World No. 1 Andy Murray will start his campaign for a record sixth title at the Aegon Championships in London feeling much more confident than he was earlier this month amidst his struggles on clay. The 30 year old started Roland Garros with a 4-4 record on the red dirt and entered the tournament having lost his last match at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Italian Fabio Fognini. But the Scot turned his clay season around in Paris, winning five consecutive matches to reach the semi-finals. Murray fell to Stan Wawrinka in a five-set battle. “I'm happier with where my game is at... Obviously I'm playing better now than I was before [Roland Garros] in practice. I have been hitting...
Andy Murray will go for more history at the Aegon Championships at The Queen's Club. The ATP World Tour 500 tournament in London starts on Sunday. But the Scot could have to beat three Top 15 players, including World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka, if he wants to win an unprecedented sixth Queen's Club crown. View Draw Last year, Murray became the first player to win five titles at the tournament, which was established in 1890. Aegon Championships Title Leaders Andy Murray 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 Andy Roddick 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Lleyton Hewitt 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 Boris Becker 1985, 1987, 1988, 1996 John McEnroe 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 Roy Emerson 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 Anthony Wilding 1907, 1910,...
Crushed brick has been replaced by mown lawns. Ribbed soles have been unlaced in favour of pimple-soled shoes. Baseline battles and lengthy rallies won't be commonplace as knee-bending, dinks and sliced shots are now essential for success during the six-week grass-court swing. World No. 1 Andy Murray was perfect on grass in 2016, with a 12-0 record (1.000), winning the two tournaments he entered: his fifth crown at the Aegon Championships (30-5 tournament record) and his second trophy at Wimbledon (53-9 event record). The player Murray beat in both finals, Canada’s Milos Raonic, who brought on board three-time former Wimbledon champion John McEnroe for last year’s grass-court swing, went 10-2 (.833). The World No. 6 will be looking to add...
Although Andy Murray wasn’t able to reach his second Roland Garros final after falling to Stan Wawrinka in five sets on Friday, the high-quality battle proved Murray is back in business. Few people would have pegged the Brit to be a set away from a major final at the start of the tournament. He arrived at Roland Garros with a tame 4-4 record on clay this season, and struggled in his first two matches in Paris against Andrey Kuznetsov and Martin Klizan. But the World No. 1 turned the corner in his third round victory against Juan Martin del Potro and continued to improve with each match. Against Wawrinka, Murray hammered 36 winners and hit plenty of flashy shots throughout...
