Award winning performance by Andy Murray in the year 2012 – Tennis Special
London Olympics’ gold medallist and the US Open champion, Andy Murray, has won the “Sportsperson of the Year” at the Stirling Sports Awards 2012. The British tennis professional was unable to attend the annual ceremony at the Stirling
Castle due to his ongoing training in Miami with his coach for the upcoming season. His cousins, Cora and Ailsa Erskine, collected the trophy on his behalf.
On hearing that he won the award, Andy sent a personal message thanking the organiser, “I’m about to embark on my training block in Miami, basically my pre-season ahead of the Australian Open and with Ivan, Stirling is a place
close to my heart, and an award like this means a great deal. I can still remember the homecoming to Dunblane after the US Open win, such an amazing atmosphere, something I’ll never forget. I’m proud to be part of the local community and it’s great that sport
is celebrated in this way here in Stirling. I’ll be back up soon though I promise thanks again and here’s to 2013 and sport in Scotland.”
The 25-year-old Scot has shown remarkable tennis tenure and drastically evolved himself as an improved professional. He started the year a fairly decent note and struggled hard to withstand the pressure by the higher ranked professionals.
He was the top seeded candidate for the Brisbane International and defeated his Ukrainian challenger, Alexandr Dolgopolov. He rallied forward until the semi-finals of the Australian Open held at the hard courts of Melbourne. He transcended forward at a reasonable
pace but was put to rest, after a tough five-setter against Novak Djokovic.
The young Scot was unable to sustain his winning pace after his loss at the first Grand Slam. He bagged home his second crash by the Serbian rival, Djokovic, in the Sony Ericsson Open in the hard courts of Miami, United States.
He received a serious shocker at the hands of the Canadian challenger, Milos Raonic, at the Open Sabadell Atlantico, held at the clay courts of Barcelona, Spain.
The right-hander Scot’s momentum got considerably weak at the quarter-finals of the French Open. He received a shocker at the hands of the lower ranked opponent, David Ferrer. Murray gradually lost his thrill as a sportsman, due
to his inability of a good grip on the game.
However, the green grass at his home ground proved to be an easy challenge at the Wimbledon Championships and he took maximum advantage of the opportunity at hand. He skilfully battled through all the rounds to avenge his former
loss in the other tournaments. In the final round, he tried his luck against the higher ranked Swiss Maestro, Roger Federer. Murray won the initial set but the Swiss professional nudged up and took a flying start in the second round, marking a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3,
6-4 triumph.
The right-hander British challenger started his outstanding career after winning a gold medal at the Great Games, avenging his former loss against Swiss veteran. He progressed an exceptional momentum and outmuscled the Serbian
contender in a brutal five-set match, 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2. He also won a silver medal in double category with his compatriot, Laura Robson.
He manifested an average performance in the final round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters and consolidated his straight sets loss at the hands of the reigning world number one, Djokovic. Ranked world number three, Murray has travelled
a long way since the start of the year and has immense potential to jump to the top if he continues with the same zeal and passion!
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