Murray later attended Dunblane High School. Following the separation of his parents when he was nine years old, Andy and Jamie lived with their father. Murray's brother, Jamie, is also a professional tennis player, playing on the doubles circuit. His maternal grandfather, Roy Erskine, was a professional footballer who played reserve team matches for Hibernian and in the Scottish Football League for Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath. Īndy with his brother Jamie (left) at the 2011 Japan Open.Īndy Murray was born to Will and Judy in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2011, Murray became only the seventh player in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in one year. He has been runner-up in three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2011 Australian Open, losing the first two to Roger Federer and the third to Novak Djokovic. Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16 April 2007. (December 2011)Īndrew "Andy" Murray (born ) is a Scottish professional tennis player, ranked No. Please help relocate any relevant information, and remove excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia inclusion policy. I am very happy with the win.This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience. I am happy with how I handled the nerves and tension through the match, to play good tennis. “He knows very well how to play a grand slam match. “Always playing Andy is very tough,” Bautista Agut said during his on-court interview. “2 days ago I randomly bumped into the doctor who in 2017 told me ‘the good news is the problem you have in your hip can be fixed but you won’t be able to play professional sport again.’ I think we dispelled that myth the last 5 days,” Murray tweeted after the match on Saturday.īautista Agut will now play American Tommy Paul in the last 16. The pair had previously met on the Margaret Court Arena in 2019 in what was supposedly Murray’s last game at the grand slam.īut the veteran decided to continue his career and, after receiving multiple treatments for injuries, Murray has proved he still has more to give four years later. Murray never went away though, and continued to punish his opponent until the very end and produced an array of stunning shots.Īfter losing match point, Murray received a standing ovation from the crowd as he limped off the court. The grueling second set seemed to take its toll on Murray as Bautista Agut had the edge for the rest of the match. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images Murray struggled physically for much of the match. It was yet another example of the grit and determination Murray brings to the sport of tennis but, on this occasion, it just wasn’t enough. It was no surprise, then, that Murray looked exhausted as he struggled to get grips with the first set which was over before it really began.īut, as he has done throughout his career, Murray dug deep and rallied from a break down in the second set to win an astonishing tie break. The second round match, which finished on Friday morning, was the longest of Murray’s career. The 35-year-old had needed five sets to beat Matteo Berrettini in the first round of the tournament and then rallied from two sets down to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in an epic contest which lasted five hours and 45 minutes and finished at 4.05am. Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesĪndy Murray left fuming as he's not allowed to use toilet during five-set marathon at Australian Open Andy Murray of Great Britain reacts during the change over in their round two singles match against Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia during day four of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Januin Melbourne, Australia.
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