If you hadn't watched Murray's first round match, a 62 64 61 straight set match over Alex Bogomolov, you would have thought he had a comfortable win, without too much stress, but it was anything but. Bogomolov was able to break Murray 4 times, quite impressive, given the lop-sided score in the Russian's favor, but
What a difference a year makes. Last year, Donald Young was on something of a roll. He reached the semis of Washington DC. He reached the fourth round of the US Open. His ranking was high enough that he could skip Challenger events. However, rather than continue on that win streak, Young's career went into
Let's take a quick look at some of the more interesting matches from Day 1. Andy Murray vs. Alex Bogomolov Jr. Last year, Murray had part 2 of a post-Australian Open loss funk. He had lost to Novak Djokovic, then lost to two "American" "juniors" as in Alex Bogomolov Jr. in Miami and Donald Young, Jr.
One of the top three seeds fell on Thursday. Andy Murray lost 64 64 in straight sets to Jeremy Chardy. On the one hand, Chardy won two rounds in Toronto last week and elevated his rank 9 spots, so he's been playing solid tennis. On the other hand, Murray has blamed taking the tournaments prior
On the heels of the news that Rafael Nadal will not play the US Open, the top seeds were on court at Cincinnati after receiving byes in the opening rounds. Last year, unknown Alex Bogomolov beat Andy Murray during one of his slumps. That victory was still enough to boost the former and now Russian's
Toronto/Montreal (formerly the Canadian Open--the site alternates each year) used to be one of Andy Murray's favorite tournaments. Murray won the title in 2009 and 2010. However, in both years, Murray lost early in the US Open. In 2009, he lost to the up-and-coming Marin Cilic who is only starting to regain the form he
There were, of course, other men's events being played. Andy Murray, who won gold in men's singles, came back shortly after his performance to team up with Laura Robson in the mixed doubles final. Their opponents were the Belarussian duo of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka. In a way, Mirnyi and Azarenka, as the number
What a difference a month makes. Exactly four weeks ago, Andy Murray had played a good first set to give the British fans hope that maybe there might be a British winner of Wimbledon for the first time since before UK joined World War 2. Federer came back in the second set, and from then
Recap: Murray vs. Djokovic In the end, this match boiled down to the number of times Murray was able to escape dangerous situations on his own serve. The stats will show that both Murray and Djokovic had 4 break opportunities each, but Murray saved all 4 while Djokovic only saved 2 of 4. Murray was
"C'mon, Almagro!" "I'm not well!" Some time between the end of the first set and the start of the second, Nicolas Almagro called for a trainer. His shoulder, which had been giving him problems, perhaps due to the sheer amount of tennis he plays had flared up. Suddenly, it was Federer vs. Malisse, part 2.
