Book description
'With Andy, the sky's the limit...' John McEnroe
At Wimbledon 2005, Andy Murray announced himself on the tennis world
stage by thrashing star pros George Bastl and Radek Stepanek: a legend
was born and Britain had a new sporting hero.
From there, Andy's rise to the top has been unstoppable: from
winning his first ATP title at San Jose in 2006 and deposing Tim
Henman to become British Number 1, to beating a host of former and
current World no. 1s - including Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Roger
Federer and Rafa Nadal - Murray has gone from strength to strength.
With his triumphant win at Queen's in June 2009, a storming
performance at Wimbledon 2009 - which saw Andy reach the semi-finals
for the first time - and his crowning as World Number 2, we have seen
Murray reach even greater heights.
But Murray is much more than a truly gifted tennis player: he has
changed the face of the British game. His grit, passion and success on
court, combined with his ranking as one of the world's best players,
has reignited Britain's love of tennis and inspired a whole new
generation of kids to become tennis fans.
Here, in his updated story, Andy regales us with the highs and the
lows, the triumphs and the near misses to show us just how far the boy
from Dunblane has come.
Andy Murray was born on 15 May 1987 in Dunblane, Scotland. In
September 2004 he won the boys' singles title at the US Open in New
York, and that December he was crowned BBC Young Sports Personality of
the Year. The following year he became the youngest-ever player to
represent Britain in the Davis Cup, reached the third round in his debut
at Wimbledon, and broke into the top 100 at the Thailand Open. In 2006
he won his first ATP title at San Jose, and ended 2007 ranked number 11
in the world, having won the St Petersburg Open. 2009 saw Andy off to a
career-best 45-7 start, capturing four ATP World Tour titles, including
becoming the first British player since Bunny Austin in 1938 to earn the
title at Queen's Club.
