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Andy Murray's Dogs Snub His Wimbledon Trophy

He's lucky they didn't pee on it.

Andy's mother Judy tweeted this photo captioned:

they just know its a replica......zero interest  :-) x

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I love her sense of humor.

The 2013 Wimbledon Champions

Men's Singles Champion: Andy Murray

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Ladies Singles Champion: Marion Bartoli

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Men's Doubles: Bob & Mike Bryan

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Ladies Doubles: Su-Wei Hsieh & Shuai Peng

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Mixed Doubles: Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor

Andy Murray Wins 2013 Wimbledon Title

Wimbledon - Men's Final

2 Andy Murray d 1 Novak Djokovic - 64 75 64

FINALLY!

The 77 year drought has come to an end.

The look of disbelief on Andy's face after match point said it all.

It was a mixture of relief and 'wake-me-I'm-dreaming' delight.

I could bore you with stats so let's just hear from Andy:

Winning Wimbledon, I think, is the pinnacle of tennis.

I still can't believe it. Can't get my head around that. I can't believe it.

This one will take a little while to sink in, I'm sure.

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Andy just turned up the heat on the race for year-end #1.

Since 2004 the Wimby winner has finished the year top of the pile.

But we're getting ahead of ourselves.

Today's win was one for the ages. Great Scot - well done.

Novak Djokovic & Andy Murray to Meet in Wimbledon Final

Wimbledon - Men's Semifinals

1 Novak Djokovic d Juan Martin Del Potro - 75 46 76(2) 67(6) 63

2 Andy Murray d 24 Jerzy Janowicz - 67(2) 64 64 63

1 Novak Djokovic VS 2 Andy Murray - H2H: 11-7/Novak

Both great matches. Novak's an instant classic.

In fact, Novak has played in the 2 best matches of the year...

This one and his Sf loss to Rafa at the French Open.

Novak: It was one of the best matches that I've been a part of, one of the

most exciting definitely. I'm privileged to be a winner of this match.

Something tells me a 3rd greatest match of the year is in the offing Sunday.

They last met in the Aussie Open final - Novak won that one in 4.

The last time Andy beat Novak was in the US Open final last year.

Andy also beat Novak the only time they played on grass at the Olympics.

Andy: Novak is playing very well. We've only played once on grass before,

at the Olympics last year. I'll take that thought into my head on Sunday.

Ok, I'm pulling for Andy. Just to get it over with.

Andy Murray Wins Epic Quarterfinal Match at Wimbledon

Wimbledon - Men's Quarterfinal

2 Andy Murray d Fernando Verdasco - 46 36 61 64 75

Talk about a thriller. An epic thriller. An instant classic for sure.

This is the 7th time Andy has come back from 2 sets down.

I can't even imagine how Henman Hill must have rocked today.

Post match: You're more concerned about losing the match,

not thinking so much that, 'I'm going to lose at Wimbledon.'. You're

concerned how the match is going and that you may lose.

But when you've been in that position a lot of times, you know how

to think through it and not get too far ahead of yourself.

I definitely didn't rush when I went two sets to love down.

I slowed myself down, if anything, and that was a good sign.

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Andy is trying to get into his 4th straight Slam final.

He was runner-up last year, won the USO and was RU at the Aussie.

Remember: He skipped Roland Garros.

He'll play Jerzy Janowicz - H2H: 1-1. Jerzy won their last match.

It has the makings of yet another Centre Court thriller.

Pierre -VS- Maggie May

Some London paper fun ahead of Wimbledon.

Though I think Novak's dog is cute I certainly prefer Andy's.

No contest.

Andy Murray Wins 3rd Title at Queens Club

Queen's Club ATP 250 - Men's Final

1 Andy Murray d 5 Marin Cilic - 57 75 63

Queen's Club becomes the 1st tourney where Andy has collected 3 titles.

He could not have asked for better Wimbledon prep.

Post match: I feel good. I'm a bit tired. Because of the weather it's been

mentally a quite draining week. I'll probably take a day off tomorrow and

start hitting on Tuesday, quite light, and get myself fresh, work on a

couple of things in the build-up to Wimbledon.

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Andy donated his prize money to the Royal Marsden Hospital.

Where pal & tennis pro Ross Hutchins recieved treatment for Hodgkin’s.

Well done, Andy.

Andy Murray Wins 2 Matches Today to Gain Quarterfinals at Queens Club

He's baaaaa-ack.

After a little injury layoff he's back on the grass at Queen's Club.

Tho he didn't play the French Open his ranking actually improved to #2.

But he's got lots of grass court points to defend. Or not...

He's got 1200 runner-up points to defend at Wimbledon and...

He's got 750 points just being erased because he can't defend the Olympics.

Also interesting to note - his home Slam may bump him to 3rd seed.

