Mark Hodgkinson

Mark Hodgkinson, the former tennis correspondent of The Daily Telegraph from 2005 to 2011 and an award-winning author, has died unexpectedly at the age of 46. Hodgkinson was taken ill at his home on 4 February and passed away in hospital the following day. As his career blossomed -- from securing one of the most coveted roles in British sports journalism to excelling as a writer of sport, lifestyle and finance -- Hodgkinson remained forever encouraging, kind, reserved and quietly self-deprecating.