Bardzo ładnie wszystko rozplanowane. Murrayowi udało się znaleźć właściwych ludzi - z wiedzą, kompetentnych i pracowitych. McLagen powiedział kiedyś, że to są wybitni specjaliście bez wielkich nazwisk. Patrząc na progres w grze Szkota (na wielu płaszczyznach) można śmiało stwierdzić, że ten osławiony "Murray Team" zdaje egzamin.

Jakimś cudem nie zostało to tutaj wrzucone, tak więc w ramach dopełnienia wszelkich formalności:

Andy Murray zagra w Masters Cup

Szkot Andy Murray jest trzecim tenisistą, który zakwalifikował się do kończącego sezon turnieju ATP World Tour Finals, zaplanowanym w dniach 22-29 listopada. Rywalizacja będzie się toczyć w nowoczesnej hali O2 w Londynie. Przed nim prawo gry w tej imprezie zapewnili sobie: Szwajcar Roger Federer i Hiszpan Rafael Nadal.

- Udział w mastersie zawsze jest głównym celem tenisistów z czołówki, ale dla mnie ten turniej będzie szczególny, bo po raz pierwszy zostanie rozegrany w Wielkiej Brytanii - powiedział 22-letni Szkot, który w poniedziałek po raz pierwszy w karierze został wiceliderem rankingu ATP World Tour.


Murray po raz drugi z rzędu znalazł się w elitarnym gronie ośmiu najlepszych tenisistów sezonu, a zadebiutował w Masters Cup w ubiegłym roku, dochodząc w Szanghaju do półfinału.


- Myślę, że właśnie w Londynie może dojść do bezpośredniej walki o pozycję lidera rankingu ATP na koniec roku. Wszyscy mamy nadzieję, że tak się stanie, bo ten sezon jest wyjątkowo trudny, a stawka zawodników bardzo wyrównana - dodał.

Pochodzący z Dunblane tenisista jako pierwszy wygrał w obecnym sezonie 50 meczów, a zdobył dotychczas pięć tytułów: triumfował kolejno w Dausze, Rotterdamie, Miami, londyńskim Queen's Club oraz przed tygodniem w Montrealu. W Wielkim Szlemie dotarł do ćwierćfinału Roland Garros i półfinału Wimbledonu.

Wreszcie coś pewnego, a nie tylko spekulacje na temat siły ryżego tenisa

O Maryju oczywiscie najdluzszy artykul, wiec tylko link

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ … t=0&page=1

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009 … el-living/

For The Moment | Andy Murray On Hotel Living

Our guest blogger during the two weeks of the U.S. Open is Andy Murray, the world’s No. 2 ranked tennis player and a finalist in last year’s event. The 22-year-old Murray comes into the tournament as one of the favorites, having won five titles this year, including three on hard courts. Murray, a native Scotsman, is a Twitterholic and the face of Fred Perry, and he’ll be posting the day after his matches.

Hey, again
As I mentioned in my first post, the only time I really get to enjoy whatever city I’m in is just before a tournament begins and on the days of the early rounds. But once the tournament gets going it’s really more about the grind — practicing, playing and resting — so today is as good an opportunity as any to talk about life on the road and hotel living.

The tennis season is the longest of any sport that I can think of. The first tournament of the year starts around January 5 and the last tournament finishes around the end of November so I’d say that I’m traveling a good six months of the year — at least.

I live in London, which I really like, but I can’t really train there because the weather is so bad, so even on my downtime I end up being away from home. (I usually practice in Florida.)

During Wimbledon I get to crash at home, but for the rest of the year, as much as I occasionally like to rent an apartment — it’s sometimes nice to make your own breakfast and not be woken up by a maid — I mostly stay in hotels because it’s just easier.

Unlike a lot of the players, I am not superstitious about where I stay. Come to think of it, I’ve changed hotels every year that I’ve come to New York.

I’m not a particularly fussy person, but when you travel as much as I do some things become very important when choosing a hotel, like being around good late-night restaurants because if you finish late you wanna be able to throw on some clothes and just pop out to grab a bite. For obvious reasons I prefer a hotel that’s not too noisy. And a good gym helps. We try to work out a little bit during a tournament, but if you decide to work out at the courts on a day of a match or a long practice session you can sometimes end up being there from, say, midday until 7pm, so it’s nice to do your practice at the stadium and then go back to the hotel and hit the gym there.
DESCRIPTIONJustin Lane/EPA Murray letting off steam on court. Don’t get him started on overly complicated hotel design.

