ATP confirms Brit tennis star Murray as World No.3

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - The world's third best and Britain's top tennis player Andy Murray has set himself an ambitious target for this year's French Open - replacing Roger Federer as the world No 2. The Scot goes into the clay-court Grand Slam event hoping to reach the second week for the first time.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - The world's third best tennis player, Andy Murray, has another quality - a huge capacity to eat. At 22, Murray can leave anyone amazed by the amount of food that he can eat.n 45 minutes, he demolished a huge hamburger, a bag of salt and vinegar crisps, two chocolate bars and an apple, and thereafter, he was looking for more food.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - British tennis player Andy Murray, a Scot by birth, has said that he wouldn't mind his kids having English accents. "I don't think it would bother me at all if my kids grew up with English accents.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has just become the world No 3, making him the highest ranked Briton ever, and believes that he is finally mastering clay courts. Asked yesterday how proud he was to have climbed to No 3 in the world rankings behind Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, two of the sport's all-time greats, The Independent quoted a smiling Murray as saying: "I'd be prouder if I was in the middle of them." In swapping places with Novak Djokovic in yesterday's updated list, Murray becomes the highest-placed British player since the rankings were launched 36 years ago, beating the best mark achieved by both Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - Andy Murray Monday became the first British player to be among the top three on the Association Tennis Professional (ATP) rankings. The British No.

May 10th, 2009 Gasquet confirms positive test for cocainePARIS — French tennis player Richard Gasquet confirmed that he tested positive for cocaine at the Sony Ericsson Open in March, but maintained his innocence. Gasquet said in a statement Sunday that the "B'' sample from the tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla., confirmed the result of the "A'' sample taken the same day.

May 1st, 2009 LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray has admitted that he has weaknesses on clay, and does not know how to fix it. The world No 4 crashed out to Argentine Juan Monaco in round two of the Rome Masters, reports The Sun.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash believes Andy Murray can become the first Brit since Fred Perry to win Wimbledon. Australian Cash, who won the men's title himself in 1987, admits he would be surprised if Murray fails to lift a Grand Slam at some point in the near future.

April 8th, 2009 LONDON - England tennis star Andy Murray has revealed his strong dislike for alcohol. 'I hate alcohol,' Britain's clean-hitting tennis player was quoted as saying in the Telegraph.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - England's No.1 tennis player Andy Murray has been tipped to win Wimbledon this year by doubles legend Peter Fleming. John McEnroe's former playing partner believes in-form Murray looks unbeatable right now.

April 6th, 2009 LONDON - Tennis star Andy Murray has equalled Tim Henman's career haul of 11 titles. The British No.1 crushed Novak Djokovic 6-2 7-5 to win the Sony Ericsson Masters Series crown in Miami.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray insists that he has rediscovered the habit of winning as he prepares for a Masters quarterfinal in Miami today. The British No 1 will take on Fernando Verdasco - who beat him in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January - at the Sony Ericsson Open.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - British tennis star Andy Murray is hoping to capture the world number one spot with his recent stupendous form. Murray has been performing well on grass court as well as on synthetic courts' as he powered his way through to the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells last weekend, but was outclassed by the world number one Rafal Nadal.

January 13th, 2009 LONDON - Swiss Champion Roger Federer, who questioned the favourite tag of Andy Murray in the Australian Open, got one back from the Scot Wednesday who said the 13-time Grand Slam champion no longer strikes fear in his heart. Federer had Tuesday expressed surprise at the 21-year-old Murray being rated above world number one Rafael Nadal and defending champion Novak Djokovic in the eyes of the bookmakers.

December 30th, 2008 LONDON - British tennis player Andy Murray has signed a deal with management company 19 Entertainment, whose client list includes soccer star David Beckham. The world number four and his brother Jamie have also enlisted CAA Sports to represent them in the US.