Federer may have the funky Wimby seeding formula in his favor.

Let's see if they have the nerve!

Andy Murray & Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Both Upset in 2nd Round at Rome

Rome Masters Series 1000 - Men's 2nd Round

Marcel Ganollers d 3 Andy Murray - 63 67(5) 00 Ret'd

Jerzy Janowicz d 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - 64 76(5)

Well they arrived at Rome together they may as well leave together.

I mean, they should both be heading to Paris and prep for Roland Garros.

So why not keep flying together?

May I suggest a different form of transport tho...

They were both seeded in Roger Federer's half of the draw.

I wonder if Roger put something in the Fed Force One cabin air?

And really? Fed Force One? Major eye-roll over here.

Andy Murray Earns 400th ATP Match Win with 2nd Round Victory at Madrid

Madrid Masters Series 1000 - Men's 2nd Round

3 Andy Murray d Florian Mayer - 76(11) 76(3)

Andy's 400th win came with a hard fought opening match at Madrid.

His ATP match record is 400-126.

The Scot's very 1st ATP win came at Queens Club back in 2005.

Among those 400 wins his 2 best matches came just last season...

Winning the gold medal over Federer & the US Open topping Djokovic.

To notch win #401 he'll need to get thru Gilles Simon - H2H: 10-1/Andy.

Gilles won their first meeting in '07 aince then it's been all Andy.

I suspect that trend will hold tomorrow.

 

 

Stanislas Wawrinka Upsets Andy Murray in 3rd Round at Monte-Carlo

ATP Masters Series 1000 Monte-Carlo - Men's Third Round

13 Stanislas Wawrinka d 2 Andy Murray - 61 62

It's not often Andy loses in under an hour but today Stan wholloped him.

Swiss brotherhood: Stan's win helped Roger get back to #2 next week.

This is his 3rd M-C Qf: 1-1. He'll next play Tsonga - I'll call that 50-50.

Post match: He's an amazing player. He's always tough to beat.

Therefore, to beat Andy that easy was a big surprise, for sure.

I'm playing really good, really strong, really confident with my game.

I know what he's looking for in his game. He's playing slow,

he's playing from the baseline, he's not putting so much pressure.

For me on clay, it's perfect.

Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray & Rafael Nadal All Advance at Monte-Carlo

ATP Masters Series 1000 Monte-Carlo - Men's Second Round

1 Novak Djokovic d Mikhail Youzhny - 46 61 64

Phew... That was a little closer than Nole might have liked.

But remember he suffered a severe ankle twist just 10 days ago.

It can't be 100% so he's lucky to be playing. Let's see how far he goes.

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2 Andy Murray d Q Edouardo Roger-Vasselin - 61 64

Andy has been in M-C practicing for a week or so...

He's keen on proving himself on clay.

He's never been to a clay court final on tour.

Tho he's been to a couple Sf's here at M-C.

He got a tough draw this week so that 1st clay final may have to wait.

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3 Rafael Nadal d Marinko Matosevic - 61 62

In the 9 years Rafa has played here he's lost ONE match.

And he's only given up EIGHT sets. These are crazy stats.

In his eight straight title runs he's not lost a set before the Sf's.

That won't change tomorrow against 16 Kohlschreiber either.

Andy Murray Wins Epic Match to Earn 2nd Miami Title

ATP Masters Series 1000 Miami - Men's Final

2 Andy Murray d 3 David Ferrer - 26 64 76(1)

Meet the new world #2. He's been there before, briefly...

This time around he'll be there quite a lot longer.

This is Andy's 9th Masters title and 2nd at Miami: '09.

Spare a thought for Ferrer - poor guy had a match point up 6-5.

Anyway, many are calling this a great match - it wasn't.

It was just a long match with neither of them playing well in the 3rd.

Andy agreed post match: I think it was an exciting match.

I don't think either of us played our best tennis.

There was a lot of breaks and ups and downs, [and] quite a lot of

mistakes from both of us. But what I did do was fight hard,

showed good mental strength to get through that match,

because it easily could have slipped away from me.

Yum, yeah. If by exciting you mean frustrating.

 

Andy Murray & David Ferrer to Play for Title at Miami

ATP Masters Series 1000 Miami - Men's Semifinals

2 Andy Murray d 8 Richard Gasquet - 67(3) 61 62

3 David Ferrer d 15 Tommy Haas - 46 62 63

Those were a couple of fun come-from-behind victories.

Much better matches than the women's Sf's - if we're being honest.

Andy is playing for his 9th Masters title and 2nd at Miami.

Between '08-'11 Andy won 2 Masters titles a year. But none last year.

Although he did manage 2 much bigger titles: the Olympics & US Open.

As for David, he's playing for his 2nd Masters title.

