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About Abbie Boraston-Green

After her promising tennis career was cut short by a shoulder injury, Abbie went first into coaching and then a promotional position with the Lawn Tennis Association. She and her husband Paul live in Warlingham with their two children, where Abbie now works part-time for a national breast cancer charity. More Posts

Tennis at Melbourne

Both as a player and now a spectator and commentator Melbourne is my favourite tournament. Some may be surprised it’s not Wimbledon but there’re is too much flummery, too many camera takes of which A-lister celeb is sitting in the Royal Box, the strawberries and cream and other food is [...]

January 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Bring on Series 4 …

A word of salute to third series of BBC2’s police-procedural drama series Line Of Duty – first created and written by Jed Mercurio in 2012 – which finished on Thursday evening with an epic 90-minute episode. Having recorded the entire series, I watched said finale for the second time in [...]

May 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Shocking the world

Being occupied with other things, it was only as I retired to bed last night and turned on the radio that I first heard the news that Maria Sharapova had tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January. At a Los Angeles press conference which she had called [...]

March 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Not just a simple matter

Heather Watson’s enthralling match with Serena Williams last night – the five times champion eventually prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 – will no doubt go down in history as yet another example of ‘plucky Brit gives all but loses anyway’ stereotype but in fact this would be unfair to both players [...]

July 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

A night at the races

The sports editor is very keen that we do not concentrate on our sports alone. Nonetheless I was surprised on the first day of Wimbledon to be told that if I wanted I could join the National Rust party headed up by Bob Tickler on tour in the west at Windsor for the traditional Monday evening event. [...]

June 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Reaching your limit

Like probably millions of others, I spent a couple of hours yesterday morning flicking through the Sunday papers whilst tuned to BBC1, watching Andy Murray’s enthralling but ultimately futile attempt to win the 2015 Australian Open. In truth, Murray’s loss in four sets – ending with him [...]

February 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

Not before time

Well, I suppose it was bound to happen. Tennis is the latest sport to diversify into a short version of itself in pursuit of popular appeal and further commercial success – see here in Paul Newman’s article today on the website of THE INDEPENDENT When you think about it, developments like this [...]

January 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

Time to mint it, Murray!

With the reviews of 2014, together with the previews of 2015, now posted, we can all strap ourselves in for what looks like an exciting year of sport. I wish to begin on a positive note by addressing the likely fortunes of Andy Murray, Britain’s most successful tennis player to date, over the [...]

January 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Another factor to consider?

Probably the biggest sporting shock over the weekend was the late withdrawal of tennis legend Roger Federer, allegedly due to injury, from his final against Novak Djokovic in the ATP World Tour final at the 02 Arena. There are several issues arising. Firstly, Federer may well be genuinely [...]

November 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

Welcome back to the past

I am reliably informed that ITV’s global smash hit Downton Abbey, written by Julian Fellowes, returns to UK screens this coming weekend in the form of (is it?) a fifth series. Reflecting upon the potentially far-reaching implications of the Scotland independence referendum and sundry other [...]

September 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

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