Andy Murray was born on May 15, 1987 and is a professional tennis player from Scotland who also happens to be the highest ranking player in Britain at current. He officially broke into the ATP Top 10 on April 16, 2007, and reached a career high of No. 4 ranking following the 2008 United States open where he reached all the way to the final, but eventually lost to Roger Federer in that round. Although previously coached by American coach Brad Gilbert, who is a prolific author of tennis instruction books as well as a pro tennis play himself, Andy Murray is now coached by Miles Maclagan along with a team of fitness experts. While born in Glasgow in Scotland, Murray's current residence is in London, UK.
Where He Is Now -
In late November of 2007, Andy Murray decided to leave his coach Brad Gilbert in place of what he referred to as "a team of coaches". He trained hard during the off season, working with numerous fitness experts, and came into the 2008 series feeling better prepared than he ever had before. He sealed a fourth career title in 2008 at the 2008 Quatar Exxon Mobil Open, defeating the top seed and current World Number 4, Nikolav Davydenko by 6-4, 6-3 in the semi final round. Then he went on to defeat the up and coming Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland by 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in a final that was really tight, pushing Murray back up into the Top 10. He won his fifth career title in Marseille and defeated Roger Federer in Dubai but had to leave in the quarter finals.
Career Highlights -
Andy Murray's career record in singles is 146-63 and his career record in doubles is 20-30. He has 7 singles career titles, and his highest ranking was No. 4 as of September of 2008. He has played in a total of four singles grand slams, the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. His results were 4R, 3R, QF and F respectively. He holds no doubles titles currently, and his highest ranking in doubles has been No. 89 as of April 2, 2007.
Interesting and Inspirational Quotes -
"I like playing against serve-and-volleyers because returning is one of my best things that I do on the court. So playing against him, it kind of suits me a bit more than him playing against me." - Andy Murray
"Pretty much all the matches I have lost in ATP tournaments have been very close so I know this is not out of my depth now and I am just looking forward to starting again next year." - Andy Murray
"I'd probably live a few years longer if we had more of them. We knew it was imperative to get off to a good start and we certainly had some jump in our step. We were skating. We are afraid of being embarrassed here if we didn't play hard." - Andy Murray
Originally posted 2008-12-08 05:05:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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