James Gray
@jamesgraysport
Followers
8,059
Following
3,208
Media
1,139
Statuses
14,106
Sports news correspondent at i ( @iPaperSport / @TheiPaper )
London, England
Joined August 2009
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
COME BACK TO ME TEASER
• 216902 Tweets
Pablo Marçal
• 150766 Tweets
PondPhuwin WeAre EP6
• 141609 Tweets
Olón
• 113606 Tweets
FURIA ES GRAN HERMANO
• 72422 Tweets
#XMen97
• 55057 Tweets
Natalie Elphicke
• 54774 Tweets
Bruno Mars
• 52397 Tweets
Chromatica
• 52332 Tweets
Suki
• 49390 Tweets
Marseille
• 48585 Tweets
ANTT
• 47088 Tweets
Mother's Day
• 46342 Tweets
Gazzede SoykırımaDurDe
• 41584 Tweets
Gunna
• 38673 Tweets
Steve Albini
• 38341 Tweets
SHEE SLAYS AT 20
• 32135 Tweets
Santiago Bernabéu
• 31109 Tweets
#SRHvsLSG
• 30225 Tweets
Piers Morgan
• 26022 Tweets
#RMAFCB
• 24982 Tweets
Abhishek Sharma
• 24000 Tweets
1st Dream of FAYMAY
• 23686 Tweets
Big Black
• 19387 Tweets
Belem
• 16548 Tweets
Tarık
• 16361 Tweets
Foxconn
• 10566 Tweets
Fiorentina
• 10279 Tweets
The year is 2035 and Andy Murray is limping into a fourth-set tie-break against one of Roger Federer's children.
68
603
9K
Roger Federer and Kate Middleton have filmed a piece about the ball boys and ball girls at Wimbledon, including having a hit on No 3 Court at SW19.
55
259
3K
Was told yesterday that after winning the title at
#RolandGarros
yesterday, after doing all his press (hours), Rafa Nadal went backstage in the press centre to thank and spend time with all the stenographers, sound people, production staff etc.
Class move.
38
239
3K
It's absolutely absurd that Ons Jabeur's parents will not be in the stands at
#Wimbledon
to watch her in a historic final because they cannot get a visa.
106
387
3K
Rafa Nadal confirms that his father and his sister were telling him to retire from the match.
#Wimbledon
49
174
3K
Netflix doc episode list (with key players for each)
Ep 1: Australian Open (Kyrgios, Kokkinakis)
Ep 2: Australian Open (Berrettini, Tomljanovic)
Ep 3: Indian Wells (Sakkari, Fritz)
Ep 4: Madrid (Jabeur, Badosa)
Ep 5: French Open (Auger-Aliassime, Ruud)
96
227
3K
The court invader at the
#AusOpen
final appears to have been protesting against refugee detention in Australia.
106
769
2K
Interesting to read
@sportspro
's Most Marketable Athletes of 2022 this morning.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Serena Williams
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. LeBron James
5. Lionel Messi
6. Naomi Osaka
7. Virat Kohli
8. Alex Morgan
9. Sam Kerr
10. Tom Brady
53
269
2K
Emma Raducanu: "Really sad to leave here. It’s probably my favourite tournament. But also in a way happy because it’s a clean slate. I’m gonna drop down the rankings and climb my way back up. The target is off my back. I have another chance to claw my way back up there."
#USOpen
63
132
2K
Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic both sign up to play the Giorgi Armani Classic at the Hurlingham Club next week.
With Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud confirmed, plus Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu possibly also involved, it could literally be bigger than any event on grass so far...
38
152
2K
Andy Murray there virtually guaranteeing that there will be *a lot* of Saltires on show in Melbourne next week. He should probably be selling them out the back of his van...
22
204
2K
Booed off on No 1 Court, Victoria Azarenka laughed, shook her head and banged her fists together in response as she left the court.
#Wimbledon
140
51
2K
Emma Raducanu on the pressure of heading to New York as defending champion: "There's no pressure. Like, why is there any pressure? I'm still 19. Like, it's a joke. I literally won a slam."
87
92
2K
Rafa Nadal on retirement: "A couple of weeks ago I was close to it [retirement]. Now I don't feel that way. I don't fear that day. I have a very happy life outside of tennis, even if tennis is a very big part of my life."
#Wimbledon
25
106
2K
Paula Badosa discusses a sex dream she had about Stefanos Tsitsipas in her post-match press conference.
I don't know how much more of this I can take.
131
53
1K
"You're just a shit Steven Gerrard" sing the Spurs fans at Frank Lampard. Needless to say, he does not see the funny side.
