Tim Henman News

The tennis court was once Donald Young's sanctuary, the canvas for the shot-making prodigy to etch out his own masterpieces.

THE last time Lancashire won the Summer County Tennis Cup, Stanley Matthews Jr and future Wimbledon tournament referee Alan Mills were in the successful team.

It wasn't the homecoming result he was seeking, but Rockville native Paul Goldstein considers his brief appearance at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic memorable nonetheless.

Because of a wild-card exemption, Goldstein played in a men's doubles first-round match with rising star and Georgia graduate John Isner, who began his professional career last year and beat four top 100 players at this event (No. 12 Tommy Haas, No. 47 Benjamin Becker, No. 54 Gael Monfils and No. 73 Tim Henman).

The pair hadn't been played alongside each other before, and they won't have the opportunity to do so again. They lost to American Travis Parrott and Slovakian Filip Polasek, 7-6, 6-3, at William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center yesterday. Parrott and Polasek advance to face South African Rik De Voest and Australian Ashley Fisher in the second round.

Since returning to the Olympic fold in 1988, the sport has produced a role-call of surprise champions including Marc Rosset and Nicolas Massu who have left the big names trailing in their wake.

Andy Murray has always looked up to Tim Henman and tried to follow his example, but this was going too far.

Campaigners opposing plans for a new eco-town at Weston Otmoor are planning to take their case to the High Court.

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Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic for the second time in two weeks to win his first top-level career title with a 7-6 , 7-6 victory on Sunday at the Cincinnati Masters.

It's been great to have family visit from the United Kingdom this month. My younger sister Georgie had come to see us once before, not long after we had moved here, but this was her husband Ben's first visit to ...

PROTESTORS concerned about the impact of a proposed eco-town at the former RAF Coltishall airbase have pledged to up the ante in their fight.

CARDIFF could have its own version of "Henman Hill" as the city prepares to welcome the Ashes Test next year.

Tennis Star Laura 'Could Earn A 50m' 1:36pm UK, Monday July 07, 2008 Britain's new tennis sensation, 14-year-old Laura Robson, could become the richest player ever in this country, experts have said.

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DID anyone spot the erosion of civil liberties that took place this week? A rave in Torbay, Devon, was reportedly cancelled when police threatened to shut every pub in the town.

Britain's Laura Robson kisses her trophy after winning the Wimbledon girl's singles final.

"Aaron Mclean's advisors don't care that their man has gone from hero to zero in the eyes of Posh fans in a world record time" Andrew Murray will never win Wimbledon.

Tim Henman may never have won a title at the All England Club, but he was instrumental in the development of Britain's latest Wimbledon champion.

London, July 7 : Having won the junior girls' tennis championship at Wimbledon last week, Britain's Laura Robson is set to become the richest tennis star in British sporting history.

Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe shake hands after the 1981 Wimbledon final. Photograph: Getty Images.