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Andy Murray to skip French Open with sights set on grasscourt return

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Andy Murray to skip French Open with sights set on grasscourt return
Andy Murray will skip the rest of the clay season.
By NEIL MCLEMAN
20:06, Sat, May 15, 2021 | UPDATED: 20:14, Sat, May 15, 2021
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Andy Murray has pulled out of the French Open to focus on the grasscourt season after suffering an adverse reaction to playing on clay last week.

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The Scot, who turned 34 yesterday, went to the Rome Masters to get top-class hitting practice with stars like Novak Djokovic to get ready for the second Grand Slam of the year.


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He then got into the men's doubles event at the Foro Italico and played two matches with Liam Broady.

But the double Olympic champion then felt “a bit of discomfort” and decided to turn down a wildcard to play singles in next week's Geneva Open.

Murray had wanted to win matches to prove his fitness and earn a wildcard for the French Open which starts on May 30.


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He was given an invite last year but was thrashed in the first round by Stan Wawrinka.

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Andy Murray is scheduled to return at Queen's next month (Image: GETTY)
Now the world No 123 has decided to head home to concentrate on the grass with his next scheduled event the cinch Championships at Queen's Club starting on June 14.

The news is another blow to Murray who has played only three ATP Tour-level events this year. He missed the Australian Open in February after contracting Covid-19 and then pulled out of the Miami Masters with a groin problem.

French Open tournament director Guy Forget was hoping that Murray would find a way to play at Roland Garros.

He said last week: "I know that Andy entered the qualifying.


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"Andy is a great player, he sure deserves a wilcard. Once again it is a discussion we have to have with him and our team. We want to see him in good shape.

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"I hope he feels well. He hasn’t played any matches yet, which is obviously what any players wants to do before committing to a big tournament, especially when you are going to play the best of five sets.

"We will probably speak to him and his entourage again and then we will make a decision next week.

"Andy knows he is not going to pretend to play tournaments if he does not feel he cannot compete with the best guys.

"He just loves the game and wants to go out to perform and win matches, so I believe if he asks for one (a wildcard), it is because he believes he can perform and win a few matches."

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/ ... rench-Open

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Murray Withdraw From Roland Garros

Murray, the 2016 Roland Garros finalist, will now focus on the grass-court season. The Scot played doubles with Liam Broady at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he also trained with the likes of Novak Djokovic. That was his only clay-court action this year.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/wawrink ... withdrawal

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Murray Calls Federer’s Late-Night Effort ‘Inspirational’

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The Swiss is into the fourth round in Paris after a four-set battle
Roger Federer battled deep into the Paris night as Saturday turned to Sunday during his tight third-round victory against Dominik Koepfer at Roland Garros. The 39-year-old’s peers certainly took notice.

Former World No. 1 Andy Murray, who had right hip surgeries in January 2018 and January 2019, was watching closely. The Scot shared his praise for the Swiss legend on Twitter before the match ended.

“I’m not bothered by the outcome of this match at all,” Murray wrote. “Just seeing Federer at 39 off the back of two knee surgeries playing to an empty stadium at 12:30 a.m. getting fired up is inspirational to me. Do what you .”


Murray, currently No. 123 in the FedEx ATP Rankings, is working his way back to form as he tries to find his best game following his second hip surgery. The 34-year-old last competed in Rome, where he played doubles alongside Liam Broady and trained with stars including World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Federer is into the fourth round on the Parisian terre battue, and he will next play big-hitting Matteo Berrettini. If the eighth seed gets by the Italian, he could potentially face Djokovic in the quarter-finals.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/murray- ... arros-2021

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Murray, Roddick Join Swiatek's Growing Fan Club

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Iga Swiatek's fan club continues to grow, and Monday night it expanded to include two of the ATP Tour's most iconic major champions and former No.1s: Andy Murray and Andy Roddick.

The defending champion was playing her first night session at Roland Garros on Court Philippe-Chatrier when Murray took to Twitter to count himself a fan of the 20-year-old Pole's swashbuckling game.

"Love watching @iga_swiatek," Murray wrote. It was a simple message that caught the attention of another Andy, who was also tuning in to Swiatek's 6-3, 6-4 win over Marta Kostyuk in the Round of 16. The win was Swiatek's 11th straight win at Roland Garros and extended her streak of consecutive sets won in Paris to 22.

"Agreed. She's awesome," Roddick replied to Murray.

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Murray has always been a vocal connoisseur of the women's game. He famously tipped Caroline Garcia to be a future WTA World No.1 and he wasn't far off. Garcia would go on to reach a career-high No.4 in singles and No.1 in doubles. He also frequently mentioned his appreciation for Poland's first WTA trailblazer, Agnieszka Radwanska, name-checking her as his favorite WTA player to watch.

Swiatek took the opportunity to briefly take her mind off the French Open and look ahead to Wimbledon. It never hurts to plan ahead.

"Thank you Sir Andy! Are you by any chance up for a practice? I really need to improve my skills on grass," Swiatek wrote in response to Murray. Swiatek was the junior Wimbledon champion in 2018, but getting a few tips from a two-time Wimbledon champion couldn't hurt.