#TOTEVE
9
114
1K
Best thing about Iga Swiatek today? She stopped and signed a load of autographs before coming off court, which players who have lost don't often do.
Nice touch.
#Wimbledon
15
67
1K
Venus Williams on doubles: "It was Serena's idea. She's the boss. I'll do whatever she tells me to do!"
#USOpen
8
81
1K
Novak Djokovic walks out on Rod Laver for the first time in two years.
A universally welcoming reception.
#AusOpen
16
50
1K
Ons Jabeur has reached three grand slam finals and won more matches at majors than everyone except Swiatek and Sabalenka over past three years.
That's more than noise, that's actually consistency.
Not surprised at all. I never understood the noise about Ons Jabeur.
2
0
5
21
87
1K
Tennis players: The season is too long, we're exhausted, we can't possibly play all these different tournaments.
Also tennis players: We're going on a two-week exhibition tour during the off-season!
68
65
1K
Roger Federer: "I've missed being here. I would have loved to be here. I knew walking out here last year, it was gonna be a tough year ahead. Maybe I didn't think it was gonna take me this long to come back but the knee has been rough on me. But I've been happy."
3
80
1K
Officially confirmed that a peak audience of 11.3 million watched Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic on BBC One in the
#Wimbledon
final, the highest viewing figures for a final since Andy Murray won in 2016.
Another 4.1 million streamed it online.
15
82
992
Stefanos Tsitsipas on Rafa Nadal: "When he says he cannot play and he has foot problems, that's where I feel like he's the most threatening in terms of his performance. It's actually reverse psychology in a way.
"I have a lot of respect for what he did at the French Open."
40
73
973
Great story from Andy Murray about how his wife saw Novak Djokovic win the French Open - and sent him a message about why she was so proud of him for grinding on the Challenger Tour.
👇
25
53
986
Not confirmed but a good chance that Centre Court ticket-holders tomorrow could see Djokovic, Alcaraz, Murray, Swiatek and Wawrinka.
Insane.
#Wimbledon
21
24
942
Rafa Nadal says he will have "some more tests" on Thursday to assess the abdominal injury.
"I am used to pain and to play with problems."
#Wimbledon
20
76
911
Rafa Nadal into press extremely quickly after defeat to Frances Tiafoe.
Simple verdict.
"I played a bad match. He played a good match."
#USOpen
32
73
864
Elena Rybakina asked how she thinks her parents will react when she speaks to them for the first time - and bursts into tears.
"You wanted to see emotion!" she laughs!
7
37
817
Emma Raducanu pretty much summing up how we all feel about Novak Djokovic at the moment.
35
63
795
Rafa Nadal on Djokovic absence: “It’s very sad news. Not having one of the best players of the history in the draw of a grand slam is an important miss. We want to have the best field possible. But the sport is, in some ways, bigger than any player.”
#USOpen
79
68
801
Nick Kyrgios in typical form: "A big part of me just wants the US Open to be over so I can go home."
#USOpen
66
51
802
BREAKING: Netflix will release the last five episodes of Break Point, their fly-on-the-wall tennis documentary, on Wednesday 21 June, 10 days before Wimbledon.
26
45
782
Aryna Sabalenka confirms she now has a UK visa and will be at Wimbledon.
24
64
762
Ukraine's No 1 tennis player Anhelina Kalinina grew up in Nova Kakhova. Earlier this month, a dam was destroyed, creating widespread destruction, flooding and environmental damage.
This is what she has lost.
40
122
727
Quite a downbeat press conference from Rafa Nadal, unable to say for sure what his status in the tournament going forward will be.
However, my prediction will be he will play on Friday. Hard to see why he would not at least try, knowing him, knowing what is at stake.
42
41
711
Novak Djokovic: "Nadal was the better player in the important moments. I had chances in the fourth, served for the set, couple of set points, just one or two shots could have taken me into the fifth then it's anybody's match. He showed why he is a great champion."
#RolandGarros
8
75
694
Aryna Sabalenka asked a lengthy and passionate question about the war.
She says that no athletes, Russian athletes, Belarusian athletes, support the war.
Probably the strongest statement she has made about the war.
#RolandGarros
72
41
701
One major question for Novak Djokovic at the moment is regarding his movements after testing positive on 16 December. Someone asked his family if "he was at an event on the 17th of December". This was the response:
106
190
677
Biggest cheer of the day, of course, is for Roger Federer - who is wearing white trainers with his suit, which I sort of think should be banned.
#Wimbledon
47
46
659
Rafa Nadal’s coach Marc Lopez talking to Spanish radio station COPE:"I'm positive and I trust that Rafa's foot will last until Sunday.... After the wear and tear against Djokovic, he got up with pain.”
