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Week 6 - ATP 500 - Rotterdam Entry List
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Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Original Cut-off: 44 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Murray, Andy GBR 4 3 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 4 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 6 5 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 6 Ferrer, David ESP 12 7 Monfils, Gael FRA 14 8 Soderling, Robin SWE 17 9 Andreev, Igor RUS 19 10 Berdych, Tomas CZE 20 11 Tursunov, Dmitry...
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Rotterdam R2: Andy vs Andreas Seppi (ITA)
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Match presumably to be played on Thursday. They've met only once before, in the QF at Nottingham in 2006, so on grass, when Seppi ran out the winner 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1. A dangerous opponent, so not to be underestimated, which I'm sure Andy will not do, but surely one now well within his undoubted talent...
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Rotterdam R1 - Andy v Ljubicic
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The match is at 6.30pm UK time on Tuesday, according to am.com. Head to head 2-1 in Andy's favour, but Ivan won the last one, the Final of Doha 2007. Andy should win, I would have thought. Ivan is not the player he was then.
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Weeks 9-10 - ATP 1000 Series - Indian Wells
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1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 6 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 6 7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 7 8 Simon, Gilles FRA 8 9 Roddick, Andy USA 9 10 Blake, James USA 10 11 Nalbandian, David ARG 11 12 Ferrer, David ESP 12 13 Monfils, Gael FRA...
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AO R4 - Andy v Fernando Verdasco
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H2H is 5-0 in Andy's favour, but Verdasco has improved dramatically since the Davis Cup Final last year. Andy will need to play well. Chris Bailey has just said that this match will be on BBC1 or BBC2 tomorrow, and is expected to start at somewhere around 4.30 to 5am. Anybody hearing which channel it is o...
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murrays demise
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Glad to see old bighead anti everyone but scotland got his come uppance today,may it long continue
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Australian Open, Jan 19-Feb 1
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Very good draw for Andy, probably the easiest of the top 4. Although Im not counting my chickens yet, a few obstacles in the way especially tsonga ( if hes fit ), melzer, Nishikori and verdasco ( if hes on ) Main Draw [1] Nadal vs C Rochus Serra vs Karanusic Schwank vs Haas Q vs [29] Tursunov [24] Gasquet vs J...
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AO R3: Andy vs Jurgen Melzer
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L32: Andy Murray [4] vs Jurgen Melzer [31] - CH 28 The difficulty finally starts to increase for Andy as he plays someone ranked inside the top 50 for the first time. They played three times last year, with Andy leading the head to head 3 - 0. With the most memorable probably being the come back from two set...
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AO R2: Andy vs Marcel Granollers
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An opponent from Spain whose surname Chris Bailey, surprise, surprise, hasn't a bloody clue how to pronounce! There's a head-to-head of sorts, though as both encounters took place in Spain on clay (a Futures qualifier in Vigo in 2004 which Andy won 7-6(11) 6-3 & first-round clash in Barcelon...
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AO R1 - Andy v Pavel
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First up on Rod Laver, Tuesday. Yuk - a morning start for Andy. Hopefully even a half-awake Andy can see off Pavel, who hasn't played for nearly a year, without too much trouble. The upside is that it is on at midnight UK time, on BBC 2. They have only played each other once, in the US Open in 2005 which Andy w...
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Australian Open - What If ?
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Just for the Count After Djokovic's defeat in Sydney ( apparently he didn't want to be ranked 2nd in the world, however temporarily ! ) : Points on Monday will be : Djokovic 10650 ( defending 2000 ) Murray 7190 ( defending 10 ) Andy will rise to 3rd after the Aussie Open if he wins the tournamen...
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AO : Web Site for Mobile Users
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Great micro site from the AO this year. Didnt spot it last year if it was there ! mobile.australianopen.com Has live scores...not just game updates but pt by pt. Also OOP and all the draws. If I cant watch due to work then my opera-mini will come to my aid. Most phone html browers in WAP mode will be fine but...
