Bookmakers offering odds on Murray�s grand slam hopes
Such is the excitement of a prospective grand slam title for the long suffering British fans, top flight sports bookmakers are offering odds on the possibility of Murray�s last lurch to unequivocal greatness!
The young man, who has the propensity of rubbing fans and foes up the wrong way, has learnt an awful lot about his chosen career in the past 12 months but it is arguably his dedication to the game that is so very impressive.
Over the years Murray�s commitment to pro tennis has been questioned with his antics on and off the courts not always endearing him to the media, or for that matter, the legions of starved British tennis fans that effectively pay him his salary.
Added commitment has him in the running for the big time
All this changed, however, at the end of the 2007 season when he recruited the aid of fitness experts and changed his coach to Miles Maclagan. The pre season prep paid off big time with Murray claiming his 4th career title at Qatar.
He stumbled at the Australian Open, crashing out in the first round to the man who nearly caused one of the biggest upsets in grand slam history, Frenchman, Jo Wilfried Tsonga.
From then on in, though, Andy Murray grabbed the headlines for all the right reasons. Although he failed to claim the title in Dubai, he did raise eyebrows by beating the great Roger Federer and at his home grand slam at the All England Club, he rose to the occasion, reaching his first major quarter finals, losing out to awesome talent of �Raffa� Nadal.
First Brit to reach a grand slam final since �77
Murray broke his Masters Series� duck in Toronto, claiming another impressive scalp, that of the world number three, Novak Djokovic and then he loped into the annals of British tennis history by becoming the first Brit since Greg Rusedski, in 1977, to reach a grand slam final. Although he lost to Federer at Flushing Meadows, some citing his ongoing stamina problem, he did prove to himself, and the world, what he was capable of.
He had the better of Federer again in Madrid and went on to win back to back Masters Series titles, a feat not often emulated in professional tennis. In Russia, he again set the records tumbling by becoming the first Brit, since Mark Cox in 1975, to win consecutive titles when he claimed the St Petersburg Open for the second year in a row.
Clean sweep in Abu Dhabi � Blake, Federer and Nadal crushed
Murray�s start to the 2009 has been a fairytale, with him crushing top ranked players with impunity. In Abu Dhabi, in an exhibition match, he notched up wins against James Blake, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal and in his current campaign in Doha, as defending champion, he is playing well within himself and has the look of a true champion!
If Murray can get his second serve working well and can sort out his unenviable break point conversion record, there is absolutely no doubt he will win at the highest level any day now!
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