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Tennis: Andy Murray loses in straight sets to Nikolay Davydenko in the Masters Cup semi-final

Posted by admin in Saturday, November 15th 2008   under: news    Tags: , , , , , , , , ,    

A dejected Murray during his semi-final. Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters
Predictably, it was too much to ask. Less than 24 hours after beating Roger Federer in Shanghai, a visibly tired Andy Murray went out of the Masters Cup with a straight-sets defeat to Nikolay Davydenko in the semi-finals.
Davydenko won 7-5, 6-2 and will now meet Novak Djokovic [...]

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Rugby league World Cup - Andy Wilson: British outsiders target semi-final crack and craic

Posted by admin in Tuesday, November 4th 2008   under: news    Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,    

The Ireland rugby league team. Photograph: Matt King/Getty Images
One endearingly naive British journalist, who must remain nameless for obvious reasons, had a bit of a giggle, but caused many more, when two homegrown players were selected in Ireland’s initial World Cup squad and it was suggested to him that one of them had a funny [...]

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Tennis: Murray fights back from brink to earn semi-final with Karlovic

Posted by admin in Saturday, August 2nd 2008   under: news    Tags: , , , , , , , , ,    

Andy Murray reached his fifth Masters Series semi-final with victory over Carlos Moya. Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
Brad Gilbert was having a surprisingly good day, commentating on his former charge. “He knows how to play poker,” he enthused as Andy Murray made an outrageous escape from the verge of apparently certain defeat. “He knows how to [...]

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