New York, Sep. 12 : After semi-final defeat to Rafael Nadal in the US Open, British tennis star Andy Murray still retains a belief that a major title is within his grasp

Murray insists he "felt OK" after losing to Nadal - "the best player there has ever been" - and says continually getting close to the prize is an incentive, not dispiriting.

New York, Sep 5 - Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray advanced into the fourth round of the men's singles event at the US Open tennis here Sunday, while Samantha Stosur set up a quarterfinal clash against Vera Zvonareva in the women's singles.

Nadal won 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-5 in 2 hours 39 minutes against David Nalbandian of Argentina.

The Spaniard will play Gilles Muller of Luxembourg for a place in the quarterfinals at the final Grand Slam of the year. Muller breezed past Russia's Igor Kunitsyn 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

New York, Sep 5: British tennis star Andy Murray has defeated 25th seed Feliciano Lopez to setup his US Open fourth round clash with American Donald Young.

Murray's third round 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, win at New York's Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday took him an hour and 54 minutes, the Guardian reports.

Young beat 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday.

The 22-year-old had earlier embarrassed Murray in their only meeting at Indian Wells in March. (ANI)

New York, Sep 1 - India's top-ranked singles player Somdev Devvarman made a first round exit from the men's singles of the US Open here after he went down fighting to fourth-seed Andy Murray of Britain.

Somdev gave a tough fight to the 24-year-old Murray, breaking him twice in his opening service game and stretched the set to a tie-break. The Scotsman was made to work hard but came through 7-6(7-5), 6-2, 6-3 on a hot afternoon in New York Wednesday.

The Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen's club saw the ouster of yet another top seeded player. This time the victim being Andy Murray, consequently the tournament was left without a marquee player on Friday as top-seed Rafael Nadal crashed out only hours after the exit of holder Andy Murray.

American Mardy Fish ended a darkness-interrupted match, spread over two days, completing a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2) win over Murray, the defending champ. The win put Fish into the quarterfinals against French 12th seed Michael Llodra.

London, Nov 30 : Tennis ace Andy Murray seems to have found comfort in the arms of the current Miss Scotland, Katharine Brown, after his split from Kim Sears.

Reports suggest that the newly single Brit champ is dating Katharine.

Hunky Andy, 22, recently announced his split from long-term love Sears, a 21-year-old student.

Kim has moved out of their 5million pounds Surrey mansion and the tennis ace is now seeing 22-year-old Katharine.

London, Nov 28 - Novak Djokovic joined Andy Murray on the statistical scrapheap as Nikolay Davydenko defeated Robin Soderling 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3 to earn the last of the semi-final places at the ATP World Tour Finals.

Russia's Davydenko joins Soderling as Group B representatives for the weekend with defending champion Djokovic coming up short.

London, Nov 25 - Roger Federer clinched the year-end world number one title a year after losing it to Rafael Nadal, regaining the honour with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals.

For the second time in as many matches, Switzerland's 15-time Grand Slam winner had to rally Tuesday after losing an opening set.

The comeback victory in two hours improved his record against the fourth-ranked Scot to 4-6 and marked his second success in a row in that series after winning a Cincinnati semi-final last summer.

London, Nov. 23 : British tennis star Andy Murray has recorded a rap single.

The Scot star agreed to add his vocal talents to a song by former Wimbledon doubles champs Bob and Mike Bryan.

But his first venture into music is unlikely to be a smash after industry buffs branded it a right racket, The Sun reports.

Collaborators ... Bob and Mike BryanBob and Mike convinced Murray, of Dunblane, Perthshire, and fellow star Novak Djokovic to lend their voices to the song - released on album Let It Rip, only available on iTunes.

London, Nov. 23 : British tennis star Andy Murray has recorded a rap single.

The Scot star agreed to add his vocal talents to a song by former Wimbledon doubles champs Bob and Mike Bryan.

But his first venture into music is unlikely to be a smash after industry buffs branded it a right racket, The Sun reports.

