Archive for category: Andy Murray
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Murray storms to victory against Nadal in Tokyo final
British no.1 Andy Murray played an amazing final at the Japan Open, defeating world no.2 Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-2, 6-0. He lost 13 of his previous 17 meetings with Nadal and they last time the met in this year’s US Open semifinal. The world no.4 Murray played a stunning third [...] -
Murray sets up Japan Open final against Nadal
World no.4 Andy Murray comfortably made his way into the Japan Open final as he beat the Spaniard David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3. He will now meet Rafael Nadal in the final and will try to revenge the US Open semifinal defeat against the world no.2. The british no.1 managed to [...] -
Nadal beats Fish and moves into Japan Open Final
Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Rakuta Japan Tennis Open Championship’s Final. The defending champion broke the American in the 11th game of the first set before serving out for it. The second set went much more smoothly for the Spaniard as he managed to break [...] -
Murray into Japan Open semifinals
Brit Andy Murray defeated David Nalbandian of Argentina in the quarterfinal of the Japan Open in Tokyo 6-4, 7-5. World no.4 Murray needed one break only in the first set as he held his serve all the way through. The second set saw two breaks up to 5-5 and when [...] -
Cermak-Polasek move into Tokyo SFs
Frantisek Cermak of Czech Republic and Filip Polasek of Slovakia got through to the Tokyo Open semifinals after defeating the Spanish duo Ferrer/Lopez 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. They will next play the Brazilians Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares, who eliminated Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic 7-6 (5), [...] -
Fish eliminates Tomic in Tokyo and will face Nadal in SF
American Mardy Fish set up a semifinal encounter against Rafael Nadal at the Japan Open when he outsted the Australian Bernard Tomic in the quarterfinal, beating him 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1. The breaking point in the match was the 9th game in the second set, when Fish broke Tomic’s serve, [...] -
Murray trashes Bogomolov and reaches QF at Japan Open
Andy Murray spent less than an hour on court in Tokyo, beating Alex Bogomolov Jr. of American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. The Brit, who had a tough opening match against Marcos Baghdatis, served well throughout the match and hasn’t allowed Bogomolov a single break point. He will now [...] -
Murray fights back to beat Baghdatis at Japan Open
British number 1 Andy Murray survived a scare to beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the first round of the Japan Open, winning 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-4. Murray came back from a break down in the third set and has now won 17 of his last 18 matches. He was [...] -
Australian Open to have the highest prize money ever
Australian Open 2012 will witness the highest prize money ever paid out to the players in history of tennis. It will be a total of A$26 million (US$25 million) and both men’s and women’s champions will be awarded a record A$2.3 million (US$ 2.18 million) each. In comparison, this year’s [...] -
Greg Rusedski says there is big potential in British tennis
After the British tennis team has claimed the Junior Davis Cup title last week, Greg Rusedski, a former British Davis Cup player, thinks that there is a lot of potential in British tennis. “There is a lot to look forward to in the future.” Rusedski said. He praised the Junior Davis [...] -
Murray wins Thailand Open by outclassing Young
British Andy Murray became the PTT Thailand Open champion after defeating the 22 year old American Donald Young in straight sets 6-2, 6-0. World nr.4 Murray, who reached his first ATP World Tour final in Bangkok as a 18 year old, outclassed the American, for whom it was the first [...] -
Young beats Monfils and will play in Thailand Open final
Donald Young battled his way through to defeat Gael Monfils of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) to reach the final of the Thailand Open. This will be his first ATP World Tour final ever and he will play against the winner of the match between Murray and Simon. “I’m [...] -
Murray enters the Thailand Open Final 2011
British number one Andy Murray defeats Gilles Simon of France 6-2 3-6 6-2 to reach the final of the Thailand Open.
