{"id":280378,"date":"2011-02-24T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T10:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/24\/andy-murray-tries-to-escape-james-cordens-clutches-on-double-dinner-date\/"},"modified":"2011-02-24T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T10:38:11","slug":"andy-murray-tries-to-escape-james-cordens-clutches-on-double-dinner-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/24\/andy-murray-tries-to-escape-james-cordens-clutches-on-double-dinner-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray tries to escape James Corden&#8217;s clutches on double dinner date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"105.347258486\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Georgina+Littlejohn\" rel=\"nofollow\">Georgina Littlejohn<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 10:38 AM on 24th February 2011<\/p>\n<p>With a major tennis tournament just a couple of weeks away, Andy Murray can&#8217;t afford to have too many late nights.<\/p>\n<p>But try telling that to James Corden, who just didn&#8217;t want to let his tennis friend go home too early.<\/p>\n<p>The comedian and the sportsman teamed up last night for a double date with their ladies in London.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/5b7e4d77644_468x643.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"643\" alt=\"Good to see you, mate: James Corden goes to give tennis star friend Andy Murray a hug as they left a dinner double date last night\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Good to see you, mate: James Corden goes to give tennis star friend Andy Murray a hug as they left a dinner double date last night<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> But as they left the Nobu Berkeley restaurant, Corden, 32, was full of affection &#8211; and possibly a little bit too much drink &#8211; as he reached for the British Number 1 and gave him a big hug.<\/p>\n<p>And as Murray, 23, politely tried to walk away with girlfriend Kim Sears, Corden kept his arms round his waist and tried to continue the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Murray managed to eventually bid his friend goodnight and headed home while Corden and his pregnant girlfriend Julia Carey went the opposite way.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/2556ce76113_468x772.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"772\" alt=\"Take care: Corden reaches in to Murray for a goodnight hug\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Take care: Corden reaches in to Murray for a goodnight hug<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/53d64b29931_468x639.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"639\" alt=\"Bromance: Corden gets all soppy with Murray after their night out\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bromance: Corden gets all soppy with Murray after their night out<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Murray and Corden have been good friends since they joined forces for Comic Relief last March.<\/p>\n<p>In character as his Gavin and Stacey alter ego Smithy, the tubby TV funnyman gives Murray a run for his money in a sketch filmed for the BBC charity.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, which was filmed at the Lawn Tennis Association in south London, he tries to give Murray tennis tips before beating him in a match.<\/p>\n<p>But Corden admitted that when it comes to playing properly, he is not match for the Scottish champion.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>I really must be going now: Murray tries to politely be on his way but Corden doesn&#8217;t want to let him go<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/981a9285224_468x730.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"730\" alt=\"You go that way, I'll go the other: Kim Sears and Julia Carey give each other a hug before taking their men home\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You go that way, I&#8217;ll go the other: Kim Sears and Julia Carey give each other a hug before taking their men home<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I asked him to give me a full serve. A proper serve. It was like being sat in front of a rifle. I just didn&#8217;t stand a chance.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Murray withdrew from next week&#8217;s Dubai Championships citing a wrist injury. <\/p>\n<p>But he will be hoping to be fit again in time for the Masters Series event in Indian Wells, California next month.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Separate ways: Murray and Sears and Corden and Carey head off home in different directions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/5b7e4d77644_468x643-109x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1360160\/Andy-Murray-tries-escape-James-Cordens-clutches-double-dinner-date.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Andy Murray tries to escape James Corden's clutches on double dinner date\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Murray tries to escape James Corden&#8217;s clutches on double dinner date<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Georgina Littlejohn Last updated at 10:38 AM on 24th February 2011 With a major tennis tournament just a couple of weeks away, Andy Murray can&#8217;t afford to have too many late nights. 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