It will be no fairy tale Wimbledon win for Andy Murray this year Gutted he has just been beaten in 4 very close sets sets 6-4 4-6 7-6 7-6.

Andy Murray wil now look to the 2009 US Open as the Scot looks to claim his first grand slam championship and end the British drought.

All credit must go to Andy Roddick, he proved all his doubters that he is indeed still one of the worlds best and looks like he surely is in the form of his life.

Wimbledon 2009 is 9 Days Down - 4 to go.

The quarter finals are now complete and we are now down to the last 4 men standing. Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick and Tommy Haas all have won their first five matches. We know Rafael Nadal pulled out with Injury and after the hysterical British news coverage of how bad British tennis is now over, the even more hysterical coverage of  Andy Murray is intensifying. The question on every-one’s lips is..

Who’s going to win Wimbledon 2009?

The Favorite – Roger “14 time Grand Slam champion” Federer of course is the favorite, he’ past the first week, last years champion Rafael Nadal is out and Federer is odds on favorite, average odds are dropping every day and are now way less than evens at 2/5 – you’ll get best odds currently at Betfair at 23/50.

Main Challenger to Federer – Leading up to the Wimbledon the Bookmakers had Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal as joint second favorites as Nadal’s injury concerns mounted Murray was installed as clear second favorite and Nadal’s odds lengthened. Since Nadal withdrew Murray has been seen as the only real challenger to Federer this year in the eyes of the bookmakers. His odds also are dropping daily – Average odds 5/2 – Best Odds 16/5 at Betfair.

Andy Roddick? The 3rd favorite is big serving two time finalist Andy Roddick. The 27 year old has just produced a career best performance at the French Open and as a 2 time finalist this big serving American could also produce a career best performance at Wimbledon which would mean him winning the title. He faces Murray in his semi fianl and his odds have been dropping as the rounds go by – Average odds 14/1, best odds 18/1 at Betfair.

The Dark Horse – Tommy Haas - The story of the championships could be Tommy Haas – plagued with injury throughout his career, the 31 year old looks to be in the form of his life. He took Roger Federer to the brink of defeat in their French open match and was within a hand-full of points of a straight sets win. He then went on to win Halle two weeks ago beting Novak Djokovic in the final and again he beat Djokovic in the quarter fianls yesterday. He has proven his pedigree on grass an dnow looks to exact some revenge on Roger Federer. Average odds – 27/1, Betfair Odds – 37/1

If you are placing a bet on the Wimbledon winner this Summer make sure try Betfair, they offer better odds and when you sign up you get a free £25 bet. If you are making a bet you should try Betfair as their odds are consistantly higher, e.g Andy Roddick, 18/1 on average at regular bookmakers, 14/1 at Betfair.

Andy Murray cruised into the semi finals of Wimbledon 2009 with a comfortable straight sets win 7-5 6-3 6-2 against Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Murray never played at his very best for the whole match, but when it was required he stepped up and showed the Britain that he is the man that can end drought at Wimbledon.

It took Andy Murray a little while to get going in his quarter final match against former world number 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, but when he did he raced away with the tie. The first set went with serve until Murray claimed the crucial break in the 12th game after Ferrero double faulted.

Murray stuttered at the start of the second, dropping serve, but was soon in control again as he broke back to love and followed it up with breaking the Spaniard’s serve again to take the set 6-3.

The Murray machine was in cruise control as he began to step up the pace and the Scot powered by the former French Open winner with another two breaks of serve.

Murray will now face the winner of Hewitt v Roddick which is 1 set a piece at the moment.

The quarter final draw for the 2009 Wimbledon championships is now complete.

After the first round we only had one Brit in the draw, fortunately Murray safely negotiated the second, third and fourth round and will now face Juan Carlos Ferrero for a place in the semi finals. See the Murray v Ferrero Preview.

The fourth round saw some good matches, we lost 5th seed Del Potro in the second round, and in the fourth round we seen 2 more members of the top 8 seeds drop out.

Perhaps not the biggest upset, but the best story so far, former world number 1 and wild card Juan Carlos Ferrero defeating 8th seed Giles Simon. The other top 8 seed to go out, was Spain’s Fernado Verdasco, who was beaten in a very close 4 set match by Ivo Karlovic.

All 4 of the quarter final matches are scheduled to be completed on Wednesday 1st July with all the matches potential classics, Murray’s perhaps the most low key of all.

Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt had to battle from 2 sets down to beat Radek Stepanek in the fourth round and he will need all his fighting spirit when he takes on big serving two time finalist Andy Roddick, in what is a repeat of the quarter final match at Queens earlier in June.

The best contest may well be the repeat of the Halle final three weeks ago between the oldest man in the draw Tommy Haas and 4th seed Novak Djokovic, Haas a veteran at 31 has found a new lease of life after years of injury woes.

Finlay Federer takes on ace supremo Ivo Karlovic in what will surely be another tie break filled match, can the king of Aces take out the King of Wimbledon.

