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Andy Murray emerges as the new Masters Cup favourite
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Is Robert Kubica too moody to be world champion?
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Andy Murray is a winning machine
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Cristiano Ronaldo wins an award (and it’s not an Oscar for that fake injury at the weekend)
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Brazilian footballer Thiago da Silva probably shouldn’t have split up with his girlfriend
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Is Andy Murray a West Ham fan?
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Berbs says he will maybe have a crack at scoring some goals soon
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Tottenham to pounce for £8m STYLISH Premier League ace
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Tennis: Andy Murray set to continue to play in Davis Cup
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Seven reasons why Andy Murray will beat Roger Federer tonight
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Video: Watch Andy Murray drink Rafa Nadal’s milkshake
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A lengthy debate about the merits of booing one’s own team
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Totally random: This story of a dolphin stranded on a German nudist beach is worth it for the headline picture alone
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Robinho wants to make it quite clear that he didn’t move to Manchester City for the money, which is why he took a helicopter to training this week
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Abbey Clancy looks rather good in her latest photoshoot
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Has Michael Ballack kissed and made up with Oliver Bierhoff?
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As always, the chickendinner Bet Blog predicted the unexpected

Yesterday Andy Murray defeated Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer in Dubai in three sets (6-7, 6-3, 6-4). And if that isn’t shocking enough, The Sun described him the cocky Scot as ‘gracious’ in accepting victory, while the usually-benevolent Federer blasted Murray’s victorious techniques.

Keen readers of chickendinner’s Bet Blog were told to expect some strange results in the Dubai Championships, as it falls in the ATP’s ‘topsy-turvy’ week:

Unlike the women’s game, men’s rankings are based on their best 14 results over the season. This means that those players who play in lots of tournaments know they can endure a few first round exits without their standings being affected.

These “off days” tend to come immediately before or after big events, when they are either saving themselves or recuperating, and coming two weeks after the Dubai tournament is the “fifth Grand Slam” the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

The other ingredient in this murky mix is appearance money,

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While Andy Murray will have to make do with losing to a man ranked 38th in the world in the first round of the Australian open, the likes of Federer and Djokovic are still