OK just to set the record straight I'm pretty sure­ it was after Montreal and before Cincinnati. In­ Montreal Murray beat Chardy, Ferrero, Tsonga, Davydenko­ and Del Potro. Before Montreal and Wimby he won Queens,­ beating Seppi, Garcia-Lopez, Mardy Fish, Ferrero and­ Blake. His preceding victory was in Miami which was­ quite a bit earlier (April), so should probably not be­ considered for the current form. I do not think these­ achievements qualify him as a true number one.­ Apparently you think he's been "winning­ everything".

Simon Reed made a statement after the last big­ tournement before the USO that Andy Murray was ­ (AT THAT POINT) the real nr one and he was just­ then, he'd been winning everything. Nothing wrong­ in saying what was true. Things change from week to­ week, Murray exhausted himself and got an injury.­ Players come up , players go down, then they come up­ again. It's all a question of everything coming­ together at the right time and it's difficult to­ achieve. Anybody in the top 10 can beat each other­ on a chosen day. All you haters here are not going to­ stop Murray getting there when he is ready. Not ONE­ player in the top 10 is constantly consistant, Federer­ has the most experience and is best at it just now but­ i remmember distinctly he had to go through all the­ same rubbish before his career took off, they said he­ was a choker and had temperament problems. He matured,­ developed and got there just like Murray will.

When Simon Reed said Andy M. was "the real Nº­ 1", he wasn't. That was just after Wimbledon­ if I remember rightly. At that point Federer was both­ the "real" and the actual Nº1. Nadal was­ still the actual Nº2, but "really" out of it:­ that is to say, not a factor. Djokovic was actual Nº3­ but had been dissappointing of late so was probably­ "real" Nº 4 or 5, and Murray was both­ "real" and actual Nº4. That is why so much­ ridicule was heaped on Simon Reed for that statement.­ Had he made it at the beginning of the USO, he may have­ been taken more seriously. But he didn't.

As of 02.11.2009S D Ranking Week Change W-L Titles­ Prize Money*

2009 Current

4 - 58-9 5 $3,142,632­
Career High

2
17.08.2009
213-74 13­ $8,642,068
*Singles & Doubles combined

Wow Andy­ Murray has earned nearly 9 million in prize money, and­ i suppose one can double that with sponsor deals and­ treble it when he starts with Addidas next year. Won­ 59 matches and 5 titles this year and only lost 9. ­ I guess he is doing pretty well. Keep it up Andy.

On return to SCOTLAND or what, he is useless!!! MURRAY­ IDIOT!!

FROM THE ATP SITE ATP World Tour No. 4 Andy­ Murray was impressive in his return to action Tuesday­ evening at the Valencia Open 500, dismissing Spanish­ wild card Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-1 on his debut at­ the ATP World Tour 500 indoor hard-court­ tournament.

The top seed, playing his first match­ since representing Great Britain in Davis Cup­ competition in September, dropped just six points in­ the first four games as he raced to a 4-0 lead. World­ No. 77 Gimeno-Traver recovered one of the service­ breaks to cut the deficit to 3-4, but Murray was­ quickly back in his stride and broke once more in the­ ninth game to seal a one-set lead.

In the pair’s first­ ATP meeting, the Scot wasted no time in pressing home­ his advantage in the second set, breaking twice in the­ fourth and sixth games to seal victory after one­ hour.

The 22-year-old Murray, who has been sidelined­ with a left wrist injury since the Davis Cup, is one­ win shy of his 60th victory of the season after­ improving to a 59-9 match record. Together with Rafael­ Nadal, the Dunblane native leads the ATP World Tour­ with five titles, including at ATP World Tour Masters­ 1000 tournaments in Miami (d. Djokovic) and Montreal­ (d. del Potro).

Murray next will face Argentine­ Leonardo Mayer, who defeated 2005

stefan94jovi, lol , start of story you mean­ !! Murray has always been a late maturing guy.­ He's only just reaching his potential now.­ Obviously you know damn all about tennis by your silly­ comments. One doesn't get to a GS final with luck. ­ What g-a-y means i haven't the faintest idea. Grow­ up or go and play with your dolly or something.

OK James I guess that's one way of looking at it,­ but the way I tried to rephrase it was that "if­ the rankings were entirely faithful to REAL ABILITY,­ Murray would be number 1". Anyway john60p. You­ endorsed Reed's comment that Murray is the true­ number 1, did you not? So if he is the true number one­ and he doesn't choke, how come he is GS-less?

Ofcourse he shines isn't he hehh EUROSPORT.YAHOO?­ where was this site came from again....? EUROSPORT WILL­ THINK, FINALLY!!!!!!!!! OUR MURRAY!!!!!

I agree. I would bet he will in fact win more than 1­ grand slam. Could you answer me? What's the­ difference between "should be number one" and­ "is the true number one". I am really curious­ why you think the two are significantly different.­ Thank you in advance.

Csaba manipulating comments again, lol. missed out at­ that point didn't you.

Andy Murray is doing a fine­ job, not reached his potential yet and improving all­ the time. There is absolutely no reason he­ shouldn't, when ready , win a grand slam.

Keep up the good work Andy, great to see you back and­ good luck for 2010, it could just be your year!! :-)

OK what's the difference between saying someone­ "should" be number one and saying someone is­ the true number one? Which one is more flattering? This­ is an honest question.

There certainly is no point in arguing about the future­ (eg. Murray will never get another chance to win a­ major like the one he blew at Flushing Meadows this­ year) or the past (he could have won Wimbledon). We­ were talking about the present and I said he looked­ ordinary at Valencia and he did. Eurosport said he­ "shone". He didn't. The day he wins a GS­ event I will gladly change my opinion of him and also­ be quite happy to swallow my words. However, it will­ take more than that to change my opinion of­ Eurosport's journalism. I would only be satisfied­ with an article analysing why Federer's record of­ GS titles (whatever it ends up being) will not be­ beaten in our generation, and why he is "the real­ Nº1" even when he's at Nº2 spot. C'mon­ Simon, you can do it!!

Csaba, Reed has never said Murray "should" be­ number one, your manipulating to suit your own little­ campaign. He wrote an article saying at that point of­ time Murray was the true number one . Murray has never­ choked anywhere and is quietly improving his game to­ reach his full potential. Eurosport do not favour­ him, that just suits you to pretend they do. Murray is­ an extremely popular player and those putting­ ridiculous hate comments on here are scared as he­ threatens their particular favourites. Push off,­ i'm not interested in your @#$%.

lol Csaba, if murray does win a grandslam i look­ forward to seeing you lol

john60p I don't want to be annoying but I'd­ like to point out that you are on record on defending­ Reed's statement that Murray should be world number­ 1 but now you say he hasn't choked in the Grand­ Slams? So if he really is the best player in the world,­ why didn't he win any Grand Slams? I really think­ you're contradicting yourself with the sole purpose­ of contradicting anything that anybody says who you­ deem to be "Murray-hater" or something. I­ agree with James W, Murray is talented, he is­ hard-working, but I think he just lacks the attitude to­ be truly one of the greatest. Of course he may change­ that and when he does, I might even become a fan of­ his. Of course he is also right that Eurosport is­ really biased. And no, I'm not reading the British­ version of it.

JAMES W , No i don't want your opinion of anything.­ Since you wrote it i will tell you that he has never­ "choked" in a GS. At wimbledon his semi with­ Roddick could have gone either way and Roddick was­ unlucky not to win the final, he vastly improved his­ clay court game to get near the end at the French and­ in the US he was overtrained and a spent force. He has­ always been a late maturer and bit by bit he is getting­ it all into place.