Murray's first biography

Sheddie · administrator

Murray's first biography

Drew · May 8, 2006

UltimateSlabbaFan wrote:

I suspect that there will be many books written on Andy Murray over the next 40 years and the first of these will be published on June 1st 2006. It's entitled: "Andy Murray, the story so far" and is written by Rob Robertson and Eleanor Preston. It's a paperback, 320 pages and will cost £10.99. A synopsis: At Wimbledon 2005, a new star burst onto the international tennis scene. Andy Murray, the eighteen-year-old wild card, confounded all expectations to make it through to the third round, and his courage when facing some of the biggest names in the game captured the imagination of the public and the media. Since his sensational arrival at SW19, Murray has gone on to establish himself as the British No. 1 thanks to a meteoric rise through the rankings. His amazing progress has seen him defeat Tim Henman at the Davidoff Indoor Championship in Basel, Switzerland, take on world No. 1 Roger Federer in the final of the Thailand Open in Bangkok and win his first ATP tournament in San Jose, beating Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt along the way. Murray is now widely viewed as one of the most exciting prospects in the sport. "Andy Murray: The Story So Far..." charts the teenage tennis star's enthralling career to date from his success in the juniors to the sacking of Mark Petchey as his coach in April 2006, leaving nothing out along the way. I'll definately be getting this !!!

David wrote : I'll definately be getting this !!!

This is funny as hell...the lads 18 yrs old......played in 3 GS....ranked 44 and we have a biography already !!!!!

Salmon · Tennis legend

Its not any ordinary lad though - its Andy Murray!

I think Ill have to wait for a year or so till I get it.

Or else ship it over with the help of internet.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

I'll save my money for a few years and get the next one!!!!

stagger · Club Coach

i heard that brooklyn beckham has a (ghostwritten) autobiography due out this summer.

kate85 · Lower Club Player

David, can you PM me the link for this news on the book please so I can put it on the site?

Thanks

Sheddie · administrator

LOl @ stagger

I would pm you the link kate, but there isn't one. I was emailed the info.

kate85 · Lower Club Player

Ah, OK. Is it information that I'm allowed to put on the web site? Or is it your exclusive to post here?

Sheddie · administrator

It's info which I've obtained exclusively for this site but this site is part of andymurraytennis.org so you can post it on there. It's exclusive info for andymurraytennis.org aswell.

-- Edited by UltimateSlabbaFan at 12:03, 2006-05-09

Andymonium · Satellite level

ill be getting it?

what other tennis players have biographys or autobiographys out

does Henman or greg???
cuz id read those too

Sally · Grand Slam Champion

Henman has a biography which came out last year. Not sure about Rusedski.

Sheddie · administrator

There are two books which have been written:

Duel for the Crown, the inside story of Henman and Rusedski's year by Neil Harman [Times tennis correspondent]. This was published in 1999 when both players were sparring for the British no 1 spot and were ranked inside the world's top 10 - the glory years of British tennis

Most recently:

Tim Henman: England's finest by Simon Felstein

This was published on April 28th, 2006 and costs £7.99. It's 304 pages. The hardback version came out in July 2005.

Andymonium · Satellite level

any other pros...cuz im fasinated by these

its not usual that an 18 year old likes to read (its prob the only thing i read...tennis related stuff)

Xenon123 · Junior player

Andy barely ever talks about the dumblane shooting. Do you think that will be the same in his biography?

Oh wait, it's not an autobiography is it, so not in Andy's words.

Sheddie · administrator

Andymonium wrote:

any other pros...cuz im fasinated by theseits not usual that an 18 year old likes to read (its prob the only thing i read...tennis related stuff)

Go to www.amazon.com and type in the names of different players under the section "books." There are 3 for Agassi, 2 for Sampras etc.

Re Xenon's question on Andy's biography: Judy and Andy have had a lot of input in the content which makes up the book apparently, there are lots of stories and anecdotes which Judy has given from when Andy was younger and from his junior days. I very much doubt that he talks about the Dunblane shooting in the book though it'll undoubtedly be mentioned at some point by the authors, Andy's always said that he doesn't want to talk about it to the press and he and Jamie both state that their ambition is make people think of Dunblane, not for the shooting but for tennis.