World No 1 Andy Murray ended 2016 with a 6-3 7-6(6) win over big-serving CanadianMilos Raonic to take third place at the year-ending exhibition tournament Mubadala World Tennis Champioship in Abu Dhabi on Saturday Dec 31,2016
The 29-year-old Scot succumbed to a surprise loss to Belgian David Goffin on Friday, having ended the official season with a 24-game string of wins.
Murray started the match quickly, breaking Raonic in his first two service games to take the first set. He survived a fight-back from Raonic in the second set, before wrapping up the match in the tie-break.
“It was good to finish the year with a win. It was a good match to work on returns as Milos has a strong serve,” said Andy Murray
Andy Murray ended 2016 at the top of the men’s rankings for the first time having won titles including Wimbledon, where he beat Raonic in the final, and the Rio Olympics and ATP World Tour Finals.
No comments:
Post a Comment