Andy Murray has been voted the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time. Murray, the 2013 and 2015 winner, took Olympic gold, claimed his second Wimbledon title and became tennis’ world number one in a remarkable 2016. Triathlete Alistair Brownlee was second and show jumper Nick Skelton third. “It’s been a … Read more
Former world number one has recorded a poor run of results in the last four weeks Twelve-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic has parted company with coach Boris Becker. Djokovic has worked with the former Wimbledon, US and Australian Open winner for three years. The Serbian world number two won six Grand Slams under Becker … Read more
Britain’s Andy Murray beat five-time champion Novak Djokovic to win his first ATP World Tour Finals title and end 2016 as the world number one. With the year-end top ranking on the line, Murray won the much-anticipated final 6-3 6-4 at London’s O2 Arena. “I’m very happy to win and to be world number one … Read more
Andy Murray won the ATP World Tour Finals title and ensured he finishes the year as world number one with a 6-3 6-4 win over Novak Djokovic at the O2. The Briton knew he had to beat the reigning champion to fend off his arch rival’s challenge to remain top of the rankings, and he … Read more
Andy Murray will huddle with his close advisors this week to plot strategy for the season-ending World Tour Finals starting on Sunday, where the Scot will play as top seed after seizing the number one ranking last weekend. Murray will also meet up again with coach Ivan Lendl, as the pair combine for the first … Read more
Some of women’s tennis’ best performers in recent years are missing from the year-end championships at the WTA finals in Singapore. Serena Williams — the record 22-time grand slam champion — continues to nurse a shoulder injury, Maria Sharapova is serving a drug suspension, Victoria Azarenka is pregnant and Petra Kvitova just didn’t do enough … Read more