New British Tennis Champ is also an Aussie!
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New British Tennis Champ is also an Aussie!
Laura Robson, the 14-y-o British Wimbledon Champion, was born in Melbourne & lived there until age 6! Here's the news story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...nd-chores.html
Good, innit? Now we can claim our share of the honour, too
G.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...nd-chores.html
Good, innit? Now we can claim our share of the honour, too
G.
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Re: New British Tennis Champ is also an Aussie!
Yeah, the aussie bullshit is certainiy rubbing off on u,,...
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Re: New British Tennis Champ is also an Aussie!
Andrew Symonds is from Brum.
Can we claim him?
Can we claim him?
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Re: New British Tennis Champ is also an Aussie!
yes and she didn't touch a tennis racket till she was 7 !!!
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Re: New British Tennis Champ is also an Aussie!
As far as I was Aware she was born in Melbourne lived there for 6months then went to singapore till she was 6years old then over to England.
Hardly Australian!
Hardly Australian!
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I was paying attention to the box, and she gave fairly short shrift even ridicule to the Australian angle. And it was not edited in favour...
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she is british she was born in aus like Nasar Hussain was born in India!
But it tunrs out she has 2 couisns who have represented Aus at senior levels in Hockey and kayaking!
But it tunrs out she has 2 couisns who have represented Aus at senior levels in Hockey and kayaking!