Posts Tagged ‘murray’
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Kirilenko
Big Winners
- Andy Murray beat Kevin Anderson
- Rafael Nadal beat Peter Luczak
- Andy Roddick beat Theimo de Bakker
- Juan Martin del Potro beat Michael Russel (4 sets)
Big Losers
- Maria Sharapova lost to Russian Maria Kirilenko
- Radek Stepanek lost to Karlovic in 5 silly sets.
- Mardy Fish also lost, although it’s hardley an upset.
Matches to look forward to later on
- Federer v Andreev
- Sorensen v Yen-Hsun Lu (this match was supposed to be on yesterday but was postponed to first match on court 14 today, live scoring is at the top right of this page and via this link)
- Safarova v Venus
- Youzhny v Gasquet
Live scores at the top right of this page 
Tags: Australian Open, Del potro, djokovic, haiti, ireland, irish, louk sorensen, murray, nadal, sharapova, Tennis
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Not really much of a change. Oh, except for Federer ending number 1! 
The year end rankings
| 1 |
Federer, Roger (SUI) |
10,550 |
0 |
19 |
| 2 |
Nadal, Rafael (ESP) |
9,205 |
0 |
19 |
| 3 |
Djokovic, Novak (SRB) |
8,310 |
0 |
23 |
| 4 |
Murray, Andy (GBR) |
7,030 |
0 |
19 |
| 5 |
Del Potro, Juan Martin (ARG) |
6,785 |
0 |
22 |
| 6 |
Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS) |
4,930 |
0 |
26 |
| 7 |
Roddick, Andy (USA) |
4,410 |
0 |
20 |
| 8 |
Soderling, Robin (SWE) |
3,410 |
0 |
27 |
Tags: djokovic, federer, murray, nadal, number 1, rankings, Tennis, year end
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Should have reached a little further. Sorry Andy!
Murray, to the disgust of much of the British public, is out of this years year end masters. Even though he was victorious over over Verdasco, he didnt have a high enough percentage of games won to get through to the semi’s. Had Murray won 2 more games over his matches he would have got through to the semi’s. It’s complicated stuff, bit the decision eventually came!
Del Potro deserved it.
Tomorrow will decide the other two semifinalists! Soderling is already through, I think Davydenko will be the other.
Tags: del portro, federer, final, london, murray, nadal, o2, potro, semi, Tennis
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Federer takes on Murray tonight in his second round robin match. Apart from getting a place in the semi’s , there is much more at stake. Federer and Murray have played 9 times and murray leads 6-3 but Federer still insists he knows how to beat him when in matters. Hard to argue with that!
Head over to bet365.com for a free account and you can stream the match for free!
Enjoy 
Tags: federer, murray, o2, round robin, Tennis
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
The number 1
Federer didn’t get off to a great start and was outplayed by Verdasco to lose the first set 6-4. It was close up until the latter part of the second set when, like so so many player before him, Verdasco got close to winning and wasn’t able to handle the pressure. It was a good effort for Verdasco and there is no reason he cant get a win over somebody else in the group. Federer was too good in the end.
Andy Murray also won against Del Potro earlier in 3 tight sets.Federer now stands on top of Group A with a higher games winning percentage than Murray.
Tomorrow is all about Group B and Nadal will open the singles play.
Tags: 02, 2009, djokovic, federer, london, murray, nadal, o2 arena, soderling, Tennis, verdasco, world tour final
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Lookin' smart
After all the stress of the floods in Cork, I think it’s only fair that I get the week off to watch tennis at home :p (I wish) But the fun all starts today at the o2 arena where Andy Murray (never saw that one coming…) opens up in the singles against Juan Martin Del Potro. I’m only surprised he wasn’t first on court before the doubles….
Order of play:
- Nestor/Zimonjic v. Frystenberg/Matkowski
- Murray v Del Potro 2.15
- Bhuphati/Knowles v Cermak/Mertinak 7.00
- Federer v Verdasco 8.45
Obviously any match that features Federer would be considered match of the day, but I cant see him having any problems.
Murray and Del Potro however….I don’t think anybody would argue that it could very easily turn into a 3 set dog fight. I’d expect nothing more.
Heres to a good week of tennis!
