Carol Thatcher was sacked from the BBC's The One Show earlier this year after referring to a tennis player as a "golliwog".

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"This is the best place to be when you are a professional tennis player and I savor every blade of it, " Williams told reporters.

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Having beaten Andy Murray en route to his first Grand Slam semi-final at this year's French Open and now overcome arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, the 6ft 5ins right-hander is building quite some reputation.

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Redfoo, the son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, is a keen tennis player himself and has entered in regional qualifying playoffs for this year's U.S. Open.

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Entering this year, Andy Murray was the owner of the most dubious distinction in tennis: he was the greatest player never to win a Grand Slam singles title.

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