Want to know who will win at Wimbledon? Listen carefully to the players’ grunts
You can tell quite a lot about whether your favourite player might win or lose from the primal noises they make.
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How Andy Murray and his coaching team served up a winning 2016
The world number one has made some interesting appointments to help Team Murray to the top.
Play stops rain: could ‘cloud seeding’ deliver perfect Wimbledon weather?
We have the technology to temporarily shift wet weather elsewhere.
When tennis marathons become too much of a good thing
Extreme match durations are more common today than at any other time in the modern tennis era. This poses a threat to the sport’s standard of excellence.
Can you spot a match fix by looking at the numbers?
You might think statisticians could work out if a player has been cheating – it's not that simple.
Is Serena Williams the greatest female tennis player of all time?
Williams is on track to eclipse Court, Navratilova and Graf ... but she's not there yet.
Double fault: Nick Kyrgios, Dawn Fraser and reputations under the spotlight
At Wimbledon 2015 there have been widely published, powerful criticisms about Nick Kyrgios’ conduct, both on court and in press conferences. Much of that advice is well intended, with the hope that a behaviourally…
The science of strawberries: why do they taste so good?
Scientists have discovered why strawberries often don't taste as good as they used to - and what can be done about it.
Sport can help with your asthma if you learn how to listen to your body
From Wimbledon champions to Olympic swimmers, asthmatics have reached the top and breathing technique is all important.
For sporting greats, knowing when to quit is the hardest challenge of all
As Wimbledon 2015 gets underway, the writing looks to be on the wall for Rafael Nadal. Will the Spaniard succeed where so many other top athletes have failed?
Two weeks of top spin and net returns: Wimbledon by numbers
A look at some of the tournament's revenues and how it compares with the other grand slams.
Born to win: top athletes don’t share a single talent gene, but hundreds of them
The genetics behind sporting ability are getting more complicated all the time - so don't waste your money on online tests.
Murray and Nadal past peak age, but don’t write them off yet
Two of Wimbledon’s top seeds crashed out of the tournament to players some years their junior. First, the world number one and second seed, Rafael Nadal was knocked out by new kid on the block Nick Kyrgios…
Do Andy Murray and Amelie Mauresmo have what it takes to win Wimbledon again?
You’re the reigning Wimbledon champion, the first Briton to win at home for more than 30 years. You’re facing the prospect of defending your title against a rampant Novak Djokovic and a dominant Rafael…
With clever marketing, Wimbledon can compete with the World Cup for viewers
For many sports fans, the final week in June signals the start of a fortnight to be spent enjoying the annual feast of entertainment, heartache and ecstasy served up by the world’s best tennis players…
Game, sex, match: the gender politics of Wimbledon
On a weekend like this, tennis stars like Andy Murray are the nation’s biggest stars. In many ways, sportspeople are no different from any other celebrities - be they reality TV stars, rock stars or film…
Grunting in tennis: what’s the racket?
Noise seems to be a bit of a problem in major sports tournaments. For many, vuvuzelas were the scourge of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. So much so that the BBC looked into ways of muting them on…
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