Murray’s had best year yet says Henman June 8, 2015 FORMER Wimbledon favourite Tim Henman believes Britain’s Andy Murray has made the best start to a year in his career and is second only to world No1 Novak Djokovic in the SW19 running this month. Murray lost to Djokovic in an epic French Open semi-final on Saturday but has already won his first clay court [...]
Andy Murray hoping to serve an ace for Seedrs firms as tennis ace joins crowdfunding platform’s board June 7, 2015 Tennis ace Andy Murray may have suffered a defeat to Novak Djokovic at the French Open last week, but he is hoping to win off the court by getting involved in funding companies. Murray is announcing today that he is joining the advisory board of the online equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, as part of what [...]
Murray takes solace in clay revival and plots Djokovic French demise June 4, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray believes his standout scalps during an unbeaten 2015 clay season can ignite the fuse under his bid to overpower world No1 Novak Djokovic today and reach a first French Open final. Two-time major champion Murray recorded his maiden clay-court titles in Munich and Madrid this year, the latter secured with a first [...]
Murray outguns Ferrer to set up Djokovic tussle June 3, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray side-stepped the disappointment of squandering a third-set match point to dispatch Spain’s David Ferrer yesterday and set up a French Open semi-final clash with world No1 Novak Djokovic. Murray recorded his first ever victory over Ferrer on clay at the fifth attempt, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1, to reach the 16th grand slam semi-final [...]
Federer targets Wimbledon title after French blip June 2, 2015 WORLD No2 Roger Federer immediately switched his focus to securing an eighth Wimbledon title after crashing out of the French Open at the quarter-final stage yesterday. Second seed Federer, who won at Roland Garros in 2009, slumped to a straight-sets 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) defeat to compatriot and Davis Cup team-mate Stan Wawrinka in an [...]
Murray vying to break clay hold of Ferrer June 1, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray admits his French Open title bid is dependent on breaking the clay-court spell which Spain’s David Ferrer currently exerts over him when the duo meet in tomorrow’s quarter-final. Third seed Murray secured his 17th consecutive appearance in the last eight of a grand slam with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over [...]
Tsonga into last eight as Murray targets Roland Garros progress May 31, 2015 HOME favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga surged into the French Open quarter-finals after beating Czech fourth seed Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 yesterday. Tsonga will play Kei Nishikori in the quarter final after the fifth seed dispatched Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to become the first Japanese player in more than 80 years to reach [...]
Murray through despite testing French Open tie May 28, 2015 WORLD No3 Andy Murray admitted that he needed to be at his most belligerent in order to secure a four-set victory over Portugal’s Joao Sousa in the second round of the French Open yesterday. Murray battled through and recorded a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 success against Sousa and will now face Nick Kyrgios in the [...]
Victorious Murray revels in Grand Slam nerves May 25, 2015 BRITAIN’S Andy Murray admitted he thrived on the nervous tension before breezing through to the second round of the French Open with a commanding victory over Argentine qualifier Facundo Arguello yesterday. Third seed Murray was rarely troubled by world No139 Arguello during his straight-sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 success, dispatching his opponent in one hour and [...]
Wimbledon Championships serve up a profit May 17, 2015 The All England Tennis Club, the ultimate owner of the Wimbledon Championships, reported a 48 per cent rise in operating profit to £56.1m in the year to 31 July 2014. Most of the income came from the Championships which delivered turnover of £169.7m – 99 per cent of its total. It signed TV rights contracts [...]