Andy Murray : Still unsuccessful at Grand Slams – Tennis Special
Rated at number four in world rankings, 24-year-old Andy Murray is one of the most promising young players the Great Britain has ever produced. The Scottish born has made his name among the top class male tennis players in a very
short time and has reached the career best ranking of world number two in 2009.
Winner of 17 ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) championship titles, Murray is yet to bag a Grand Slam tournament in his five-year professional tennis career. The British number one is reckoned to be one of the toughest
competitors to beat on any surface and his tennis skills are well admired by huge number of fans and critics all over the globe.
Despite of gaining such high spot in world rankings, young Briton has never won any of the four Grand Slam championship titles. Murray has made it to the semi-finals of all the Grand Slam tournaments but every time his voyage has
been fruitless. He reached the final of the US Open three years ago and has been fighting for the title in the final of Australian Open for the past two years.
It appears quite strange that being such a proficient player on all the surfaces, Murray has always been failing to put up a decent performance at the big matches of the Grand Slams. A lot of critics strongly believe that the Scott
certainly has got all the capabilities to wear a Grand Slam crown and his potentials are far better than what his rankings suggest. The only thing which hinders Murray from performing well in crunch matches is his inability to handle the match pressure while
competing against the top class players. It is argued by some critics that after playing so many matches against top ranked players and winning a number of ATP titles, it looks an obtuse reason for his failures in the Grand Slam campaigns.
Although it seems a bit unreal for a fourth ranked player to crumble under match pressure every time in major tournaments, it appears to be the only cause for Murray. The Briton made it to his first ever Grand Slam final at 2008
US Open, at the age of 21, only to be defeated by the Swiss maestro, Roger Federer in straight sets.
The next year, Murray made it to his first ever Wimbledon semi-final, a feat he has been repeating for three consecutive years. The Briton has suffered defeats in the semis of Wimbledon Championships in front of his home crowd
for three straight times, hinting the how he suffers to perform well under pressure. Murray tends to perform amazingly well in the initial rounds of Grand Slams but when it come to encounter the top three players, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer,
he always appear in all sorts of confusions.
Murray has also lost the last two finals of Australian Open, again depicting his weak nerves under pressure. The Scott made it to his first Roland Garros semi-final this year, again losing to Nadal in straight sets to carry on
his drought at major tournaments.
No doubt that Murray is one of the most competent and accomplished player in the world of tennis but his dry runs at Grand Slam tournaments always remain a question mark on his abilities as a top class professionals tennis player.
He has got the talent to top the tennis rankings, all he needs is to develop self confidence in his game and build up nerves of steel to compete against the best players of the world.
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