AskMen’s annual feature, now in its seventh year, received over 500,000 votes from men around the world. The votes determined the men who have had the biggest impact on their lives over the past 12 months.On the list on No 49 is American actor Alec Baldwin

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US Open champion and also Olympic winner Andy Murray has been named by AskMen’sone in  Top 49 Most Influential Men of 2012.The list also comprises of James Bond, Usain Bolt and Bill Clinton at the top slots.

The overall ranking of Murray is 33 on the list. It is pertinent to mention that Murray had a tough loss to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final but less than a month later, he got his revenge. He defeated Federer in the London Olympics, he won gold in front of a home crowd. He continued his winning streak by winning Gold medal in US Open, becoming the first British man to win a major since 1936.

Earlier Roger Federer was on AskMen’sone list in 2007 and ’09, Rafael Nadal in ’08 and ’10 and Novak Djokovic in 2011.The 2012 List is topped by James bond and on No 49 is American actor Alec Baldwin.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will square off in the first major final featuring the second and third seeds since 1995 at Wimbledon (No. 2 Pete Sampras d. No. 3 Boris Becker). Djokovic holds an 8-6 edge over Murray in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, winning both of their previous Grand Slam meetings, in the 2011 Australian Open final and 2012 Australian Open semi-finals. The two have split their four clashes this season, with Murray winning their most recent encounter in the semi-finals of the London 2012 Olympics.

Just seven days younger than his opponent, defending champion Djokovic is bidding to become the first player to retain his crown at Flushing Meadows since 2008, when Roger Federer won his fifth title in a row. Should he capture his sixth major trophy, Djokovic will move into a 10th place tie with Becker and Stefan Edberg for the most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era. The Serbian is riding a 27-match winning streak at hard court major events, with his last loss coming to Rafael Nadal in the 2010 US Open final. Djokovic joined Federer as the only players to reach the semi-finals at all four major tournaments in the same calendar year on two occasions.

Murray is contesting his second final in New York, having reached his first major final at the event four years ago, falling to Federer. He is looking to capture his first Grand Slam trophy on his fifth attempt, following runner-up finishes at the 2008 US Open (l. to Federer), 2010 Australian Open (l. to Federer), 2011 Australian Open (l. to Djokovic) and 2012 Wimbledon (l. to Federer). The Dunblane, Scotland native is aiming to become the first player from Great Britain to win a major tournament since Fred Perry tasted victory at the US Championships in 1936. He is just the second British player, man or woman, to reach back-to-back major finals in the Open Era.

Third-seeded Juan Monaco defeated German veteran Tommy Haas 7-5, 6-4 Sunday in the final of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg for his third clay-court title of the year.Monaco will join fellow Tandil after earning 500 South African Airways ATP Ranking points.

The 34-year-old Tommy Haas was bidding to win his second title at home.  Last month, Haas beat Roger Federer in Gerry webber open. Runner-up Haas received 300 ranking points.

The 28-year-old Monaco has compiled a 31-10 match record in 2012, with 24 of those wins coming on clay. He won two titles earlier in the season at the VTR Open in Vina del Mar (d. Berlocq) and the US Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston (d. Isner) and reached the final at last week’sMercedesCup in Stuttgart.

Six-time former champion and third seed 30-year-old Roger Federer defeated French No. 29 seed 30 year old Juliean Benneteau 4-6, 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-6(6), 6-1 in the third round. Juliean Benneteau who beat American qualifier Michael Russell 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 started well against roger but could not continue the winning form in the nest sets

Roger Federer knocked out Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday for a place in the third round at The Championships, Wimbledon. Roger needs to win the title to improve his ranking and becomeworld number 1 overtaking Novak Djokovic. Federer is bidding to tie Pete Sampras’ record of seven trophies at The Championships 

 

    

Second seeds Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer continued to shine in the first year of their partnership, opening with a 7-6(4), 6-2 win over Colombians Alejandro Falla and Santiago Giraldo on Tuesday at the UNICEF Open in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

Since May, Qureshi and Rojer have compiled a 17-3 record with titles on clay in Estoril and grass in Halle. They were also semi-finalists at Roland Garros (l. to Bryan-Bryan).

Fourth seeds Scott Lipsky and Leander Paes, playing together for the second time, fell to Juan Sebastian Cabal and Dmitry Tursunov 6-2, 7-5.

At the AEGON International in Eastbourne, British wild cards Dominic Inglot and Jonathan Marray knocked out second-seeded Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 6-3, 6-3. Fourth seeds Treat Huey and Oliver Marach also bowed out in their opening match against Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin 6-3, 7-6(4).

The third-seeded British duo of Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins, meanwhile, made their way safely into the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Paul Hanley and Julian Knowle. They go on to face Israelis Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, who prevailed against Steve Darcis and Mikhail Kukushkin 7-5, 1-6, 10-6.