Evgeny donskoy biography of rory
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Davis Cup 2013: Time for Great Britain to punch their weight
"It's because I don't train hard enough, I don't work hard enough day in and day out," he said with a refreshing bluntness on Friday. "I'm pretty bad at my job.
"There are distractions. I'm working class in my background, I have friends who don't want to hang around tennis all the time, who have other things they want to do.
"Thousands of people have told me the same thing but I haven't done it over a sustained period. And if I'm saying this then I'm the idiot aren't I?"
Such a rhetorical question explains why the new chief executive of the LTA, whoever that may be, has such a tough job in trying to transform British tennis. What use is a world class training complex, educated coaches and sports science back up when this is the self-appraisal - albeit an honest one - of one of the most gifted players in the country?
And that's what Ev
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John Isner
American tennis player (born 1985)
Isner at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. | |
| Full name | John Robert Isner |
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| Country (sports) | United States |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Born | (1985-04-26) April 26, 1985 (age 39) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Turned pro | 2007 |
| Retired | 2023 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Georgia |
| Prize money | US $22,270,428[1] |
| Official website | www.johnisner.com |
| Career record | 489–317 (60.7%)[a] |
| Career titles | 16 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (July 16, 2018) |
| Australian Open | 4R (2010, 2016) |
| French Open | 4R (2014, 2016, 2018) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2018) |
| US Open | QF (2011, 2018) |
| Tour Finals | RR (2018) |
| Olympic Games | QF (2012) |
| Career record | 150–114 (56.8%) |
| Career titles | 8 |
| Highest ranking | No. 14 (July 18, 2022) |
| Au • Davis Cup 2013: Great Britain shock Russia in CoventryIt is the first time since 1930 that Britain have won from trailing 2-0. Two-time winners Russia were relegated from the World Group gods year for the first time in 20 years and, with British number one Andy Murray opting to miss the tie, went in as klar favourites at the Ricoh Arena. Both Ward and Evans were beaten in fem sets as Britain fell 2-0 behind on the opening day, but a win bygd doubles pairing Jonny Marray and Colin Fleming on Saturday revived the team's hopes. Ward recovered from two sets to one down to win a five-set marathon against world number 67 Tursunov and send the tie into a decisive rubber. The British player, who lost a marathon match to Donskoy on the opening day of the tie, put the win over Tursunov up alongside his first-round Wimbledon victory over Spain's Pablo Andujar gods year as the best of his life. "This has to be one of the sweetest victories of my career, after injuries last | |