the game because its the playoffs. It doesnt matter what happen. You have to be there and you have to play the best that you can." Ovechkin played all 48 regular-season and seven playoff

Andy Murray has become the oldest first-time No 1 since John Newcombe achieved it at the age of 30 in June 1974. But who is Newk? Easily identifiable by his nickname Newk and by one of the most famous facial adornments in the history of Australian sport - his moustache, heres what you need to know about one of sports living legends.Born in Sydney, Newcombe married his wife, Angie, a German tennis player, in 1966, but found himself exiled from the mainstream for five years after turning professional before the Open era. Newcombe won Wimbledon three-times A naturally gifted sportsman, Newcombe played rugby and cricket, but he gravitated towards tennis where his ultimate dream was to play for Australia and at Wimbledon.After winning the Australian Junior championship from 1961-63, he won his first Grand Slam title in 1965 by claiming the Australian doubles title with fellow compatriot Tony Roche. They won a total of 12 major titles together, which stood as an all-time record until the Bryan brothers era.He won his first singles title at Wimbledon in 1967 and won the US Open later that year. Newcombe poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup Newcombe ended up winning at the All England Club a total of three times, the US and Australian Opens twice each, plus 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and he helped win the Davis Cup five times.Serving, volleying and a hard-driving forehand groundstrokes were the cornerstones of his game. He was perpetual motion on the court with his imposing frame and powerful flat serve which would comfortably be good enough to see him fit in the modern game. Murray v Djokovic: The race is won Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic: Their previous meetings He was so popular that he also landed a profile picture on the cover of Sports Illustrated in August 1974.Newcombe was joint world No 1 in 1970 and 1971 but held it all by himself three years later.After retiring in 1981, he was inducted into The Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985 and elevated to Legend of Australian Sport in 2014. Newcombe in numbers...Grand Slam Results26-time major champion, and nine-time finalistAustralian Open W (1973, 1975)French Open QF (1965, 1969)Wimbledon W (1967, 1970, 1971)US Open W (1967, 1973)Open Era Titles67Open Era RecordOverall Record: 853-296Singles Record: 520-181Doubles Record: 333-115Check our game-by-game updates from Andy Murrays matches at the ATP World Tour Finals from London on skysports.com/tennis, our app for mobile devices and iPad and our Twitter account @skysportstennis. 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Varlamov made 33 saves and Ryan OReilly had a goal and scored in the shootout as the Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Thursday night.WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin said his broken left foot is healing well after playing almost three full games on it last month. The Washington Capitals captain, who won his third Hart Trophy as the NHLs MVP, suffered a hairline fracture in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarter-finals against the New York Rangers. He did not miss any time, playing in Game 7 the next night and then at the IIHF world championship days later. "Foot is OK," Ovechkin said on a conference call Sunday morning. "Right now Im walking fine. Im gonna start playing tennis soon so Im gonna be in good shape. ... Its kind of getting better. I feel pretty good about my foot." Ovechkin kept playing because he could not make the injury worse. He knew something was wrong but said Sunday morning on a conference call that he did not have an MRI until after playing for Russia in Stockholm. "I make a blocked shot. The puck broke my foot, and I played with it," Ovechkin said. "I nevver asked (Capitals trainer Greg Smith) or (Dr.dddddddddddd. Benjamin Shaffer) about lets make an MRI or something. I just played the game because its the playoffs. It doesnt matter what happen. You have to be there and you have to play the best that you can." Ovechkin played all 48 regular-season and seven playoff games for the Capitals, even though general manager George McPhee said he was playing through some other injuries. "I dont know how many games I miss for all my NHL career with injury, probably like maybe 10, maybe 12," Ovechkin said. "I dont know. But I know if I can feel it and maybe get some injection and I know I can play, Im never gonna say Im not gonna play. Its not my style." The broken foot was never considered something that would keep him off the ice for training camp. Thats even less of a concern a month after the injury. Neither Ovechkin nor McPhee revealed what injuries the 27-year-old right wing was playing through. ' ' '