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Andy Murray On Indian Wells, Making Progress & Emma Raducanu

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Scot opens against Mannarino
Former World No. 1 Andy Murray sits fifth on the all-time list of ATP Masters 1000 titles leaders, with his 14 triumphs spread across seven of the nine tournaments in the elite series, which debuted in 1990. With 34 of his 46 titles coming on hard court, it’s a little surprising that the Scot never took the final step at the BNP Paribas Open, the only non-clay 1000 that he hasn’t won.

Ranked outside the Top 100 and needing a wild card into the main draw, the Scot isn't dreaming of an elusive title this time around, but he is hoping that a new date and different conditions will allow him to build on the gains made during the recent US Open Series.

"The conditions have changed a bit this year," Murray said. "Not the speed of the court or the air, but before the balls were extremely light, and combined with the very light air I struggled with that and my results were inconsistent.

"But the balls are getting much heavier, which I really like. I like playing with slow balls in fast conditions. I'm feeling it a lot easier to control the ball."

Most Masters 1000 Titles

Pos. Player Titles
1T Novak Djokovic 36
1T Rafael Nadal 36
3 Roger Federer 28
4 Andre Agassi 17
5 Andy Murray 14
6 Pete Sampras 11
Murray, who has a 216-85 record at Masters 1000 level, including a victory over World No. 4 Alexander Zverev in Cincinnati in August, has a 9-9 record on the year as he continues to work his way back from hip surgery. And many of those losses have come against Top 20 opposition, including Matteo Berrettini (Queen’s), Denis Shapovalov (Wimbledon), Hubert Hurkacz (Cincinnati and Metz), Stefanos Tsitsipas (US Open in five sets) and San Diego champion Casper Ruud last week.

"I've had opportunities in those matches that I haven't taken. Top players snuff out opportunities but there were also things I could have done better,” Murray said.

"The positive is that I haven't been losing to guys I should be winning against and in the matches I have lost I don't feel that I have been outclassed or that it wasn't possible I could win against those players in the future.”


Murray is making his 13th appearance at the event, which was cancelled in 2020 and pushed back from March to October this year due to the pandemic. The World No. 121 has a 25-12 record at the BNP Paribas Open, highlighted by a run to the 2009 final (l. Nadal) and two semi-finals. He last played the event in 2017.

The 2016 year-end No. 1 in the FedEx ATP Rankings will open against French lefty Adrian Mannarino, whom he twice beat in 2015 in their only two ATP Head2Head encounters.

"He is a very tricky player, quite unorthodox and plays differently to most of the guys on Tour,” Murray said. “The majority of players play with heavy topspin and have big, long swings to generate power and spin. He hits very flat off both sides and on the forehand he has probably the shortest swing on Tour. He plays a lot with his timing. His quick lefty serve is difficult as well. It won't be an easy match."

The winner will play 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, a recent US Open quarter-finalist, who is seeded No. 30 in the desert.

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During Wednesday’s pre-tournament media conference, Murray was asked about Great Britain’s breakthrough WTA star Emma Raducanu, who last month won through qualifying to win the US Open title.

Although noting that he had not spent a lot of time on court with the 18-year-old, Murray said that her rapid rise did not surprise him.

“Often what separates the elite athletes from that level just below is that ability to learn quickly and process information. Not everyone can do that, but the top players and the really elite athletes are able to do that,” Murray said.

"I haven't spent loads of time with her on a tennis court but it wouldn't surprise me if she picked things up extremely quickly.

“The last 18 months prior to the grass season and Wimbledon she didn't compete a whole lot, which in some ways allowed her to make some technical changes to her game and develop. Usually around that age, 17 and 18-year-olds are competing a lot. They are on the junior tour and drip feeding into senior tournaments as well. Maybe that period gave her the opportunity to fix some technical issues in her game. She does seem to have improved her serve and forehand.”

Murray has not been beyond the third round of a Masters 1000 tournament since winning the Rolex Paris Masters title in 2016 as part of a 24-match winning streak that culminated in his defeat of Novak Djokovic in the Nitto ATP Finals title match, which decided the year-end No. 1 FedEx ATP Rankings.

