Following a week of genuine positivity in the French town of Metz, Andy Murrays crusade to return to the worlds top ten, saw him reach the final of the Moselle open, only to lose out to Spains Tommy Robredo over three sets.
Murray started the game in perfect style, taking the first set 6-0, in just [...]
Entries from October 2007
Andy Murray beaten in Metz final
mjr - Monday 08.10.07, 11:49am
Tags: Mens Tennis · Uncategorized
Andy Murray reaches Second Round of Metz Open
mjr - Wednesday 03.10.07, 16:41pm
Britain’s Andy Murray yesterday progressed to the second round of the French Metz Tennis Open after a scare in the second set.
He took one hour and 41 minutes to overcome Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic with a 6-4 1-6 6-2 victory.
Andy Murray is seeded third for the competition and will play either France’s Michael Llodra or Austrian [...]
Tags: Mens Tennis
Plexicushion Surface for Australian Tennis Open
mjr - Wednesday 03.10.07, 16:32pm
The Australian Tennis Open will be using a new blue indoor surface, replacing the traditional green Rebound Ace courts in use at Melbourne Park since 1988. The new court surface is called Plexicushion and is expected to create a consistently medium-paced game play.
Australian Open officials stated yesterday that any players breaching strict gambling regulations [...]
Tags: Australian Open
Wimbledon shame amid bribery scandal
mjr - Monday 01.10.07, 16:44pm
Amid the current allagations of bribery and betting scandals to hit the game of Tennis, Avrind Parmar has emerged as the first British player to admit to being offered money to throw a game. Parmar, who reached No 138 in the world rankings at the peak of his career, has told how he was made [...]
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