US Open - Andy Murray - Page 27

andy · 08-Jul-2012, 16:02

Fantastic second set

andy · 08-Jul-2012, 16:15

I understand it's better to be played in the open air, but anyone that's been in London this weekend knows it's just fking rained consistently throughout - surely it's better to just have an unbroken match by keeping the bloody roof closed. Idiots.

Fulmineus · 08-Jul-2012, 16:16

I think as it's an outdoor tournament they like to get as much outdoors as they can. They got in trouble on the first Friday I think for keeping it closed because they thought it was going to rain but it didn't.

andy · 08-Jul-2012, 16:17

it's rained all weekend here. It's rained earlier today; the forecast is more rain until late evening. Close the roof.

andy · 08-Jul-2012, 16:22

Woohoo, sense prevails: roof being closed

jimbobaggies · 08-Jul-2012, 16:55

Been sunny all day down here on the English Riviera... had a lush bbq early, and will sit down this evening with a nice bottle of red wine, possibly on the decking if it stays nice

Fulmineus · 08-Jul-2012, 17:16

Insane pressure from Federer here.

Hot Soup · 08-Jul-2012, 17:55

I've had enough , turned the channel :<

andy · 08-Jul-2012, 17:58

As much as I would love to see Murray win, Fed's style of play is simply impossible to resist being in awe of - if this was wanting the best tennis player to win it would have to be Federer. The guy is just sublime - and he's been less than his best at times today. Murray played brilliantly throughout against him today.

Fulmineus · 08-Jul-2012, 17:59

Federer's been awesome these last two sets.

andy · 08-Jul-2012, 18:06

The problem for Murray is that Fed has started to read, and react to, Murray's serve. Since that time Murray's service games have been much tougher - with a knock-on effect of a smaller percentage of first serves falling in. It's very similar to how Federer used to be against Roddick in the latter's prime.

Duffeh · 08-Jul-2012, 18:10

One things for certain, win or lose, hes gave a much much better account of himself then he has in his previous finals. Lets hope its a good sign for the future.

Fulmineus · 08-Jul-2012, 18:15

Well played Federer.

andy · 08-Jul-2012, 18:17

Aye, he's still the better player.

Fulmineus · 08-Jul-2012, 18:19

Murray was the better player for all but the last game of the first two sets, but Federer was absolutely superb in the last two.

Xivo · 08-Jul-2012, 18:35

Great game from both, massive effort from Murray.
He'll get a grand slam no doubt, can see it coming against someone outside the current top 3 though.

PsYcHoKiLLa · 08-Jul-2012, 18:50

I greatly enjoyed Frankie Boyle's commentating during the match.

e.g.

Quote:

Frankie Boyle ‏@frankieboyle
Murray's like a superpowered Gregory from Gregory's Girl ‪#Wimbledon‬

Frankie Boyle ‏@frankieboyle
With every point Murray gets, Tim Henman fades from reality like Marty McFly in Back to The Future ‪#Wimbledon‬

Frankie Boyle ‏@frankieboyle
To come inside Sue Barker, you'd have to look at an old photo of her. A black & white one, where she was doing the jitterbug in a speakeasy.

Frankie Boyle ‏@frankieboyle
Be good if the umpire's chair had telescopic legs of living metal & during the breaks, he scuttled around like a spider chasing the ballboys

Sadly, Murray will now be relegated back to being Scottish after his annual fortnight of being British. (My fellow Scots will know what I mean

)

Once Federer retires Murray will be able to snatch Wimbledon.

The Big Kahuna · 08-Jul-2012, 18:53

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

/breathe

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Xivo · 08-Jul-2012, 20:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by PsYcHoKiLLa

Sadly, Murray will now be relegated back to being Scottish after his annual fortnight of being British. (My fellow Scots will know what I mean

)

Once Federer retires Murray will be able to snatch Wimbledon.

This!

Rhadix · 08-Jul-2012, 21:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by PsYcHoKiLLa

Sadly, Murray will now be relegated back to being Scottish after his annual fortnight of being British. (My fellow Scots will know what I mean

)

Hadn't ever really noticed that much myself. Always found my fellow scots worse than the english for anti-scot/eng shite talk

CryBaby · 09-Jul-2012, 10:20

Well here I am like a bad smell to say I told you so.

This time though I take no pleasure in it - something different about Murray this time. Federer needed all his magic powers to sneak that 2nd set and had he not I suspect the result would have been different. Murray genuinely attacked, tried to win instead of not lose and gave it everything he had. More emotion and aggression than I've seen before. I think Lendl is having a marked influence on him in big matches now.

Credit where it's due. One of the best losing performances I've seen (Federer losing to Nadal and Roddick losing to Federer spring to mind).

Eja Cool8 · 09-Jul-2012, 17:10

Impressed with oor Andy's efforts, but playing Federer is like fighting the Borg alone.

There is, sadly, only one solution for Scottish, and indeed British Tennis;

LET'S INVADE SWITZERLAND!!!!!

nick-fury · 09-Jul-2012, 18:55

I reckon Switzerland would beat Scotland in a war.

Goody · 09-Jul-2012, 19:52

Could just stay up their mountains and watch us huff and puff in between bites of deep fried mars bars trying to reach them tbh

HooT · 09-Jul-2012, 20:17

No the Glaswegian division would have knifed every other division for looking at them funny.

Eja Cool8 · 10-Jul-2012, 16:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by nick-fury

I reckon Switzerland would beat Scotland in a war.

The Swiss would be too obsessed with keeping the battlefield tidy, and maintaining strict low noise levels AT ALL TIMES

Fulmineus · 28-Aug-2012, 02:04

Pretty scrappy, error-strewn win today, but sod it, you're allowed to be a bit ropey in the first couple of rounds

Smoo · 29-Aug-2012, 23:40

Laura Robson just knocked out Kim Clijsters. Fucking great shot to set up the match point too.