In the eyes of people who put their money where their mouth is, Andy Murray is still the bookmakers clear second favourite behind Roger Federer – See the full list of Wimbledon 2009 Winner Odds.

Andy Murray has won his way through to the quarter final of the 2009 Wimbledon championships with a very hard fought 2-6 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-3  victory against Swiss no.2 Stanislas Wawrinka under the centre court roof.

It was the first ever full professional men’s match played under the new roof after it was closed half through ladies singles match between Dinara Safina and Amelie Mauresmo when it started to rain for the first time at the 2009 championships.

Murray’s day under the centre court roof did not start well and the Scot had to recover from a set down and break points down in the second set before he managed to get his game together to claim another famous centre court victory to rival the Gasquet match 12 months ago.

It’s the second time Andy Murray has made it through to the Quarter finals at All the England Club and will now face former world no.1 Juan Carlos Ferrero on Wednesday.

Murray lost to Rafael Nadal at last years quarter final stage and will be looking to go one round further and equal Tim Henman’s record of reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

Whether it was the roof, the late start or Murray’s opponent, the Scot was clearly below his best at the start of the match. He lost the opening 3 points to give Wawrinka 3 immediate break points, the Scot did save those first 3 but not the fourth and Wawrinka had an early break. The warning bells were sounding as Murray was broken again and he found himself 4-0 down in the first set.

The Murray serve was nowhere near as good as it been in the two previous matches, but he did manage to get it semi-firing as he managed to get himself on the scoreboard eventually. It wasn’t enough to stop the Swiss player from capturing the first set 6-2.

Murray started slightly better in the second set, his serve was improving but still below par. The set went with serve quite comfortably in the first 4 games before what most people will see as the turning point, with Murray serving the Scot gives up to break points at 15-40. Wawrinka misses the first one a forehand well long, and blows the second with another forehand just missing the sideline. Murray would then go to win the game with the shot of the match so far, a dipping top-spin forehand on the run.

That save of break points by Murray was enough to inspire the Scot to raise his game and in two games time it was he who had his first chance to break, he couldn’t quite convert the first one, but he soon carved out another and this time it was converted courtesy of a backhand error for Wawrinka. Murray served out the next game to love to level the match at 1 set all.

The third set was an almost replica of the second this time Wawrinka had chances to break in the 6th game, missing all 3 of them before Murray breaks the Swiss star in the next game. Murray wouldn’t be denied his third set and the Scot served out to take the set 6-4 and a 2-1 lead in the match.

The fourth set was a bit a dog-fight as both players had numerous chances to break serve in multiple service games, but it was Wawrinka who claimed the break in the 11th game and went on to win the set 7-5.

The 5th and deciding set was looking like it would be a little more comfortable for the watching British public as Murray saved his best tennis for last , he managed to break in Wawrinka’s opening game after the Swiss ace had lead 40-0 in the game and the Scot raced to a 3-0 lead. It would not be that easy though, Wawrinka held serve and broke back to level things at 3-3.

Andy Murray though has proved time and time again he is a fighter and the Scot would not be denied his quarter final spot – He managed to hold serve and in epic game and Murray forced the break of serve after missing out on a few chances. All he had to do was hold serve and he did not disappoint.

Murray’s match will be for the 4th time the third match on centre court on Monday 29th June 2009. Robin Soderling vs Roger Federer is first up followed by Dinara Safina vs Amelie Mauresmo, which will give an approximate start time between 5pm and 6pm.

Murray has reached the 4th round on two previous occasions in 2006 he was eliminated at this stage by Marcos Baghdatis 3-6, 4-6, 6-7(2) and then last year he beat Richard Gasquet in that epic match 5-7, 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-4.

His opponent on Monday is Stanislas Wawrinka, he’s 24 and ranked 18th in the world and seeded 19th at Wimbledon 2009. He is the Swiss no.2 behind Roger Federer and has been as high as 9th in the world, which achieved only 12 months ago. He has only one small ATP tour title in Umag in 2006, though he has made 5 ATP tour level finals and he won the Olympics double gold medal with Roger Federer in 2008.

Wawrinka and Murray are considered friends on tour and have met a total of seven times so far. Murray holds the advantage with 4-3 winning record and he has won the last two matches, most importantly the 4th round of the US Open were Murray cruised to victory over Wawrinka 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

Their first two meeting were won by Wawrinka in 2005 and 2006 whilst Murray was still a teenager, since then Murray has lost just once to the Swiss player and that was on Clay in 2008. Warwinka’s favorite surface is clay and until last year Wimbledon when he reached the 4th round he had not really showed any kind of grass court form having lost in the first round of 6 grass court tournaments he had played.

Murray goes into the match as the strong favourite against the 19th seed Wawrinka, though this time bookmakers are giving Murray’s opponent a little more chance than they did Troicki. The best odds you will get on an Andy Murray win is 2/25 at Betfair and he is still currently the bookmakers second favorite to win Wimbledon 2009