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British No. 1 tennis star Andy Murray hopes to marry Kim Sears next year after the former Wimbledon champion announced their engagement last week after nine years together.

"We have a plan to get married next year, that's the plan but no dates were set yet," Murray told reporters in Manila yesterday, where he is taking part in the new International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) team tournament.

Murray has yet to win a match in the Philippines after his team, the Manila Mavericks, went down against an Indian Aces side led by Roger Federer and Ana Ivanonic last Saturday.

The world No. 6 lost his singles match to Gael Monfils 6-4 before teaming up with Maria Sharapova for the mixed doubles, in which they stumbled to a 6-1 defeat against doubles specialists Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza.

Murray, who also lost twice on Friday against the UAE Royals, said his team had struggled in their first matches in the tournament because "we're not used to playing this format".

Murray added that he would be spending the Christmas holidays with his family in Scotland before flying to Melbourne for the Australian Open in January. 

Credit: Reuters