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robmatic wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:51 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:43 pm I find the whole thing glorious but also quite sad. He is just killing himself for scraps and the adoration he gets for these sort of mental performances. I think it's about time he called it a day and spent more time with his wife and young kids.

I dunno, I get the feeling that he does actually like playing tennis and being a sportsman. Certainly compared to some tennis players for whom it's just a job or a ticket to the high life.

Blackmac wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:43 pm I find the whole thing glorious but also quite sad. He is just killing himself for scraps and the adoration he gets for these sort of mental performances. I think it's about time he called it a day and spent more time with his wife and young kids.

Blackmac wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:54 pm

robmatic wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:51 pm

Blackmac wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:43 pm I find the whole thing glorious but also quite sad. He is just killing himself for scraps and the adoration he gets for these sort of mental performances. I think it's about time he called it a day and spent more time with his wife and young kids.

I dunno, I get the feeling that he does actually like playing tennis and being a sportsman. Certainly compared to some tennis players for whom it's just a job or a ticket to the high life.

No doubt about that. He couldn't perform like this otherwise, but you just feel that at this stage he should have more to his life than wrecking himself to get to the third round of grand slams. He has nothing to prove.

Dogbert wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:13 am If anyone passes the "Telfer" Test - it's Andy Murray

Wonder if he has ever thought of becoming a performance coach for Scottish Rugby when he finally puts away his raquet

Dogbert wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:13 am If anyone passes the "Telfer" Test - it's Andy Murray

Wonder if he has ever thought of becoming a performance coach for Scottish Rugby when he finally puts away his raquet

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:09 am

Dogbert wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:13 am If anyone passes the "Telfer" Test - it's Andy Murray

Wonder if he has ever thought of becoming a performance coach for Scottish Rugby when he finally puts away his raquet

I think Telfer would be telling him to pack it in. He is kidding himself with his comments that he thinks he can still do a lot of damage in Grand Slam when the reality is he is half killing himself to get to the second or third round.

He has health issues, insane amounts of money and a loving young family but instead of spending time with his wife and kids during some of the most enjoyable times he will have with them, he is away for weeks on end at tennis tournaments.

Watching him celebrate his first point against serve, well into the second set, like he had won the match was awful.

LenCohen wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:54 am

Blackmac wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:09 am

Dogbert wrote: ↑Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:13 am If anyone passes the "Telfer" Test - it's Andy Murray

Wonder if he has ever thought of becoming a performance coach for Scottish Rugby when he finally puts away his raquet

I think Telfer would be telling him to pack it in. He is kidding himself with his comments that he thinks he can still do a lot of damage in Grand Slam when the reality is he is half killing himself to get to the second or third round.

He has health issues, insane amounts of money and a loving young family but instead of spending time with his wife and kids during some of the most enjoyable times he will have with them, he is away for weeks on end at tennis tournaments.

Watching him celebrate his first point against serve, well into the second set, like he had won the match was awful.

What a load of pish

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:52 pm I remember when David Sole retired due to some arseholes in the SRU and their jibes about him and Finlay Calder pushing for professionalism (they called them "a cancer at the heart of rugby")

When Sole announced his decision Gordon Brown (fi Troon, no the PM) was on tv saying he should reconsider, and that "You're retired a long time"


Andy Murray seems to realise this and wants to eke out every ounce of being a Grand Slam player, he's overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to keep going after he hung up his racquet the first time.

Fair play to him, is my opinion. It would be different if he was scraping around the ATP 250s

Biffer wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 7:40 am Murray batters his way to the final in Qatar.

Saves five match points, a break down in the final set at 5-4 and 40-0 down on the other blokes serve, punches his way to a win. Astonishing stuff.

These younger guys are going to get a real inferiority complex, thinking ‘I can’t beat this guy when he’s 35 and had a hip replacement - and there were three guys better than him when he was my age’.

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:25 am Yesterday’s Wimbledon final was a terrific watch. Despite the pre-match hype the first set was a walk over, but once Alcaraz settled down and found his range it became an epic battle, some of the hitting was the hardest and most accurate I’ve ever seen and from both players.
This wasn’t a burned out 36 year old desperate to relive past glories, Djokovic doesn’t seem too far, if anything, off his very best.