There are some hotels, like the Four Seasons in Doha, which are so unbelievably luxurious that they have to be experienced to be believed, but nothing beats sleeping in your bed, and I’ll take living in a house or an apartment over a hotel any day. I’d be lying, though, if I said there are no advantages to hotel living. I never grow tired of having my bed made for me. And when you’re often getting in late and tired, there’s a lot to be said for room service. Then there are the mini-bar temptations. I know I shouldn’t use them because they’re ridiculously overpriced, and I try to stay away from chocolate, but I’m partial to the odd fizzy drink.

At this stage of the tournament it’s really important to be able to unwind in your room. One good thing is that you have free Internet in most good hotels and I spend a lot of time online. I use Skype a lot, and I’m always on instant messenger or one of the social networking sites.

I also like that a lot of hotels have tons of sports channels. As a Brit I’m obviously a football fan — soccer, to you guys — but I’m also a huge basketball fan and I watch a bit of baseball. I kinda know what’s going on with baseball, but I find it tough to sit down and watch a whole game whereas basketball I could watch all the time.

I also like relaxing by listening to music so I prefer hotels with Ipod docking stations so I don’t have to travel with speakers. (I already carry enough junk.) I get asked a lot about what music I listen to, but it’s basically whatever is good on the charts — I quite like Lady Gaga at the moment — nothing too extreme.

It’s the same with hotel design, which I often find overly complicated, especially when it comes lighting. A lot of the hotels now have about five buttons for different moods. Give me a plain switch any day — I just want a light on or off. I’ve found myself calling down to the front desk for help on more than one occasion, but it’s more annoying than embarrassing.

Speaking of hotels, I better get back to mine.

Andy

Questions aplenty as Andy Murray is left searching for answers

Everyone had a pet theory about Andy Murray and why he only nibbled at the Big Apple.

He was too stressed, he had worked himself too hard, he peaked at the wrong times, he is too stubborn, the expectations are too enormous, his schedule is too taxing, the relationship with his coaching and fitness group is too cosy, the press is too demanding. Amateur psychologists abounded.

The climax of Murray’s grand-slam tournament campaign in 2009 was anticlimactic, a weary and abject straight-sets defeat by Marin Cilic, of Croatia, in the fourth round of the US Open, a performance not in keeping with the motto of the city, for the 22-year-old had sleepwalked his way to defeat and that’s not the way it is done here. Even his Twitter page was Twitter-less yesterday.

What happened to the 2008 US Open runner-up? Was he hurt? This mysterious wrist injury, when did that come about? Is he equipped to win a grand-slam tournament, the bottom line by which greatness is ultimately judged? One will do but where and when will it come — next year, five years, ten? Roger Federer will get fed up soon, won’t he? Rafael Nadal’s knees won’t be able to stand up for much longer, will they? Then it will be Murray’s turn.

But his four defeats in the grand-slam tournaments this year have been to players of lower rank, in some cases a good deal lower. Fernando Verdasco worked him over in Australia, although the Scot was debilitated by a viral infection; Fernando González was too physical in Paris, Andy Roddick too shrewd at Wimbledon, Cilic too secure on Tuesday. These are not the kind of failings that fill one with confidence when assessing Murray’s prospects.

“I don’t think there is anything huge [wrong with my game],” he said after losing to Cilic. “My strokes are well and I move good. I have to make sure I play my best tennis when I need to at the slams. I have to keep finding my way back into matches because I was not able to do that today. I missed out a lot of things. Everyone in all walks of life has a day when nothing works.”

The phrase “a way back” is worrying as well. Murray has made a habit of being able to win matches from adverse situations but he has the armoury to strike first more often rather than wait around and presume that he will wear down his opponent. A quote from John McEnroe in these pages on the eve of the Open bears repetition. “Murray has the game to be more assertive and he should use it,” he said. “It’s not easy being a back-seat driver out there.”

The world No 2 will spend the next few days relaxing and pondering. “I will have to discuss what I will do and which tournaments I will play,” he said. “I have to see what my goals are for the rest of the year. Rankings-wise, I got to my highest this year. But the next step is to win a slam and, unfortunately, there are no more left. I will go and work on my game, not worry too much about my results and make sure I am ready to win one next year.”

