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Andy Murray has entered the quarter finals of the Rakuten Japan Open with a fantastic win over Lukas Lacko of Slovakia. Murray won the match in the straight sets by 6-1, 6-2.

He took a bit less than 1 hour to knock Lacko out of the competition. Murray had won the Japan Open last year as well and the way he has started his campaign this year, it seems that the British superstar is well prepared to defend his title.

Andy Murray has cruised into the pre quarter finals of the US Open by defeating Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the third round. However, Murray had to work very hard for that victory. Three out of the four sets went into the tie breaker, but, Murray didn’t lose his composure and played sensibly during the vital moments of the match. The British superstar won the match by 7-6(5), 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-6(4).

Andy Murray has defeated Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the men’s tennis singles tournament of London Olympics and moved into the second round. Murray won the match easily in straight sets by 6-3, 6-3. The world no. 1 Roger Federer watched the match from the players’ box. Murray was playing his first match after the Wimbledon final. He won the match in just 89 minutes.

Samantha Stosur has been defeated in the third round of the Rogers Cup by Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic. Safarova won the match in the straight sets by 7-6(9), 7-6(5). It was a very close match and both the players played some brilliant tennis.

Both the sets went into the tie breaker and the spectators enjoyed the match a lot. Safarova, who is ranked 23rd in the official rankings of WTA, didn’t lose her calmness in the tie breakers and pulled off an upset. The match went on for 2 hours and 10 minutes.

British tennis sensation, Andy Murray, has defeated David Ferrer and entered into the semifinals of Wimbledon Championship. But, it was not an easy match for the British superstar by any means. He lost the first set and he was on the verge of losing the second set too, but, he lifted the standard of his game and was able to go through Ferrer. The scorecard 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) itself tells the story of the match. The match got decided in 4 sets, out of which 3 sets went into the tie breaker.

Barely five hours had passed since Serena Williams won her fifth singles title at Wimbledon before she was back at centre court of the All England Club with her older sister Venus Williams for the doubles final against the Czech Republic pair of Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova and in match that finished just 15 minutes before the clock struck 11pm local time, the Williams sisters were celebrating their 5th double title at Wimbledon.

Andy Murray has found himself under the spotlight going into this year’s French Open with many people including tennis legend Boris Becker suggesting Murray would be best off dropping out of the tournament to rest his back ahead of his much anticipated return to Wimbledon.

Murray suffered an ankle injury during a third round match in last years French Open as well as breaking his tooth on a baguette. Despite these set back the Scot made it to the semi-finals before eventually losing out to eventual winner and Spaniard Rafa Nadal.

On Saturday, there was not a single moment wasted as Andy Murray came off the tennis court at the Aviation Club in Dubai, which is few minutes away from that airport and went straight to Los Angeles in grooming for the 1st American swing of the season.

Swiss Master Roger Federer will face off against John Isner in the second singles match for Switzerland in the Davis Cup tie against the United States of America over the weekend.

The former world number one will face Isner after world number eight Mardy Fish finishes his first match against Swiss star Stanislas Wawrinka. Federer is the hands down favorite for the match against Isner and with the American trailing the record Grand Slam holder 2-0 in career match ups; it is almost a foregone conclusion that he will be swept aside on the clay court.

World number 4 Andy Murray is ready to give his all in the upcoming season and it seems that he has started off by giving Christmas a miss in order to prepare for the Australian Open that will kick off in a couple of weeks’ time.

Murray, however, did celebrate Christmas but that was three weeks before the actual day in an effort to keep his focus on the beginning of the season. Christmas for Murray meant that he ran a few miles in the beach near his Florida home, sweating it out with his trainer and coach.