He was given a “wild card” entry, and didn’t have to qualify.
Back to normality then!
Actually Cameron Norrie is still in it although given he is playing Federer I expect after Today the above will be true, and some might argue he is more a New Zealander than a Brit.
Indeed, I give as much credence to Cameron Norrie's New Zealand connection as I once did in the "British Empire" English connection once attached to a certain Greg Rusedski....
This is not "xenophobia". It may be bias, but I suspect every tennis tournament in the world will tend to favour home players when deciding court allocations.
This on the other hand, is "xenophobia"!Indeed, I give as much credence to Cameron Norrie's New Zealand connection as I once did in the "British Empire" English connection once attached to a certain Greg Rusedski....
Indeed, I give as much credence to Cameron Norrie's New Zealand connection as I once did in the "British Empire" English connection once attached to a certain Greg Rusedski....
Indeed, I give as much credence to Cameron Norrie's New Zealand connection as I once did in the "British Empire" English connection once attached to a certain Greg Rusedski....
That's the problem now that we no longer have "an empire coloured red on the map of the world" but made up a "pretend empire" that goes under the name of the Commonwealth, where residents of that exclusive club can play for England. Eoin Morgan does hail from Dublin and in that country of origin, there are those who decry his involvement with an England team.
Against that, why did they choose that parent rather than the other parent and play for the country of the other parent?
Konta's parents left Australia when it became clear that Tennis Australia would not support her development with any funding. And for those unaware she is missing Wimbledon thanks to a positive Covid test from one of her support team.
And was most impressive! Especially as she had played no competitive tennis between late February last year and early June this year. At least her schoolwork got her fullest attention.
Indeed so , losing by three sets to one to the "old timer"
But on the plus side just maybe we have a new British Women star of the future, although of course we should not put any expectation on her at this stage but many will.
Was not Laura Robson, some years ago, a new "British" hope who also had Australian connections?
Laura Robson was born in Melbourne Australia
I'd like to see an overpaid whingeing premiership footballer match their fitness. Would they play every other day, sometimes up to four hours a session, and without ten other mates to ease the burden?
You do get a sit down, a helpfully perky attendant, as much free Robinsons squash as you like and a snack every couple of games in tennis so lets try and compare apples with apples shall we?
I'm more a Cricket fan than Football or Tennis
In football you get 20 mins. break after 45 minutes of touching the ball possibly a dozen times, and have other breaks whilst your mates feign injury.
Footballers don't need much effort to be paid
Her family moved to Singapore when she was 18 months old and to the UK when she was 6 years old. A more obvious Australian connection is that as a Junior she twice reached the final of the Girls Singles at the Australian Open.
The women spend just as much time as the men training/practising without which the standard of play would be much lower. And the extra sets for men only applies at the 4 Grand Slam tournaments. This leads to a lot of unnecessarily long matches which is one of the reasons I enjoy watching the women's game while having almost no interest in the men's. While at the same time I have little interest in women's football as their different physical attributes, predominantly leg strength, means they play a somewhat different style of game: much more short passing with very few long-range shots on goal.
