am i the only one who hopes

[ampersand]

Number 4 was alright

[ampersand]

he got to number 4 at one point...

every sport does the same thing.. there's the best in any country, and then there's the best in the world. I really don't understand why Henman (or anyone who never makes it to number 1) is considered a joke and a failure..

it's bonkers

in every tournament (tennis or otherwise), out the 32, or 64 (or however many there is at the beginning), there will only be one outright winner...

[ampersand]

you see, I really don't get this condemnation for not being as good as Federer, or Sampras, or whoever. There's usually one or two players who are head and shoulders above everyone else... is that Henmans fault?

[ampersand]

quite possibly

in Spain

[Tugger2k]

see my above post. he was a good player. just nothing special. i never bought into the whole 'it's his year' nonsense. he was never going to be a major winner.

[ampersand]

he had more chance than that born loser from the highlands

[Gre]

I assume he's playing Cillic who's the 14th seed as Nadal was 2nd and Federer 1st meaning they shouldn't be in the same half of the draw, while Djokovic is 3rd which would put him in the same half of the draw as Federer

[ampersand]

don't know what difference it makes.

If your suggesting that British people have an odd perspective on how good their sportsmen/women are, isn't that what you're contributing to?

[Snufflebutt]

i would be surprised if he is.

Edited January 26, 2010 by Snufflebutt

[ampersand]

so your issue is simply with him being called britains No. 1?.. fair enough... I agree

it's all the others who complain about him never having made it to no. 1 that confuses me

[Snufflebutt]

yeah, it's a ridiculous term. said it was just made up to make henman sound better.

it's all jokey though cos of course theres no shame in being where he was in the world

[ampersand]

The real shame should lie on the LTA though. There are few, if any, tennis associations funded anything like as well as them in the world (they are funded on the profits from Wimbledon). And the best British player spent most of his formative years in Spain. It's pathetic.

[Cardboard Box City]

Anyone know when the Semi Final is likely to be?

Early hours of Thursday?

[Cardboard Box City]

Looking at the schedule, its likely to be Thursday morning, not before 8:30am given that they're 11 hours ahead

Edited January 26, 2010 by Cardboard Box City

[ampersand]

stop talking to yourself! that's what the boxing threads for

[Cardboard Box City]

stop talking to yourself! that's what the boxing threads for

[amaidment]

was that when a lot of people were injured and virtua tennis let him be in their game? he was usually in double figures from what i remember. won't have been number 4 for long.

[Snufflebutt]

Can someone explain Tennis seeding to me, it doesn't seem to make any sense. Surely the semis should be (if the top 4 seeds get through); 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3

Smilarly the quarters should be 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7 etc... Why does Murray (no 5) have to play Nadal (no 2) when Roddick (No 7) would only have to play del Potro (no 4) if they had all got through.

[minute5072]

I think Cilic might beat him...

[minute5072]

you think Cilic might beat him?

that is an absolute certainty....

just as certain as Murray might win

[Langdale Wolf]

I can see the headline if Murray wins:

"Cilic Bang"

[Kowalski]

I can see the headline if Murray wins:

"Cilic Bang"

[Langdale Wolf]

I'm "working from home" tomorrow morning. C'mon Murray!!!!

[Cardboard Box City]

I'm watching it at home for a bit then on the BBC website when I get to work.

"Simplz..."

[Kowalski]

"Working from home" you say?

That makes the 2nd sentence here all the more disturbing.