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Week 24 - ATP 250 series - AEGON Championships, Queen's Club - grass
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(Preview)
L32: (1) Andy Murray WR 4 vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA) WR 65 Andy has played Nicolas twice before on the Tour, both times on hard courts (Indian Wells in 2007 & Marseille in 2008), & won both matches in straight sets.
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Weeks 22 & 23: French Open (Roland-Garros) (red clay)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
R1: Tatsuma Ito (JPN) WR 69 vs (4) Andy Murray WR 4 This will be the first time the pair have ever met. Nice gentle introductory match for Andy, I'd've thought! Main draw here. -- Edited by Stircrazy on Friday 25th of...
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4th Guinot-Mary Cohr Masters - Rueil-Malmaison, Paris (red clay) (exhibition event)
(Preview)
Andy's playing here, is effectively the top seed, as he's the highest ranked player in the event, & is struggling against Ernests Gulbis: he lost the first set by 6-7(?) & has just been broken to love in the third game of th...
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Week 20 - Rome Masters 1000 - Red Clay
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(Preview)
L32: (4) Andy Murray WR 4 v David Nalbandian (ARG) WR 43 (CH 3 in 2006) or Qualifier (16) Gasquet, Melzer, Davydenko or (WC) Lorenzi could await the winner in R3 (8) David Ferrer and (11) Gilles Simon are the other seeds in Andy's quarter (2) Rafael Nadal is the top seed in his half A bit of a minefield, to sa...
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Week 19 - Madrid Masters 1000 - Blue Clay
(Preview)
Andy has pulled out due to back injury -- Edited by Madeline on Friday 4th of May 2012 06:27:23 PM
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Week 17 - Barcelona ATP500 - Red Clay
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(Preview)
SINGLES DRAW (1) Nadal v Bye - Garcia-Lopez v O.Rochus Q v Q - Bellucci v (16) Andujar (12) Granollers v Gil - Q v Kunitsyn Hanescu v Machado - Bye v (15) Tipsarevic (4) Berdych v Bye - Ramos v Darcis Q v Q - Jaziri v (13) Anderson (9) Verdasco v Beck - Paire v Rosol Gimeno-Traver v Kukushkin - ...
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Week 16 - Monte Carlo Masters 1000 - Red Clay
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
L32: (3) Andy Murray WR 4 v Viktor Troicki (SRB) WR 27 (CH 12 last June) or (WC) Jean-René Lisnard (MON) WR 397 (CH 84 in 2003) Among the seeds Andy is scheduled to meet are: R3: (15) Melzer QF: (6) Berdych or (12) Nishikori SF: (1) Djokovic or (5) Ferrer FI: (2) Nadal
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ATP weeks 12-13 - Miami Masters 1000 - outdoor hard
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
Andy's first oponent is now known - Alejandro Falla, who came through the first round when Denis Istomin retired in the second set. Wasn't Falla the guy who gave Fed a nasty scare in the first round somewhere, last year or the year before? Anyway Andy has met him once before, in LA in 2010, and beaten him i...
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Weeks 10-11 - Indian Wells Masters 1000
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Andy has a bye in the first round, first match second round Garcia-Lopez or Machado: then probably Troicki or Ryan Harrison. 4R seeds in his section Simon or Wawrinka, quarter against Fish (if they both get there). In Djokovic's half again.
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Week 9 - ATP 500 - Dubai (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
Andy has a qualifier in round 1 followed up by Davydenko or a qualifier in round 2. Same quarter as Del Potro and same half as Djokovic.
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An Evening with the Murrays
(Preview)
This is on now as a podcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/5lspecials (I am using the link on the rh side to 'just listen') I think it is on normal radio 5live at 9pm also
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Weeks 3-4 - Australian Open (hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
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(Preview)
L128: (4) Andy Murray WR 4 v Ryan Harrison (USA) WR 84 (CH 66 last Aug) Harrison beat a "Ward GBR" in QR1 of both RG (James) and Wimbledon (Alex) last year but has never played Muzz before. Looking further ahead, the winner plays Malisse or Roger-Vasselin in R2 and possible later opponents co...