Would fit with reports he only hit for 30 of scheduled 90 mins yesterday.
63
69
659
NEW: Andrey Rublev's appeal over his controversial DQ last week has been partially successful.
The ATP have reinstated his prize money and ranking points in Dubai, saying Rublev losing them would be "would be disproportionate in this case".
65
94
666
Punchy from Stefanos Tsitsipas who says Novak Djokovic has been "playing by his own rules".
"We've all followed the protocols to compete in Australia... and a very small minority chose to follow their own way which makes [us] look like fools."
#AusOpen
119
135
649
Marta Kostyuk on being booed by the French Open crowd.
"I did not expect it. I have no reaction to it but people should be, honestly, embarrassed."
#RolandGarros
80
34
659
Very weird pictures from behind the scenes at the
#FigureSkating
. New Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova standing awkwardly on her own, Alexandra Trusova crying what don't look like tears of silver medal joy.
Pandemonium.
#Beijing2022
9
101
630
Serena Williams asked if this is *definitely* her last tournament.
"I've been pretty vague about it, right? I'm gonna stay vague because you never know."
👀👀
#USOpen
13
61
636
I have asked
@MutuaMadridOpen
for an explanation for this and have not been provided with one.
Which means at present the idea that they were scared of Azarenka embarrassing them so they gagged her is the most credible one. Absolutely scandalous.
This is bizarre. The women's doubles presentation went off without anyone interviewing either team. No winning speech, no losing speech.
Both men's doubles teams addressed the crowd, winners and losers.
7
6
160
26
86
636
One of these men will be in the
#AusOpen
semi-finals
Popyrin
Shelton
Wolf
Mmoh
Murray
Kokkinakis
Holt
Bautista Agut
Paul
Brooksby
33
34
630
Has anyone else struggled to see the ball in Cincinnati this week? On a sunny day it seems to be virtually impossible.
#CincyTennis
65
17
624
Novak Djokovic: "I gave my best. I know that I could have played better. I'm proud of fighting and staying to the last shot. I lost to the better player today."
#RolandGarros
10
66
592
Emma Raducanu will play Naomi Osaka in a charity match on Tuesday 9 January at Melbourne Park, kicking off at 7.30am UK time.
17
43
568
In other news,
#Wimbledon
have just announced that they are reducing men's doubles from five sets to three sets from this year.
65
55
563
Ons Jabeur: "I hope Serena goes in Iga's side [of the Wimbledon draw]!"
15
20
534
More Tsitsipas on Kyrgios: "It's constant bullying. He bullies his opponents. He was probably a bully at school."
#Wimbledon
47
53
519
Andy Murray after his
#USOpen
defeat
"I'm surprised I'm still able to compete with guys that are right up at the top of the game. I'm really proud that I have worked myself into a position where I'm able to do that. I'm really disappointed that I didn't get over the line today."
3
39
536
#TeamGB
figure skater Natasha McKay just said that the decision to allow Kamila Valieva to skate means the
#FigureSkating
is not 'a level playing field'.
Imagine she is not the only feeling like that tonight.
#Beijing2022
6
70
518
Andy Murray has just won the most ridiculous point possibly of all time to break back, saving four smashes and drawing the error.
Thanasi Kokkinakis is furious, smashes his racket and then has another go at the umpire over a time violation.
This is insane.
#AusOpen
13
28
499
BREAKING
Novak Djokovic WILL play the Australian Open after receiving a medical exemption from the vaccination mandate.
He heads to Australia today.
233
94
466
NEW: Anastasia Potapova has been formally warned by the WTA after walking out at Indian Wells wearing a Spartak Moscow football shirt.
Doing so was deemed neither "acceptable or appropriate" and it is not expected to happen again.
#TennisParadise
73
51
491
In further drama, Rafa Nadal is having a prolonged conversation with Lorenzo Sonego after beating him in straight sets.
Nadal unhappy with Sonego's grunting, it seems.
Looks like they are going to discuss it afterwards...
#Wimbledon
47
35
475
Stefanos Tsitsipas after his shock defeat to Daniel Galan said something quite unusual last night, admitting that absences of Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev put more pressure on him to perform at the
#USOpen
because he could have taken a big step towards No 1.
43
31
468
Aryna Sabalenka practising against Elena Rybakina on Centre Court with the roof shut.
Sabalenka currently getting the upper hand pretty comfortably. Not a lot of confidence in the defending champion’s game atm…
#Wimbledon
22
12
467
Have found Roger Federer in south London, opening two refurbished (and very snazzily painted) tennis courts.
