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Andy Murray
Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis.
Andy Murray was born on 15 May 1987 in Dunblane, Scotland. His height is 6 foot 1inch and weight 150 pounds. He is a right handed player. In 2003, he earned first points reaching 3rd round of Manchester Challenger. He claimed first career Futures title at Glasgow. He posted a 9-4 Futures reco round and 3-3 in Challengers. He reached doubles final in Glasgow Futures. In 2004, he claimed four Futures titles, including a pair in consecutive December weeks. His first title came in Xativa, Spain in August defeated Baldellou. Three weeks later, he won Futures title in Rome by defeating Coene. In December, he claimed back to back Spanish Futures and posted 26-3 Futures record.
In 2005, he won first career ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals matches at Queen’s, defeating Ventura and Dent to reach 3rd round. He was last British man playing at Wimbledon with run to 3rd round, defeated Bastl and Stepanek in straight sets before falling to Nalbandian in five sets after holding two set lead. During summer, he won Challenger titles in Aptos and Binghamton.
In February 2006, he captured first ATP title at San Jose, upsetting defending champion Roddick and past winner Hewitt in last two rounds. He saved two match points against Hewitt to become youngest player to capture an ATP title in 2006, winning at 18 years and 9 months of age. He reached Memphis quarter final the following week. He struggled with a 3-9 reco round over next four months before regrouping with a quarter final run in Nottingham.
The next week, he upset Roddick at Wimbledon to reach career-best 4th round showing at Grand Slam event. For second year, he was last British man playing at Wimbledon. He reached semi final at AMS Canada the following week and Opened AMS Cincinnati by defeating Henman for second straight week and then recorded biggest win of career by upsetting Federer, ending the world number 1’s 55-match winning streak on North American hard courts.
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