Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 4 days ago
Andy Murray is out of the French Open. Whether or not the pain that is hindering free movement in his back will ease in time for Wimbledon in a month's time depends on how he responds to continued treatment to an injury that forced his withdrawal in Rome last week.
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by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 week ago
Novak Djokovic is out of the Rome Masters, Rafael Nadal might have been had David Ferrer not frozen for the 19th time in 23 matches against his Spanish friend, and Andy Murray still does not know if he is in the French Open.
Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 week ago
Novak Djokovic stood tall again in Rome on Thursday, as his peers floundered around him. While Andy Murray was back in London, bracing himself for a back scan on Friday that could determine the direction of his summer, Rafael Nadal won but, for the fifth time in seven matches, he was dragged into a deciding set and came within a point of being bagelled for the first time since Roger Federer embarrassed him in Hamburg six years ago.
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Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 week ago
Andy Murray, as disconsolate as he has been for some time after being struck down again by a chronic back injury, said on Wednesday, his 26th birthday, that he would be "surprised" if he were ready to play in the French Open, which starts a week this Sunday.
Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 weeks ago
Serena Williams proved one sister too many for Laura Robson but theLondon teenager, who took four games off the American with 15 grand slams to her name, leaves the ATP Rome Masters event with the encouragement that she is not out of her depth at or near the top of women's tennis.
Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 month ago
After the ochre had been swept and the champagne glasses collected, the Monte Carlo country club echoed to the strains of Andy Murray belting his disappointment to shreds on the practice court.
Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 month ago
Andy Murray has to beat Stanislas Wawrinka here on Thursday to remain at No2 in the world and, given the help that would deliver in clearing a path into the late stages of the upcoming slams, starting in Paris towards the end of May, he will not lack for motivation.
Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 month ago
Life got a little easier for Andy Murray in Monte Carlo on Monday when the 29-year-old Parisian qualifier Edouard Roger-Vasselin tipped Robin Haase out of the Masters. The Frenchman plays Murray in the second round on Wednesday on the game's little patch of paradise, Court Central of the Monte Carlo country club, and will not lack for local support, including that of his wife's parents, who live in nearby Nice.
Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 1 month ago
Andy Murray has told his long-time mentor and friend Leon Smith, captain of the vibrant young Great Britain squad, that he hopes to play for him in the Davis Cup tie against Croatia in September – four days after the US Open.
Tennis
by The Guardian (RSS feed) - 2 months ago
While Great Britain would dearly love to have Andy Murray leading their Davis Cup challenge against Russia in Coventry this weekend, the Scot, who is resting in Miami, has turned his attention further east, as his management team make a major push into the biggest untapped market in sport.