Andy Murray says clear thinking key on road back to top
The former world No. 1 is currently down to 134 in the rankings
The former world No. 1 is currently down to 134 in the rankings
“If I want to move back up the rankings and have good runs in tournaments again, I need to win these matches”
“If I want to move back up the rankings and have good runs in tournaments again, I need to win these matches”
We’re in the quarterfinals, and there is no limit to the fresh green grass tennis stories for us to gasp, gape, gawk and gab over.
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NOVAK Djokovic breezed through round 1 of the French Open on chilly Day 3 at Roland Garros, easily trouncing the unseeded Ye-Hsun Lu of Taiwan in straight sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-1).
Andy Murray not only forged a rare doubles team-up with Maria Sharapova in the recent Manila edition of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL); he also reunited with his 2006 Wimbledon mixed-doubles ally Kirsten Flipkens, who helped him wallop the superstar pair of Serena Williams and Aussie legend Leyton Hewitt.
It was sports history in the making, with many of its participants gathered in one room for a night—and then slugging it out in a tennis arena for three consecutive days—in Manila.
It has been 25 years since any high-profile or top-caliber professional tennis athlete played a match in the country. The last ones to do so were Bjorn Borg, the ice-cool Swede (whose calm demeanor was unsettling to opponents) with 11 grand slam trophies, and John McEnroe, the notorious hothead but brilliant American shotmaker, who played an exhibition match at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in 1989.
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