Alcaraz’s fitness last the full five sets and he was a worthy winner

This was his first but it won’t be his last Wimbledon title

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:57 amHave to say I don't usually bother with Wimbledon or any tennis come to that but thoroughly enjoyed the final yesterday

BnM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:36 pm Halep banned for 4 years for doping

https://www.itia.tennis/news/sanctions/ ... iolations/

Snooze wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:50 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:36 pm Halep banned for 4 years for doping

https://www.itia.tennis/news/sanctions/ ... iolations/

The doping aside, I reckon she has got a raw deal from the WTA and WADA. It was about 5 months ago she was suspended and they only ruled on her appeal now - most are heard within 6 weeks. She then got the harshest of penalties, which means they either didn't believe her 'accidental' claim, or they said 'f*ck you for showing us up'. She is also suing the manufacturer of the supplement, as apparently she even checked with them if it was possible there could have been 'an accident'. They said no, not their problem.

I'm not a Halep fan but think she's being hard done by.

Edut: And Serena putting the boot in with a tweet that just said "8 is a good number" or something. Referencing Wimbledon 2019 where Halep beat her.

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:27 pm The Murray camp don’t sound too impressed with Raducanu

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:37 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:27 pm The Murray camp don’t sound too impressed with Raducanu

The number one two and three priorities are her singles matches. If she or her team think the doubles will affect her chances she is absolutely right to ditch the mixed doubles, a title they weren't going to win anyway.

Murray is one of my all time favourite sports people, but he must understand - he never played doubles when he was going deep into Grand Slam tournaments.

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:27 pm The Murray camp don’t sound too impressed with Raducanu

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:42 pm

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:37 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:27 pm The Murray camp don’t sound too impressed with Raducanu

The number one two and three priorities are her singles matches. If she or her team think the doubles will affect her chances she is absolutely right to ditch the mixed doubles, a title they weren't going to win anyway.

Murray is one of my all time favourite sports people, but he must understand - he never played doubles when he was going deep into Grand Slam tournaments.

I agree mostly, but she only agreed to do it a few days ago so you would hope her ream might have considered that previously

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:13 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:42 pm

Tichtheid wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:37 pm



The number one two and three priorities are her singles matches. If she or her team think the doubles will affect her chances she is absolutely right to ditch the mixed doubles, a title they weren't going to win anyway.

Murray is one of my all time favourite sports people, but he must understand - he never played doubles when he was going deep into Grand Slam tournaments.

I agree mostly, but she only agreed to do it a few days ago so you would hope her ream might have considered that previously

I don't know how much the rain backed games up and then with wanting to put Murray on a main court slotted their game into a late slot giving her less time to recover, also looking at her today she didn't look fresh. I get Murray would be frustrated, but I can't imagine he wouldn't have made the same call.

4th round probably isn't the stuff of dreams for her, but it's a solid performance after a lot of missed tennis

Slick wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:19 am

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:13 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2024 7:42 pm

I agree mostly, but she only agreed to do it a few days ago so you would hope her ream might have considered that previously

I don't know how much the rain backed games up and then with wanting to put Murray on a main court slotted their game into a late slot giving her less time to recover, also looking at her today she didn't look fresh. I get Murray would be frustrated, but I can't imagine he wouldn't have made the same call.

4th round probably isn't the stuff of dreams for her, but it's a solid performance after a lot of missed tennis

Yup, the report I mentioned didn't say anything about the backed up rain delays etc

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 9:04 am

Slick wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:19 am

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:13 pm

I don't know how much the rain backed games up and then with wanting to put Murray on a main court slotted their game into a late slot giving her less time to recover, also looking at her today she didn't look fresh. I get Murray would be frustrated, but I can't imagine he wouldn't have made the same call.

4th round probably isn't the stuff of dreams for her, but it's a solid performance after a lot of missed tennis

Yup, the report I mentioned didn't say anything about the backed up rain delays etc

But clearly they've lost lots of time on the outside courts, so I merely wonder would that have contributed to pushing their prospective game later.

Perhaps the mistake was accepting the invite in the first instance, but enough could have changed after that no criticism is warranted in a world that does see singles such a priority over the doubles. And really this feels like more criticism than Murray got for letting down Murray in the Beijing Olympics