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Weeks 12-13 - ATP Masters 1000 - Miami FL, USA (AM) - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
Andy has been handed a tough route to retaining his title: R2: Ebden / Kubot R3: (32) López R4: (11) Tsonga / (24) Kohli QF: (2) Nole SF: (4) Ferrer / (5) Fed FI: (1) Rafa
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Weeks 10-11 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells CA, USA (AM) - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
L64: (5) Andy Murray WR 6 v Lukas Rosol (CZE) WR 47 (CH 33 last May) or Qualifier The perils of being outside the top 4 - Andy is in Rafa's quarter, with Stani and Fed also in the top half. Full 'route': L64: Rosol / Q L32: (32) Andújar (or Vesely/Sijsling) L16: (10) Raonic / (18) Janowicz QF: (1) Rafa SF: (3) W...
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Week 9 - ATP 500 - Acapulco, Mexico (Hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Via Juan Ceballos at ESPN who is partially live tweeting the draw: L32: (2) Andy Murray WR 7 v Pablo Andújar (ESP) WR 40 (CH 33 in 2012) H2H 1-0, 6-1 4-6 6-3 at Vic (Spain) Futures way back in 2005! Possible route: L16: Mannarino or Sousa QF: (6) Simon / Q / Melzer / Nieminen SF: (4) Dimitrov / (7) Gulbis FINAL...
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Week 7 - ATP 500 - Rotterdam (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
L32: (2/WC) Andy Murray WR 6 v Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) WR 38 The field here is fantastic but this is a pretty good draw for Andy. If he gets past ERV it will Nieminen or a qualifier in R2. After that it will be tougher with Tsonga likely waiting in the QFs. SF opponent likely to be Gasquet or Youzhny. D...
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Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (men's)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
L128: (4) Andy Murray WR 4 v Go Soeda JPN WR 112 (CH 47 in 2012)
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Doha, Qatar - hard (Andy)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Separate threads for Muzz (in the Andy Murray section) and other Brits (in the men's section) are going to become a bit silly if the other Brits start regularly playing the same tournaments as him, but for the time being that is likely to remain a rare occurrence, so: L32: (3) Andy Murray v (WC) Mousa Sha...
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Andy wins SPOTY
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1 2
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(Preview)
I should darn well think so, too! Surprised Mo Farah didn't make the top 3 - again.
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Sponsorships
(Preview)
Hi all, new member here! Thought you might like to know the Sunday Mail up here in Scotland has a story today that Andy may soon be raking in £1 million in sponsorships. They are quoting Play Station 2 and McDonalds, amongst others, as being interested in sponsoring him. They report that a deal should be...
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Andy on GQ stylish athletes list?
(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2013/11/47/GQ-Style-Awards-Federer-Murray-Berdych.aspx
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Murray playing Doha
(Preview)
Along with Rafa and Ferrer which bodes well on the recovery front
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Exclusive interview with Andy
(Preview)
For anybody who's interested, there's an exclusive interview (N.B. it's hidden behind a paywall!) with Andy conducted by Robert Crampton in today's Times which gives a take on friendship with other players whi...
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Malaria No More
(Preview)
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/andy-murray/andy-murray-malaria-no-more_b_4017230.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
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Andy having minor back surgery
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1 2
)
(Preview)
He has withdrawn from all the Asian tournaments and may even miss the WTF.
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Weeks 35-36: US Open (men's main draw) - hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
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(Preview)
L128: (3) Andy Murray WR 3 v Michaël Llodra (FRA) WR 49 (CH 21 in 2011) H2H 3-0: Metz 2007 plus twice in slams - Andy won 6-4 1-6 7-5 7-6(7) at the US Open in 2008 and thrashed Llodra 6-4 6-2 6-0 at the Aus Open last year. His week 1 draw looks ok but then it gets bad, not least because Berdych, the player outside t...
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Andy's schedule for 2013
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
30 December 2012 - Brisbane 250 14 January 2013 - Australian Open 4 March - Indian Wells Masters 18 March - Miami Masters 15 April - Monte Carlo 1000 6 May - Madrid Masters 13 May - Rome Masters 27 May - French Open (withdrew - lower back pain) 11 June - Queens 25 June - Wimbledon 6 August - Canada 12 August - Ci...
