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Monday, 31 October 2005 |
John McEnroe tips Andy Murray for the top
John McEnroe says tennis phenomenon Andy Murray could easily overtake
Tim Henman to become Britain's number one by the next Wimbledon.
Andy Murray has risen from outside the top 400 to 70 in the world while
Tim Henman has had his worst season for a very long time.
"Tim Henman has had a horrible year and that has got to be a pretty bitter pill to swallow," said John McEnroe.
"Greg Rusedski's had a good year but he can't say he is on the upside
of his career. With Murray the sky's the limit. I see it happening
soon."
Andy Murray's remarkable breakthrough season ended with defeat at the hands of Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in the Swiss Indoors.
However the young Scottish player admitted it had been a year of phenomenal progress.
"The main thing I have to take away from this year is that I
have played against two or three top-10 players and have gone the
distance," said Andy Murray.
"Pretty much all the matches I have lost in ATP tournaments have been
very close so I know this is not out of my depth now and I am just
looking forward to starting again next year."
Andy Murray picked out playing in the Thailand Open final against Roger Federer as the high point of the season.
"I won against a couple of very good players in Robby Ginepri - who had
just been to the semis of the US Open - and Paradorn Srichaphan - in
the city where he was born - and then to play against Federer in the
final was very special," he said.
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