Sports Speak

"Men's tennis has gone flat. There's no passion, no emotion from the players. They lack fascination."

"Men's tennis has gone flat. There's no passion, no emotion from the players. They lack fascination."

- A retired Boris Becker explaining why the women's game captures all his attention these days.

"I really loved the Spiderman - it is one of my favourite cartoons. So I really had a great time there with the 3-D."

- Sergio Garcia on his visit this week to Universial Studios. Still just a kid inside then.

"Now I'll just lick my wounds and get on with the job for the next one."

- Ken Doherty refusing to look back on his early exit from this week's Benson and Hedges Irish Masters.

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