At a packed press conference at Miami's Crandon Park, Andy Murray has announced his intention to skip the entire 2012 clay court season, including the showpiece French Open. The Scot delivered the massive bombshell just 24 hours ahead of his Sony Ericsson Miami Masters final against Novak Djokovic. Murray's reasoning is that he wants to [...]
Continue reading …Andy Murray advanced to the final of the Miami Masters without hitting a ball after Rafael Nadal withdrew. The Spaniard, who suffers from chronic tendinitis, cited left knee pain. Every time you play against one of the top guys in the world, it's always a good opportunity to see exactly where your game's at. I [...]
Continue reading …Andy Murray has made it through to the semi-finals of the Miami Masters with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory against Janko Tipsarevic. The Scot, who appeared to have been suffering from illness, lost the first set after initially leading 4-2. After receiving treatment for a stomach complaint, Murray was able to find the strength to [...]
Continue reading …Andy Murray is though to the Miami quarter-finals after a comfortable 6-3 6-4 win against Gilles Simon. The match had Murray holding serve after a tough 17 minute game but fortunately that was as tough as it got for the Scot on serve. Simon opened with a straightforward hold of his own but was then [...]
Continue reading …Andy Murray received a walkover into the last 16 of the Miami Masters after Milos Raonic pulled out of their third-round clash with an ankle injury. Murray will now meet Gilles Simon or Jurgen Melzer in the fourth round.
Continue reading …Andy Murray advanced to the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open today with a routine 6-2, 6-3 victory over Alejandro Falla. Under normal circumstances Murray would have been expected to make quick work of the Colombian, ranked 71 in the world. After last weeks shocking defeat to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, many pundits wondered if the [...]
Continue reading …The draw for the Sony Ericsson Miami Masters 1000 is out, revealing a potentially tough path to the title for Andy Murray. The Scot's likely path is as follows: R2. Istomin/FallaR3. RaonicR4. Simon/MelzerQF. BerdychSF. NadalF. Djokovic/Federer
Continue reading …Andy Murray has shockingly crashed out of the Indian Wells Masters in his first match, going down 6-4 6-2 to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. The Spaniard was ranked as high as 23 in the world last year, but recent times have been leaner and Garcia-Lopez currently occupies the world number 92 spot. The chief culprit for Murray, [...]
Continue reading …Perhaps it was the rigours of beating Berdych and Djokovic back to back. Perhaps Federer was just too fluid. Whatever it was, Andy Murray looked a little flat as he went down 7-5 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships today. Where Murray was safe, Federer went for broke. Where the Scot [...]
Continue reading …Hitting to an extraordinary length in Dubai today, Andy Murray completely dismantled the game of the man who has dominated world tennis for the last 14 months. The Scot, who recovered from a wobble when serving for the match, outplayed Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-5 to reach the final of the Desert Classic. Murray got off [...]
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