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New Lawn Tennis Association chief executive Michael Downey hopes a collaborative approach can help Britain unearth the next Andy Murray.
Downey inherits one of the toughest jobs in British sport after years of criticism over the organisation’s failure to make the most of its annual multimillion-pound Wimbledon subsidy.
The LTA was labelled “useless” by Baroness Billingham, chair of the all party tennis group, earlier this year, but Downey, Tennis Canada president for the last nine years, sees an unrivalled opportunity to develop the sport at performance and participation levels.
“I wouldn’t have joined an organisation if I thought it was useless,” said Downey, at his unveiling at the LTA’s National Tennis Centre in London.
“I really do believe this is a great organisation, but great organisations can get better and need to continually get better, by looking at themselves and also being open to criticism from the outside.”
