ATP Tour - Murray run ends in Paris quarters

Eurosport - Sat, 01 Nov 17:24:00 2008

Andy Murray's winning sequence ended in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters as David Nalbandian moved into the last four with a 7-6 6-3 victory.

TENNIS; Andy Murray, David Nalbandian, Paris Masters, Nov 2008 - 0

The Argentine will meet Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the last four on Saturday after he progressed when world number one Rafael Nadal retired with a thigh injury at the end of the first set of their quarter-final.

Nalbandian, 14th in the ATP Race, will qualify for the Masters Cup in Shanghai if he retains his Paris title.

"It's not my goal. I'm not thinking about Shanghai because we have the Davis Cup right after, so that's why," he said.

Nalbandian is scheduled to play the November 21-23 Davis Cupfinal with Argentina against Spain in Mar del Plata.

American James Blake was the first player to qualify for the semi-finals as he advanced when world number two Roger Federer pulled out with a back injury.

Murray, who won the Madrid Masters and the St Petersburg Open title this month, struggled with his first serve in the opening set and smashed his racket to the ground after being broken in the fourth game.

The Scot, however, converted his only break chance to draw level and picked up his game, trying to keep Nalbandian at bay with his slice.

But the Argentine, with a mix of cunning drop shots and powerful groundstrokes, took the tiebreak 7-3.

Nalbandian then shifted up another gear, breaking four times in the second set to wrap up victory in one hour and 43 minutes with yet another drop shot.

"I thought the standard of points were excellent. I'm obviously disappointed to lose, but I'm glad that I played against a guy as good as him and it took him playing a great match to beat me," said Murray.

Alex Sharratt / Eurosport

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  1. u cant win them all not everyone is unbeatable but he­ has showed that he can make a great comeback i think­ one day he will top the ranking

    From cairda12, on Mon 3 Nov 10:27AM

  2. Isn't it proof a fact that Andy HAS a personality­ or what all this arguments here are about?:) Another­ fact : people who can't stand themselves in a­ mirror comment a lots about other's people­ appearance :) So if you would like to criticise­ somebody "face" , first, look at yourself -­ are you really so smart?:)

    From zlana, on Sun 2 Nov 1:51PM

  3. Thanks, Mo. I don't know about this week, but last­ week he beat No.150, Golubev or whatever his name is.­ So, there you are.

    From Jimmy, on Sat 1 Nov 5:07PM

  4. quite agree jimmy !!! murray has one major flaw his BIG­ MOUTH !!! hence so many people cannot stand him , he­ will never win over the english fans as he is a dour­ miserable oik and its not a scottish thing loads of­ great sporting scots WHO DO NOT PERFORM LIKE MURRAY ,­ get a grip tennis fans !! WHO exactly has he beaten­ this week not the great and top 3 thats for sure ,­ this is madness can we just pretend hes not here . mo a­ tennis fan

    From mo, on Sat 1 Nov 3:37PM

  5. Go Nalbandian go...tale the title,and follow it up in­ Shanghai,loke you did last year...all the armenians in­ the world are with you.Garo Gerekmezian,Beirut,Lebanon.

    From garo g, on Sat 1 Nov 12:47PM

  6. HEY STEPHEN Y DON'T U GET OFF UR FAT ARSE AND DO­ SOMETHING GREAT.
    ANDY IS A GREAT PLAYER AND REALLY NICE­ WHEN NOT PLAYING TENNIS. TRUST ME-IVE MET HIM!
    AT LEAST­ HE'S GOT AMBITION AND TALENT. I THINK UR THE @#$%­ JOCK!

    From scott.brooks87, on Sat 1 Nov 12:07PM

  7. give the boy (murray) a break for gods sake, i dont see­ any of you giving a
    it a go. wether he wins or loses,­ he is a talent and not afraid to try his best.

    From patangpalmer, on Sat 1 Nov 9:47AM

  8. Murray should run ythe country he couldnt do a worse­ job than the Scotsman we have in charge well done Andy­ !!! great season keep it up

    From john, on Sat 1 Nov 3:55AM

  9. Stephen, everyone's allowed to slate - just depends­ on how intelligent your point is mr. and you have­ highlighted your intelligence perfectly - thanks for­ making us English look like backwoods bigots.­ Congratualtions \, you have been detected:-)

    From redneck_detector, on Sat 1 Nov 2:17AM

  10. I have to admit, the dude have showing some great­ tennis the past few months but this comment before the­ game just shows how
    1) completely ridiculous the­ British sense of humor is (just assuming this is a­ joke, its gotta be, no one can talk that serious about­ mr Murray) or
    2) the lack of good tennisplayers of the­ years in this friggin country. As he he won some the­ past few months, but thats it. Nothing more nothing­ less.. And then this comment;

    - Murray is so hot right­ now; he is the hottest man in tennis. FACT. He should­ come with a health warning he is so hot. His racquets­ have been fitted with fire-proof grips - that's how­ hot the young Scot is.

    so I guess all hail and­ praises to the new Sportsgod of GB who has won a few­ matches....

    -_-

    From Dave, on Fri 31 Oct 10:41PM

  11. haha I love seeing all these losers popping Murray. So­ from another Englishman - well done on a great season­ to Scotsman Andy Murray - looks like next season­ you'll be playing a bunch of sweaty yahoo couch­ potatoes, bring your ping-pong bat and let them use­ beach balls......and a laptop so they can write in here­ and complain when they lose...

    From redneck_detector, on Fri 31 Oct 9:37PM

  12. nice one collin

    From ralph, on Fri 31 Oct 9:20PM

  13. Hey Ralph I actually like the Scottish people a lot as­ I am Welsh and we sometimes gang up on the English.­ Sorry about this, I love tennis but do not like Murray.­ I love football but do not like Keegan. I am actually­ 74 years old and bored with retirement so this keeps me­ going. I have done nothing of note in my life sorry,­ probably a bit jealous of the modern talent

    From taff, on Fri 31 Oct 7:38PM

  14. He don't like England so why should we like him the­ P***t

    From peterhdendy, on Fri 31 Oct 6:29PM

  15. hey jimmy stephen and collin go take a hike guys u r­ always so negative just keep quiet and stop­ embarrassing yourselves.
    what have any of u ever­ achieved in your lives, tells about that it might just­ be a bit more interesting than the drivel u write on­ this blog

    From ralph, on Fri 31 Oct 6:28PM

  16. What is wrong with all you people always criticising­ Andy Murray. You Brits are so used to having losers,­ you cannot stand having winners,

    From marco, on Fri 31 Oct 6:19PM

  17. I bet Murray is so much fun to be around, the miserable­ so and so. I took him to great heights to beat me so I­ am as great really. Never any congrats to the defeated­ or the winner. Personality of the Year my arse but­ there will be tennis fans to vote for him. Russell­ Brand has more going for him

    From taff, on Fri 31 Oct 6:03PM

  18. yes love it told you jocks he would fall flat on his­ face,what a start to the week-end,thanks nalband,taught­ the jock a proper tennis lesson

    From stephen, on Fri 31 Oct 5:57PM

  19. Well done Andy, great season but time for a rest

    From Graeme, on Fri 31 Oct 5:40PM

  20. WELL DONE NALBANDIAN! BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE BLAKE VS­ TSONGA IN THE FINAL FOR SURE!

    From Serranno, on Fri 31 Oct 5:24PM
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