Andy Murray

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Cao Alba

[Gama]

World no.3 and British national sporting icon Andy Murray is concerned the mysterious gluteus muscle strain which forced him out of the current Swiss Indoors event in Basel and casts doubts over his ability to play next week’s BNP Paribas Masters at Paris Bercy could affect his chances at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s 02 Arena, starting in 17 days time.

Murray, who is on a 15-match winning streak after a triple of Asian titles in Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai, withdrew from Basel shortly before his first-round match against Dutchman Robin Haase was scheduled to begin.

The 24 year-old Scot, granted a late wild card into the Swiss event by tournament director Roger Brennwald, maintained: “I was struggling to walk,” said Murray, the world number three.

“I trained twice on Monday and felt fine after that. Then I woke up with a start at around 3am on Tuesday . I’ve no idea where the injury came from or how it happened. Maybe I slept in the wrong position.

“It was a bit better on Tuesday morning and I went to a pool for some exercises and had a light hit. But this morning [Wednesday] I knew it was still not good enough.”

Meantime he was afforded minimal sympathy from home town hero Roger Federer, pushed down to third place in the seedings list of a tournament he has won three times.

If the seedings of the St Jakobshalle event had gone to plan, Murray and Federer would have clashed in the semi-final. However the Swiss said: “I never saw him as a potential opponent anyway because I’m too focused on what I have to do. I am sure it is somewhat disappointing for the tournament director after going through all the headaches with the wild cards.”

Murray intends to travel to Paris today and then spend four or five days resting the injury while taking anti-inflammatory treatment. The Paris event, which he stressed a desire to win while in Shanghai although he has never previously progressed beyond the quarter finals, begins in earnest on Monday.

Murray was replaced in the draw by Swiss Marco Chiudinelli, who subsequently lost the match against Haase 6-2 7-6. There was an added blow for Murray’s elder brother Jamie who elected to play Basel despite having title winning points to defend in Valencia.

http://www.10sballs.com/2011/11/03/murray-is-worried-about-his-muscle-strain-2/

[Gama]

Intervju sa Endijem, poduzi ali dobar. Evo samo nekih delova
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-2061541/Andy-Murray-interview-Martin-Samuel.html

‘Getting from 20 to five seems a bigger step than four to three, but the closer you are to top spot, the bigger the leap,’ Murray says. ‘It felt huge to move up this year because I knew it was such a significant improvement. It will be different the next time I get into a Grand Slam final.
‘After the US Open I sat down with the guys in my team and said now is the time to be totally serious, totally focused, because I’ve never felt closer to making that breakthrough.
'In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. I think I will be able to control my emotions better next time I am in that position; I feel mentally stronger, I feel comfortable. I am as high about my game now as I was low after the Australian Open this year. This is where I want to be and I’ve got to keep it up.’
A straight sets defeat by Novak Djokovic in Melbourne — Murray has never won a set in any of his three Slam finals — took a greater mental toll than anticipated. Murray fell into a slump lasting several months and spent a lot of time evaluating his game.
‘I don’t think a defeat has ever taken longer to get out of my system,’ he admits. ‘The Australian Open takes place in January, so in December I decamped to Miami to prepare. I spent Christmas Day alone, running on the beach.
‘It could be worse, I know, but everyone else is with their family, and all you keep thinking is, “Don’t worry, it’s all going to be worthwhile.”
‘So to get so close and lose hits you doubly hard, because of all you’ve given up. All that effort for not quite. Then everyone wants to console you, which is the last thing you need.
'You really don’t want to be hear, “You’re doing great and it’s going to happen if you keep working hard” because you’re thinking, “Look, I am working hard, and it hasn’t happened, so don’t keep telling me that.”

‘We’re not like Spain,’ he explains. ‘We don’t have six guys in the top 30, and you notice that when there is this big crowd of French or Spanish players, and you’re sat in the corner on your own. There are some good British doubles players now, so it is better than it was, but it used to feel very lonely. It’s one of the reasons I like to have friends around.
'I understand how strong men’s tennis is right now. I think I am competing against the two best players in the history of the sport in Federer and Rafa Nadal, and Djokovic has had one of the greatest individual seasons of all time.
‘People pity me for being around in this era, but I believe it has made me a better player, because each year the bar is raised. It’s like being Real Madrid or Manchester United behind Barcelona.
'There is more to it than just winning a Grand Slam. Yes, if I didn’t get there I am sure I would be very disappointed but it’s not like I’m losing to bad players. It’s frustrating that people might not acknowledge how close I am, but I still think I will get there.
‘There will always be matches when you feel, “I could have done better” but I don’t think I’ve had a season in the last five when I haven’t looked back knowing I’ve given it everything.
'I’d love everyone to see the work that goes into it, because this is not just a case of having talent and believing that is all it takes. I am trying so hard to get that edge.
‘I suppose what spurs you on is seeing Djokovic and the difference that can be made at the top level by a very small improvement. You can go five or six tournaments without losing, but who would have expected it from him this time last year? People doubted him and now he’s playing some of the best tennis we have ever seen.’

