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'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 number 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.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #5689 in Books
• Published on: 2009-11-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

From the Inside Flap
"With Andy, the sky’s the limit…" John McEnroe

At Wimbledon in 2005, a young, brash Andy Murray came out of nowhere and thrashed star pros Georges Bastl and Radek Stepanek. He took a two-set lead against former finalist David Nalbandian before his dramatic winning run came to a end on the Centre Court. But a legend was born, and Britain had a new sporting hero.

Henman Hill was renamed Murray Mound, and Henmania became Andymonium. In 2006, Murray went stellar. Aged just 18 he won his first ATP title at San Jose, California, beating former world no. 1s Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt on the way. In the same month, he deposed Tim Henman to become the British No. 1. By the end of a wonderful year in which he was one of only two players to beat Roger Federer, Murray was no. 17 in the world. But Murray is much more than a truly gifted tennis player and potential grand slam champion. He has changed the face of the British game, blowing away the cobwebs of the All England Club, and dividing opinion with his brash, straight-talking style, anti-establishment rhetoric and on-court anger and passion. A whole new generation of kids are becoming tennis fans. Andy has made tennis cool again, like the days of McEnroe, Borg and Nastase. Here, for the first time, Andy Murray talks in his own words about the long, testing, and often difficult path to superstardom.

The boy from Dunblane opens up about dealing with the constant limelight and attention from a media and a general public desperate for a genuine British tennis star, and gives the exclusive lowdown on Wimbledon 2008 as he prepares to launch his bid for grass-court glory. Temperamental, gifted, passionate, fiery: Murray is the dazzling new face of British tennis, and a role model to a whole generation. Andy's story will enthral and excite the entire country.

About the Author
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.

Customer Reviews

Andy's Achievements
Since this book was published earlier this year Andy has achieved alot. The turning point being when he came back from 2 sets down to beat Gasquet at Wimbledon, he has also beaten Nadal, Djokovic and Federer, reached the final of the US Open and is now number 4 in the world. At 21 that is some achievement especially over the last few months. Yes I am an Andy Murray fan and am proud to be so. Lets get behind our young sports people in what ever sport and encourage them. Any achievement is a positive, lets stop being so negative. Andy is a young lad, like all of us at that age he has sometimes had to learn the hard way. Lets give him a chance and get behind him in 2009. I found his book an insight in to the world of tennis.

A Great Book!
Really annoyed at the bad reviews of this book! I was surprised at how good it was. As well as Andy's musings, it has sections written by his Mum, his brother, Jamie, his coach for a while, Mark Petchey and Tim Henman. Well worth a read. What is it with people that just want to slag off the best Tennis player the UK has ever produced? It makes me so angry. The lad is a God! Any player in the top ten is a God! Henman was in the top 10 for almost 10 years and people still slagged him off. How many footballers have we produced that would make a "World Top Ten players" for 10 years?" ??? Give the lad a break! Anyway - thats my rant finished. Read the book and make your own mind up.

Read the book and see for yourselves, ignore the previous reviewer
This is a response to the post/review by Lord Font...

Andy Murray has already achieved more in Tennis than Tim Henman ever did - he has already won 5 ranking titles, beating the likes of Federer and Roddick on the way, and the guy's only turned 21. So, yes he has won something... He will definitely win a major. But I guess you would like justification as to why he should be releasing this book so early in his career? How about this... He is truly an inspiration to youngsters all over this country and particularly in Scotland... He is a hero. He has already revolutionised the way young people in this country think about sport and there are genuinely more young people becoming interested in playing tennis now because of his achievements to date. I'm not going to comment on the Dunblane thing because it has absolutely nothing to do with it. But I'll leave you with this - I guarantee you he has already achieved more with HIS 21 years than you ever will until the day you die. I'd certainly recommend this book to anyone interested in sport...