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American sixth seed Andy Roddick ended Andy Murray's hopes of winning Wimbledon after beating the British number one in four thrilling sets on Centre Court on Friday.
WIMBLEDON, England -- While marveling at Venus Williams's play on grass....
Two years are tattooed on the English sports consciousness like scarlet letters of anguish and self-pity. One is 1966, the first and only time the Three Lions hoisted the World Cup. The other is 1937, the last time a British player won at Wimbledon.
Andy Murray survived a five-set thriller on Monday to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka and advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Young challenger Andy Murray marched into the last 16 of Wimbledon on Saturday, while comparative veterans Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt issued reminders that they are far from spent forces.
The absence of defending champion Rafael Nadal has overshadowed the men's singles at Wimbledon and has increased British expectations that Andy Murray may finally become the first home winner of the tournament in over 70 years.
Third seed Andy Murray is through to the second round of the Wimbledon men's singles, but he dropped a set to American Robert Kendrick before eventually progressing 7-5 6-7 6-3 6-4.
World number three and Britain's great tennis hope, Andy Murray, has told CNN he is ready to win Wimbledon at this year's tournament.
Tim Henman, Britain's former number one and four-time Wimbledon semifinalist, has told CNN that home support could see Andy Murray walk away with the title at the All-England club this year.
Top seed Andy Murray claimed his first-ever grass-court title with a straight sets victory over American James Blake in the final of the AEGON Championship at Queen's Club in London on Sunday.
American sixth seed Andy Roddick ended Andy Murray's hopes of winning Wimbledon after beating the British number one in four thrilling sets on Centre Court on Friday.
WIMBLEDON, England -- While marveling at Venus Williams's play on grass....
Two years are tattooed on the English sports consciousness like scarlet letters of anguish and self-pity. One is 1966, the first and only time the Three Lions hoisted the World Cup. The other is 1937, the last time a British player won at Wimbledon.
Andy Murray survived a five-set thriller on Monday to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka and advance to the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Young challenger Andy Murray marched into the last 16 of Wimbledon on Saturday, while comparative veterans Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt issued reminders that they are far from spent forces.
The absence of defending champion Rafael Nadal has overshadowed the men's singles at Wimbledon and has increased British expectations that Andy Murray may finally become the first home winner of the tournament in over 70 years.
Third seed Andy Murray is through to the second round of the Wimbledon men's singles, but he dropped a set to American Robert Kendrick before eventually progressing 7-5 6-7 6-3 6-4.
World number three and Britain's great tennis hope, Andy Murray, has told CNN he is ready to win Wimbledon at this year's tournament.
Tim Henman, Britain's former number one and four-time Wimbledon semifinalist, has told CNN that home support could see Andy Murray walk away with the title at the All-England club this year.
Top seed Andy Murray claimed his first-ever grass-court title with a straight sets victory over American James Blake in the final of the AEGON Championship at Queen's Club in London on Sunday.
Second seed Andy Roddick is forced to retire with an ankle injury during the first set of his Queen's Club semifinal against fellow-American James Blake, meaning he misses out on a final showdown against British top seed Andy Murray.
Top seed Andy Murray is through to the semifinals at Queen's Club for the first time in his career, after a straight sets victory over American eighth seed Mardy Fish on Friday.
Tournament favourite Andy Murray is through to the quarterfinals of the AEGON Championship at Queen's Club in London after a straight sets victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain.
Top seed Andy Murray eased into the third round of the AEGON Championships at Queen's Club in London with a straight sets victory over Italian Andreas Seppi.
Roger Federer and Andy Murray eased into the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters with straight sets victories on Thursday.
Andy Murray endured a testing start to his Madrid Open title defense on Tuesday when he took more than two hours to complete a straight sets victory over Italian Simone Bolelli.
The San Jose Sharks' Todd McLellan, Boston Bruins' Claude Julien and St. Louis Blues' Andy Murray are finalists for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach.
World number four Andy Murray crashed out of the Rome Masters to qualifier Juan Monaco on Wednesday.
Andy Murray launched his clay-court campaign with a straight-sets win over Romania's Victor Hanescu at the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.
This story appears in the April 13, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated
Andy Murray on Sunday became the first player to win three times on the ATP tour in 2009.
Andy Murray charged into the quarterfinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami with a 6-1 6-0 demolition of Serbian Victor Troicki in just 58 minutes.