Brad Gilbert, who was Murray’s coach for 16 months before the pair parted company in November 2007 and is now the resident sideline reporter for ESPN, the sports network, said: “Obviously, the tendency in these matches is for Cilic to keep pressing. In the previous matches, including once when I was his coach, Cilic kept trying to force the issue at the net and Andy would find a creative way to win the points. Tactically, I thought Cilic played a great match.

“I was a little surprised he [Murray] wasn’t able to adjust. Every once in a while as a tennis player you have one of those flat days. You kept expecting Andy to take over. I feel bad for him. He won’t get to play another major until the middle of January. He gets an A for the ATP [season], but he went 0 for finals in a major. Those are what you’re judged on.”

For all that there remains much for Murray to look forward to this year, not least the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 arena in southeast London in November for which he has qualified.

There is a Davis Cup tie against Poland in Liverpool next week and an October swing in Asia, but it is how Murray responds to this enormous setback that will help to answer the many questions floating around Flushing Meadows yesterday.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/ … 827954.ece

Team Murray - The Forfeits Go Too Far

There are reports coming out today of a serious rift within the famed Team Murray. Rumour has it that the much-publicised "forfeit system" that has seen team members variously walking around with strange headgear, doing funny dances and eating maggots whilst whistling the theme to "The Rockford Files", has been taken just one step too far.

According to sources, a specialist training session at Murray's temporary base was in full flow. Miles was serving tennis balls into the service box at a rate of more than one in every two while Andy watched to see how it was done. In a strict routine every two minutes Matt Little and Jez Green took it in turns to walk up behind Andy and punch him in the head "to toughen the scrawny little fella up". This was followed by racquet punching practice and finally a half hour session of "not looking too bothered about stuff" practice.

At this point the team went for a light-hearted warm-down prior to Andy going off to practice saying "I hope I do well in my next tournament" in as outrageously an arrogant and provocative way as possible. The game du jour was headstand-tiddlywinks, which nobody seemed to know the rules to, but looked quite painful. As is the norm, it was decided to inject some excitement and danger into matters by allowing the winner to pick a forfeit for the loser. This is where things turned nasty.

Showing surprising deftness of touch, Treacle executed a double-flipping wink to seal victory over his boss. Much jeering ensued and then a hush as Andy and his team awaited the punishingly embarrassing forfeit that Murray was to endure.

Treacle stroked his chin contemplatively.

"Hmmm. You know boss, when sometimes we go somewhere on a big plane. And Andy has to do that hitting thing more often than when like he normally does? You know, they seem to go on for a fortnight and then that square-headed bloke gets a big shiny thing?"

Miles - "I think he means the Grand Slam tournaments Andy".

Treacle - "Yurr. That's it a granslam. Right you Mr Murray sir. You have to go and bring back one of them shiny fings as your forefinger."

A stunned silence fell.

Andy Ireland - "You're kidding mate. That's just INHUMAN!!"

Jez Green - "Treacle you're bang out of order son. This is just a bit of fun."

Murray starts sobbing quietly into a towel.

Miles - "Ok guys. I think we need a timeout here this is only meant to be a bit of fun. I think it's got a bit out of hand. Let's all go have some lunch and calm down. Then perhaps Matt can think of something a bit more REASONABLE... to pick for the forfeit. Yeah? OK. That's lunch."

Apparently when Judy heard about it she sacked them all.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A56948304

Czekam z niecierpliwością na felieton Reeda, mam nadzieję, że nie zawiedzie mnie i napisze coś w stylu" Federer can feel lucky, because he won US Open thanks to Murray's crash out".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/8257354.stm

Murray wins but aggravates injury

Andy Murray put Great Britain 1-0 up in their Davis Cup tie against Poland but aggravated a wrist injury that may rule him out of Saturday's doubles.

He beat Michal Przysiezny 6-4 6-2 6-4 before Dan Evans lost to Jerzy Janowicz in the second rubber of their Europe/Africa Group I relegation play-off.

And Murray revealed he may need a break, saying: "I need to take some time off and let it try and recover.

"I can't make it worse every single day and then by Sunday be struggling."

The world number three added: "I don't want to sacrifice the lot to play in the tie and end up hurting myself so badly that I can't play for a few months.
   
"Every time I play on it, it's making it worse. You never know how much damage you can do to yourself, you just hope it doesn't get so bad you can't play.

"Four or five days [rest] isn't enough."

Murray, who was out for three months when he injured his right wrist in 2007, admitted he is unsure how long it will take to heal but will see a specialist before deciding whether to play on or not.

