Murray still likely to be the last Brit standing
an American university and not so long ago the LTA would have had a protective attitude towards that, like they want to make sure they get the credit. Now they have no problem with it and when a player wants to do things slightly differently they support them.
Norrie prides himself on being the fittest guy on the circuit. Again, that affects younger players when they see that work ethic.
Dan Evans, there is another example. A guy who had talent in abundance but before the drug situation, when he was banned for a year, had never fulfilled his potential in the sport.
When Evans came back there were two ways that he could go: either work 50 times harder, or feel sorry for himself.
He picked the right way and now
This year Wimbledon celebrates the centenary of the Centre Court and 100 years since it moved to Church Road. Play on the middle Sunday becomes a permanent feature of the tournament for the first time. It has been used for rain delays on only four occasions: in 1991, 1997, 2004 and 2016.
look at his professionalism. I think when he came back, he realised in the new world of British tennis there was no place for the old Dan. He would not have got help any more, rightly so because he had had enough bloody help, he had his three strikes.
And now look at him as an example of what he has achieved — late in his career but better late than never.
Of the younger generation on the men’s side, I think Jack Draper is the most promising. There are still things to work on but he is a little bit different and he has weapons: big forehand, big lefty serve. On grass he needs to work on coming in to finish points at the net.
Mentally he looks good. He won four Challenger titles this year and those are bloody tough. He has got top-20 potential for me. In terms of who is most likely to go far this fortnight, I go right back to where we started and say Murray. I think he looks good, really good. Depending on the stomach muscle which could affect the serve, I see him making the quarters.
As for Raducanu, with her injury problems I do not think that we should expect too much of her this fortnight.
The unique thing with Emma is that she came through and won the US Open as a qualifier, like an implausible, Rocky-style tennis movie!
And so she achieved greatness without doing the legwork that most people go through to win a Slam. So now she has to sort out some of the homework, she is playing catch-up. Her body was not ready for the tour so it will take time to get used to it.
It is a learning curve and it might take a couple of years for us to see her full potential but I believe she will come again.