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Week 33 - ATP Masters 1000 - Cincinnati, OH, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Andy could get an early chance of revenge (or repeat embarrassment) against Ernests: L32: (2) Andy Murray WR 2 v Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) WR 25 (CH 8 in 2008) or Ernests Gulbis (LAT) WR 38 (CH 21 in 2011) The rest of his possible route to the title goes as follows: L16: (14) Fognini / tpánek / Benneteau / Bagh...
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Week 32 - ATP Masters 1000 - Montréal, Canada (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
L32: (2) Andy Murray WR 2 v Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) WR 32 (CH 26 in May) or Marcel Granollers (ESP) WR 53 (CH 19 in 2012) Andy is in the same quarter as del Potro but the opposite half to Nole & Rafa. -- Edited by steven on Friday 2nd of August 2013 11:13:51 PM
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Weeks 26 & 27: Wimbledon (grass) - Andy Murray matches
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1 2 3 4 5 … 13
)
(Preview)
Have to set the ball rolling, so to speak.... L128: Benjamin Becker (GER) WR 95 vs (2) Andy Murray WR 2 Head-to-head: they've met only once, at Queen's last week, when Andy triumphed by 6-4 7-6(3). I'm already assuming that Andy is on his way to a third encounter in the L64 with Yen-Hsun Lu (H2H 1-1......
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Rafa out of Aus Open ?
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1 2
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(Preview)
Read in the Times today that Rafa wasn't ruling out his injury layoff including the Aus open. If Andy can be No.2 by then it certainly opens up the possibility of another Big 3 free run to the final ....
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Week 24 - ATP 250 - Queen's Club, London
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1 2
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(Preview)
R2 Andy Murray v Nicolas Mahut Yet again Andy's first match is against grass specialist Nicolas Mahut, who dumped Andy out last year. . . I don't think it will happen again, as I'm sure Andy will be very wary this time. On the other hand he will not be match tight after his injury break, so it may not be easy...
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Week 20 - ATP Masters 1000 - Rome (Clay)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Good draw for Andy. Possible opponents R1: Bye R2: Davydenko / Granollers R3: Nishikori QF: Del Potro / Almagro SF: Federer / Tsonga -- Edited by RJA on Saturday 11th of May 2013 04:18:20 PM
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Week 19 - ATP Masters 1000 - Madrid (clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
)
(Preview)
L32: (3) Andy Murray WR 3 vs Florian Mayer (GER) WR 26 Mayer defeated Matosevic by 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4. Andy had a walkover into the last 16 against him at the Shanghai Masters last year & beat him by 1-6 6-1 6-1 at the Rome Masters in 2011. The other seeds in Andy's quarter of the draw are Berd-Brain (6...
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Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte Carlo (Clay)
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1 2 3 4 5
)
(Preview)
The draw is out. Likely opponents R1: Bye R2: Haase or qualifier R3: Wawrinka / Monfils QF: Tsonga / Almagro SF: Nadal / Tipsarevic F: Djokovic / Berdych / Del Potro
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Week 12 - ATP Masters 1000 - Miami, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 11
)
(Preview)
Neither Federer or Nadal competing here so a good opportunity for Andy. He has RUP points from last year to defend Possible opponents include R2: Tomic R3: Dimitrov R4: Seppi / Janowicz QF: Tsonga / Cilic SF: Berdych / Gasquet F: Djokovic / Ferrer / Del Potro -- Edited by RJA on Monday 18th of March 2013 0...
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Week 10 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells, CA, USA (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
L64: (3) Andy Murray WR 3 v Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) WR 83 (CH 68 last month) or Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 84 (CH 60 last Oct) H2H 0-0 v Donskoy, 1-0 v Ito (RG R1 last year, 1, 5 & 0) Andy is in Nole's half. Not sure whether it is that relevant at this stage, but Rafa is in the Fed/Ferrer half. in Fed's quarter. -- Edit...
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