Fourth seed Andy Murray survived a major scare to reach the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Saturday.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal easily dismissed Andy Murray in straight sets on Sunday to claim the first ATP World Tour Masters tournament of the year in Indian Wells, California.
Andy Murray maintained his recent dominance over Roger Federer with a 6-3 4-6 6-1 victory over the world number two in the semifinals of the Masters Series tournament at Indian Wells.
Roger Federer and Andy Murray will renew their rivalry in the semifinals of the Masters Series event in California after both secured straight sets victories on Thursday.
World number four Andy Murray continued his comeback from illness by easing into the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters with a comfortable straight sets victory over Paul-Henri Mathieu.
Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Dubai Open tournament after coming down with a virus.
Andy Murray booked a rematch with Richard Gasquet after easing to victory over Arnaud Clement in the second round of the Dubai Open.
Andy Murray shrugged off a nagging ankle worry as he recovered from a set down to beat resilient rival Sergiy Stakhovsky in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Second seed Andy Murray collected his 10th career title after defeating world number one Rafael Nadal, who was hampered by a knee injury, 6-3 4-6 6-0 in the final of the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam on Sunday.
World number one Rafael Nadal will lock horns with second seed Andy Murray in the final of the ATP tournament in Rotterdam on Sunday.
Second seed Andy Murray battled his way into the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam, but the world number four was far from his best as he struggled to beat Italian Andreas Seppi on Thursday.
Andy Murray left his Australian Open disappointment behind as he moved into the second round of the Rotterdam Open with a 6-3 6-2 win over Ivan Ljubicic on Tuesday.
The past three years, we have had surprise men's finalists. My vote this year goes to Fernando Verdasco. I think he might surprise us all and make it to the finals. -- Michael White, Fort Worth, Texas
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Tournament favorite Andy Murray has been seeded only fourth for the men's singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne next week.
Andy Murray recorded another victory over Roger Federer on Friday to set up a final clash with Andy Roddick at the Qatar Open in Doha.
Now that Andy Murray has beaten Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal back to back, can we officially declare that the quadrumvirate era has finally arrived in the ATP?
The top three seeds, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray are all through to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open in Doha after comfortable straight sets victories on Wednesday.
Andy Murray beat world number one Rafael Nadal to win a money-spinning exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi.
World number four Andy Murray's preparations for the new season gained momentum in Abu Dhabi on Thursday as he beat world number two Roger Federer in three sets to reach the final of the World Tennis Championship.
World number four Andy Murray made a winning start to 2009 with a straight sets victory over James Blake of the United States in a big-money exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
British tennis ace Andy Murray can expect a massive income injection after joining the same management group that handles the likes of David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Roger Federer won his hometown tournament in Basel for the third straight year and Britain's Andy Murray made it back-to-back titles in St. Petersburg as the U.S. Open finalists continued their fine form.
British rising star Andy Murray claimed his second successive Masters Series title on Sunday, beating surprise package Gilles Simon in straight sets in Madrid to follow up his shock semifinal win over former world No. 1 Roger Federer.
NEW YORK -- Feted as the four-time and defending U.S. Open champion throughout the duration of his American fortnight, Roger Federer returned to the site of his past glories Monday evening.
Rafael Nadal needed only 48 minutes for a 6-0 6-1 victory over Florent Serra of France in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday for his 30th straight victory.
Andy Murray will miss next week's ATP tournament in Indianapolis so that he can concentrate on his preparations for the Olympic Games.
For Wertheim's audio roundup of today's matches, click here or scroll down below.
Britain's Andy Murray staged a stunning comeback to clinch a Wimbledon quarterfinal against Rafael Nadal after an epic five-set Centre Court battle that ended three minutes short of four hours and in near-darkness.
Reigning champion Andy Roddick enjoyed a walkover into the last four of the ATP tournament at Queen's Club as quarterfinal opponent Andy Murray pulled out through injury on Friday.
Third seed Novak Djokovic will face friend and British 14th seed Andy Murray in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters after both progressed comfortably in Monaco on Tuesday.
Britain's Andy Murray was below his best but reached the third round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells with a 3-6 6-3 6-3 win over Jurgen Melzer.
Andy Murray had to struggle through a third set tiebreak to stay in the Dubai Championships with a 6-3 3-6 7-6 second round victory over Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.
Andy Murray upset defending champion Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday, handing the Swiss World number one his second loss in a row.
Andy Murray's hopes of a third ATP title of a seesaw season were destroyed by Dutchman Robin Haase 7-5 6-3 in the World Indoor Tournament first round in Rotterdam.
