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LONDON -- It was a less-than-glamorous evening for Andy Murray after a marathon win over Milos Raonic that left his knuckles bloodied and his muscles sore.For the second time in four days, Murray spent 10 minutes in an ice bath after breaking the record for the longest three-set match in Tour Finals history.The ice bath thats here, theyre different, the Scot explained when asked about his O2 Arena ablutions. Some you get in and you stand in them. This one is basically like an inflatable one of the paddle pools you would put your kids in when its hot outside in the summer. Its just filled with water, then the ice to cool it down.While it may have looked like something his baby daughter Sophia would have been more at home in, she was tucked up at their house in Oxshott, Surrey.It was more than two and a half hours before Murray came to press around 9 p.m., meaning he will stay at a nearby hotel before practising tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 p.m.The point in going home to see my family and see my daughter ... Shes been sleeping about four hours ago. Not much to go back for, Murray said.At least he got a massage from his physio afterward to cap off his postmatch routine.He will have needed it -- after a grueling 86 matches on tour with 77 wins, he has played his two longest three-set matches of the season here this week. First he went 3 hours, 20 minutes against Kei Nishikori Wednesday, then 3 hours, 38 minutes against Raonic.The 29-year-old mouthed the words big heart toward his team when he finally took his third match point Saturday.I fought really hard today, I fought very hard this week. I have also the last few months, too, he said.It would have been easy today when I was behind to have gone away a little bit, but I didnt. Even after serving for the match twice, having a bunch of match points in the tiebreak, still stayed tough, chased balls down, fought as best as I could. It was enough to get me the win.That is the mentality that has propelled Murray to the top of the world rankings. He became the first Briton to do so last Monday, when he ended Novak Djokovics 122-week reign.This was just another moment the Scot came up big in a season full of those moments.Murray has barely put a foot wrong this season. The only real blots on his copy book are the five-set September defeats to Nishikori in the US Open quarterfinals and Juan Martin del Potro in the Davis Cup semifinals.His body had been in dire need of a rest at that point, though, after a grueling summer schedule that saw him win a third major title at Wimbledon as well as retain his Olympic gold medal in Rio, on his way to setting a then-career best win streak of 22 matches.He has now beaten that run with his 23rd straight win coming against Raonic Saturday. This particular streak has taken in four straight titles and propelled him to No. 1, seven years and 82 days since he first reached No. 2.Wednesdays win over Nishikori did create a surprising stat, though -- it was Murrays first match against a top-five player since his Roland Garros defeat to Djokovic in June.Ive beat three guys in the top five in the world, which some people were not happy that I hadnt won against the top-five players, Murray said of a productive week in London. Then it will be the top two players, then top one. Theres always something thats wrong with what youre doing.In terms of winning against Novak or beating Novak, you can only beat the players that are in front of you. I cant do any more than that. Ive done that this week.The guys ahead of me have had that, as well. Im sure with Novak, its been like, Rogers injured or Rafas injured.You can only beat who youre playing against. Ive done that the last few months.On Sunday, an entire season of tennis boils down to one three-set match with the No. 1 ranking on the line. Murray will need one last big push. Wholesale Air Max 200 . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. Cheap Authentic Air Max 95 . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. http://www.airmaxsneakersonsale.com/cheap-air-max-97.html . Peter Holland and Brad Staubitz were sent to Toronto on Saturday as the Maple Leafs traded defenceman Jesse Blacker and draft picks to the Anaheim Ducks. Fake Air Max 200 . The next step is a better finish. Bae played bogey-free Friday on another gorgeous day at Riviera for a 5-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Aaron Baddeley and Robert Garrigus going into the weekend. Cheap Air Max Bw . Wilson hit Schenn from behind during Tuesday nights game in Philadelphia, earning a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct. He has a phone hearing with the department of player safety, which limits any potential suspension to five or fewer games.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will need to spend in the summer to enhance the clubs chances of competing in the latter stages of the Champions League, according to Nigel Winterburn. The Gunners were beaten 2-0 by Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday in the first-leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, leaving Wengers side with a huge uphill task in their bid to secure a quarter-final berth. Arsenal have not progressed past the last-16 stage of Europes elite competition since 2010 and Winterburn feels his former club must invest in the playing squad to stand any chance of progressing further in the competition in the future. Alexis Sanchez failed to find the back of the net against his former club at the Emirates Stadium You could sense from Arsene Wengers interview that he felt Arsenal had wasted an opportunity last night, the former Arsenal defender told Sky Sports News HQ. Its easy to analyse after a game and say if wed had a 20-goal-a-season striker, would he have taken those chances, [but] we just dont know that. Theyve come up short again in the last-16 so that says to Wenger hes going to have to look at that at the end of the season. Same old story for Arsenal? We look back at Arsenals recent Champions League knockout defeats... If they are going to move on from where they are and really be considered as one of the favourites for the competition, they are going to have to improve the squad again and I think Wenger knows that.But at this moment in time, what he needs is the support of all the supporters because they have a huge 12 games coming up in the league and they are still in the FA Cup. Then we can really analyse where Arsenal came up short in the Champions League. Lionel Messi scored twice to give Barcelona a two goal first-leg advantage Arsenal will now turn their attentions back to the Premier League title race and their clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 1pm.dddddddddddd Despite giving his backing to Wenger, Winterburn fully expects Arsenals performance to be scrutinised if they fail to pick up a victory over an under-achieving United team. Louis van Gaal is under pressure with speculation that he will be leaving at the end of the season, Winterburn added. Wenger believes Arsenal could have beaten Barcelona in their Champions League last-16 first leg From Arsenals point of view, people are going to be scrutinising to see where they sit in the title race and if Arsenal dont win a game, there will be a lot of analysis. Arsenal are in a new period, from last season to next season and the end of Weners contract. There is money at the club and they expect Arsenal to challenge for the title. Also See: Barca 95 per cent through Arsenal-Barca talking points Barca quality shone through Messi double inspires Barca ' ' '