Was game set and ouch Murray and ballboy survive tumbles?”
SECOND seed Andy Murray enjoyed a rough and tumble first-round victory against power-hitting Ernests Gulbis of Latvia on Tuesday even though he might have been upstaged by a ballboy. The Briton dispatched the 95th-ranked Gulbis, who is as likely to miss wildly as he is to paint a corner with a blistering groundstroke, but the world number two was made to work hard for a 7-5, 6-3, 7-5 win. His relatively smooth progress was jolted in the third set, however, when Murray made a mad dash to retrieve a half-volley and hit the deck just after reaching the ball with a backhand, sending the Scot sprawling along the rubberised hardcourt. “Just a few bruises,” the 22-year-old told reporters. “Maybe it will hurt in the morning for a little bit, but I don’t think it did any damage.” Murray’s crash landing in the ninth game of the third set came shortly after a similarly spectacular tumble by a ballboy, whose foot clipped an advertising awning as he chased a ball, sending him splattering into a pho
NEW YORK — Second seed Andy Murray enjoyed a rough and tumble first-round victory against power-hitting Ernests Gulbis of Latvia yesterday even though he might have been upstaged by a ballboy. The Briton dispatched the 95th-ranked Gulbis, who is as likely to miss wildly as he is to paint a corner with a blistering groundstroke, but the world number two was made to work hard for a 7-5 6-3 7-5 win. His relatively smooth progress was jolted in the third set, however, when Murray made a mad dash to retrieve a half-volley and hit the deck just after reaching the ball with a backhand, sending the Scot sprawling along the rubberized hardcourt. “Just a few bruises,” the 22-year-old told reporters. “Maybe it will hurt in the morning for a little bit, but I don’t think it did any damage.” This is our free preview of this article. To enjoy reading the story in full, please log in to Codex. Or, if you are not yet a subscriber, please subscribe now to get complete access to Philippine business news
