posted Oct 19, 2007

The whole point of my post is that Murray is not a lesser player than Blake , Gonzales or Ferrer if not better than all of them , he just need to come up with a good game plan. Yesterday he was so close but in the big points it seams he didn’t know what to do !!

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posted Oct 19, 2007

mikebroadhead,

Unfortunately for you, ( but fortunately for the rest of us, perhaps ) you don't get to choose who's British and who isn't. If anyone is British then Andy Murray is.

And would that be Lewis "everyone likes me better than him and wants me to win" Hamilton you're holding up as an example of dignity?

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posted Oct 19, 2007

The match proves Andy is destined to be world no1!! What a performance...he had Nadal reeling!!

He'll be number one by 2010!

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posted Oct 19, 2007

yeah, but david has produced stunning comebacks agagainst mentally-tough opponents against federer in the TMS when he came back from 2 sets down. I watched him against JMDP and berdych and he really looked like the old good nalby. his movement was much better, his backhand was firing again and his confidence was stroming. I agree with Kim & rafa that it will largely depend on which nalby we are gonna see. if he plays like his last 2 matches and if rafa's knees are ok, then it well be some match.
re jkoker v mario: mario played some great tennis in this tourney beating james and PHM pretty easily. seems that he is finally back on form after the injuries and the illness. this fast surface suits him but djoko is very strong mentally and if the sets go to the TBS which is very likely given the huge serve of mario, I think djoko will will have the upper hand given his fantastic TB record this year and the fact that mario is not as match-tough yet.

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posted Oct 19, 2007

I agree with you kim & rafa. rafa added nice variety to his hard-court game. he is much more agressive than last year. his serve has vastly improved and can improve more. I wuould have liked to watch him against JB in IW this year when rafa was in awesome form. but I still give james the edge over rafa on the hard-court.

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posted Oct 19, 2007

I thought Andy played a great match. I admit to not being a fan, but let's be fair, he matched Nadal last night, well done to him. Unfortunately there can only be one winner. He has all the shots in the book and he will get better. At the moment Nadal is much tougher mentally, he'll grind forever to break down his opponent's resistance and finally deliver the killer blow. Also not easy for a young player to maintain momentum in front of a fiercely patriotic crowd.

Kim & Rafa fan, Totally agree with you regarding David Ferrer, the best returner in 3 of the 4 stats. IMO, when he's on fire and in the zone, he now has the ability and belief to beat Rafa on the outdoor hard courts. We'll just have to see what guise Nalbandian brings to the court today - it will either be a complete blow out or could go the distance. I gather they haven't met before.

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posted Oct 19, 2007

"
my top 5;

Federer
Nadal
Djokovic
Roddick
Murray."

He hasn't even made a grandslam semifinal ever......highest ranking of 8.
So nope , Murray is not top 5 material at all.

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posted Oct 19, 2007

I have never wavered from the opinion I formed the first time I saw Murray play. He has an enormous talent and is the most complete player, outside Federer, on the tour. Because of that, I also believe he has the potential (note all you critics I said potential) to be the one player who could match Federer on a regular basis. But, he still has one weakness that has to be overcome. When Nadal ratcheted up the heat toward the end of the first set, it threw Murray off balance to the extent he gave up the initiative to Rafa, (ditto in set 2) although the game he played to break back at 6-5 was superb. What he now has to do is learn to raise his game to that level, when needed, for longer than one game. and more consistently.
This is what will put him among the top 3. I agree with some posters on here that, at the moment, he is, in reality a top 4 player.

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posted Oct 19, 2007

I'm in university residence so nope I can't see it on tv or stream it on the net.
I read all the articles though.....

Only in britain would people celebrate someone for being a loser...

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posted Oct 21, 2007

as i predicted out in the 3rd round. despite al the hype abouthow he ran a close game he lost and again the high expectations (by the media) have been proved wrong. Lets face it nearly every player in the top 50 will at some stage give the big boys a hard match and sonmetimes win --BUT not consistantly. Murray wil stay languishing around top 20 no more. Take a look at the other players and get this Murray bandwagon into perspective

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