| The latest Wimbledon tennis championships are | | | | of the British hopes is Andrew Murray. Over |
| nearly upon us and many people in the British | | | | the last eighteen months Andy has gone from |
| Isles are wondering when and where the next | | | | strength to strength and last year he had a |
| home grown player is going to win the | | | | brilliant tournament at Wimbledon. In saying |
| tournament. In this article I look at some of | | | | all of this I really do not think he has the |
| our hopes for this year and the future.This | | | | skills required to win the tournament.Andrew |
| is the first season in about the last ten | | | | may well continue to improve and may well be |
| when I feel that there is basically no chance | | | | crowned the champion of Wimbledon in the |
| of a British born player winning Wimbledon | | | | future. While a certain Roger Federer is |
| this year. Over the past decade I have really | | | | around it will be very difficult for any |
| believed that Tim Henman was going to be the | | | | player of any nation to win the tournament.As |
| man to finally bring glory to our proud | | | | for the future of British tennis I have heard |
| nation. For whatever reason he has always | | | | that Boris Becker has started to help some of |
| seemed to fall a little short,even though in | | | | our young teenage prospects and many other |
| truth he should be very proud of what he has | | | | new ideas are starting to be put into |
| achieved in his tennis career.There have been | | | | practice.I feel that the problem is that |
| at least a couple of times where he possibly | | | | there are very few courts where people can |
| should have gone on to win the tournament and | | | | just turn up to and play. You are able of |
| this may be one of his regrets when he looks | | | | course to pay at a local tennis club but |
| back at a long and successful career. His | | | | these prices can be very expensive for a |
| chances of becoming Wimbledon tennis champion | | | | family of four who just want to go and play |
| have now all but disappeared.Tim is currently | | | | on the spur of the moment. Most of the kids |
| looking a shadow of his former self and I | | | | would much rather go down to the local park |
| think that the best he could hope for this | | | | to kick a football around. This is a lot |
| year is a place in the quarter finals. Of | | | | easier and is free of course.If we really |
| course there is a slight chance that now that | | | | want a British champion of Wimbledon in the |
| the pressure and expectation is off his | | | | near future we have to have far more courts |
| shoulders, that he may thrive out there on | | | | accessible to the average man and his family. |
| the court, I certainly hope so.Greg Rusedski | | | | The tennis clubs themselves could offer free |
| is also in my opinion well past his sell by | | | | coaching to the under tens to get them |
| date. He will also do well to reach the | | | | interested in the game. These youngsters |
| latter stages but has never ever really | | | | could then become full members when they |
| looked like winning this tournament despite | | | | reach their teens and could be the future of |
| having a game which is well suited to | | | | each club. |
| Wimbledon.The most interesting and exciting | | | | |