Tags: 02, 2009, Del potro, djokovic, federer, london, murray, nadal, soderling, Tennis, the o2, verdasco, world tour final
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
London Eye
The tournament we’ve all been waiting for is finally almost here. With so much at stake be it prizemoney, ranking points or just the pride of it. The draw has been made in the London eye (was there only days ago!) and these are the groups
Group A
- Roger Federer
- Andy Murray
- Juan Martin Del Potro
- Fernando Verdasco
Group B
- Rafael Nadal
- Novak Djokovic
- Nikolay Davydenko
- Robin Soderling
Some amazing round-robin matches in the making here. Here’s to the start of play!
(Oh, and the doubles draw, incase anyone is interested)
Group A
- Daniel Nestor – Nenad Zimonjic
- Mahesh Bhupathi – Mark Knowles
- Frantisek Cermak – Michal Mertinak
- Mariusz Fyrstenberg – Marcin Matkowski
Group B
- Bob Bryan – Mike Bryan
- Lukas Dlouhy – Leander Paes
- Lukasz Kubot – Oliver Marach
- Max Mirnyi – Andy Ram
Tags: 01, 02, 2009, atp world tour final, Bryan brothers, Del potro, djokovic, federer, london, murray, nadal, o2 arena, Tennis
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Freshly Qualified
Even more top seeds drop out early. Murray loses in 3 sets to the love him or hate him Radek Stepanek. The equally unpopular Robin Sodeling beat Davydenko (who qualified for the year end masters with his loss) in similar fashion.
You can’t help but think there was a slight lack of effort on their part, considering historically Federer and Nadal haven’t done well in both Paris and the year end masters. Murray also pretty much confirmed in his interview he was happy with the matches he got the last two weeks and got a good workout this week regardless.
Smiles all around it seems.
Watch out tomorrow for
- Nadal v Tsonga
- Djokovic v Soderling
- Stepanek v Gonzalez or Del Potro and
- Monfils v Cilic
Tags: 2009, bercy, Davydenko, masters, murray, nadal, paris, Tennis
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, what an amazing stadium
Ok, so maybe I wasn’t actually at the Paris masters, but last year I was pretty close! I was in Paris for badminton and was literally one foot away from Gael Monfils who was getting something to eat after one of his matches! Anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…
The Paris Masters is one of the top level tournaments after the grand slams. I always think of it of the one the big players miss because the first couple of years I watched it, Federer and Nadal were missing because of their long seasons and match wins. I guess I still kind of have that impression of it, almost like it isnt that important, but it is equally as important as any of the other masters 1000’s!
The order of play for Tuesday is promising. My pick of the day is definitely Juan Martin Del Potro v Mario Ancic. I haven’t seen much of Ancic lately and Del Potro hasn’t regained the form that won him the US Open title yet. Other good matches include
- Tursunov v Djokovic (who is just off winning a title Sunday in Basal, beating Mr. Federer)
- Kohlschreiber v the inform Youzhny (reached the final in last week)
- Nadal playing either Mahut or Mathieu (Im already picking Nadal to beat Monaco first, naturally enough like) oh and
- Also have a look out for Nalbandian, he’s been out with injurty and surgery most of the year.
Live scores are here
Enjoy
Tags: 1000, ATP, bercy, bnp, djokovic, federer, masters, murray, nadal, nalbandian, paribas, paris, Tennis, youzhny
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Friday, October 9th, 2009
yet again
Roger Federer decided to pull out of the next couple of tournaments including next weeks masters 1000 in Shanghai. When he first said it I thought he was mad as he was jeopardising his number 1 ranking which I’m sure he wants to end the year with. Since he dropped out, Murray also followed suit citing an injury. It’s not very surprising as he would more than likely go deep at the tournament and maybe he wants to be rested enough so he will have a good shot at the year end finals in London. Coincidence? I think not.
Big news as Marat Safins tennis career is quickly coming to a close this year. Luckily he is doing well in Beijing and faces none other than Rafa Nadal in the semifinals. Marat is playing surprisingly well this week and Nadal is nowhere near his best. Wouldn’t an upset be amazing? You know how Marat gets, a win against Nadal could inspire him onto achieving great things before he ends his career.
As usual I save this kind of news till the end.
The bitch is back to number 1 on the womens tour. I share the same opinion with alot of people over at tennis-x. Hopefully she will shut up complaining and belittling other players.
Tags: djokovic, federer, london, masters 1000, murray, nadal, serena, shanghai, Tennis
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