Wimbledon - Murray: I'll come back stronger

Eurosport - Sat, 04 Jul 20:52:00 2009

Andy Murray vowed to return to Wimbledon a better player next year after Andy Roddick ended his hopes of being a first Briton in the men's final since 1938 with a clinical masterclass of power serving and variation in pace.

TENNIS 2009 - Andy Murray of Britain returns the ball to Andy Roddick of the US during their semi-final match at Wimbledon - 0

Murray hit more winners than Roddick, more aces, and made fewer unforced errors, but was cut down in front of a shell-shocked Centre Court crowd 6-4 4-6 7-6 7-6 by the American sixth seed, who now faces Roger Federer for the third time in a Wimbledon final on Sunday.

Murray, the third seed and warm favourite to progress from Friday's semi-final, said he would not dwell on the unexpected defeat and would look to grind out his first Grand Slam success at the US Open later in the year.

"I'll move on very, very quickly and go and work on my game and improve and come back stronger," said Murray, who was bidding to become the first British man to hold aloft the Challenge Cup since Fred Perry in 1936.

"That's a pathetic attitude to have, if you lose one match and you go away and let it ruin your year.

"I've had a very good year so far. I'm very close to the top of the game," said the 22-year-old Scot, who has won four titles this year including the grass warm-up event at Queen's Club and the Masters Series title in Miami.

Murray held a 6-2 career record against Roddick going into Friday's match, including a straight-sets win over the American at Wimbledon in 2006, but Roddick executed his gameplan to perfection, subtly varying the pace, hitting deep corners with relentless regularity and advancing to the net with great effect.

"If someone serves 130 miles an hour consistently throughout the match, and above, it's very tough to break them, especially on a court like this that's quick," he said.

"You always expect your opponents to play well, especially at this stage of the tournament. And he served great. Served really, really well in the tiebreaks. I think he maybe missed two first serves."

Murray will now take a five-week break from tournament competition before focusing on the American hardcourt swing, culminating in the August 31-Septemer 13 US Open, an event which has held a special place in his heart since winning the junior title there in 2004.

"The US Open I've always said is my best surface, my best chance to win a Slam, and I'll give it my best shot there," he added.

Reuters

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  1. What do they play in Peru?

    From chris r, on Sat 4 Jul 2:36PM

  2. Henman all over again!!!!!!!!

    From marko, on Sat 4 Jul 2:36PM

  3. What an odious @#$%

    From s_shukri85, on Sat 4 Jul 2:35PM

  4. shuway, this is tennis not diplomatics, what a @#$%.­ funny you dont say where your from, Iran? lol

    From chris r, on Sat 4 Jul 2:34PM

  5. I don't know why anyone bothers about anything the­ English have to say,what with their love the loser­ cult(so long as he's English) and their pursuit of­ the first self inflicted extinction in history,filling­ their own country with peoples who despise­ them,they're not even allowed to fly their flag and­ they all stand about with their finger firmly stuck up­ their noses,get some backbone then maybe the world will­ stop taking the piss and laughing at them,even the­ Yanks(Their "allies") ignore and insult them­ and use them as cannon fodder for their illegal wars,so­ they have no "street cred" what so ever,do­ what the Yanks do IGNORE THEM,they're prats.

    From shuway, on Sat 4 Jul 2:30PM
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    THE MONKEY CAN FLY:)))))) BYE BYE MONKEY MURRAY MONKEY­ what a stupid face looool

    From cristi, on Sat 4 Jul 2:28PM

  7. I don't know why anyone bothers about anything the­ English have to say,what with their love the loser­ cult(so long as he's English) and their pursuit of­ the first self inflicted extinction in history,filling­ their own country with peoples who despise­ them,they're not even allowed to fly their flag and­ they all stand about with their finger firmly stuck up­ their noses,get some backbone then maybe the world will­ stop taking the piss and laughing at them,even the­ Yanks(Their "allies") ignore and insult them­ and use them as cannon fodder for their illegal wars,so­ they have no "street cred" what so ever,do­ what the Yanks do IGNORE THEM,they're prats.

    From shuway, on Sat 4 Jul 2:27PM

  8. Well done Andy Murray, you gave us some great and­ entertaining tennis and a lot of hope for success in­ future tournaments, c.ongratulations

    From lionel.mann, on Sat 4 Jul 2:14PM
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    YAS IR AW TAWKAN MINCE

    From JEEMS, on Sat 4 Jul 2:10PM
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    wayne. Didn't need to??? Fackan spent centuries­ trying though!!!

    From JEEMS, on Sat 4 Jul 2:09PM
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    we didnt need to conquer scotland because its got f*ck­ all going for it, just hills and incest.

    From wayne.self, on Sat 4 Jul 2:00PM

  12. as good as you are going to get i am afraid.

    From Dave H, on Sat 4 Jul 1:58PM
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    marnio from peru, you not very good at geography­ either, Murray he from Scotland, not england, england­ is that bit you have to go through from dover to get to­ Bonnie Scotland, hope you make it one day, and your­ right about the english, they not very good, they­ couldn't even conquer our wee nation, we held firm­ against the biggest army in Europe, then slaughtered­ them, BANNOCKBURN, read it and weep sassanachs.

    From inverkenny, on Sat 4 Jul 1:28PM
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    bye bye scots tw at

    From Colin H, on Sat 4 Jul 1:22PM

  15. murray's mum and sharapova's dad do u see a­ connection?

    From samuel t, on Sat 4 Jul 1:07PM

  16. It's all the fault of the British press for hyping­ him up into something he's not, I think think­ Murray himself did well getting to the semis, Andy may­ well win a slam but I think this will take a few more­ years. Why cant the press be more realistic??

    From steven, on Sat 4 Jul 12:48PM
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    108.hahahaha loserrrrr english people, you will never­ win.­ Leave it to fed, nadal, roddick.­­
    hahahahahahahahahaahaha­­ loserrrrsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

    From First L, on Sat 4 Jul 12:36PM

  18. Murray played very good, but really unlucky this time !

    From Igor K, on Sat 4 Jul 12:36PM
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    Congrats to Roddick for binning some more seaty socks­ :o)

    From Andrew G, on Sat 4 Jul 12:34PM
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    Murray this, Murray that. You go on and on about him,­ saying he will thrash Roddick, but when Roddick wins,­ despite everyone telling him he is no good, and the­ crowd cheering his errors, you don't congratulate­ him, you just say he was lucky and Federer will be­ happy. You sicken me, Reed, and I'm looking forward­ to the Tour de France where the intellect on the­ commentators and journalists is several orders of­ magnitude higher.

    From webbski, on Sat 4 Jul 12:33PM
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