Andy Murray - a look at his 2010 performances
Born on 15 May 1987 in the city of Glasgow, Andrew "Andy" Murray is a professional tennis star from England. The top ranked tennis ace from Great Britain is currently ranked number four in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He remained at the number two spot from 17 August to 31 August back in 2009. The 23-year-old Murray jumped into the top ten world rankings on the very first occasion back in 2007. The right-handed Murray has so far made his way into a total of two major finals at the United States Open back in 2008 as well as the hard court Australian Open earlier this season - finishing as runners up on both occasions against the Swiss tennis maestro, Roger Federer.
Murray’s game is most effective on hard courts although there is no doubt about the fact that the Swiss has also worked extremely hard in improving his performances on clay courts as well.
As far as his 2010 performances are concerned, the London resident appeared at the Australian Open as a fifth seeded player. He did well to make his way into the final of the championship after knocking down a couple of major threats including Rafael Nadal as well as Croatia's Marin Cilic in the later stages of the competition. In the final battle, Andy faced Roger Federer who defeated him in straight sets to capture the trophy.
Murray then participated at the BNP Paribas Open Championship in Indian Wells, where he couldn’t pass the quarter-final round of the competition. Robin Soderling was the man who defeated the Scott in their quarterfinal clash in a total of two sets. The final match score was 1–6, 6–7.
At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open tournament, the Brit number one Andy Murray surprisingly faced an early opening match defeat at the hands of Mardy Fish in a two setter clash. The final match score was 6–4, 6–4.
Murray competed at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters as a wild card entrant where he faced an early exit once again in his second round match at the hands of Philipp Kohlschreiber in a total of two sets. The final match score was 6–2, 6–1.
As far as his major competitions are concerned, Andy Murray couldn’t pass the quarter-final stage of the clay court French Open championship where he was defeated by Tomas Berdych in straight sets. He, after the loss, gave full marks to Tomas for his wonderful exhibition of tennis.
At Wimbledon, the twenty three years old Scott did well to reach the semi-final round of the competition at the All England Club. However, the current number one Rafael Nadal got the better of Andy Murray in a total of three sets. The final match score was 6–4, 7–6 (6), 6–4.
Murray next played at the 2010 Farmers Classic tennis tournament as a wild card entrant. He played quite well and reached the final round of the competition after knocking down a couple of significant players such as Tim Smyczek, Alejandro Falla as well as Feliciano Lopez. In the final battle, Murray faced Americas Sam Querrey who thrashed him in a total of three sets. The final match score was 7-5, 6-7(2), 3-6.
In more recent news, the 1.90 meters tall Andy Murray has won the Rogers Cup tennis tournament 2010 after beating Swiss tennis master Roger Federer in a total of two sets. He reached the final after knocking down players like David Nalbandian as well as Rafael Nadal in the later rounds of the competition. The Scott successfully managed to defend his Canadian Open title with a final match score of 7-5, 7-5, and as a result also concluded his losing streak against Roger Federer.
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