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Brisbane, Australia (hard)
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
L32: (1) Andy Murray WR 4 v Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) WR 91 (CH 56 last Sep)
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Week 47 - ATP World Tour Finals - London (indoor hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Andy has been drawn in Group A with: Djokovic - H2H 4-6 (4-4 on hard, 0-1 indoors) Ferrer - H2H 5-3 (5-0 on hard, 1-0 indoors) Berdych - H2H 1-3 (1-2 on hard/carpet, 1-1 indoors) I would say Ferrer is a better draw than Tsonga indoors but Berdych a worse draw than Fish. If they schedule the groups on the sa...
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"If Murray wins Wimbledon it will be good for English tennis"
(Preview)
I just about crashed the car after listening to Phil Tuffnel speaking about Murray's chances whilst he was comentating on the Eng v SL cricket ODI yesterday. He was asked who he thought might win Wimbledon... Tuffers replied: "Oooh I think Federer will win it..." Q: Dont you rate Murray? T...
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Andy's Programme for 2011
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1 2
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(Preview)
This will be updated so its contents are dynamic. Just a stab in the dark at a guess. Australian Open http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/index.html Rotterdam Dubai - Indian Wells Miami Monte Carlo Barcelona Madrid Rome Guinot Mary Cohr Exhibition Paris Queen's Wimbledon Toronto Cincinatti...
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Weeks 35-36 - US Open main draw (men)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 24
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(Preview)
L128: (4) Andy Murray WR 4 v Somdev Devvarman (IND) WR 64 (CH 62 last month) 1st meeting, Devvy is 1-2 in US Open main draws. Unconfirmed possible opponents later on are F-Loppy in R3, Stani in R4, Sod in the QFs and, of course, Rafa in the SFs - though that may not be a bad draw in this case.
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Week 45- ATP 1000- Paris (Hard)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Muzz is the 2nd seed here and has a bye to begin with. R2: Granollers or Chardy R3: Roddick QF: Berdych SF: Federer F: Djokovic
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Week 44 - ATP 500 - Basel (indoor hard)
(Preview)
As Andy's playing this tourney next week, I thought it appropriate to start a thread. He's in with Djokers and Fed, so hope he doesn't burn out for Paris and London. Edited: but only to get the thread title into the more standard format -- Edited by steven on Saturday 29th of October 2011 01:25:17 AM
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curious
(Preview)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jan/30/andy-murray-novak-djokovic-australian-open
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Week 41 - ATP 1000 - Shanghai (China) - Hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
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(Preview)
As a seed Andy gets a first round bye. In the second round he faces Tursunov or Bellucci and after that he would likely face Warwrinkar (R3), Simon (QF), Tsonga or Fish (SF), Nadal (Final). Andy is of course the defending champ here. Both Djokovic and Federer are missing from the event.
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Week 40 - ATP 500 - Tokyo (Hard)
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1 2 3 4 5 … 9
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(Preview)
Andy is the second seed here (Nadal also here). He plays Baghdatis in round 1, Niemenen or Bogomolov Jr in round 2, Monaco is the other seed in his quarter and Ferrer would be his most likely SF oponent. Also playing doubles with Jamie, they play Andujar and Raonic in round 1.
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Week 39 - ATP 250 - Bangkok, Thailand - Hard
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Andy is seeded 1 here and will play Berrer or a qualifier in R2. (5) Dodig, Dimi, Gulbis and another qualifier are the other players in his quarter. (3) Simon & (6) Fognini are the other seeds in the top half and the no. 2 seed is Monfils. -- Edited by steven on Saturday 24th of September 2011 10:18:51...
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(AM.com) bubble gap competition - cincinnati - Deadline 4pm Mon 15th
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Apparently the fire is heading this way. Everybody else has been evacuated but I'm not leaving! Bear with me while I try to save a bit of the forest for posterity.... Rules for entry: You get 1 point for every number you are away from the bubble gap - lowest score wins. Pick a different number to everyone...
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Cincinnati Masters - Final: Andy vs Novak Djokovic
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
The head-to-head is 3-6. Andy last beat Djoko by 2 & 5 in the final of the 2009 Miami Masters. Since then, he has lost to him in the final of this year's Oz Open (hard) &, more recently, the final of the Rome Masters on clay...  -- Edited by Stircrazy on Saturday 20th of August 2011 10:20:57...
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