Remember he won his 1st at the final Masters of 2012 at Paris.

He's over 30 and playing the best tennis of his career.

Andy & David are nearly even in their 11 matches - H2H: 6-5/Murray.

They split their 2 encounters last year.

On hard courts tho it's a different story - 5-1/Murray.

I think this will be a very close and entertaining match. Alarm set.

Andy Murray Moves into 4th Round at Miami

ATP Masters Series 1000 Miami - Men's 3rd Round

2 Andy Murray d 29 Grigor Dimitrov - 76(3) 63

The Scot is still in the hunt to add a 2nd Miami title ('09) to his resume.

Remember: He was runner-up to Novak last year.

There he is with hot-right-now DJ Calvin Harris. My question is...

Who knew Calvin was so tall?

Or is he doing the Tom Cruise and standing on a box?

 

Novak Djokovic Wins 4th Australian Open Title

Australian Open - Men's Final

1 Novak Djokovic d 3 Andy Murray - 67(2) 76(3) 63 62

Novak wins a first-ever Open Era hat-trick and 4th title Down Under.

This also the Serb's 6th Slam and 35th ATP title.

Post match: Winning it three [times] in a row, it's incredible.

It's very thrilling. I'm full of joy right now.

It's going to give me a lot of confidence for the rest of the season,

that's for sure.

Yes, that is for sure.

And Nole has his eyes set on completing the career Slam:

I want to go all the way at [Roland Garros].

I went to the final last year and had a great match against Rafa,

but he's always the favorite on that surface

and he's the ultimate player to beat on clay.

But I think if I continue on playing well, stay healthy, I can have a chance.

Again, that is for sure.

Andy Murray Thru to 3rd Final at Australian Open

Australian Open - Men's Semifinal

3 Andy Murray d 2 Roger Federer - 64 67(5) 63 67(2) 62

What a great match. Both guys dug really deep to give us this one.

At over 30 it just seemed Roger just kinda ran out of gas.

And don't get me started on the weird gamesmanship in the 4th. Ugh, Rog.

Andy improves his winning H2H over the GOAT to 11-9.

He is also closing the gap on Rog and that #2 ranking.

This is Andy's third Aussie final: in '10 he lost to Fed & '11 he lost to Nole.

Post match: I hope on Sunday I can play a good match.

...having won against Novak before in a Slam final will help mentally.

[But] he's playing extremely well.

I think Nole has the slight edge but the match could go either.

Gonna be a fun one for sure.

Novak Djokovic Thru to 4th Final at Australian Open

Australian Open - Men's Semifinal

1 Novak Djokovic d 4 David Ferrer - 62 62 61

I am a big Ferrer fan and I knew this wasn't going to be much of a match.

But props to David - he will be rewarded with the #4 ranking on Monday.

Novak reaches his 4th Aussie final - a round he's never lost: '08, '11-'12.

He is going for a rare hat-trick.

This is also his 10th Slam final: 5-4.

He'll play the winner of the Federer/Murray match being played tonight.

Either way... I picked Nole to win 2 weeks ago and I'm sticking with him.

Post match: It's going to be a great match, obviously.

They're great rivals and also the best players in the world at this moment.

They will definitely perform their best for sure in semi-finals.

I wouldn't rate anybody as a favourite.

Just considering myself, I'll be ready for whomever I play against.

Right.

Andy Murray thru to Semifinals at Australian Open

Australian Open - Men's Quarterfinals

3 Andy Murray d Jeremy Chardy - 64 61 62

This is Andy's 4th straight Aussie Sf: 2-1 and 12th Slam Sf: 5-6.

Andy has only lost 1 set this year and is looking for his 2nd title in '13.

Now that he's joined the Slam club maybe he's more relaxed?

He'll need his best when he faces Federer in the Sf's.

Post match: I feel probably a little bit calmer maybe than usual.

But I still have an understanding of how difficult it is to win these events.

With the players that are still left in the tournament,

it's going to be a very tough, tough few days if I want to do that.

So I'll just stay focused, work hard in my next couple of practice sessions,

and hope I can finish the tournament well.

Whether he wins here or not but he will not be a one Slam wonder.

Andy Murray Thru to Quarters at Australian Open

Australian Open - Men's Fourth Round

3 Andy Murray d 14 Gilles Simon - 63 61 63

Skunk a tired Frenchman. He'll skunk another one tomorrow.

I don't think unseeded Jeremy Chardy is going to be much of a threat.

Tho he did get Andy in their last meeting in Cincy last year.

Don't look for lightning to strike twice.

Post match on that loss: I hope it maybe motivates me more.

Eh, Andy plays too well Down Under to lose this match.

Who will he play in the Sf's? Roger or Jo-Willy?

I'm not picking one. I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy.