Serbia’s Novak Äoković beat Britain’s Andy Murray 6-4 6-2 6-3 to win his second Australian Open title on Sunday.
The third seed won his only previous grand slam title in Melbourne in 2008.
Posts Tagged ‘Andy Murray’
Kim Sears Supports Andy Murray at the Championship
June 11th, 2010 |
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It seems like Andy Murray, the Scottish tennis star, has a secret weapon in the crowd, due to which he managed to storm to victory at the Aegon Championships that happened on Tuesday.
Apart form his mother Judy, there was Kim Sears, his ex girlfriend who cheered him during the championship. One should admit that [...]
Federer maintains big lead in unchanged ATP top 10
April 12th, 2010 |
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Roger Federer maintained his big lead in the men’s tennis rankings issued Monday by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) into the European clay court season which kicked off on the weekend.
Federer has 10,765 points, leading in an unchanged top 10 from Novak Djokovic of Serbia (7,630) and Spain’s Rafael Nadal (6,980).
The five-time reigning champion [...]
Federer maintains ATP lead; Miami champion Roddick climbs
April 5th, 2010 |
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Roger Federer retained a comfortable lead at the top of the men’s tennis rankings issued Monday by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) despite an early exit at the Miami Masters last week.
The Swiss Federer, who was knocked out in Florida by Czech Tomas Berdych, has 10,765 points to lead second-placed Serb Novak Djokovic (7,630) [...]
Federer waits out weather, earns demanding Miami win
March 30th, 2010 |
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Roger Federer waited out a four-hour rain delay, then triumphed Monday in an exchange of thundering groundstrokes 7-6(2), 7-6(3) over a fired-up Frenchman Florent Serra to reach the fourth round of the Miami Masters.
“I still have to tidy up my game a bit, being one break up in the first set and two breaks up [...]
Gritty Nadal does it tough for victory over Nalbandian
March 29th, 2010 |
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Rafael Nadal worked to control an old foe while women’s second seed Caroline Wozniacki overcame a bout of illness to advance Sunday at the Miami Masters.
With grey skies and humidity replacing sunshine, number four Nadal staged a fightback after losing a marathon first set, constructing a 6-7 (8-10), 6-2, 6-2 third-round win over Argentine David [...]
Sweet 16 as FedEx blasts past Murray
February 1st, 2010 |
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The master did it again. Roger Federer has a 16th Grand Slam title, a fourth in Australia and his dominance over men’s tennis shows no sign of ever ending. Britain’s long wait continues. The added burden of 74 years of expectation was too much for Andy Murray and he was unable to produce his
Murray praised for battle but Federer wins
February 1st, 2010 |
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Andy Murray failed to overcome Roger Federer and win Britain’s first men’s Grand Slam title in 74 years, but he earned the applause of the Australian media Monday for his fight against the Swiss master. Amid soaring expectations from the British public, Murray lost Sunday’s final in straight
Murray enters Oz Open semi-finals after injured Nadal withdraws
January 27th, 2010 |
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British tennis star Andy Murray produced some awesome tennis on Tuesday against defending champion Rafael Nadal, before the latter withdrew from their match injured.
The 22-year-old Scotsman led their quarter-final 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 3-0 before Nadal pulled out shortly after receiving treatment for a knee injury, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Nadal had been the reigning champion [...]
Nadal reaches fourth round as Clijsters crumbles
January 23rd, 2010 |
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Rafael Nadal saw off another challenge to his title defence at the Australian Open Friday while US Open champion Kim Clijsters was handed a shock third-round loss.
Second seed Nadal defeated German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 with the straightforward win propelling the Spaniard into the fourth round and a 5-0 mark over his opponent [...]
Federer leads ATP rankings into Australian Open
January 18th, 2010 |
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Roger Federer of Switzerland took first place in the men’s tennis rankings into the Australian Open which started Monday.
Federer has 10,550 points in the ATP list issued on the day as he bids for his first Melbourne title since 2007.
Spanish rival Rafael Nadal, the defending Australian Open champion, has 9,310 points. The 2008 winner [...]
Murray tipped to spoil Federer’s party
January 18th, 2010 |
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Roger Federer is the bookmakers’ pick to win the Australian Open and it is hard to go past his Grand Slam dominance but influential pundits are tipping it is Andy Murray’s time. All-time Grand Slam leader Federer is gunning for his 16th major title over the next fortnight after passing Pete
Simon Cowell tops Worst Celebrity Hair of 2009 poll
December 11th, 2009 |
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Simon Cowell‘’s haircut has topped a poll for the ”Worst Celebrity Hair” of 2009.
In the annual Brylcreem survey, the TV judge’’s short back and sides was voted worse than Russell Brand’’s shaggy mane and Gordon Brown’’s side-parting.
Meanwhile, Peter Andre picked up the gong for top celebrity haircut, reports the Mirror.
Also included in the list were [...]
Swiss master on a roll as he ends year at summit
November 26th, 2009 |
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Roger Federer has hailed his ability to stay on top of the tennis world as the 15-time Grand Slam winner ensured he finished the season as world No1 on Tuesday. “It is one of the greatest performances I think I have achieved,” said Federer after defeating Andy Murray at the ATP World Finals in
Payback time for Fed Express
November 24th, 2009 |
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Reigning world No1 Roger Federer is looking forward to the chance for revenge against Andy Murray in the ATP World Tour Finals in London tonight. Federer suffered a costly defeat to Murray in the group stage of the end-of-season event when it was held in Shanghai last year – a loss that ended
Winning more important to Murray than money
November 21st, 2009 |
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British tennis player Andy Murray has said that winning in tennis is much more important to him, and that he is not motivated by the money that is on offer.
The highest-ranked British player since Fred Perry has won 2.25-million pounds in prize money this year, and also stands to bank another one million pounds if [...]
Murray looking to utilize home advantage for ATP Finals
November 19th, 2009 |
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British tennis player Andy Murray has said he is looking forward to utilizing the huge home advantage at the O2 Arena for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, which start on Sunday.
The tournament has switched to London for five years after moving around the world, and the highest-ranked British player aims to finish the season [...]
Tired Murray exists Paris Masters
November 13th, 2009 |
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British tennis player Andy Murray exhibited the after-effects of a late night when Czech Radek Stepanek dumped him out of the Paris Masters.
The Scot had earlier completed his three-set victory over James Blake at 1.45am, got to bed at 4am and was back on court by 5.45pm to face Stepanek.
“I said last night that it [...]
Murray’s feels like an old man after Valencia Open triumph
November 10th, 2009 |
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An aching British tennis star Andy Murray has said that his Valencia Open triumph at the weekend has left him “feeling like an old man”.
Murray, 22, roared back after six weeks out with a wrist injury to beat Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-2 and claim his sixth title of the year.
World No 4 Murray said [...]