‘I’m not perfect, I know that. But everybody is different. Roger Federer stays calm. Yet if you look at a great footballer like Wayne Rooney, getting p****d off at his team-mates or at himself, he is a completely different character but still a fantastic sportsman. I’m sure he tries to improve his temperament but, obviously, it is a part of his game that needs work. It is a flaw, but it doesn’t stop Rooney being one of the best in the world.
‘That is where I am. It just wouldn’t make me feel good to bottle my emotions. Saying nothing and standing there makes me feel uncomfortable and flat. There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

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znala sam da je na dijeti ali ne i da je gluten-free dijeta. Sta mu napravi Nole
Murray Credits New Lifestyle Diet for Improvement

After nearly half a year of going gluten-free, Andy Murray has discovered yet another benefit of the sometimes tasteless lifestyle diet which has lifted his tennis to a new level.

Instead of feeling his former lethargy in the mornings, the Scot says he’s now always ready to rise and shine. Getting up with the birds is no longer the problem it once was.

That attribute proved useful at the Paris Masters last week where the indoor format required some early starts, including one for Murray at 10:30 a.m. against Andy Roddick.

“I think there’s a bit of difference in my approach to training and the diet. I feel pretty fresh,’ said Murray, of the gluten-free regime he’s followed since after Wimbledon. “I slept seven-and-a-half hours after playing both singles and doubles but still woke up feeling fresh. The diet has given me more energy.”

The No. 3 did admit it: “I miss being able to pick up a menu and order what I want — like bread when you’re waiting for your food to come in a restaurant. It can be quite frustrating when everyone else is dunking their bread in olive oil or smearing it in butter.

“It’s a bit of a pain not being able to have a regular yogurt, but it has been worth it.”

To make sure he’s fully fit, Murray has occasional blood tests to see how his new lifestyle is working. So far, it’s been all good.

[Altair]

naleteh na ovaj Marejev intervju na dejli mejlu (sto je gama okacila) i mrzelo me sve da citam, ali zapazila sam ovaj deo o teniskim skolama u britaniji , nacinu na koji rade i poredjenju sa ostalima, sto mi je jako interesantno

My mum has just come back from Russia, looking at the National Tennis Centre that has produced this great run of players, six in the top 30 women at the moment. So what great set-up do they have? Sixteen tennis courts and that’s it. Not even particularly good ones, she said.

‘Yet you look at the people Russia’s centre has churned out and they are pretty much taking over the women’s game. There is nothing about the place, really. So it is not down to facilities, either. It is about having drive and dedication and a designated formula for success.

‘When I went to Spain, from the best players to the worst players we were all taught the same way, all given the same drills. They had a structure and they stuck to it.
‘Go to our national centre and you’ve got 10 different nationalities all coaching a different way. If we don’t get the results straight away, we panic and change direction. There is no confidence in our technique, no sense of sticking to an idea, no identity, no consistency in the way we teach tennis, so naturally there is no British style.

‘We’ll get lucky every now and then and one might get through, but there is no form to our teaching, year after year, which is why we have no depth. To be among the best tennis-playing nations you must have identity.

‘When you draw a Spanish player or a South American in a tournament you know what to expect. They have a style. That is how they are taught. The Americans are all big serve, big forehand, the French are free spirits — all of their players have flair, it’s a lot like their rugby team.

'In Britain, we get too much too young and maybe we stay attached too long. None of the other countries do it as we do and they are producing a lot more world-class tennis players than we are.’

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Britanski teniser Endi Marej smatra da Novak Đoković neće biti u stanju da i sledeće sezone ostvari rezultate na nivou onih koje je postigao u 2011. i koji su ga doveli na vrh ATP liste.
''Hajde, recite mi koliko puta je neki teniser odigrao fenomenalnu sezonu, a onda to isto ponovio i u sledećoj. To se u sportu ne događa'', poručio je Marej.
On je svoje mišljenje potkrepio primerom fudbalskog šampiona Evrope, ekipom Barselone.
''To je kao sa Barselonom u fudbalu. Imaju najbolji tim, ali da bi ponovo osvojili Ligu šampiona, čak iako su najbolji, moraće da savladaju mnogo prepreka na tom putu i biće im veoma teško da taj uspeh ponove'', objasnio je Marej.

sportske.net

[M.S.]

otkriće tople vode.

[Sony]

Ma nasi kvazi-novinari hoce da naprave neki skandal...i stalno naginju ka tome.

[Gama]

1. mec RR: Endi - Ferer 46 57

[Starsica]

Jbt, sto mu je ruzna oprema.

[alcesta]

Izgledao je užasno već pri izlasku na teren

[cecans]

Jbt, sto mu je ruzna oprema.

Stvarno, katastrofa

[alcesta]

Ova majica još i može da prođe kad šorc ne bi bio crven, ali to mu je trenutno najmanji problem.

[Delester]

to je bas neki retro fazon, nekad su ovakvi bili dresovi

[CherieBgd]

Mene je Makica podsetio na klinca koga je mama sredila za dodelu pionirskih marama ...