Andy Murray will miss Great Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final against France next month as he recovers from an elbow injury. Murray, 29, pulled out of the Miami Open almost a week before his opening match because of the elbow issue. Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot will line up for Britain for the tie … Read more
Andy Murray will miss Great Britain’s Davis Cup quarter-final against France next month as he recovers from an elbow injury. Murray, 29, pulled out of the Miami Open almost a week before his opening match because of the elbow issue. Dan Evans, Kyle Edmund, Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot will line up for Britain for … Read more
Young American Ernesto Escobedo pulled off a surprise victory in three sets over Britain’s Dan Evans in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday. The 20-year-old Mexican-American, who grew up playing on rough public courts in Los Angeles, is playing in his Masters 1000 series event having qualified with a straight sets win … Read more
Britain’s Andy Murray won his first Grand Slam match since becoming world number one but was given a stern test by world number 95 Illya Marchenko. A clearly frustrated Murray was far from his best but reached the second round of the Australian Open with a 7-5 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 win over the Ukrainian. The … Read more
Andy and Jamie Murray kept alive Great Britain’s hopes of retaining the Davis Cup with a four-set win over Argentina in the semi-final doubles. The Scottish brothers beat Juan Martin del Potro and Leonardo Mayer 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-4 to cut Argentina’s lead to 2-1 in the best-of-five tie in Glasgow. Andy Murray and either … Read more
World number one Novak Djokovic says tennis now has a ‘big five’ following Stan Wawrinka’s US Open triumph. Wawrinka beat Djokovic in four sets on Sunday to win his third Grand Slam. “He plays best in the big matches and definitely deserves to be mentioned in the mix of top players,” said Djokovic. But world … Read more