Tennis: Murray battles to opening victory in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Andy Murray came through a tense second-set tie-break to edge out Norwegian qualifier Viktor Durasovic in the Stockholm Open first round on Tuesday (Nov 9). The former world number one needed three match points and saved a set point in the breaker to win 6-1, 7-6 (9/7). The injury-hit 34-year-old, still bidding... » read more
Tennis: Murray has no qualms about taking wildcards
INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – Andy Murray does not feel bad taking wildcards away from younger players given all he achieved in tennis before missing time due to hip surgeries, he said on Wednesday (Oct 6) at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Critics suggest wildcards are better suited to up-and-coming players but Briton... » read more
Tennis: Ram and Salisbury pick up US Open men’s doubles title
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – American Rajeev Ram and Briton Joe Salisbury overcame a slow start to beat Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the US Open men’s doubles final on Friday (Sept 10). Ram and Salisbury struggled with their serve in the opening set, with a collective four double faults as they... » read more
Tennis: Murray added to US Open main draw after Wawrinka withdrawal
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Former champion Andy Murray has been added to the main draw of the US Open following the withdrawal of Swiss Stan Wawrinka, tournament organisers said on Monday (Aug 9). Murray, who had hip surgeries in 2018 and 2019, has only played a handful of ATP Tour-level events this year having missed... » read more
Tennis: Battling Murray in earliest Wimbledon exit since 2005
LONDON (AFP) – Andy Murray suffered his earliest Wimbledon exit in 16 years on Friday (July 2) when the two-time champion was knocked out in the third round by world number 12 Denis Shapovalov. Murray, who has been battling a lengthy fight against hip and groin injuries and is now ranked at 118, went down... » read more
Tennis: Murray eases through on comeback at Queen’s
LONDON (AFP) – Andy Murray made a winning return to singles action on Tuesday (June 15), easing into the second round of the Queen’s grasscourt tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over France’s Benoit Paire. The former world number one, playing his first singles match since March and his first at Queen’s since 2018 –... » read more
Motor racing: Murray Walker, the voice of Formula One, dies at 97
LONDON (REUTERS) – Murray Walker, the infectiously excitable television commentator who became the voice of Formula One for generations around the English-speaking world, died on Saturday (March 13) at the age of 97. The news was announced by the Silverstone-based British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC), of which he was an associate member. “A friend, a... » read more
Two 50 pts on same night
PHILADELPHIA • It is not every day that a player scores his career high in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and even rarer that two would achieve the feat with the same number of 50 points on the same day. But to Joel Embiid and Jamal Murray, it was just another nonchalant day at the... » read more