THE MANY MOMENTS OF MURRAY
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LONDON— Andy Murray plays tennis for a living and he doesn’t plan on being afraid of doing his job.
Murray was asked about the Paris attacks on Monday and whether he was scared to go to Belgium at the end of the month to play in the Davis Cup final.
“I think everybody right now is concerned about things,” said Murray, who beat David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. “But I do think the best thing that we can do is to live our normal lives, not change too much, because then the terrorists are the ones that are winning.”
Among the sites targeted in Friday’s attacks was the Stade de France, where France’s national team was playing Germany in a soccer friendly. And many of the attackers have been linked to Belgium, where the Davis Cup final will be played from Nov. 27-29 in Gent.
“We need to go out there and do what we always do and try not to change too much. That’s all we can do,” Murray said. “I don’t want to live my life in fear each time I step on a tennis court. So that’s what I’ll do.”
Against Ferrer at the O2 Arena in London, Murray was able to win with plenty of help from the Spaniard’s serve. The seventh-seeded Ferrer had eight double-faults and landed only 49 per cent of his first serves.
In the late match at the ATP finals, nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal beat current French Open champion Stan Wawrinka 6-3, 6-2.
Although Nadal served and lost the opening game at love, he quickly recovered and put pressure on Wawrinka the rest of the way.
The fifth-seeded Spaniard ended up with 15 break points, but converted only four — two in each set.
Nadal will face Murray on Wednesday, while Wawrinka takes on Ferrer.