Tennis

PAU Gasol wanted me to say hola to you. Congratulations. Can you compare this to what he did, back to back Lakers championships and your own as well, two straight at Wimbledon for you?
Thanks a lot. Everything is difficult, and very difficult compare, two different sports, no? But I am in contact with him all the time. For sure to have unbelievable sportsman like Paul inside the court, inside the court and outside the court is very, very good for our country.

Is it even more special for you to come back and win it a second time?
Every one is really special, no? Is difficult to say this one is more special. The other one was more dramatic, the way to win. So first title is always very, very special. And for sure after not easy year for me.

ANDY Murray's bid for Grand Slam glory at the French Open will revolve around a lifelong knee problem. It flared up again and required extensive icing after his remarkable five-set victory over Richard Gasquet.

World No4 Murray has a bipartite patella — in layman's terms, a split right-knee cap — and needs to manage the problem for the rest of his tennis life with the slippery clay of Paris a constant source of pain, particularly after matches that keep him on court for over four hours.
Murray said: “My knee hurts and I have just got to manage it. It hurts at different times of the year and there is nothing I can do about it because it was just something I was born with and I am going to have to deal with it for the rest of my career."

Andy Murray is determined to emerge from the darkest cloud of his tennis career with a grand slam title on the horizon.
He just does not want anyone to panic if it is not this summer at Wimbledon.
He said: “I’ve always said I’ll win one (a grand slam). It doesn’t have to be a rush and a panic. If you’re going in thinking ‘God, I’m not going to get another chance at this’ I don’t really think that is beneficial to your mindset or how you play.