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Andy Murray to defend Qatar Title in January.

by bahamaderek on Nov.26, 2008, under Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Qatar Open, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer

andymurraydoha2008Winning the 2008 Qatar Open kick-started his phenomenal 2008 season, where he finished as a strong Number 4 in the world, and won a couple of Master’s series Cups along the way. He recorded victories over all three players ahead of him in the rankings, and proved to himself and to the world, that he has the skills to win his first Grand Slam event in 2009, and maybe move up to be Number 2! He is enjoying a few weeks off from tennis, working out, jogging, pumping iron and trying his damnedest to put on 6-8 pounds. He’s welcome to stay with me for a couple of weeks, eat what I eat, and I can guarantee he’ll put on at least 10 pounds! He will spend a family Christmas at his Grandma’s home, and if his Grandmother cooks anything like mine used to do, he should pack on a few pounds in a hurry. He is trying to improve his durability, and his recovery power, the two areas where he feels he needs to improve if he is going to win a major tournament. He was obviously tired after his victory over Roger Federer in Shanghai, and after he lost the first set to Davydenko in the semi final, he knew he was finished.
The 2009 Qatar Open will not be a cake walk, not an easy tournament to start the season, the 32 man draw announced just yesterday includes a few of the other top players along with Andy. Both Nadal and Federer will be there, along with Andy Roddick, and 5 other players ranked in the top twenty. Only Novak Djokovic is missing from the top group, he has decided to get an early start on his defence of his Australian Open title by playing the Brisbane event.

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