper, I followed the tournament avidly (though could not complete the whole draw without teletext or [...]
Jun
12
When did sport transmogrify into pantomime?
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I take my sport seriously. I have a tendency to see sport as a metaphor for the really important things in life and express these emotions through the sport which, I argue, is healthier than to do it for real life. It does, however, have down sides. Like misery for a week when Liverpool lose [...]
Jun
8
Roger Federer: the greatest ever
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Roger Federer is the greatest tennis player ever. Fact. By winning the French Open he has rendered all debate on the matter meaningless. For a while, it looked as though the greatest tennis player ever may not be rewarded in history. That there would always be a lingering question: ah, but he didn’t win the [...]