"If it takes four months to get better, it takes four months. If it takes a week, then it'll take a week," he added.

"I'll go back up to London, I'll go see the specialist I saw when I hurt my right wrist and make a decision on what I'm going to do next."

And Murray hinted that criticism he received for missing previous Davis Cup matches was one of the reasons he decided to risk the injury against Poland.

Asked whether he came close to missing the tie, he said: "I thought about it but last time something like that happened I spent the next three months answering questions like, 'Are you dedicated enough to play for your country? Does Davis Cup mean anything to you? Is it important enough? Do you feel like you let your country down?'

"It's pathetic. I play hard and I've always enjoyed playing for my country. I came up here on Sunday with the rest of guys, I practised hard.

"I love being around a team atmosphere and every time I feel fit enough to play Davis Cup, I'll play. If I'm not feeling well or I'm hurt, then I can't."

Murray playing through pain barrier

GB captain John Lloyd revealed Colin Fleming will partner Ross Hutchins in Saturday's doubles if Murray is unable to play.

"I would love Murray to play but he's a professional athlete and he knows his body a lot better than I do," said Lloyd.

"He'll go as far as he can but if he can't play three matches, he can't play three matches. I don't know what he's going to say.

"You would think the logic would be to give him another 24 hours rest, give it more chance so that he'd be OK for the singles.

"But then obviously in doubles it does lessen our chance if he is not in and we are taking the risk on it going into the fifth match.

"That could have happened anyway even with Andy playing with Ross, you would still, on paper, make the Poles favourites in the doubles."

The crowd at Liverpool's Echo Arena gave Murray an enthusiastic welcome as he made his first appearance since losing to Marin Cilic in the last 16 at Flushing Meadows.

The 22-year-old capitalised on a couple of sloppy errors from Przysiezny to break in the third game, but was matched the rest of the way in opener.

After Przysiezny clung grimly to his serve in a protracted opening game of the second, Murray accelerated away with breaks in the third and fifth to move into a 2-0 lead.

The third game again proved crucial in the third set as Murray edged ahead and, after a brief wobble as he was taken to break point in the eighth, it proved enough for victory.

Evans, 19, endured a difficult Davis Cup debut as he was comfortably beaten 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-5) by fellow teenager Janowicz in the day's second match.

Illnesses to both James Ward and Josh Goodhall, who could have been expected to play the second singles match, handed the Birmingham-born player a starring role.

Evans recovered from a break in the opening game of the match, but the world number 302 promptly slipped behind again in the seventh.

A double fault at 5-3 down offered Evans' big-serving opponent three set points, the Pole taking the last courtesy of a double fault.

A mishit shot just clipped the tramline to give Janowicz a crucial break in the sixth game of the second set.

The 18-year-old then clambered back from 0-40 down in the ninth to seal the set with five consecutive points.

Although Evans battled on stubbornly the third set was eventually wrenched from the UK number five as Janowicz powered through to level the tie.

Depending on whether he opts to rest his wrist, Murray may return to action alongside Ross Hutchins in Saturday's doubles match against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

And Lloyd declared himself satisfied with how the first day had panned out.

"On paper it's turned out the way it was supposed to," he said.

"Obviously I didn't think there was any way Andy was going to lose.

"(The second singles) would have been a nice one to win but Janowicz showed the sort of ability he has and I thought Dan overall played pretty well but just couldn't quite hold him close enough."

On Sunday, the reverse singles match-ups bring the contest to a close.

The winner of the Europe/Africa Zone play-off will hold on to their Group I status while the losers will be relegated to Group II.

Tokyo: Andy withdraws

Unfortunately, Andy has to withdraw from the ATP Tokyo Tournament.

Andy is disappointed not to be competing in Japan, but on the basis of medical advice, he has decided to give his left wrist further time to recover.

His injury is improving on a daily basis and Andy is very close to resuming full-training. The wrist will be assessed again this weekend.

http://www.andymurray.com/news/article/853

http://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=29545

As expected Andy Murray’s problems with inflamed tendons in his left wrist have forced the world no.3 to pull out of next week’s Rakuten Japan Tennis Championships in Tokyo and the Scot’s participation in the upcoming Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 the following week remains uncertain.

Although MRI scans have shown 22 year-old Murray is suffering no long-term damage to his non-racket arm, he is determined not to endanger his chances of contesting either the calendar ending ATP World Tour Championships at London’s 02 Arena or next January’s Australian Open where he is determined to mount a concerted campaign to win his first major title.