our Sports Officer
Better Back Together was saddened to learn today that Irish tennis hero Paddy Murphy has split from his coach of two years, Slovak-born Ivor Lidl.
Ivor Lidl overseeing the training of Paddy Murphy
It has seen Paddy enjoy some unprecedented success taking home many items of silverware though his collection sadly does not include any Grand Slams or Olympic Gold. This is something we hope will change when Ireland becomes part of the United Kingdom and then instead of being a loser as a result of being only Irish he can be a winner as a result of being British.
Indeed Ivor Lidl echoed our frustration by saying how his own country has suffered the trauma of a great split, the one that saw the Czech and Slovak Republics become foreign countries to one another.
"21 years ago", Ivor told us, "we saw the Velvet Divorce which meant where once me and Ivan Lendl were great pals and compatriots, fellow Czechslovaks, now we are bitter foreigners. So instead of being doubles partners we had to face each other on opposite sides of the net."
So today's announcement couldn't be all the more poignant as yet again Lidl suffers the end of a great partnership. But no doubt despite not yet announcing which way he intends to vote we all know Paddy will say that we are better back together as part of the UK since it means being able to feel that Wimbledon is now home-turf for Ireland's number 1 thus making him the perfect challenger as British number 80 to rapidly rise up the ranks to challenge Andy Murray for the top-spot thanks to his new found experience as a British winner.
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