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/ 24 November 2010
Swede Robin Soderling defeated Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5, 7-5 on Tuesday to keep alive his bid to reach the semi-finals of the ATP World Finals.
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/ 6 September 2010
Andy Murray hobbled out of the US Open on Sunday, beaten 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-3 in the third round by Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka.
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/ 4 September 2010
If you blinked, you might have missed it but Rafa Nadal gave the tennis world another look at the weapon he hopes will help him win the US Open.
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/ 2 September 2010
Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to his US Open rivals when he breezed through his first match on Wednesday.
Top seeds Roger Federer and Serena Williams enjoyed a French Open cruise on Monday as Andy Murray toiled in the blistering sunshine.
Andy Murray begins his 2010 clay court campaign at the Monte Carlo Masters this week, desperate for a morale-boost as the French Open countdown begins
The ATP has risen to the defence of Andy Murray after the Scot copped criticism for his late pullout from the indoor event in Marseille.
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/ 1 February 2010
Andy Murray failed to overcome Roger Federer and win Britain’s first men’s Grand Slam title in 74 years, but he earned praise for his fighting spirit.
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/ 31 January 2010
Roger Federer has a 16th grand slam title, a fourth in Australia and his dominance over men’s tennis shows no sign of ever ending.
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/ 30 January 2010
Andy Murray knows exactly what it will take to beat Roger Federer in the Australian Open final and finally fulfill the hopes of a nation.
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/ 28 January 2010
Andy Murray wore down Croatian Marin Cilic over four sets to become the first Briton to reach the Australian Open final in 33 years on Thursday.
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/ 26 January 2010
Andy Murray stayed on track for his first Australian Open final when Rafael Nadal retired injured on Tuesday, as Justine Henin’s dream run continued.
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/ 16 September 2009
Roger Federer began the US Open with a new top rival for his throne in Andy Murray and ended the year’s last Grand Slam with another challenger.
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/ 2 September 2009
The men’s singles formbook continued to be respected at the US Open on Tuesday with Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic cruising into the second round.
Andy Murray treated an audience of British Olympic gold medallists to a sparkling display of tennis to reach the business end of Wimbledon.
Andy Murray, who could become the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936, was not the only one feeling the pressure as the tournament got going
The familiar tide of Murray-mania swept across Wimbledon on Tuesday as Andy Murray began his bid to end UK’s wait for a men’s singles champion.
As leaps of faith go, saying that you will definitely go on to win a Grand Slam title is one that Andy Murray is far too sensible to make.
Andy Murray may have beefed up his physique, but he insists it is his new-found mental strength that makes him a definite Wimbledon title contender.
Roger Federer and Andy Murray both shrugged off the rust of enforced layoffs with second-round victories at the ATP event in Indian Wells on Saturday.
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/ 26 January 2009
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams stayed on track at the Australian Open on Monday but Andy Murray’s campaign came shuddering to a halt.
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/ 22 January 2009
Grand Slam champion Venus Williams was dumped from the Australian Open on Thursday but it was a different story for Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
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/ 20 January 2009
Andy Murray and the Williams sisters took the easy route at the Australian Open on Tuesday, breezing into the second round in furnace-like conditions.
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/ 9 September 2008
After Roger Federer proved that reports of his demise as a Grand Slam champion were greatly exaggerated, the Swiss celebrated winning the US Open.
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/ 8 September 2008
Tennis history will be made on Monday in the US Open men’s final, but whether a familiar face or shocking upstart wins remains to be seen.
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/ 5 September 2008
The Americans are trying very hard to like Andy Murray. After all, he frequently speaks openly about his deep-rooted passion for the US Open.
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/ 4 September 2008
Sixth seed Andy Murray roared into his first Grand Slam semifinal on Wednesday when he beat Juan Martin Del Potro, while Rafael Nadal beat Mardy Fish.
China’s Li Na produced a shock defeat of Svetlana Kuznetsova as the Olympic tennis tournament produced a catalogue of upsets on Monday.
The Williams bandwagon rolled out of Roland Garros on Friday when sisters Venus and Serena were humbled in the third round by a pair of tenacious opponents who never lost belief. A day after the French Open lost three top-10 seeds, 2002 champion Serena joined them at the exit squeue as he roared and screamed her way to a 6-4 6-4 mauling by Katarina Srebotnik.
Maria Sharapova almost became the first women’s top seed in French Open history to lose in the opening round on Wednesday as Rafael Nadal showed her the way to master a Roland Garros sandstorm. Russian golden girl Sharapova toiled for two-and-a-half hours before squeezing past teenage compatriot and world number 104 Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 3-6, 8-6.
Gustavo Kuerten briefly rekindled his Parisian love affair on Sunday before bidding a tearful farewell to the French Open. The Brazilian has enjoyed a special relationship with Roland Garros since he celebrated his third and final triumph in 2001 by drawing a giant love-heart in the red clay with his racket.
Andy Murray’s Scottish temper flared as he defended his mother’s honour before his opponent Juan Del Potro of Argentina retired in tears with back pain at the Rome Masters. ”I got a bit of emotion into the match,” said the 16th-seeded Murray after advancing 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 into the second round on Monday night. ”I told him he better watch his mouth.”