ROME - 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 ...

  MADRID   Roger Federer made a winning return after a two-month absence from the court as he cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Radek Stepanek to move into the third round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday. A solitary break in the fourth game was enough for the Swiss world No.2 to take the ...

MONTE CARLORoger 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 StanislasWawrinka at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.A shell-shocked Murray committed 24 unforced errors as he lost to Federer's Swiss compatriot, seeded ...

PARIS - It's 10 years since the rankings didn't feature either Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer in the top two, but current leading men, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, still face a test of claycourt nerve.On Sunday, Nadal begins his bid for a ninth successive Monte Carlo Masters title. The ...

MIAMI  - Britain's second-seeded Andy Murray mastered the tricky conditions to make short work of Australian Bernard Tomic on Saturday to reach the third round of the Miami ATP Masters and WTA Tournament. Tomic managed to win only 10 points in the final set of a 56-minute match dominated ...

BRISBANE  - Scotland's Andy Murray called on all his experience to defeat rising Bulgarian star Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (7/0), 6-4 and retain his Brisbane International title on Sunday.In a high-class final, Murray came from 4-1 down in the first set and a break in the second to subdue the ...

BRISBANE - Defending champion Andy Murray moved into the semi-finals of the Brisbane International on Friday when he downed a tenacious Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). Murray, back on court after playing the late match on Thursday night, took his chances against Istomin on a few key ...

BRISBANE - US Open champion Andy Murray won a surprisingly tough second-round clash against Australian qualifier John Millman to move into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International on Thursday.Murray appeared headed for a straightforward win when he raced through the first set in just 30 ...

LONDON  - Andy Murray swept into the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals as the world number three defeated France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) at London's O2 Arena on Friday.After Novak Djokovic's win over Tomas Berdych earlier on Friday, Murray knew he only needed to take one set off ...

LONDON  - Andy Murray marked his first match on home turf since winning the US Open with a gritty 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tomas Berdych in the ATP Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena on Monday.Murray was playing in front of a British audience for the first time since his dramatic final win ...

LONDON  - Andy Murray has been drawn to meet old rival Novak Djokovic in a US Open final rematch in the group stages of the ATP World Tour Finals.Britain's Murray, aiming to win the season-ending event for the first time, will hope to repeat his dramatic victory over Djokovic in New York in ...

SHANGHAI  - Andy Murray heaped the misery on Roger Federer on Saturday, taking advantage of an astonishing service meltdown by the Swiss great to set up a mouthwatering final against Novak Djokovic.The US Open champion, who has never been beaten at the Chinese tournament, won 6-4, 6-4, ...

Andy Murray heaped the misery on Roger Federer on Saturday, taking advantage of an astonishing service meltdown by the Swiss great to set up a mouthwatering final against Novak Djokovic.The US Open champion, who has never been beaten at the Chinese tournament, won 6-4, 6-4, repeating his victory in ...

TOKYO - Defending champion Andy Murray lost a set for the first time this week before overcoming Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland to reach the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Friday.The top-seeded Briton, playing his first event since winning the US Open, looked set for a straightforward victory ...

TOKYO (AFP) - London Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray stood firm in his service game to beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the first round at the Japan Open tennis tournament on Tuesday. The 25-year-old defending champion came back to court after winning the US Open last month and didn't face a ...

NEW YORK - History-making Andy Murray ended Britain's 76-year wait for a men's Grand Slam champion when he beat 2011 winner Novak Djokovic 7-6 (12/10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 in an epic US Open final on Monday. Murray became Britain's first major champion since Fred Perry claimed his third American ...

LONDON - Hail and heavy rain caused chaos at the Olympic tennis at Wimbledon Sunday as play was forced indoors for the first time in 100 years. Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova were among just a handful of winners under the Centre Court roof, which was hastily closed after a cloudburst as play was ...

LONDON  - Andy Murray will focus firmly on Wimbledon semi-final rival Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday, having cast a longing gaze across the Atlantic for title-winning inspiration from NBA basketball hero LeBron James.Murray, looking to become the first British man to reach the Wimbledon final ...

LONDON  - Home hope Andy Murray has overcome a second frustrating rain delay to take his place alongside Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the Wimbledon quarter-finals.Murray returned to the All England Club on Tuesday up a set and a service break in his fourth-round match against Marin ...

MONTE CARLO - Andy Murray sprang to life on Tuesday as the Scot began his clay-court season with a 6-0, 6-3 hammering of Serb Viktor Troicki to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters. He was joined by 13th seed Fernando Verdasco as the Spaniard beat Ivan Dodig of Croatia 3-6, 6-3, ...

MELBOURNE  - Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a brief injury scare before setting up an Australian Open semi-final with British rival Andy Murray on Wednesday.The Serbian defending champion grimaced and clutched the back of his thigh during the second set against David Ferrer, and repeatedly ...

MELBOURNE  - US tennis queen Serena Williams crashed to one of the worst defeats of her glittering grand slam career Monday, as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray moved safely into the Australian Open quarter-finals.Williams, winner of 13 major titles including five in Melbourne, fell to the ...

Dr. Conrad Murray has returned to court to try and prove Michael Jackson caused his own death.The medic is currently serving four years for the involuntary manslaughter of the ‘Thriller’ singer - who died while in his care in June 2009 of acute Propofol intoxication - but has asked for ...

BRISBANE - World number four Andy Murray laid down a marker for the Australian Open with a 65-minute demolition of Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final of the Brisbane International on Sunday.Murray, runner-up at Melbourne Park for the past two years as he chases his first Grand Slam, showed no mercy ...

Novak Djokovic outplayed Andy Murray to win the Australian Open for the second time and end the Briton's hopes of a first Grand Slam title. The 23-year-old Serbian won 6-4 6-2 6-3 in a stiflingly hot Melbourne to regain the title he first won in 2008 and condemn Murray to a third defeat in Grand ...

Andy Murray needed all his fighting spirit as he toiled to a four-set win over David Ferrer to reach a second successive Australian Open final. The Briton, seeded fifth, won 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 7-6 (7-2) to set up a final against Novak Djokovic on Sunday. Murray produced an error-strewn performance ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) Colombias Alejandro Falla and Scot Andy Murray shared top billing on centre court at the ATP Farmers Classic on Thursday. Falla, who is enjoying the best season of his career, rallied to upset fifth seeded Ernests Gulbis 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10/8) in a marathon second-round match at ...

PARIS (AFP) Defending champion Roger Federer showed no mercy to Stanislas Wawrinka on Sunday, handing his Olympic gold medal-winning teammate a French Open hiding as Andy Murray made an angry Roland Garros exit. World number one Federer beat close friend Wawrinka 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 and nows faces ...

PARIS (AFP) Top seeds Roger Federer and Serena Williams, with 28 Grand Slam titles between them, enjoyed a French Open cruise on Monday as Andy Murray toiled through a five-set marathon in blistering sunshine. Defending champion Federer began his campaign for a 17th major with a comfortable 6-4, ...

DUBAI (AFP) The cull of leading players at the Dubai Open continued in spectacular fashion as Australian Open finalist Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all fell in the second round on Wednesday. With Roger Federer having announced his withdrawal on Sunday, and Gilles Simon ...