New York: Shortly after crowd favorite and 2003 champion Andy Roddick made an emotional farewell into retirement, Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray completed an improbable recovery to take another step in his quest for a first Grand Slam title. Roddick headed into retirement with a 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday. It was...
08:21 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New York: Still seeking his first Grand Slam title, Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals at an eighth consecutive major tournament by beating 15th-seeded Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Monday night. The third-seeded Murray's superb returning muted Milos Raonic's big serving converted as he 4 of 12 break points and never faced one. After weathering six aces across Raonic's first three service games, Murray only allowed eight the rest...
08:40 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Serena Williams does not enjoy viewing videos of her losses. Not one bit. She used to engage in that sort of film work, Williams said, but "it was so painful; it was like stabbing myself." So even though Williams knew her third-round opponent at the US Open would be the same woman she lost to at the Australian Open, preparing by studying a replay of that January defeat...
08:29 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Ohio: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, the top two players in the world, set up a showdown for the Cincinnati Masters title after cruising to semi-finals victories on Saturday. The gap between the leading four, which also contains Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray, and the chasing pack was again evident as Djokovic beat Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 6-2 before Federer saw off fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 6-3....
09:06 AM, Aug 19, 2012
Mason, Ohio: Serena and Venus Williams moved into the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open by handling the afternoon heat, humidity and wind. The conditions were too much for Andy Murray. Murray's off-day turned into the biggest upset of the tournament, a straight-sets loss on Thursday that left him with hardly any hard-court time heading into the US Open. Murray lost 6-4, 6-4 to France's Jeremy Chardy, an opponent...
08:42 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Mason, Ohio: Top three seeds Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray moved into the third round of the Cincinnati Open with relatively comfortable straight-set victories on Wednesday. World number two Djokovic beat Italian Andreas Seppi 7-6, 6-2 while Olympic gold medallist Murray strolled past American Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4. Federer crushed Russian-American journeyman Alex Bogomolov Jr 6-3, 6-2. Serb Djokovic, who won the ATP Masters tournament at Toronto last...
09:06 AM, Aug 16, 2012
Toronto: Andy Murray has pulled out of the third round of the Rogers Cup with a knee injury. The Olympic gold medalist says he hurt his left knee during the opening match against Flavio Cipolla of Italy. Murray was to play Canadian Milos Raonic late Thursday. Murray says he's unsure whether he will play in the ATP Tour's next stop in Cincinnati or the upcoming U.S. Open. His withdrawal follows...
02:10 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Toronto: Andy Murray battled some leg pain but showed no signs of Olympic hangover as the gold medallist moved into the last 16 of the Toronto Masters while a fatigued Juan Martin del Potro was one of three seeds ousted Wednesday. Murray, playing his first match since beating world number one Roger Federer in the gold medal match at the London Games on Sunday, called out a trainer late in...
10:15 AM, Aug 09, 2012
London: The Belarusian pair of Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi held their nerve in a tiebreak for the gold medal to beat Britain's Andy Murray and Laura Robson on Sunday. Murray was angling for his second gold of the day after beating Roger Federer to win the men's singles, but he and Robson were defeated 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 on a tiebreak by Mirnyi and women's world No. 1 Azarenka. The...
03:03 AM, Aug 06, 2012
London: Andy Murray had Centre Court rocking Sunday, winning gold for the home team and beating Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the tennis final at Wimbledon. The result was a royal rout. Murray swept nine consecutive games, breaking Federer's serve four times in a row. The victory marked a breakthrough for the Scotsman, who has lost all four of his Grand Slam finals, three against Federer. For Federer, the...
09:05 PM, Aug 05, 2012
London: Andy Murray of Britain clinched at least a silver medal Friday and advanced to the Olympic final by beating No. 2-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia 7-5, 7-5. With the win, the No. 3-seeded Murray earned a rematch Sunday against No. 1 Roger Federer, who won when they met on the same court in the Wimbledon final a month ago. That dropped Murray's record in Grand Slam finals to 0-4....
01:22 AM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Andy Murray moved a step closer to becoming Britain's first Olympic singles tennis medallist since 1920, reaching the semi-finals with a straight-sets win over Spain's Nicolas Almagro on Thursday. Murray wrapped up the match in less than an hour, winning 6-4, 6-1 for his third win in four matches against the world No. 12. Murray will face either Serbia's Novak Djokovic or France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in...
06:50 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Wimbledon: Andy Murray advanced to the third round of the Olympics with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Jarko Nieminen of Finland at Wimbledon on Tuesday. World No. 4 Murray next faces Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. The Briton lost to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final this year. ...
08:47 PM, Jul 31, 2012
London: Top seed Roger Federer could meet Britain's Andy Murray in the Olympic tennis final in a repeat of their Wimbledon showdown earlier this month, after the pair were drawn on opposite sides of the competition on Thursday. World number one and 17-times grand slam champion Federer, seeking his first Olympic singles medal, will play Colombia's Alejandro Falla in the opening round. Federer, who beat Murray to a secure a...
09:35 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Serbia's Novak Djokovic is hoping to leave London with a better result than the bronze medal he won on his Olympic debut in Beijing. Djokovic is the second seed for the men's singles, having been nudged off the world number one spot earlier this month by Roger Federer after the Swiss snapped up his seventh Wimbledon title. "In the past when you win Olympic Games you are considered immortal...
02:00 AM, Jul 27, 2012
