Murray: Brits must broaden horizons

Andy Murray is in no doubt the general malaise dogging British tennis needs to end if more homegrown players are to join him as a contender at the top of the game. The young Scot, who grew up in Dunblane, spent his formative years at the Schiller International School in Barcelona and trained at the Sanchez-Casal Academy. And he believes that leaving family and friends, as he did, may well be the only way a dedicated British youngster can go on and compete with the best from around the globe, saying: "When you look at the Russian women, every single one of them trained at a different academy and have all come from different backgrounds, gone to train in foreign countries and managed to find a way to do it." He added: "I do not know too many British players who have gone to train in other parts of the world, and I think that is... [read full story]