British fourth seed Andy Murray moved into semifinals of the ATP tournament in Marseille following a narrow 7-5 7-6 win over Nicolas Mahut of France on Friday.
Andy Murray made a winning start at the Marseille Open as he returned to action for the first time since his opening round defeat to eventual finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Australian Open on January 14.
Andy Murray won the fourth title of his career by beating Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4 4-6 6-2 in a low key final of the Qatar Open in Doha.
Second seed Tommy Robredo crashed out of the Qatar Open when Argentine Augustin Calleri beat him 6-4 6-4in the first round in Doha.
Britain's Andy Murray has decided to split with coach Brad Murray and hire his own team of experts in a bid to continue his climb up the world rankings.
NEW YORK -- He is the British number one, a designation that carries little weight in New York but the weight of the world at Wimbledon.
Eighth-seed Andy Murray has pulled out of Wimbledon with a right wrist injury, delivering a big blow to British fans who considered him their best chance for a strong showing from a home player.
For all the tradition coursing through Wimbledon -- the lords and ladies in the Royal Box, the queuing for grounds passes, the Pimm's cups with side orders of strawberries and cream -- this may be the most hidebound ritual of them all: Everyone in Great Britain becomes irrationally optimistic at the prospect of a homegrown male winning the tournament for the first time since Fred Perry in 1936. And then, when the player doesn't prevail, the entire country reacts with disproportionate anguish. When Tim Henman reached the Wimbledon semifinals in 2002, a headline in the Daily Mirror read: NO PRESSURE, TIMBO, BUT CHOKE NOW AND WE'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU. When Henman fell to eventual champion Lleyton Hewitt, the next day's headline was NATION OF LOSERS. Even the staid London Observer once described rooting for British players at Wimbledon as "a national spasm of patriotic agony."
Andy Murray has not written off his chances of competing in the French Open, even though coach Brad Gilbert declared that the Briton would not take any further part in the claycourt season.
Andy Roddick retired with a strained left hamstring in the first set and allowed Andy Murray to advance to the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday.
Sometimes, sports has an awesome eye for irony. In tennis, the best one right now is this: The great hope of British tennis more closely resembles former British public enemy No.1 -- John McEnroe -- than any of the proper and refined players of the United Kingdom's sporting past.
Scottish teenager Andy Murray battled back to beat unseeded Ivo Karlovic 6-7 6-4 7-6 to win the San Jose Open title for the second successive year.
Top seed Andy Roddick will meet defending champion Andy Murray in the semfinals of the San Jose Open for the second successive year after both came through tough three-set battles on Friday.
Second seed Rafael Nadal twice came from a set behind to wear down Scot Andy Murray and reach the Australian Open quarterfinals in Melbourne on Monday.
Andy Murray continued his push towards the world's top 10 with an impressively quick win over Christophe Rochus to become the first player into the quarterfinals of the $1 million Qatar Open.
The struggling St Louis Blues have fired head coach Mike Kitchen and replaced him with former Los Angeles Kings supremo Andy Murray.
Andy Murray defeated compatriot Tim Henman for the second time in two weeks, earning a 4-6 6-4 7-5 victory to go into the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday.
Brad Gilbert has landed the job of resurrecting British tennis at the same time as guiding the career of its brightest star Andy Murray.
British top seed Andy Murray reached the semifinals of the ATP Hall of Fame Championship with his second Friday victory, a 6-0 6-0 blanking of American wild card Robert Kendrick.
Top seed Andy Murray had to survive five match points before beating Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6-1 1-6 7-6 in the first round of the ATP event in Newport, Rhode Island.
British interest in the singles ended at Wimbledon on Monday when Andy Murray went down 6-3 6-4 7-6 to Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis.
Andy Murray showed his fighting spirit when he defeated last year's finalist Max Mirnyi 7-6 6-4 despite an injury, at the Nottingham Open on Wednesday.
Britain's Andy Murray upset in-form Gael Monfils of France at the Hamburg Masters on Tuesday, winning 6-4 6-1 in the battle of the teenagers.
British number one Andy Murray has split with coach Mark Petchey after a 10-month partnership.
British number one Andy Murray skidded out of the Nasdaq-100 tournament on Wednesday, the same day the event lost three-times women champion Venus Williams.
Andy Murray added another chapter to his remarkable year when he beat U.S. Open semifinalist Robby Ginepri 4-6 6-4 6-3 to reach the last four of the Thailand Open.
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