Andy Murray of Britain plays a return to Marin Cilic of Croatia during their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match at the O2 Arena in London, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. (AP PhotoKirsty Wigglesworth)
The Wimbledon champion was tested for much of his opening match at the ATP finals but still came out on top, playing in his home country and beating Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 Monday at the O2 Arena.
"It was obviously nice to play in that stadium with the crowd like that. It obviously helps," Murray said. "After a long Air Jordan 11 GS Heiress Velvet Night Maroon Burgundy Shoes Australia , kind of, few months, it's nice to know that I'm going to be finishing the year playing in that sort of atmosphere."
Murray took over at the top of the rankings last week, replacing Novak Djokovic. But the year-end No. 1 ranking is still up for grabs and could be decided on Sunday if both Murray and Djokovic reach the final.
The prospect of attaining that, however, doesn't seem to be weighing too heavily on Murray's mind.
It certainly hasn't affected his ability to win matches. Murray has won a career-high eight titles this season, including a second Wimbledon title in July and a second straight Olympic gold medal in August. Since then, he has won titles in Beijing, Shanghai, Vienna and Paris.
The latest victory on Monday didn't come so easy. Murray struggled to win his service games in the first set against Cilic, but still ended up saving all but one of the five break points he faced in the match. On the other side, he converted four of his five break points.
"When I need to step in Women's Air Jordan 11 Low Pink White Shoes Australia , I didn't. When I need to wait a little bit longer, I wasn't waiting," said Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion. "The hitting could have been better. Yeah, a little bit unfortunate to go 6-3, 6-2 down, where it felt it was much Men's Air Jordan 11 Low Black Gamma Blue Shoes Australia , much closer in the first set. Beginning of the second, I had couple chances as well."
In the early match, Stan Wawrinka finally lost a match at the ATP finals to someone who hasn't been ranked No. 1 in the world. The U.S. Open champion, who has reached the semifinals of the season-ending tournament for the last three years, was beaten by Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-3.
"It was not a great match compared to what I can do, that's for sure Grade School's Air Jordan 11 Retro White Shoes Australia ," said Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Slam champion. "I don't think I find anything on the court today. I was a little bit slow on everything. I was hesitating a lot with my game, my movement."
Wawrinka holds a 6-7 record at the tournament for the top eight players in the world, but his previous six losses were against Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal — twice to each.
Monday's loss doesn't mean Wawrinka is out of the tournament, but it hurts his chances of finishing the year as the No. 3-ranked player. Wawrinka, Nishikori and Milos Raonic all have a chance to end up one spot behind Murray and Djokovic.
"I'm sure I still have something inside me to play some great tennis before the end of the year Men's Air Jordan 1 KO OG Black Sport Blue Shoes Australia , so I'm going to try everything for that in the next match," Wawrinka said. "I'm going to do what I need to do tomorrow to get ready for trying to play better in two days."
Nishikori, currently ranked fifth, helped his own chances of reaching that third spot by breaking Wawrinka twice in each set while not allowing a single break point on his serve.
"I'm not thinking too much about rankings, but would be nice if I could finish 4 or 3," Nishikori said. "I see good chance to be there if I can play good this week."
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SOCHI, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The South Korea Skating Union (KSU) has asked for an investigation into the judging that resulted in Vancouver champion Kim Yuna's being awarded silver behind Russia's Adelina Sotnikova in the ladies figure skating competition at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.
The KSU issued a statement on Friday saying it had met with International Skating Union (ISU) President Ottavio Cinquanta of Italy and ""officially requested to confirm whether the figure skating ladies single competition was held fairly based on the ISU's regulations and procedures"".
Mark Adams, the International Olympic Committee's director of communications, said South Korea's reaction as a ""protest letter"" and said it was a matter for the skating union.
More than 1.7 million people have signed an online petition calling for an investigation into the scoring.
Although the majority of the signatures have come from Kim's homeland of South Korea, the Koreans are not alone in being unhappy with judging in figure skating at the Sochi Games.
United States skater Ashley Wwagner, who finished seventh in the ladies competition, said she felt cheated by the scoring of her performance after completing two programs without any major hitches or falls.
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