The weather is said to be warming and drying up next week, and few people will be more glad about that than Andy Murray, for whom the novelty of the Centre Court roof is wearing off. Three times he has played under it now, and none of them have been especially comfortable occasions, the latest [...]
Andy Roddick maintained his record of never having lost a first-round match at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-3 win over German qualifier Andreas Beck on Tuesday. Andy Roddick didn’t have it all his own way on Court 1 against the left-handed Beck, but his serve kept him in control. The 3-time runner-up at [...]
Andy Murray has won his first title of the season, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 at Queen’s Club. Monday’s final was played a day late because of rain. The final was held over from Sunday after a washout, and the tournament organisers made tickets available to the general public – with [...]
Britain’s Andy Murray swept into the final at Queen’s with an imperious 6-3, 6-1 victory over four-time champion Andy Roddick. The Frenchman, who defeated world number one Rafael Nadal in the quarter-final, was ecstatic after beating the Britian player. “I’m just happy to win in two sets because in the third set with the crowd [...]
Andy Murray of Britain overwhelmed Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final of the Aegon championships at Queen’s Club on Saturday. The British No. 1 controlled the match from the outset, breaking Andy Roddick at the first opportunity in both sets on his way to a victory in just 59 minutes. Andy Murray will [...]
While top-ranked Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Novak Djokovic are the favorites heading into the French Open 2011, AP tennis writer Howard Fendrich reports players like Robin Soderling and Andy Murray could provide tough challenges. Novak Djokovic, once a better bet to perform a spot-on impression of Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal than to actually [...]
Andy Roddick beat Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 Saturday in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn., to advance to his 50th career tournament final. Andy Roddick will play Milos Raonic of Canada, a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 winner over Mardy Fish, in the championship looking for his 30th title overall. Roddick [...]
Novak Djokovic produced a superb display to beat Andy Murray in straight sets to claim the second Australian Open title of his career. Djokovic, the Melbourne winner in 2008, secured his second grand slam victory with a 6-4 6-2 6-3 success under the floodlights at the Rod Laver arena. The 23-year-old Serb was always in [...]
Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have been like two planets in separate orbits. Their trajectories collide Sunday at the Australian Open. The two men who have come to be considered as the best of the rest – that is, after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal – will contest their first match in a Grand Slam. [...]