Brits need to show more grit.Byline: GregRusedski I WANT to see British players with fight, bravery and hunger. Those are the key factors - and not how well they hit their backhand and forehand forehand the head, neck, shoulders, withers and forelimbs of the horse. . Such technical skills need to be there too, but from a young age you have to have the desire Andy Murray has and Tim Henman Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE (born September 6, 1974 in Oxford) is a former English tennis player. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. and myself had. Look at Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one. His career best achievements are winning the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon men's singles titles. yesterday. He still wants to win every single match. That's what I'm looking for in the younger kids and that's what we're trying to teach the 14, 15 and 16-year-old coming through. I don't think the British public and media mind if our players lose. But they want to see that grit and determination. If they get beaten, so be it. But they need to have busted themselves in trying and left everything on the court. Then they will get more wins and things will get better. That's the attitude we are starting to change and need to see more o f. A n n e Keothavong criticised the Wimbledon crowd but I don't know if that's fair comment. If you're showing emotion on the court, the crowd really get behind you. It's not only the British public but also the British players. I'm sure when Murray gets in a close match, like with Tim Henman and myself, it will be loud out there. They will start to show up when we get that fighting spirit Fighting Spirit may refer to:
But we have to be realistic and objective about our performance at Wimbledon. Three guys drew players seeded in the top 20. We're now looking at the younger generation. You still have to help and support the generation that is there, but it's players aged 15, 16 and 17 that we're trying to progress for the future, plus the grassroots level. That's what we're putting in place, especially over the last two and a half years and the numbers of players competing are going up. I wish we'd had this system a decade ago when Tim and myself were still playing. Leading life assurance and pensions company AEGON is lead partner of British Tennis and is backing the sport at all levels, from grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. to world class tennis events. www.aegon.co.uk/tennis READ GREG RUSEDSKI AT WIMBLEDON |
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