At the Tennis Works Forum on Monday 4th January, Tennis Works founder John Cavill, presented his approach to ‘Getting Juniors into Tennis and Creating their Pathway’. The presentation gave an overview of the most important areas John believes should be addressed to create a successful coaching business that gives customers great customer care and opportunities.

Andy Murray and Laura Robson survived a closely fought battle with Russia’s Igor Andreev and Elena Dementieva (6-4, 6-7(6/8), 7-6) to move through to the final of the Hopman Cup (Perth, Australia) on Saturday where they will meet Spain’s Tommy Robredo and Maria Jose Sanchez Martinez. Earlier in the day Robson lost to Dementieva 4-6, 0-6, however, Murray defeated Igor Andreev 6-1,6-0.

The last male tennis player to receive the Associated Press’s Athlete of the Year Award was John McEnroe back in 1981. The only other was Don Budge in1937 and 1938, for being the first player to complete a calendar Grand Slam. Though the AP prefers to pick Americans for their annual sports award – unless a foreign athlete does something extraordinary – neither Pete Sampras nor Andre Agassi has ever made the cut. So maybe it shouldn’t be the biggest surprise that NASCAR’s Jimmie Johnson won out 42 to 30 votes over Roger Federer and his world record 15 Grand Slam titles. Even if Johnson is a race car driver, which I’m told takes ‘skill’.

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