• British No1 beat French doubles specialist Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2,4-6, 6-3
• Murray admits to thinking less about tennis since daughter Sophia was bornWhen Andy Murray returned to the playground of the wealthy, and loud and tipsy for the first time in three years,he was pleasantly surprised to leave the ochre bear pit that is Court Rainier III with applause acclaiming a victory rather than the whistles and boos that fell upon him on preceding visits.
Fundamental to winning on the grand, sunken stage of the glorious Monte Carlo Country Club is the ability to disregard the clinking of champagne glasses and cosmopolitan chuntering on the moneyed terraces above. “Panama, or you say? Never been. Papa had some dealings there,I believe. Let me top you up … Oh, good shot! What’s his name?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com