OlahragaNews » Tennis http://www.olahraganews.com Here I am Sat, 10 May 2008 08:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Philippoussis ponders retirement http://www.olahraganews.com/2007/12/20/philippoussis-ponders-retirement/ http://www.olahraganews.com/2007/12/20/philippoussis-ponders-retirement/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:00:35 +0000 Olan http://www.olahraganews.com/2007/12/20/philippoussis-ponders-retirement/ philippoussis.jpgMark Philipoussis has admitted his tennis career could be over after suffering another injury.

The former Wimbledon finalist injured his right knee during the Australian Open wildcard play-off tournament.

The 31-year-old will undergo a fourth operation and said: “I’m not thinking about a comeback at the moment.

“I want to have that surgery and then I just don’t want to be getting up sore and going to the gym and battling day after day.”

He added: “I’m just going to be thinking about spending time with my family, spending time at home and then assessing things - you know, where life will lead me and what direction I want to take in life and whether I’ll be going again.

“And I’ll be honest. It’s more a mental battle getting back from injury after injury.”

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]]> http://www.olahraganews.com/2007/12/20/philippoussis-ponders-retirement/feed/ Murray wins British tennis award http://www.olahraganews.com/2007/12/15/murray-wins-british-tennis-award/ http://www.olahraganews.com/2007/12/15/murray-wins-british-tennis-award/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:32:11 +0000 Olan http://www.olahraganews.com/2007/12/15/murray-wins-british-tennis-award/ MurrayAndy Murray has been named the British male player of the year, while BBC Sport columnist Anna Fitzpatrick is the female junior player of 2007. Murray won the men’s category in the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) awards, voted for by members of the public.

Katie O’Brien took the women’s award after finishing the year as British number one. Fitzpatrick became the first Briton for six years to reach the semi-finals of the girls’ singles at Wimbledon.

The 18-year-old from Sheffield received more than 50% of the online votes on the LTA website, with Laura Robson, Jessica Ren and Jennifer Ren her fellow nominees.

“It’s really nice to win an award like this, especially as the public were able to vote for it on the LTA website,” said Fitzpatrick.

“It’s been a decent year for me, and reaching the Wimbledon junior semi-finals was a good result and a great experience.”

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