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Andy Murray - by the BBC
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Really good piece by two of the Beebs tennis correspondents. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7815655.stm Nice insight....I liked the bit where the remind us that then last time we had a slam winner....'sliced bread had only been in the shops by 6 days...' LOL !
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ATP Doha - Final - Murray v Roddick
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So if Andy is fit he will play Roddick for the 8th time on tour with Andy leading the H2H 5-2. (Does not incl Roddicks w/o at Queens). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7821469.stm All wins have been in straight sets apart from last time out in China when Murray came back after losing the 2nd se...
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Doha SF: Andy versus Roger Federer
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A repeat of the first round last year which Andy of course won in three on his way to the title. The official head-to-head is now 4-2 in Andy's favour (excluding the Abu Dhabi result last week, as that was an exhibition tournament not sanctioned by the ATP). Second match on centre tomorrow, the first...
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Doha QF: Andy v Sergiy Stakhovsky
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Andy leads the H2H 2-0 with wins in the Davis Cup in 2006 and the US Open boys final in 2004. I seem to remember there wasn't much love lost between the pair at that DC match as well. Anyway the QF line-up in Doha is: - Nadal v Monfils Roddick v Hanescu Murray v Stakhovsky Federer v Kohlschreiber -- Edited by...
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Doha R2: Andy v Philipp Petzschner
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Match is underway... I like the look of Petzschner, I've never seen him play before, but he has a big forehand, good serve and has nice variety in his game as he volleys exceptionally well and has played a couple of nice drop shots already. Only problem is his backhand is a bit naff. Petzschner is strugg...
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Doha R1: Andy v Albert Montanes
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Andy begins his campaign with what should be a straightforward match against the clay court specialist Montanes at 1pm GMT today. Livestreams available on Betfair and Bet 365.
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Doha
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Tournament Name: QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN 2009 Location: DOHA, QATAR Dates: 5TH10TH JANUARY, 2009 (SATURDAY FINAL) Prize Money: US $1,110,250 32 DRAW (MAIN DRAW & QUALIFYING) SITE: KHALIFA INTERNATIONAL TENNIS & SQUASH COMPLEX MAJLIS ALTAAWON ST, AL DAFNA DOHA, QATAR SURFACE: REBOUND A...
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Abu Dhabi Exhibition, Jan 1-3
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I thought there was a thread for this but I can't find it. Six players - Andy, Fed, Rafa, Davydenko, Blake and Roddick. Today's matches are Roddick v Davydenko, starting about now, with Andy v Blake following. The tournament website appears to be going to show live scores. [url]http://www.capitala...
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19 Entertainment
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"I am very excited to be working with Andy and Jamie, two of the brightest British talents in global sports," said Fuller. Two of the brightest British talents? Shurely shome mishtake .....
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Andy Murray - SPOTY
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My campign for Andy to be BBC Sports Personality of the Year starts here At the moment I am guessing that maybe an Olympic champiion or Lewis Hamilton, if he wins the Drivers Championship, may still be favourite. Some may question the "personality" bit of it, but hey look at some of the past...
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Murray : Off-Season Media Reports
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Would be good to have this thread through November and December and please post as many good or not so good articles on Andy. Try and give an active link and if you copy and paste a part of the article please give source credit. Dont post full articles. I have made this a sticky.
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Doha Entry List
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Doha 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Murray, Andy GBR 4 4 Roddick, Andy USA 8 5 Andreev, Igor RUS 19 6 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS 22 7 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER 28 8 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS 32 9 Seppi, Andreas ITA 35 10 Montanes, Albert ESP 45 11 Hanescu, Victor ROU 50 12 Santoro, Fabrice FRA 52 13 Troic...
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Masters Cup 2008 - SF - Andy Murray v Nikolay Davydenko
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(Preview)
I am afraid that I am not personally too optimistic about this. Davydenko seems to be finding a bit of form, and has had a day off while Andy has been playing for 3 hours against Federer. Overall head to head is 3 - 3 and they are usually fairly tight matches. I see Davydenko winning in straight sets, but wou...
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