Paris: Andy Murray wasted a match point before being knocked out 5-7 7-6 6-2 by Polish qualifier Jerzy Janowicz in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday. Scot Murray lost focus as he served for the match in the second set and was then battered by the hard hitting Janowicz, who ended the contest with a forehand winner and collapsed in joy. Murray's defeat means that for the...
10:59 PM, Nov 01, 2012
The rivalry between Federer and Nadal is legendary but Nadal's fitness issues and the rise of other tennis superstars has paved way for another intriguing duel between Djokovic and Murray.
02:00 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Shanghai: Novak Djokovic exacted revenge on Andy Murray for his U.S. Open final defeat by outlasting the Briton 5-7 7-6 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters tennis title on Sunday. The Serbian saved five match points in the second set, including four in the tiebreak, to force a tense decider. The world number two then broke Murray, winner in Shanghai for the last two years, in the seventh game and...
06:17 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Shanghai: Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic cruised through their semi-finals at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday to set up a repeat of their memorable US Open final last month. Murray, bidding for a hat-trick of titles in Shanghai, overpowered world number one Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 after Djokovic dispatched Tomas Berdych for the loss of one less game. Federer, who conceded a crucial break of serve in the first set...
08:43 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Shanghai: Novak Djokovic moved into his 10th final of the season Saturday after beating fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters. Djokovic is looking for his fifth title of the year and second straight after winning in Beijing last week. He will play the winner of the match between top-ranked Roger Federer and No. 3 Andy Murray. Djokovic hit 25 winners and converted all three...
05:23 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Shanghai: Two-time defending champion Andy Murray reached the Shanghai Masters semi-finals with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Radek Stepanek on Friday. Murray, who improved to 11-0 in Shanghai, will next play either top-seeded Roger Federer or Marin Cilic. "I just managed to turn it around in time," Murray said. "I played actually very well I thought the last 10, 15 minutes of the match." Novak Djokovic also advanced, beating...
05:02 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Shanghai: Britain's Andy Murray ousted Ukraine's Alexander Dolgopolov in their third-round match at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday. It was the first game of the tournament for the defending champion and third seed who got a bye in the first round and saw second-round opponent Florian Mayer pull out through injury. Dolgopolov, likely top seed for next week's Kremlin Cup in Moscow, made 34 unforced errors to help the US...
07:21 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Shanghai: US Open champion Andy Murray received a walkover into the third round at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday following the withdrawal of Florian Mayer of Germany because of a rib injury. The Briton will play either 15th-seeded Gilles Simon of France or Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. Murray is the two-time defending champion at the tournament with a 9-0 record after winning finals against David Ferrer last year and Roger...
03:52 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Tokyo: Milos Raonic of Canada ousted top-seeded Andy Murray to move into the final of the Japan Open, edging the defending champion 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4) on Saturday. Raonic, seeded 6th and ranked 15th, will meet the winner of the second semi-final later on Saturday between local hope Kei Nishikori and unseeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. Playing under a blazing sun at Ariake Colosseum, the big-hitting Raonic broke Murray...
12:30 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Tokyo: Defending champion and top-seeded Andy Murray moved into the semi-finals of the Japan Open with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over seventh-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland on Friday. The US Open champion and Olympic gold medallist will play sixth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada in the semi-finals on Saturday. Raonic outlasted third-seeded Janko Tipsarevic 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (7) in a match that took nearly 2 hours and 45 minutes....
01:49 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Tokyo: Defending champion Andy Murray blew out the cobwebs with a 7-6 6-4 win over towering Croat Ivo Karlovic on Tuesday in his first match since winning last month's US Open. The Olympic gold medallist had been scheduled to face Gael Monfils in the first round of the $1.28 million hardcourt event but the Frenchman pulled out with a knee injury. Japan's Kei Nishikori survived a fright against countryman Go...
03:48 PM, Oct 02, 2012
Tokyo: Andy Murray has promised to end the year on a high after a career-best season in which he captured Olympic gold and ended Britain's 76-year wait for a men's grand slam champion. The 25-year-old begins his defence of the Japan Open title this week in Tokyo, where he faces Frenchman Gael Monfils in his first match since his New York triumph earlier this month. "It will be a tough...
07:18 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Madrid: Rafa Nadal's steady recuperation from a knee injury is proceeding according to plan and he is not going to rush back before it has healed properly, the world number four said. In an interview with Reuters in Madrid, the 11-time grand slam singles champion said he was still feeling some pain in his left knee and would only return to the court when that was no longer the case....
08:31 AM, Sep 25, 2012
US Open champion Britain's Andy Murray is over the moon following his triumph on Monday night. ...
09:03 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New York: His considerable lead, and a chance at history, slipping away, Andy Murray dug deep for stamina and mental strength, outlasting Novak Djokovic in a thrilling five-set, nearly five-hour US Open final on Monday. It had been 76 years since a British man won a Grand Slam singles championship and, at least for Murray, it was well worth the wait. Ending a nation's long drought, and snapping his own...
06:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
New York: Andy Murray is on the verge of crowning Britain's golden summer by ending one of the longest droughts in sport. Only the formidable figure of Novak Djokovic stands in his way of winning Monday's US Open men's final. It has been 76 years since a British man last won a grand slam title, providing a mixture of frustration and embarrassment to the country where modern tennis originated. Entire...
10:13 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New York: The weather was much better at the US Open on Sunday. So was Novak Djokovic. Under a cloudless blue sky, in only a hint of wind, defending champion Djokovic got his game into high gear and reached his third consecutive final at Flushing Meadows by beating fourth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in a match suspended a day earlier. Ferrer was ahead 5-2 in the...
11:05 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New York: Scotland's own Sean Connery and Alex Ferguson crashed Andy Murray's post-match news conference after he won his US Open semi-final on Saturday. "Excuse me for interrupting," Connery, the Oscar-winning actor, said right after the Scottish tennis star answered a question about getting a day of rest before the final. He then introduced Murray to Ferguson, the Manchester United manager. Murray and his mother, Judy, posed for pictures with...
10:22 AM, Sep 09, 2012
New York: Dealing with 20 mph (32 kph) wind that blew a changeover chair onto the US Open court on one point and yanked his hat off during another, Andy Murray navigated his way into his fifth Grand Slam final. Adapting to the conditions far better than his opponent did, Olympic champion Murray came back to beat mistake-prone Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7) in...
02:32 AM, Sep 09, 2012
