Andy Murray maintained his winning run against Roger Federer with a 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 6-2 victory at the Qatar Open on Friday.
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A vintage year was headlined by the exploits of Rafael Nadal, as well as Britain's Andy Murray.
| Match |
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| Major Australian Open |
| 12th Jan - 25th Jan |
| ATP Brisbane |
| 4th Jan - 11th Jan |
| WTA Brisbane International |
| 4th Jan - 10th Jan |
| WTA ASB Classic |
| 5th Jan - 10th Jan |
| ATP Chennai Open |
| 5th Jan - 11th Jan |
| ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open |
| 5th Jan - 11th Jan |
| Match |
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| January 9, ITF Hyundai Hopman Cup |
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Final: Slovakia bt Russia 2-0 (Slovakian players first) Women's singles: D Cibulkova bt D Safina 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 6-4 Men's singles: D Hrbaty bt M Safin 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) |
| January 9, ATP Qatar Open |
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Semi-final: 4-A Roddick (USA) bt 5-G Monfils (Fra) 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-4 3-A Murray (GB) bt 2-R Federer (Swi) 6-7(6-8) 6-2 6-2 |
| January 9, ATP Chennai Open |
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Quarter-final: 5-R Schuettler (Ger) bt B Phau (Ger) 6-2 7-5 8-M Granollers-Pujol (Spn) bt L Dlouhy (Cze) 7-5 2-6 6-4 3-M Cilic (Cro) bt 7-J Tipsarevic (Srb) 6-4 0-6 6-4 S Dev Varman (Ind) bt 4-Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
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| January 9, ITF Hyundai Hopman Cup |
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Group B: Russia bt France 2-1 (Russian players first) Men's singles: Marat Safin lost to Gilles Simon 6-7 (5-7) 3-6 Women's singles: Dinara Safina bt Alize Cornet 6-3 6-2 Mixed doubles: Dinara Safina & Marat Safin bt Alize Cornet & Gilles Simon 6-4 6-3
Italy bt Chinese Taipei 3-0 (Italian players first) Men's singles: Simone Bolelli bt Yen-Hsun Lu 6-0 6-0 w/o Women's singles: Flavia Pennetta bt Hsieh Su-Wei 7-5 6-3 Mixed doubles: Flavia Pennetta & Simone Bolelli bt Hsieh Su-Wei & Yen-Hsun Lu 6-0 6-0 w/o |
| January 9, ATP Brisbane International |
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Quarter-finals 8-R Stepanek (Cze) bt 4-R Soderling (Swe) 2-6 6-4 6-3 7-R Gasquet (Fra) bt 2-J-W Tsonga (Fra) 1-6 6-4 6-2 |
| January 9, WTA Brisbane International |
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Semi-finals: 3-M Bartoli (Fra) bt 5-A Mauresmo (Fra) 4-0 ret 2-V Azarenka (Blr) bt S Errani (Ita) 6-3 6-1 |
| January 9, WTA Auckland Open |
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Semi-finals: E Vesnina (Rus) bt A Keothavong (GB) 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 7-5 1-E Dementieva (Rus) bt A Rezai (France) 6-2 6-2 |
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Brent FairbanksPeople keep saying well Murray has beaten RF & RD but he still has a long way to go etc etc. Lets not forget being number 3 or 4 in the world at anything even if it is tiddly winks is pretty amazing. He has trained his whole life to ...