Andy Murray took the bad news on the chin as he dropped to fifth in the Tennis World Rankings. It is a bitter blow to Murray, no matter how positive an outlook he puts on show, inside he’ll be hurting as he gears up to play in the Australian Open Championship early next week.
Murray made a serious contribution last year towards his efforts of being No.1 in the world. Yet, despite rising to 2nd seed in the world rankings he failed to win an Open Championship. Since then he has been pushed down the ranking ladder by fellow competitors Rafael Nadal, Serbian Novak Djokovic and now Juan Martin del Potro. Roger Federer is still seeded No.1 in the world.
The 22 year old Scot, understands he needs to up-his-game more. He is no longer the fledging, tormented teenager with the Gregory Girl’s hairdo. Tennis can be an unforgiven sport as Tim Henman knows only too well. Henman suffered from the Grand Slam hoodoo and as each passing attempt slipped away, the pressure intensified as it came around to Wimbledon.
Henman was loved by the British public at Wimbledon, but it was a smothering love and in the end proved costly. Murray, could experience the same fate as Henman, unless he wins a Grand Slam, and tennis betting punters know that his best bet for that is winning an overseas competition like the Australian Open.
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| Andy Roddick | |||||||||
| Robin Soderling | |||||||||
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| Fernando Verdasco | |||||||||
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| Fernando Gonzalez | |||||||||
| Gael Monfils | |||||||||
| Lleyton Hewitt | |||||||||
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| Tomas Berdych | |||||||||
| Marcos Baghdatis | |||||||||
| Gilles Simon |
