Andy Murray has defeated Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in a match of the Brisbane International Tennis tournament on Friday. Murray won the match in the straight sets by 6-4, 7-6(3). With this win, Murray has reached the semi finals of this event.
Murray who has been given the top seed in this event was quite clinical in his effort in the match against Istomin and he completely outsmarted his opponent. It took him 1 hour and 37 minutes to win the match.
Both the players made a pretty good start to the match and the first 8 games of the opening set went with the serve. The scores were levelled at 4-4 till that time. Murray got a breakpoint in the ninth game and he didn’t waste that. He gave Istomin the first blow and got ahead by 5-4. He only had to hold his service in the 10th game to seal the first set and he did exactly that.
But, in the second set, Murray had to work very hard for his points. Neither of the two players managed to sneak a breakthrough in the first 12 games of the second set and the set went into the tie breaker. In the tie breaker, Murray kept his cool and won the tie breaker to move into the next round.
In the post match interview, Murray said, “It was a tight game. Istomin served really well for most part of the match. But, in the tie breaker, he made a few mistakes which allowed me to walk away with a win.”
On the other hand, Istomin said, “Murray is a great player and it’s not easy to defeat him if he is playing in top form. I tried hard, but, towards the end, he soaked the pressure really well and won the match.”
In the next match, Murray will take on Kei Nishikori of Japan.
The no. 2 player in the world, Roger Federer, has hailed the performance of Andy Murray in this season. Federer has said that Andy Murray is very close to becoming no. 1 and once he will get there, he will remain there for a while.
The British Superstar, Andy Murray, performed consistently throughout the season, but, his performance in the last couple of events of the season was a little below his standard. In the BNP Paribas Masters, he was defeated in the third round by the Polish player Jerzy Janowicz. Then, in the final event of the season, ATP World tour finals, Murray had to toil hard to make his way into the final four.
In his opening Round Robin match in the World Tour finals, Murray got better of the Czech player, Tomas Berdych, but, in his next match, he was defeated by the current no. 1 player in the world, Novak Djokovic. Because of that it became very difficult for him to qualify for the semis. He had to win his final Round Robin match to continue his campaign in the tournament. The Olympic Gold medalist did that. He defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his third match of the tournament and managed to qualify for the semis.
In the semi final, he took on the Wimbledon champion Roger Federer who thrashed him in the straight sets and knocked him out of the tournament. Murray finished the season as the no. 3 player in the world.
When Federer was asked about Murray, he said, “I think Murray has been the most consistent player in this season. He has improved his game a lot and he is not too far away from becoming the no. 1 in the world and I am sure, once he reaches there, it will be hard to displace him from there.”
The no. 3 male tennis player in the world, Andy Murray, has been defeated by Milos Raonic of Canada in the semi final of the Rakuten Japan Open at Tokyo. Raonic won the match by 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(4).
Murray had been in great form since the last few months. He recently won the US Open which was his first Grand Slam title. He was expected to go past Raonic easily. But, the Canadian player pulled off a great upset. It was a thrilling encounter. Two out of the three sets went into the tie breaker. This was the third match between these two players and Raonic has won two of them.
In the post match interview, Murray said, “It was a disappointing day for me. I wasn’t able to start the match well and that proved to be costly. Raonic served brilliantly throughout the match and he was slightly better than me today.”
On the other hand, Raonic was ecstatic after defeating one of the best players in the world. The Canadian player said, “I have been playing aggressively since the start of the tournament and I did the same today. I came out there and attacked from the very beginning. I made some mistakes in the tie breaker of the second set, but, I made up for it in the third set.
“It was a great match and could have gone either way. Luckily, it went my way. Now, I am looking forward to the final.”
When asked about Nishikori who is going to be his opponent in the final match, Raonic said, “Nishikori has also been in good form of late and the final match is going to be an interesting one. Hopefully, I would be able to continue the winning streak.”
Andy Murray has defeated Alex Bogomolov Junior of Russia in the opening round of the US Open. Murray played some exquisite shots in the match and entered the second round with a thumping victory. The British superstar won the match in the straight sets by 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. It took Murray 2 hours and 15 minutes to knock Bogomolov out of the competition. This was the fourth encounter between these two players and Murray defeated Bogomolov for the third time.
Murray didn’t have a good start to the match. The Russian player surprised him by breaking his service in the very first game of the first set. But, Murray made an immediate comeback and got a breakthrough in the second game to equalise the score. Bogomolov gave Murray another blow in the third game and got ahead in the set again. But, after that, Murray thrashed Bogomolov and ran away with the set by winning the last four games consecutively. In the second set, Bogomolov was off to a fantastic start. He broke Murray’s service in the first game and held his service in the next game to make the score 2-0. The next four games went with the serve and Bogomolov was ahead by 4-2 at the end of the 6th game. It seemed that the Russian player was on his way to win the set. But, Murray didn’t let that happen. He broke Bogomolov’s service in the 8th and the 10th game and sealed the set by winning four back-to-back games.
In the third set, Murray was at his very best. He got seven breakpoints in the third set and he capitalized on three of them to wrap up the match. In the second round, Murray will play against Ivan Dodig of Croatia.
Andy Murray has won the gold medal in the men’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics. Murray defeated the world no. 1 Roger Federer in the final match. The British player won the match in the straight sets by 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Federer had defeated Murray in the Wimbledon final a few days ago. Murray took his revenge and broke the dream of Roger Federer to win the Olympic singles gold medal.
Both the players held their service in the first four games of the first set and the scores were leveled at 2-2. But, Murray broke Federer’s service twice after that and won the next four games consecutively to win the first set by 6-2. In the second set, Murray played even more aggressively. He got breakthroughs in the second and the fourth game and won the first five games of the second set in a row to take a lead of 5-0. Federer held his service in the sixth game, but, that didn’t matter and Murray won the second set by 6-1. In the third and final set, Federer played a bit better than the previous two. But, Murray’s versatile game proved to be too much for him. The British superstar broke Federer’s service in the fifth game and then kept the lead till the end to win the third set by 6-4.
Murray was over the moon after winning the gold medal. In the post match press conference, he said that it is the happiest day of his life. As per Murray, he was nervous before the Wimbledon final, but, before this match, he was confident and went into the match without any nervousness. Murray said that nothing can give more satisfaction than winning an Olympic gold medal for your country.
The British pair of Laura Robson and Andy Murray has been defeated in the final of the tennis mixed doubles competition of the London Olympics by the Belarusian pair of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka. The match was pretty close and could have gone either way. But, the Belarusian pair played well during the key moments of the game and won the match by 2-6, 6-3, 10-8. The match got finished in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
The British pair started in an aggressive mood and broke the service of the Belarusian pair in the first and the third game of the opening set. The British pair won the first four games consecutively to take a lead of 4-0. However, the Belarusian pair came back and held their service in the fifth and the seventh game, but, that was not enough. Robson and Murray won the first set easily by 6-2. Read more »
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