PERTH, Australia - Andy Murray has made an impressive start to the new year despite being troubled by left shoulder soreness as he prepares for the Jan.
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played an exhibition in Abu Dhabi where he beat Feliciano Lopez and Rafael
Nadal, then represented Britain at the Hopman Cup team event in Perth with
Heather Watson.Murray beat Frances Benoit Paire, Polands Jerzy Janowicz and
Australias Marinko Matosevic, all in straight sets, despite the shoulder
complaint he thinks he picked up in Abu Dhabi.The Scotsman says hes content to
not play in a tournament until the Australian Open, heading instead to Melbourne
Park.Instead of playing a match, one of the days I might use as a rest day to
recover and hopefully I can get six or seven good days on-site before the
tournament starts, he said.Murray had some personal and professional updates
late last year.In November, he said he planned to marry his long-time girlfriend
Kim Sears.He also announced changes to his professional support team, splitting
with assistant coach Dani Vallverdu and fitness trainer Jez Green.Murray hired
Amelie Mauresmo as his coach in June, three months after parting ways with Ivan
Lendl.
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Dec. 26 in Malmo, Sweden, though a stretch of three straight games in the press
box made it something of a debate.PHOENIX -- Troy Tulowitzki had a rough start
to Colorados road trip. The way he hits the ball, no chance it was going to last
very long. Tulowitzki homered, had two doubles and drove in three runs to lead
the big-hitting Colorado Rockies to an 8-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks
Monday night. "Hes one of the best players in baseball, so you expect that,"
Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez said. Led by Tulowitzki, baseballs best
offence roughed up Wade Miley (2-3) for seven extra-base hits in the first six
innings, including a pair of homers. Tulowitzki, who went 1 for 12 in a
three-game series against the Dodgers, doubled in each of his first two at-bats
and led off sixth with his sixth homer. Justin Morneau added a two-run shot
later in the inning to extend his hitting streak to 12 games and Nolan Arenado
had one of Colorados six doubles to stretch his hitting streak to a
baseball-best 18 games. The Rockies had 12 hits overall, eight of those for
extra bases. Franklin Morales (3-1) allowed four runs in five innings and
LaTroy Hawkins worked a perfect ninth for his eighth straight save. "We played
good offensive baseball tonight," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "Tulo had a
(great) night and we played well offensively." It made for a rough night for the
Diamondbacks. Arizona had the hitting. Gerardo Parra homered, Miguel Montero
drove in two runs and Paul Goldschmidt had three of the Diamondbacks 10 hits.
They just couldnt overcome Mileys rough start, losing their third straight since
a three-game winning streak. "They are a good-hitting ball club," Diamondbacks
manager Kirk Gibson said. "They are hard to contain. You have to make good
pitches on them." After some early-season struggles, Arizona had gotten four
straight quality outings from its starters, who had allowed four earned runs in
the previous 26 innings. The Diamondbackks only won two of those, but it was a
step in the right direction.
Cameron Maybin Tigers Jersey. Miley had a hard time keeping it going against the baseball-bashing Rockies. Colorado, which
entered with a majors-best .294 team average, knocked around the left-hander
from the start, racking up five doubles in the first four innings. Gonzalez had
the first one, driving in a run in the first inning before being thrown out
trying to stretch to a triple. Tulowitzki had a two-run two-bagger in the third
inning and Jordan Pacheco drove in another run with a double in the fourth.
After Tulowitzkis lead-off homer in the fifth inning, Morneau made it 7-4 with a
two-run shot to the pool deck in right-centre. "It was weird. Feeling-wise I
felt really good tonight," Miley said. "Those guys are swinging well right now
and I didnt get the job done. It was on me." Miley allowed seven runs on 10 hits
for his first lost (7-1) in 10 career games against the Rockies. The
Diamondbacks tried to keep up against Morales. Parra hit a solo homer in the
second inning, and Arizona added two more runs in the third on Monteros
sacrifice fly and a run-scoring single by Aaron Hill. Goldschmidt tied the game
at 4-all on a groundout in the fourth. Morales allowed seven hits. Arizona cut
the lead to 7-5 on Monteros run-scoring single in the seventh inning, but
Charlie Blackmon made it a three-run lead again with a sacrifice fly in the
ninth. NOTES: The Diamondbacks have a team-record 239 strikeouts the first two
months of the season after striking out seven against Colorado. ...
Carlos Gonzalez is 2 for 19 during the Rockies four-game road trip after going 1
for 5 against the Diamondbacks. ... Arizona RHP Mike Bolsinger will start
Tuesday against Colorado after earning his first win in the majors against the
Cubs on Thursday. He will face Colorado RHP Tyler Chatwood, who is 2-0 with a
3.65 ERA in three games against Arizona.
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