Collaborators ... Bob and Mike BryanBob and Mike convinced Murray, of Dunblane, Perthshire, and fellow star Novak Djokovic to lend their voices to the song - released on album Let It Rip, only available on iTunes.

London  - Roger Federer and Andy Murray kick-started the ATP World Tour Finals Sunday after a move from China to Britain, with both earning opening group victories at the eight-man year-end showcase.

Top seed Federer lost the first set of his career to Fernando Verdasco, but regrouped after a big effort to defeat the Spaniard 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in their Group A clash of an event held for the last four years in Shanghai.

London, Nov 21 : British tennis player Andy Murray has said that winning in tennis is much more important to him, and that he is not motivated by the money that is on offer.

The highest-ranked British player since Fred Perry has won 2.25-million pounds in prize money this year, and also stands to bank another one million pounds if he wins all five matches at the World Tour Finals starting Sunday at London''s O2 Arena.

London - Home hero Andy Murray faces Argentina's US Open champion Juan Del Potro Sunday with Roger Federer to follow as Group A matches start the ATP World Tour Finals.

Roger Federer, who could possibly lose his number one ranking to Rafael Nadal under certain scenarios, will face Spain's Fernando Verdasco on the opening day at the O2 Arena.

The Swiss lost his US Open crown to Del Potro in September, before the newest Grand Slam winner hit a patch of bad form in the autumn.

London, Nov 19 : British tennis player Andy Murray has said he is looking forward to utilizing the huge home advantage at the O2 Arena for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, which start on Sunday.

The tournament has switched to London for five years after moving around the world, and the highest-ranked British player aims to finish the season on a high under the home comforts.

London, Nov 15 : Ace tennis player Andy Murray is determined to end the playing season on a high note by winning the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London.

The event, being held in the capital for the first time and featuring the world’s top eight players, starts at the O2 Arena.

Murray said: “Everyone wants to play in the end-of-year championships. Some of the greatest players ever have won it, so it''s obviously an important competition. It’s big for all of the players.”

Paris, Nov 13 : British tennis player Andy Murray exhibited the after-effects of a late night when Czech Radek Stepanek dumped him out of the Paris Masters.

The Scot had earlier completed his three-set victory over James Blake at 1.45am, got to bed at 4am and was back on court by 5.45pm to face Stepanek.

“I said last night that it would be difficult to come back and feel 100 per cent today. It was obviously a limited recovery after a long match,” The Independent quoted Murray, as saying.

London, Nov. 5 : British tennis star Andy Murray believes his recent injury lay-off could help him break his Grand Slam duck.

The world No 4 returned to action at the Valencia Open this week after six weeks out with a left-wrist problem.

Murray plays Leonardo Mayer of Argentina today for a place in the quarter-finals and believes he will benefit from the time off.

London, Nov 2 : UK tennis sensation Andy Murray said he would not judge his idol Andre Agassi for revelations that he lied to avoid a drugs ban in the 1990s.

"I loved Andre and he was unbelievably nice to me. I judge him as a tennis player and he was a great player, one of the best of all time," Murray said.

"No one wants drugs in sport but everyone makes mistakes," The Mirror quoted Murray, as saying.

New York, Oct. 15 : Former world tennis great Andre Agassi believes Andy Murray has the next 12 months to prove that he merits being World Number One in the sport.

Murray is the only player in the world''s top six who has now won a grand slam, with 21-year-old Del Potro joining Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick.

"I think that in the beginning he had an attitude that worked against him. It was a fire, it was a spirit, you could tell that was a crucial wiring to the way he played," said eight-time grand slam winner Agassi.

Tokyo  - Andy Murray dealt a second pullout blow to next week's Japan Open event as the Scot withdrew Thursday with a wrist injury.

His pullout came just days after Roger Federer also cancelled, citing the fatigue of a season where he reached all four Grand Slam finals, winning two.

Murray pulled the plug on his website the day before the tournament draw.

"Andy is disappointed not to be competing in Japan, but on the basis of medical advice, he has decided to give his left wrist further time to recover.