DAY 3 PREVIEW: The No. 1 and 2 players in the Emirates ATP Rankings, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, headline a big Wednesday schedule at the BNP Paribas Masters. Overall, there are eight of the Top 10 seeds in second round action. Four Frenchmen are also on the order of play, including 2008 champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. All eyes will be on reigning three-time (four overall) BNP Paribas Masters champion Djokovic and Murray, who is the hottest player on the ATP World Tour since May. Murray, who lost to Djokovic in last year’s final, has reached the final in 10 of the 11 tournaments he has played in the past six months, winning a career-best seven titles. Now Murray is within...
Andy Murray is addressing mental health and male suicide in his role on Tuesday as guest editor for the Huffington Post. The World No. 2 is teaming up with HuffPost UK as they launch Building Modern Men, a month-long focus that raises awareness of the suicide epidemic among men and the issues they face around identity. Murray penned an editor’s letter discussing his own experiences handling difficult emotions and the high rates of male suicide in the U.K. You may have noticed I work in a pretty emotional job. Whether I’m winning or losing there’s a huge amount going on under the surface. The pressure is always there and quite honestly, at times it’s hard to hide. In my younger years...
Andy Murray discusses the fact that he could become the No. 1 player in the Emirates ATP Rankings this week in Paris. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
After winning seven ATP World Tour titles this season and reaching the final in 10 of his past 11 tournaments, Andy Murray could unseat Novak Djokovic as World No. 1 at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris. Although the Serbian has become a familiar face at the top of the Emirates ATP Rankings, the Brit believes his season warrants being in a position to challenge for the spot. “I do deserve to be there, because the rankings don't lie. It's a long season. We have a lot of mandatory events that pretty much all of the top players play in,” said Murray. “If you're ranked 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, that's where you deserve to be ranked providing...
