To put together for the 2021 season, the English Federation, the LTA and Jamie Murray put again the desk with the Battle of brits. The new version started this Sunday December 20 and can run till Wednesday 23 in Roehampton. Many British tennis stars responded, on the high of the listing: Andy Murray. In an empty room, the double Olympic gold medalist had overwhelmed the British No.1 Daniel evans in two units held on the rating of seven-6 (5) 6-4. For his second sport since October, Andy reiterated this Tuesday in opposition to Cameron Norrie (71st worldwide) which he beat in two units with a rating of 6-4 7-6. A faultless for Murray who beat the 2 finest gamers of his nation with out dropping a spherical. What encourage him for his very possible wild card for the primary Grand Slam of the subsequent season!
This Wednesday, the final matches happen. Beating Jack Draper, Anton Matusevich received first place within the basic classification. But Murray solely performed two video games and did not care a lot in regards to the trophy … Heather watson who received this battle of the Brits.
At the initiative of the occasion, Jamie Murray mentioned, in feedback reported on the web site of the LTA : “TAll players wanted the chance to test themselves before the start of the season. It has been such an unusual year, with so much disruption that any competitive tennis player can get is welcome. Even in the preseason, nobody likes to lose to their friends, so we expect close games. ” Scott Lloyd, the president of the English federation, clarified: “Although they are indoors, matches will be played on the same surface as in Melbourne and will use the same balls to try and replicate conditions in Australia as closely as possible. Hopefully the players make the most of the opportunity to get some competitive matches under their belt. ” Andy Murray, who had not participated within theAustralian Open 2020, may effectively be an adversary to be prevented in 2021.
