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Tennis: Djokovic into quarters, feels for injured Murray

Agence France-PresseMay 16, 2013 11:00

Top seed Novak Djokovic played without ankle pain Thursday in a routine 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Alexandr Dolgopolov for a quarter-final place at the Rome Masters, and then spared a thought for the injury plight of rival Andy Murray. Djokovic dispatched Dolgopolov in an hour, with five aces and 13 winners in a contest which began 45 minutes late due to morning rain. The two-time Rome champion will play Czech Tomas Berdych, a winner over South Africa's Kevin Anderson 7-5, 6-2, in the last eight.

Tennis: Murray faces French Open pullout, Nadal eases in Rome

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 17:16

World number two Andy Murray admitted Wednesday that he could miss the French Open after a long-term back injury forced him to quit the Rome Masters. "I'd be very surprised if I was playing in Paris," a subdued Murray said after retiring from a second-round start at the Foro Italico, handing a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7) win to Spain's Marcel Granollers. Murray, who was celebrating his 26th birthday on Wednesday, said that pain in his lower left back, which has bothered him since late 2011, has been flaring recently, bringing on the Rome pullout.

Tennis: Murray succumbs to injury in Rome

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 14:43

Andy Murray pulled out of the Rome Masters on his 26th birthday on Wednesday as the Scot succumbed to back and hip pain during a second-round clash with Marcel Granollers. Having lost the first set 6-3, the third seed fought back from 4-1 down in the second set to win a tie-break. But after levelling the match on his second set point, he promptly went to the net to shake hands. Murray, ranked world number two behind Novak Djokovic, had been seen by the trainer for on-court hip and back treatment after the third game of the second set.

Injured Murray retires from Rome second-round match

Agencia EFEMay 15, 2013 14:10

Rome, May 15 (EFE).- Scotland's Andy Murray retired from his second-round match Wednesday at the Rome Masters after rallying to tie Spaniard Marcel Granollers at a set apiece. The world No. 2, who turned 26 on Wednesday, began suffering back problems in the second set and called for the trainer while trailing 3-6, 1-2. Murray proceeded to lose the next two games and was a point away from a 5-1 deficit before storming back and forcing a tiebreaker, which he won 7-5.

Tennis: Murray ousted by Berdych in Madrid

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 15:05

Andy Murray became the latest big name to fall at the Madrid Masters as he was beaten by sixth seed Tomas Berdych 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 in the quarter-finals on Friday. The world number three paid for his gruelling encounter Gilles Simon less than 24 hours earlier as he lacked the requisite energy to cope with the Czech who moves on to face either Jo-Wilfred Tsonga or Stanislas Wawrinka in the semi-finals. Murray's defeat means that all three top seeds have been knocked out after the earlier dismissals of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. kca/dj

Tennis: Nadal earns rain-delayed win into quarters

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 09:16

Rafael Nadal led the way with a 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 defeat of Frenchman Benoit Paire on Friday, as the Barcelona Open completed rain-delayed matches from the previous 24 hours and prepared to start the quarter-final ties. Nadal, the seven-time champion seeded second, dropped his opening service game against the unpredictable Paire, ranked a career-best 33rd, with the Spaniard finding himself trailing 2-0 on the clay of the Real Club de Tenis.

Tennis: Error-strewn Murray in shock Monaco exit

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 10:01

Roger Federer will return to second in the ATP standings next week after Andy Murray collapsed to a 6-1, 6-2 third-round loss to Stanislas Wawrinka at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday. A shell-shocked Murray committed 24 unforced errors as he lost to Federer's Swiss compatriot, seeded 13th, in 58 minutes. Murray, a quarter-finalist here a year ago, went nil for two on break points and lost his own serve five times in the rout which sends him back to the practise court for the next fortnight in hopes of repairing his game for the Madrid Masters in early May.

Tennis: Argentina, Serbia poised to strike at Davis Cup

Agence France-PresseApril 7, 2013 00:02

Argentina lead France 2-1 in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final tie after David Nalbandian and Horacio Zeballos came from behind to win Saturday's doubles. French duo Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra took the first set but Nalbandian and Zeballos fought back to clinch the match 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 6-3 to give the hosts the upper hand ahead of Sunday's reverse singles. The teams were all square after Argentine Juan Monaco had levelled the tie following Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's victory over Carlos Berlocq on Friday.

Tennis: Murray signs up with Bhupathi agency

Agence France-PresseApril 4, 2013 14:00

US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray on Thursday signed on as the first client of a new partnership between his management company and Indian doubles star Mahesh Bhupathi's GloboSport. The venture is aimed at helping Murray, ranked second in the world after last week's win at the Miami Masters, develop his off-court interests in Asia and the Middle East. Murray's commercial activities have been managed by Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment since 2007, but there had been speculation the 25-year-old Scot may switch to a rival to help him further his business interests.

Murray delighted with "brutal" win in Miami

Thomson ReutersMarch 31, 2013 17:45

By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - An exhausted Andy Murray credited his mental strength and physical freshness for his tie-break victory over David Ferrer in the Sony Open final on Sunday after a gruelling two hour, 45 minute battle. "It was a brutal, brutal match. Both of us were kind of on our last legs," Murray told reporters after his 2-6 6-4 7-6 win. "It was a good job it wasn't a best‑of‑five‑set match, because I don't know how the last few sets would have ended up.