January 3 - Andy Murray (pictured) has defended his decision to make himself unavailable for Britain's Davis Cup tie against Lithuania, insisting he has "not abandoned" the team.

"Federer has missed Davis Cup matches, Rafa [Nadal] has missed Davis Cup matches, as has [Novak]

Djokovic, [Pete] Sampras and [Andre] Agassi.

November 21 - Serbian world number three Novak Djokovic (pictured) announced today he had signed

  Djokovic, one of the favourites for the ATP World Tour Finals, which open at the The O2 Arena

"   Djokovic will lift the company profile by a huge factor, leading a stable which currently

  Djokovic, also reportedly been sought by K-Swiss, will have a made a complete change of gear

November 4 - Andy Murray's (pictured) new £15 million five-year contract with Adidas has been officially signed.

joins a band of high-profile tennis players endorsing Adidas' brand that includes world number three Novak

Djokovic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Fernando Verdasco.

By Duncan MackaySeptember 8 - Andy Murray (pictured) failed to become the first British man for 72 years to win a Grand Slam title as Switzerland's Roger Federer beat him easily in the final of the US Open in New York tonight. 

Australian Lleyton Hewitt in 2004, Americans Andre Agassi in 2005 and Andy Roddick in 2006 and Serbian Novak

Djokovic last year.Murray would have the first British man to win a Grand Slam since Fred Perry captured