Fulmineus · 29-Aug-2012, 23:42

'kinell! I'd planned on watching it but got sidetracked. That's phenomenal. Part of me's a little sad that Clijster's last slam ended like that though.

Smoo · 31-Aug-2012, 18:33

Double break from Laura Robson against Li Na in the final set. Fantastic stuff. One game to see off another GS champion!

08-Jul-2012, 16:16	#783
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jimbobaggies BOING BOING! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The English Riviera! Posts: 9,878	Been sunny all day down here on the English Riviera... had a lush bbq early, and will sit down this evening with a nice bottle of red wine, possibly on the decking if it stays nice __________________ Labor Omnia Vincit

08-Jul-2012, 17:16	#787
Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,051	Insane pressure from Federer here. __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

08-Jul-2012, 17:55	#788
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08-Jul-2012, 17:59	#790
Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,051	Federer's been awesome these last two sets. __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

08-Jul-2012, 16:02	#781
andy previously milk! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,352	Fantastic second set

08-Jul-2012, 16:15	#782
andy previously milk! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,352	I understand it's better to be played in the open air, but anyone that's been in London this weekend knows it's just fking rained consistently throughout - surely it's better to just have an unbroken match by keeping the bloody roof closed. Idiots.

08-Jul-2012, 16:17	#784
andy previously milk! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,352	it's rained all weekend here. It's rained earlier today; the forecast is more rain until late evening. Close the roof.

08-Jul-2012, 16:22	#785
andy previously milk! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,352	Woohoo, sense prevails: roof being closed

08-Jul-2012, 17:58	#789
andy previously milk! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,352	As much as I would love to see Murray win, Fed's style of play is simply impossible to resist being in awe of - if this was wanting the best tennis player to win it would have to be Federer. The guy is just sublime - and he's been less than his best at times today. Murray played brilliantly throughout against him today.

08-Jul-2012, 18:06	#791
andy previously milk! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,352	The problem for Murray is that Fed has started to read, and react to, Murray's serve. Since that time Murray's service games have been much tougher - with a knock-on effect of a smaller percentage of first serves falling in. It's very similar to how Federer used to be against Roddick in the latter's prime.

08-Jul-2012, 18:10	#792
Duffeh bandwidth bill in the post Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,954	One things for certain, win or lose, hes gave a much much better account of himself then he has in his previous finals. Lets hope its a good sign for the future.

08-Jul-2012, 18:15	#793
Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,051	Well played Federer. __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

08-Jul-2012, 18:17	#794
andy previously milk! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London Posts: 3,352	Aye, he's still the better player.

08-Jul-2012, 18:19	#795
Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,051	Murray was the better player for all but the last game of the first two sets, but Federer was absolutely superb in the last two. __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

08-Jul-2012, 18:35	#796
Xivo spam tbh Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 862	Great game from both, massive effort from Murray. He'll get a grand slam no doubt, can see it coming against someone outside the current top 3 though. __________________ Warcraft is shit!

09-Jul-2012, 10:20	#801
CryBaby spam isn't just for eating Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,221	Well here I am like a bad smell to say I told you so. This time though I take no pleasure in it - something different about Murray this time. Federer needed all his magic powers to sneak that 2nd set and had he not I suspect the result would have been different. Murray genuinely attacked, tried to win instead of not lose and gave it everything he had. More emotion and aggression than I've seen before. I think Lendl is having a marked influence on him in big matches now. Credit where it's due. One of the best losing performances I've seen (Federer losing to Nadal and Roddick losing to Federer spring to mind). __________________ Lacking Inspiration Since 1973

09-Jul-2012, 17:10	#802
Eja Cool8 Member shown actual size Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 9,036	Impressed with oor Andy's efforts, but playing Federer is like fighting the Borg alone. There is, sadly, only one solution for Scottish, and indeed British Tennis; LET'S INVADE SWITZERLAND!!!!! __________________ "A friend of mine described her disgust as two Blackwater mercs, shortly after introducing themselves, proposed a two-on-one sex act that involved one of the men ejaculating on the other." Steve Fainaru: "Big Boy Rules"

09-Jul-2012, 18:55	#803
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09-Jul-2012, 19:52	#804
Goody all your posts are belong to us Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,520	Could just stay up their mountains and watch us huff and puff in between bites of deep fried mars bars trying to reach them tbh

09-Jul-2012, 20:17	#805
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28-Aug-2012, 02:04	#807
Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,051	Pretty scrappy, error-strewn win today, but sod it, you're allowed to be a bit ropey in the first couple of rounds __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

29-Aug-2012, 23:40	#808
Smoo 10 post reply 20 goto 10 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Somewhere so boring Solitare is the national sport Posts: 8,903	Laura Robson just knocked out Kim Clijsters. Fucking great shot to set up the match point too. __________________ Smoo - Super Pedant by day, Asleep by night. Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them. De tik yer jerb!!

29-Aug-2012, 23:42	#809
Fulmineus karma killer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 15,051	'kinell! I'd planned on watching it but got sidetracked. That's phenomenal. Part of me's a little sad that Clijster's last slam ended like that though. __________________ belua vasta, lupus! udisque paludibus exit, oblitus et spumis et sparsus sanguine rictus, fulmineus, rubra suffusus lumina flamma. Say NO! to capital t Sponsored by AQA

31-Aug-2012, 18:33	#810
Smoo 10 post reply 20 goto 10 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Somewhere so boring Solitare is the national sport Posts: 8,903	Double break from Laura Robson against Li Na in the final set. Fantastic stuff. One game to see off another GS champion! __________________ Smoo - Super Pedant by day, Asleep by night. Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them. De tik yer jerb!!