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Murray's Wedding Ring Plea

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Former World No. 1 is making his 13th appearance in Indian Wells
Former World No. 1 Andy Murray is yet to compete at the BNP Paribas Open this week, but his time in Indian Wells has already got off to a terrible start after the Brit had his wedding ring stolen in a strange incident in California.

The 34-year-old took to Instagram to explain how he had left his tennis shoes under his car overnight to ‘air’ out after training, but returned to find them gone from the hotel car park the next morning.

While he was able to replace the shoes, like many players, Murray ties his wedding ring to his shoes when he plays. When asked by his physio if he had the ring on him ahead of training on Wednesday, the Brit had the dreaded realisation it was missing and has taken to Instagram to appeal for help.


“Last night after dinner here at Indian Wells, got back in the car to go back to the hotel and the car didn't smell great,” Murray explained on Instagram. “Basically, I'd left my tennis shoes in there. It's been like 39 degrees so my tennis shoes are pretty damp, sweat and smelly so I decided when I got back to the hotel, the shoes needed some air and needed to dry them out a little bit.

"I have no balcony in room and didn't want to leave them in my room 'coz they'd stink the room out so I thought I'm going to leave the shoes underneath the car to get some air to them and dry them out overnight.

"Anyway, when I got back to the car in the morning the shoes were gone. So, my tennis shoes for the tournament had been [stolen] so I had to go to the local pro shop and buy different shoes to what I normally wear.

"Anyway, as I was preparing for my practice, my physio said to me, 'where's your wedding ring?' and I was like, 'oh no'. I tie my wedding ring to my tennis shoes when I'm playing because I can't play with it on my hand so my wedding ring has been stolen as well.

"Needless to say, I'm in the bad books at home so I want to try and find it so if anyone can share this or may have any clue where they may be, it would be very helpful so I can try and get it back and get to the bottom of it.”

Murray, who reached the final in Indian Wells in 2009, will begin his campaign against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.

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Andy Murray: Wedding Ring Is Back, Shoes Still Stink!

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Scot delighted to be reunited with stolen wedding ring, less enthused about return of his stinky tennis shoes
Andy Murray is a winner even before playing his first match at the BNP Paribas Open.

Less than 24 hours after appealing to fans to use social media to spread news of his stolen wedding ring, the Scot has joyfully reported the successful recovery of the ring and the tennis shoes to which it was tied.

"I want to send a quick thanks for all the messages and for people sharing the story about the shoes and wedding ring," Murray said in a selfie video posted to his Instagram account. "I had to make a few calls today and chat to security at the hotel and I have a little update for everyone...

"Would you believe it... they still absolutely stink but the shoes are back, the wedding ring is back and I'm back in the good books. Let's go!"

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Murray first reported in a video that he left his tennis shoes to defunkify overnight under a car in his hotel's parking lot. They were stolen during the night and it wasn't until he was preparing for practice that he realised that his wedding ring was looped through a shoelace.

That prompted his appeal on Instagram, which played in a role in today's happy final chapter.

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Murray Advances To Alcaraz Showdown In Indian Wells

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Former World No. 1 advances without losing serve
If Andy Murray was put off by his stinky-shoe, wedding-ring dilemma from earlier this week in Indian Wells, he certainly did not show it on court Friday evening.

The former World No. 1 eliminated tricky Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. The Scot will next play #NextGenATP star Carlos Alcaraz for a spot in the third round.

"It's been four years since I was last here. I think it's one of the best places to play tennis on Tour," Murray said in his on-court interview. "It's been a tough road to get back and it was so nice that so many people managed to come out and support today. I really enjoyed it."

Murray was the talk of social media in recent days, as he enlisted the fans’ help in finding his missing tennis shoes and wedding ring. After retrieving the items, the 34-year-old returned his attention to the tournament, where he beat his lefty opponent in one hour and 24 minutes.

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The three-time major champion did not face a break point until the last point of the match. Mannarino often proves a difficult foe for players with his flat groundstrokes, but Murray never appeared out of his comfort zone.

