saritaa Posted September 3, 2006 Posted September 3, 2006 Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987 in Glasgow), is a Scottish[3] tennis player, who plays for both Scotland[4] and Great Britain[5]. He is notable for his frequent outbursts of passion and natural talent.In December 2005, he won the BBC Scottish Sports Personality of the Year Award, and the sport section of the Top Scot awards. Murray is the UK's best ranked player having reached a new career high ranking of 19.Murray is 185 cm tall and generally uses a double-handed backhand. He is currently coached by Brad Gilbert.Early lifeIn 1996, age 8, Murray was present at Dunblane during the Dunblane Massacre, during which 16 children and their teacher were killed at their primary school. Murray, however, says he does not remember any of it.Between the ages of 11 and 13 Murray was a member of the Junior Tennis team at the Next Generation club in Newhaven, Edinburgh, where he played regularly.Early careerHe won the Orange Bowl in Florida at the age of 12. In September 2004, aged 17, he won the prestigious U.S. Open Boys' title. Two weeks later, he found himself a member of Great Britain's squad for the Davis Cup match versus Austria, but he didn't play in the team's 3-2 loss. In December he was named the Young Sports Personality of the Year.Into the limelightIn March 2005, he was called up to play doubles for Great Britain's Davis Cup team to play against Israel, and became Great Britain's youngest ever Davis Cup player in doing so. Murray and David Sherwood produced a surprise win over the Israeli doubles team, who at the time were the World number eight pairing and had reached the Wimbledon semi-final in 2003. This helped Great Britain to a 3-2 victory.The Scot reached the semi-finals of the Boys' tournament at the French Open, losing to Croatian Marin Cilic, and this would prove to be his last foray into the Junior events at a Grand Slam.2005 tennis seasonConsidered Murray's breakthrough year, almost all of his ATP tour results have come on hard and grass courts, though he has claimed to prefer clay courts, a liking tied to his training in Barcelona as a junior.[citation needed]Stepping up to the seniorsPrior to the Junior French Open in april, Murray turned professional and played his first senior tournament when he was given a wild card to an ATP International Series Gold clay-court event in Barcelona, his adopted home town. He lost in the first round to Jan Hernych. In May, he played a Challenger in Dresden, winning his first round in straight sets 6-3 6-3, and losing his second to an almost identical scoreline, 6-4 6-3. Neither matches were against notable opposition.The Barcelona Tournament gave Murray his first senior ranking point, and he was soon handed a second wild card for the Stella Artois championship at Queens. There he beat Santiago Ventura and highly-rated American Taylor Dent in the first and second rounds respectively. In the third round, he lost to sixth seed Thomas Johansson in three sets after collapsing with cramp just two points away from victory.Wimbledon 2005Murray was awarded a wildcard for Wimbledon. He went into his first senior grand slam match at Wimbledon 2005 ranked 374th in the world, beating George Bastl - ranked over 150 places above him - in straight sets. In his second round match he beat the fourteenth seed Radek Quote
malena90 Posted September 3, 2006 Posted September 3, 2006 am I missing something?where r the pix? Quote
saritaa Posted September 3, 2006 Author Posted September 3, 2006 here are the pictures malena : Quote
dddhhh96 Posted February 9, 2009 Posted February 9, 2009 I do like him, always, a very nice and industrious bloke, I saw him and get his signature! Quote
emmm Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 SONY ERICSSON WINNER 2009!! andy beat novak 6-2 7-5 Quote
faget Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Oh my, can i join in ths party, he's the way of beauty, and the first athlete i got some interests Quote
marion02 Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 British tennis player Andy Murray (L) and his girlfriend Kim Sears ®, attend the launch of the new retractable roof on Centre Court at The All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbeldon, London, England, on May 17, 2009. Quote
emmm Posted May 27, 2009 Posted May 27, 2009 Andy wins at French Open 6:3 2:6 7:5 6:4 May 27 2009 Quote
marion02 Posted May 27, 2009 Posted May 27, 2009 Tennis Player Andy Murray strolling with his girlfriend in Paris, France on May 25, 2009 Quote
dddhhh96 Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 thanks, marion02! I like this couple!! Though Andy was defeated by another andy, but I support him for ever (Y) Quote
Randy The Ram Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 I'm madly in love with Kim Sears's legs!! Quote
Lkjh Posted September 18, 2012 Posted September 18, 2012 Andy Murray and Kim Sears attend the Burberry London Fashion Week catwalk show. Quote
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