8
51
458
Amazing that, after all these years, Venus Williams can still get lost at Wimbledon...
🤣🤣
5
27
441
Am hearing that peak audience for Djokovic vs Alcaraz topped 11 million on the BBC yesterday.
Mega numbers.
#Wimbledon
11
28
452
Rafa Nadal on night tennis: "I don't like to play on clay at night because the humidity, conditions can be very heavy."
Intriguing to see if, assuming we get it, his quarter-final against Novak Djokovic is scheduled for a night session.
#RolandGarros
53
46
443
Spectacular shithousery from Taylor Fritz, who guarantees he will get booed for the rest of the tournament - and I am here for it.
#RolandGarros
47
32
440
After beating James Duckworth, Andy Murray says he had a scan on his abdominal injury on Saturday and it came back completely clear so the injury is healed.
#Wimbledon
6
18
432
Tsitsipas on hitting the ball out of the court: "It was really bad from my side. I've never done that before. I did apologise. I don't know what went through my head. With all the circus show going on on the other side of the net, it started to become very tiring."
11
33
413
Absolutely amazing to hear Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tell Andy Murray on the Today programme she watched him win Wimbledon in 2016 from solitary confinement on the TV they gave her with only two channels.
'That's made me quite emotional,' he says.
5
25
411
Dominic Thiem officially out of the Wimbledon draw.
Probably not a huge surprise given ongoing fitness battle, and the fact he has not won a match there since 2017.
#Wimbledon
17
44
403
BREAKING: Emma Raducanu is out of Birmingham next week due to side strain suffered in Nottingham but expects to be fit for Eastbourne and of course Wimbledon.
19
43
398
Stefanos Tsitsipas: "I enjoyed my tennis today. A bit disappointed with some of the things that went down, especially when they are repetitive over and over again. It starts to get really difficult to ignore. Like a circus."
#Wimbledon
16
35
386
Furthermore, and worth adding to this thread, Novak Djokovic is not responsible for his parents. (God help is if we are…). As I said in an early thread about these fans, it’s not his war and he has made notable contributions to Ukrainian players.
35
41
366
Elina Svitolina's message to the tour on the war
"A lot of rubbish is happening around the situation where we have to focus on what the main point of what is going on. A lot of people, Ukrainian people, need help and need support...
12
32
361
Novak Djokovic on Tim van Rijthoven: "I've watched play a couple of matches here and in the Netherlands. It's quite impressive the way he has won and against Medvedev quite comfortable. I know his coach, his mother is Serbian."
#Wimbledon
7
22
355
Asked Karen Khachanov how, if it is Tsitsipas vs Djokovic, Stefanos can beat him.
"Maybe he can give Daniil a call." (with a laugh)
Not sure that call will ever quite get made KK...
🤣
#AusOpen
8
21
359
This match will either convince Andy Murray to play for three more years or quit tennis tomorrow and sleep for a year.
#AusOpen
4
45
360
Rafa Nadal on his next move: "I need to go back. I need to fix things, life, then I don't know when I going to come back. I going to try to be ready mentally. When I feel that I will be ready to compete again, I will be there."
#USOpen
18
29
345
It's important to note that Djokovic's medical exemption was granted by two separate medical panels, appointed by Tennis Australia, and they assessed an anonymous application form.
It is separate from the application that ordinary travellers from overseas go through.
61
108
335
Perhaps the most emotional I've ever seen Novak Djokovic after winning a grand slam.
Climbs into his box to celebrate with his team and is lying on his back, sobbing. Quite remarkable.
#AusOpen
28
27
340
Respected Serbian journalist
@ozmo_sasa
reports that Srdjan Djokovic in fact said “Živeli, ljudi”, meaning “cheers, guys”.
The video, which has been viewed more than 180,000 times, is still up with the subtitle "long live the Russians".
9
72
327
#Wimbledon
show court practice sessions today
Centre Court
- 1.30pm: Iga Swiatek
- 2.15pm: Serena Williams
No 1 Court
- 1.30pm: Andy Murray and Dan Evans
- 2.15pm: Garbine Muguruza and Emma Raducanu
6
36
321
Netflix strikes again.
Alexei Popyrin knocks out Taylor Fritz.
Ons Jabeur and Thanasi Kokkinakis still to play tonight...
#AusOpen
24
48
324
Years since last title: 4
Years since last clay title: 7
Years since last Challenger title: 18
Andy Murray has his hands on some silverware again.
0
13
318
Quite remarkable that a three-time grand slam champion is currently playing a top-10 tennis player in a final and it's only available on a subscription TV service with no commentary.
Murray 1-0 up against Berrettini, by the way.
23
11
317