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You and I might translate that as: "The saga over Angela's tax was a total pain in the neck, but it's given us the excuse to make some of the changes we fancied anyway."

British number one Jack Draper is fancied to go far, having reached the semi-finals last year in his breakout run at a Grand Slam.

When asked about the shot, Brook told Sky Sports he "just fancied it" and "backed myself" to execute it.

When was the last time they were so hotly fancied on a tour such as this?

Still, they weren't fancied to pull up too many trees against Real Madrid, but produced a remarkable first-leg display at the Westfalenstadion.