am i the only one who hopes

[ampersand]

jings!

federer down a set to djokovic but is then 5-2 up in the second. and it's now 5-6 to djokovic, with djokovic serving for the set!

[ampersand]

2-0 djokovic and 4-2 up in the 3rd. hope it's a murray - djokovic final. something i don't like about him and would be good if it was him murray beat.

[ampersand]

piss!

1-0 down after breaking first.

[gratedenini]

piss!

1-0 down after breaking first.

[ampersand]

aye, 1-1 and 4-1 up in the third. looks good to make it 2-1. can see him making the final now.

he's made so many net shots in the first. his error rate is appaling, yet he's still up!

Edited January 28, 2011 by ampersand

[saratink]

Well, he didn't win today!

Had a nice plate though!

[bunique]

Had a nice plate though!

[gratedenini]

And £700,000 prize money...

[ampersand]

.... and he would give up every pound of it to get his hands on a Grand Slam title.

[rexclark]

I went to bed about 6 and woke up about 9. Wish I'd f**kin stayed asleep. Pile of pish as usual.

[gratedenini]

I went to bed about 6 and woke up about 9. Wish I'd f**kin stayed asleep. Pile of pish as usual.

[saratink]

Nice bit of a wage for him !

[TheGayTent]

Not won a set in 3 grand slam finals.

Suffers the same problem as Jimmy White...

hee hee

[ampersand]

Not won a set in 3 grand slam finals.

Suffers the same problem as Jimmy White...

hee hee

[TheGayTent]

and andre aggasi in his first three finals. whatever happened to that guy?

[diddly-dee]

Not won a set in 3 grand slam finals.

Suffers the same problem as Jimmy White...

hee hee

[ampersand]

That really is clutching at straws. Even the biggest of Murray fans isn't daft enough to suggest he's anywhere near that level? 8 Grand Slams was it? All 4 majors?

[rexclark]

I noticed you being very philosophical at about 5.30am Reximillionionschnellbox!

Think yer being a bit harsh on him (tennis wise)

den

[Kowalski]

I think Murray's going to be talked about in the same terms as colin montgomery

[diddly-dee]

I think Murray's going to be talked about in the same terms as colin montgomery

What, people are going to get his surname wrong?

[philipsteak]

Yes, they'll probably just start saying "the grumpy Scottish bloke" and that'll do for them both.

[Paul ™]

So will he do it?

[Ed209]

bump

(under the new forum layout you can't see the previous tags, but it should read "Andy Murray loses")

If he could have picked any of the top three to play in the final before the tournament started, I think Federer would have been his pick as well.

I have a pair of friends who made a £100 bet 4 years ago:

The bet was whether Andy Murray would win a Grand Slam before friend A got his PhD. Friend A said he would, Friend B said he wouldn't. Friend A got his PhD today and has paid up his £100, its written in the stars that Murray will win it 48hrs later. I'll laugh so hard.

Come on Muzza!

edit: sorry Paul, went straight to the search, didn't realise you had already bumped it

Edited July 6, 2012 by Ed209

[Ed209]

Amazing effort from Andy. But, the best player to ever played the game was just too good for him. Federer just turned it on after the rain delay.

Murray can certainly hold his head up high after that performance though.

And that is the most emotional I think he's probably ever been. He was a blubbering wreck at the end.

[pink_triangle]

Murray played better than the other grand slam finals and more positive, sometimes you have to hold your hands up and admit you lost to the better man. He may have a natural arrogance but watching federer in full flow is a joy.

I hope he wins a grand slam but they are tough in this era. It's not like he has had a gimee in a final, he has played top players who played well. Compare Murray to someone like rafter who both have had 4 grand slam finals. Rafter played goran, sampras, rusedski and philipousis. Murray has played the worlds greatest ever 3 times and djokovic once. I suspect if he had been both 6 or 7 years earlier things would have been very different.