WTA Wednesday

With the next Fed Cup round coming up and the Olympics being on home turf this year I thought I would take a look at the prominent British WTA players!

Elena Baltacha

 Anne Keothavong

Heather Watson

 

Laura Robson

Naomi Broady

Although the Fed Cup team consists of only Baltacha, Keothavong, Watson and Robson I felt it was only fair to include all players in the top 200, Naomi Broady is the sister to Liam Broady who last year was runner up in the junior women's title. 

Robson is most famous for her Junior Wimbledon win and Watson is famous for advancing to the second round of the French Open. They have teamed up for doubles and they appear to be the rising stars of British women's tennis, no doubt as they get older they will be able to hold their own and creep up the rankings.

Elena Baltacha has reached a career high of World No. 49 and has consistently been the British number 1, she has beaten players in the top 10 (e.g. Li Na). Anne Keothavong has also been British number 1 and has reached the third round in the 2008 US Open, and the second round of Wimbledon on three occasions.

These women have provided Britain with a steady place in the world of women's tennis, although there has been no Grand Slam winner to come out of this generation (yet!) they have each achieved relative success and I look forward to seeing the development of women's tennis in Britain, in particular if the appointment of Judy Murray as Fed Cup Captain!

Murray Watch Monday

Andy Murray has confirmed he will be taking part in the Aegon Championship this year and so will be trying to make it a hat trick of wins there on the grass courts of Queens Club (I am hoping to buy my tickets soon!).

You may already know but Andy Murray has set up a twitter page for his dog, yes for his dog! As Andy doesn't tweet anymore it is useful to catch up on the daily life at the Murray household. Of course it isn't really dogs tweeting but Andy's girlfriend Kim (a reason to vote her queen TWAG?) and sometimes we get a glimpse of Murray:

The Murray's have been busy promoting Set4Sport and Judy, Jamie and Andy all got together to chat to 5live, if you missed it you can download the podcast here. Judy Murray has also made various appearances on T.V talking about her Fed Cup victory among other subjects.

If you want to find out more about Set4Sport and see how you can get involved check out the website at www.set4sport.com

Murray Watch Monday

Half way through the Australian Open prospects are looking good for Britain's Murray, he has so far had an easy path but it will be his next few matches that really matter. 

If you have been watching any of his matches I think you will agree he is looking relaxed and has been giving good post-match interviews, joking more than usual for this grumpy Scot! During his match against Llodra there was some excellent shots and a few tumbles:

Afterwards his interview was possibly his best - 

 Judy Murray recently spoke about coaching and talks about her sons:

 

Still the press is obsessed with Murray's partnership with Ivan Lendl and during his matches the camera pans to Lendl almost every five minutes.  

Happy Chinese New Year from Andy Murray!

P.S. If your a Murray fan check out his blog.