The wild card flashed his shotmaking abilities on multiple occasions, including one incredible point in the first set that he finished with a perfect backhand lob to the delight of the crowd. He cracked a forehand winner to earn the key break in the second set and then broke for a third time on the night to give himself breathing room.

Murray completed his triumph when Mannarino missed a drop shot. The 2009 Indian Wells finalist then pumped his fist and gave a clap for the California crowd inside Stadium 1.

"I thought my mentality was good tonight. I sort of focussed just on every single point. I don't know if it felt it inside the stadium, but it was pretty breezy on the court, especially in the first set. Maybe some of the points were not that consistent, but I fought for every single point. That was the goal coming into the match and it got me the win."


Murray has spoken highly of his next opponent, Alcaraz, who is making his tournament debut. The Scot told ATPTour.com in August that if he had to pick a future World No. 1 from the young players on the ATP Tour, he would select Alcaraz.

“I think [Carlos] Alcaraz is really, really good,” Murray said. “I think he’s got a good chance at it.”

It will be the first ATP Head2Head meeting between the pair, with Murray 16 years older than the 18-year-old.

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Murray Reveals Wedding Ring Retrieval Following Mannarino Win

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Murray next faces Spaniard Alcaraz
Former World No. 1 Andy Murray won his first match at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday, overcoming Adrian Mannarino in Indian Wells. However, his biggest revelation came off the court.

The Scot revealed the full story of how he retrieved the wedding ring and shoes he had originally lost after leaving them attached under his car at the hotel. Thankfully for the 34-year-old, he was reunited with both after making a plea on Instagram.

“The day after or the day that we realised they were let's say misplaced or sort of someone had moved them, I went and I spoke to the lost and found a couple times at the hotel that day,” Murray said in his post-match press conference. “They said they'd found nothing. I spoke to security. They said they found nothing.

“I was like, 'well, they're gone'. I was going to file a police report to try to get them back or to increase my chance of getting them back. I went and spoke to the hotel, explained to them what I was going to do. They then decided to take all of my details down, the details of the shoes, ring, took me out to the car park and asked exactly where it was I parked. I asked them if they could look at the cameras.

“About an hour later they turned up. One of the employees at the hotel found them in their lost and found. Thankfully managed to get them back, which was good.”

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Murray admitted though when It came to the ring, this was not the first time he had faced such a scenario.

“There's been a number of occasions where it's fallen off my shoe," Murray said. "Once I was swimming in a swimming pool. When my hands get cold, the ring can slide off. I lost it. Didn't realise until later in the day.

"My physio went back into the swimming pool. He used to swim, like, at British level. He was under there looking for it. He managed to find it. I've almost lost it quite a few times but it always finds its way back to me somehow. Yeah, this time was no different.”

On the court, the World No. 121 cruised past Mannarino to set up a second-round meeting with #NextGenATP Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz.

Murray was pleased with his performance and concentration against the Frenchman, saying: “I think there's many factors. It may not necessarily be that you're not concentrating on the match, but it may be concentrating on the wrong things as well. I might be focused on maybe what just happened rather than what's about to happen.

“I'm trying to be a little bit more present and focus on just every single point. I think tonight I did a good job of that. I did well considering the conditions. I don't think I played amazing tennis or the best tennis that I can play. But I still won comfortably against a very good player just by knuckling down on every point.”

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The Scot is competing in his 10th tour-level event of the season and arrived in California having played back-to-back ATP Tour tournaments in Metz and San Diego. With the number of matches Murray is playing increasing, the 34-year-old is determined to maintain his fitness as he looks to finish the season strongly.
“Physically my body responds well to playing matches,” Murray said. “That's one of the hardest things about being out, is that you just can't replicate the intensity of match play. You can do all of the work in the gym, do as much practising as you want, but getting on the match court is different.

“Your body responds differently to that. I don't know whether it's due to adrenaline or that will to win, you push your body just that little bit harder, five per cent, 10 per cent extra. Unless you're out there competing regularly, your body doesn't get used to that.

“While my body feels good, I want to try to play as much as I can between now and the end of the year to set myself up as best as I can for next season. I don't want to overplay obviously. I have played quite a few tournaments recently, but I've not had any really deep runs. I've had enough rest between the events.”

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