It took less than two hours for the wave of domestic interest that threatened to swamp the AEGON Classic to slow to a trickle and then dry up altogether at Edgbaston Priory yesterday as British tennis suffered an Afternoon of the Long Knives.Read
Proof of Anne Keothavong’s new found conviction has never been more persuasive than that found at the AEGON Classic yesterday when the British No 1 breezed through her first match of the grass court season.Read
The award for most appropriate name of the week - I’m not entering this year having won six on the bounce - goes to feisty Belarussian Tatiani Poutchek.Read
Rejuvenated Maria Sharapova swapped the arid mountains of Arizona for the soggy lawns of Edgbaston Priory yesterday as the AEGON Classic made hay while the sun fizzled.Read
Tennis fans watching the AEGON Classic at Edgbaston Priory Club can expect to see a different Maria Sharapova from the one that has graced the competition in previous years.Read
In a glorious career that spanned four decades, brought 39 Grand Slam crowns and 67 singles titles in the Open era alone, it is her victory on the lawns of Edgbaston that remains one of the legendary Billie Jean King’s favourites.Read