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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

LTA chief insists British tennis is going in ‘right direction’ after grand slam wins

Andy Murray pictured practising on a grass tennis court at Wimbledon.
Andy Murray pictured practising on the first day of this year’s Wimbledon. It is 10 years since the Scot won the first of his two men’s singles titles in SW19. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

The Lawn Tennis Association has insisted British tennis is heading in the right direction a decade since Andy Murray’s first Wimbledon win – although it concedes that more needs to be done.

Speaking exclusively to the Guardian, the LTA chief executive, Scott Lloyd, pointed out that Britain now had more players in the top 200 than at any time in the last 40 years – and was also the only country, apart from Spain, to have produced both male and female grand slam singles champions in the past decade.

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