Ivan Lendl of 1980s
was my favourite, who made me cry often … he remained stoic is another matter
altogether. With his punishing topspin
ground strokes, Lendl won eight Grand Slam singles titles, reached the final of
at least one Grand Slam tournament for 11 straight years; advanced to 19 Grand Slam finals - was ranked No. 1 for 270 weeks – had many
honours – but never could win a Wimbledon.
Lendl had to move away due to back injury – has a relaxed life and is
now coaching Andy Murray. It was stated that in matches involving Andy Murray,
Lendl would look more like a modern art - with his arms crossed, or his chin
resting on his left hand; reserved and
serious rarely showing any emotion.
Lendl and Murray
broke … Andy
now has a new coach…. Australian tennis
player Marinko 'Mad Dog' Matosevic slammed the game and said he would never copy Andy Murray, in
his new hired coach. Matosevic, who is
world No.60, beat ninth-seed Croatian Marin Cilic in an opening-round 6-4 6-4
upset win at the Queen's Club Aegon Championship in London on Tuesday. If
you are wondering what the hype of the new coach is all about – it did raise
many eyebrows when Andy Murray announced Amelie
Mauresmo as his new coach on Sunday, ahead of his Wimbledon defence later this
month; he immediately got down to business practicing at Queen’s Club
under the watchful eyes of the coach.
Amelie Mauresmo won the women's singles title at Wimbledon and
Australian Open in 2006 and as a grass
court specialist is seen as the ideal coach to help Murray retain the Wimbledon
crown he memorably won last year after defeating Novak Djokovic. Mauresmo has experience of what it is like to
be a woman in this particular man’s world. She coached Frenchman Michael Llodra
during the 2010 grass-court season, when he won the Eastbourne ATP event.
She is currently
captain of the French Fed Cup team (the opposite number of Judy Murray with the
Great Britain team) and was on the support staff of Marion Bartoli when she won
Wimbledon last year. Last year when Murray won, there was the woman who started
playing at age of 16, entered the fray in the start of this century; did not
do much thereafter; was seeded 15th ats Wimbledon; defeated Elina Svitolina in 1st round; Christina McHale; Camila Giorgi; and Karin Knapp in the fourth.
Sloane Stephens in QF , in Semis No.20
seed Kirsten Flipkens and in the final
she defeated No.23 seed Sabine
Lisicki. She did not drop a set the
entire tournament. She also became the female player who participated in the
most Grand Slam tournaments before winning one, as this was her 47th tournament
~ known for her unorthodox and
intense style of play it was Marion Bartoli, who was then coached by Amelie Mauresmo.
Getting
back to the Q at the start, in the game of Cricket, it is the Gentlemen in the
middle with white coats with authority to decide – the finger going up,
signalling or ordering the batsmen to trudge back towards the pavilion. In the
ICC Women’s World Cup India 2013, Kathy Cross from New Zealand, was
the only female umpire officiating
alongside umpires from the Emirates International Panel of ICC Umpires and the
Associate and Affiliate Panel of ICC Umpires.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar.
11th June 2014.
