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Davydenko fills last spot in London year-end semi-finals

November 28, 2009 Sport

Novak Djokovic joined Andy Murray on the statistical scrapheap as Nikolay Davydenko defeated Robin Soderling 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3 to earn the last of the semi-final places at the ATP World Tour Finals. Russia’s Davydenko joins Soderling as Group B representatives for the weekend with defending champion Djokovic coming up short. Davydenko went through in [...]

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Injured Murray pulls out of Tokyo tourney

October 1, 2009 Sport

Andy Murray dealt a second blow to next week’s Japan Open tennis tournament as the Scot withdrew Thursday with a wrist injury. His pullout came just days after Roger Federer also cancelled, citing the fatigue of a season where he reached all four Grand Slam finals, winning two. Murray pulled the plug on his website [...]

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Murray says Britain faces years-long Davis Cup recovery

September 22, 2009 Sport

Andy Murray, who risked an injury to no avail as Britain lost a Davis Cup European zonal tie at the weekend to Poland, said the nation got what it deserved on court. “At last we are where we deserve to be,” said the Scot, who played three rubbers despite dealing with a wrist injury which [...]

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Andy Murray doubtful after re-aggravating wrist injury

September 19, 2009 Sport

Andy Murray remains doubtful for the remainder of Britain’s key weekend Davis Cup Euro zone relegation tie after injuring his wrist as he took the hosts into the lead with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 defeat of Poland’s number 678 Michal Przysiezny. The Scot world number three is fearful of compromising the rest of his season [...]

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Murray, Nadal keep pace with Federer in New York

September 7, 2009 Sport

Andy Murray ended the storybook return to tennis of American injury victim Taylor Dent with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 defeat to join Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the US Open. The second-seeded Scot and number three Nadal are keeping pace with top seed Roger Federer, who is bidding for his sixth-straight title at [...]

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Murray, Del Potro edge into US Open third round

September 5, 2009 Sport

Andy Murray and Juan Del Potro fuelled ambitions as dangerous title contenders Friday at the US Open as both powered comfortably into the third round. Second seed Murray, who lost the 2008 final to Roger Federer, the heavy favourite to lift a sixth straight title in New York, staked his claim on the third round [...]

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Murray makes promising US Open start with Gulbis beat-down

September 2, 2009 Sport

Andy Murray led fellow former finalist Novak Djokovic into the second round of the US Open as both seeds scored emphatic wins to stake a claim to the title held for five years by Roger Federer. Murray, newly crowned number two behind the 15-time Grand Slam champion Swiss, hammered out his fourth win over Latvia’s [...]

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Murray gatecrashes Federer-Nadal Grand Slam draw dominance

August 28, 2009 Sport

The three-year Grand Slam seeding dominance of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal has been broken by Andy Murray as the new British world number two takes the second spot at the US Open starting Monday. With top seed Federer back on his number one ranking and Nadal down to third, the pair has still been [...]

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Andy Murray enters semis in Cincinnati Masters

August 22, 2009 Sport

Andy Murray saved his title defence at the Cincinnati Masters Friday as he carved out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 quarter-final victory over Julien Benneteau on the back of an heroic 53-stroke rally. Third seed Murray won the marathon exchange after trailing a set and a break against the number 55 lucky loser from qualifying rounds [...]

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Federer, Murray charge to decisive Cincinnati wins

August 20, 2009 Sport

Roger Federer and Andy Murray led an all-star field Wednesday at the Cincinnati Masters with wins into the third round as Rafael Nadal aimed to join his rivals with an opening victory on the fast hard-court. Top seed Federer, revelling in his new role as father of twins, burst out of the blocks to claim [...]

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