Andrew Murray
Professional Tennis Player
Andrew "Andy" Murray, born 15th May 1987 is a Scottish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked No.4 in the world and was ranked No. 2 from 17th to 31st August 2009. Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on 16th April 2007. He has been runner-up in three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2011 Australian Open, and has reached the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments. Murray began playing tennis at age 5 and at 15, he moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he studied at the Schiller International School and trained on the clay courts of the Sánchez-Casal Academy. While in Spain, he trained with Emilio Sánchez, formerly the world no. 1 doubles player.
Murray began 2005 ranked 407th in the world and in March that year, he became the youngest Briton ever to play in the Davis Cup, as he helped Britain win the tie with a crucial doubles win. At the 2011 Thailand Open, Murray won the tournament defeating Donald Young 6–2, 6–0 in 48 minutes. He only dropped one set all tournament. The following week he won his third title in four tournaments by winning the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. His opponent in the final was Rafael Nadal who he beat for the first time that year. He then completed his domination in Tokyo by winning the doubles partnering brother Jamie Murray defeating František Čermák and Filip Polášek 6–1, 6–4. This is his second doubles title and with this victory, he became the first person in the 2011 season to capture both singles and doubles titles at the same tournament.
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