Practising with the game's greats seems to be working for Swiatek. She prepared for her Roland Garros title defense by hitting with her idol and 13-time champion Rafael Nadal before the tournament. And like any proper student of the game, she came prepped and ready.

"It wasn't a surprise because I had [time] to prepare, write [down] some small topics, not to have awkward silence," Swiatek said. "But Rafa is really, really great. He's a really nice guy. Even though I am pretty introverted, it was really fun for me. Obviously I got to feel his forehand, which was great, and his topspin. That was a whole new experience for me. It gave me a lot of positive energy. It was really a huge inspiration for me.


"It's really nice to see such a champion being normal off court, and also telling jokes and being a little bit sarcastic. It's really, really nice."

Here's hoping Swiatek gets her chance with Murray in a few weeks, when she is set to play Wimbledon for just the second time in her nascent career. A few serving pointers from Roddick wouldn't hurt either.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/roland- ... -june-2021

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Andy Murray Receives Wild Card Into Queen's Club

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Broady also gets a wild card
Five-time cinch Championships winner Andy Murray has accepted a wild card into the ATP 500 tournament, which will be played from 14-20 June.

“The tournament at Queen’s has always meant a lot to me," Murray said according to a release. "It’s where I won my first ATP match. I’ve won the singles at Queen’s more than any other [tournament] in my career, and I’ll never forget our doubles title in 2019. I can’t wait to get back out there.”

Murray has a 30-7 singles record at the grass-court tournament, where he has lifted the trophy in 2009, 2011-13 and 2015-16. In 2019, in his first tournament after undergoing hip surgery following the Australian Open, Murray won the doubles title at this event alongside Feliciano Lopez.

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The World No. 123 last played singles in Rotterdam this March. Murray competed in doubles at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, where he also trained with the likes of World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

Liam Broady also received a wild card into the main draw of the cinch Championships. The British lefty will pursue his first win at the tournament, where he competed in 2012 and 2017.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/murray- ... -wild-card

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Murray: ‘I Can Still Compete With The Best Players’

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Murray will play singles for the first time since March in London
Andy Murray insists that he is still capable of competing with the world’s best players on his ATP Tour return at the cinch Championships in London, where he is a five-time champion.

Ahead of his first singles match since early March, the British star admitted, “I don’t feel perfect. I have been practising well over the past month or so and pretty consistently. I have been training at Wimbledon, came here in the past few days and had a couple of good practices.

“I know I can still compete with the best players in the world. I have been doing it consistently in practice over these past six months and certainly, on the grass, I don’t see why not.”

The 34-year-old, who has struggled to overcome a right hip complaint this year, has only played two ATP Tour events this year at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier and the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. His last singles match was against Andrey Rublev on 3 March, although he did compete as a doubles player with Feliciano Lopez at last month’s Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome.

“The question mark is obviously whether the body holds up,” said Murray. “I can’t say with any great certainty right now if that is going to happen, as I have been feeling good at different points throughout the past nine months, practised really well and felt good going into tournaments, and then something has happened, like in Miami. I hope I will be, because I have seen enough in practice [to suggest] that my tennis is fine and in a good place. But physically, I need to hold up while playing matches.”


Murray has a 30-8 singles record at the grass-court tournament in west London, with title runs in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016. The Scot, who will play France’s Benoit Paire in The Queen’s Club first round, is just trying to stay healthy.

“My priority is that I am healthy, my focus is on that. I know I can still play high-level tennis if I can get through these matches,” Murray said. “Judging by what you see on social media, a lot of people don’t think I can compete at this level anymore. My goal is to be physically fit.

“I am in good shape in terms of all the numbers I am producing in the gym, but I am aware that stuff is irrelevant. You need to be able to get through tennis matches and I have been unable to do that, so I don’t want to promise anything as I don’t even know myself.”

The Brit, who underwent hip resurfacing surgery at the start of 2019, went on to add, “If my goal is to get to World No. 1 and win majors… I would have stopped three years ago. Winning the doubles [title] at Queen’s with Feliciano Lopez [in 2019] for me was really special and that created a memory and something [that] I will look back on. You can still do things on the court outside winning Slams, which you can enjoy.

“The reason why I’m still playing is because I love playing tennis. I spoke to a number of my ex-coaches who were players, and I asked them about when they finished playing and what it was like at the end of their careers. Unanimously, they [all said] it was extremely difficult to stop playing and our advice would be to play as long as you can.”

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/murray- ... onday-2021

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[DUN I LOVE]

Pierwszy wygrany mecz na trawie od 3 lat.

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Tak zastanawiam się dlaczego m. in. Murray, Delpo, Tsonga i reszta mimo tych wielkich problemów zdrowotnych dalej próbują grać. To musi być uzależnienie od tenisa, innej drogi nie widzę. Przecież Andy od prawie czterech lat jest bardzo daleko od tej formy z końcówki z 2016. Szkoda chłopów.

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