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Is starting soon and Nadal is out.

Can Murray do it this year or has he put too much pressure on himself by winning Queen's?

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I think the usual "British support" expectation will effect him more than the pressure of winning Queen's"

In the mean time whilst we wait here's something to get people in the mood :)

http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/tennis/tennis.html

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I think he's probably adapted to the expectation due to his world ranking. Winning Queen's though will have put the focus on recent events...

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He seems to handle the pressure of being the only decent British player really well, so i don't think it will affect him too much. Nadal pulling out has given him a real chance of getting to the final, probably more so than any British player for some time. I reckon he'll get to the final and lose to Federer.

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I hope he does well, but in the tradition, he will probably get a little niggle of an injury and then that will be a convinient excuse as to why he flunks out in the semi's (if he's lucky). :p:

I'd much rather just be entertained watching the old guys play. The Red button was made for tennis!

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Did you see her & hubby Andre Agassi playing at Wimbledon recently? omg, they are still soooo cute together. :)

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Some good (and not so good!) celebrity tennis lookalikes here...

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Woooo Hooo ! He's through...

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Dropped a set though... :(

Murray 7-5 6-7 6-3 6-4 Kendrick

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Kendrick should consider a career in acting lol :) Well done to Murray.

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Only managed to catch the last 2 games :( But gawd was the penultimate game fun :D

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Kind of wanted it to go to 5 sets.

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kinda wanted him to go out.....oh well

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:bsmack:

Our best chance in years and you want him to lose :shocked:..So where are you from?

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Ignore him he's just a mancunian ..... Oh wait so am I......HELP!!!!!!!!

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I just dont like the bloke... His attitude , his statements about the english in the past.

I just dont subscribe to the giddyness that he entails , or the "its his year" we get every darn time . Its worse than it was with Henman and i didnt think that was possible

Still , each to their own m8

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I agree witht hat part it really get's on my nerves. The same old this year is his year, he's playing better than ever blah blah blah. Still I would like to see him win :)

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That's not really his fault though, is it?

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Never said it was...The bit i posted above that comment is though.

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best moment of the day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vH87iWHsg

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Ball boys and girls get some play after Llodra had to pull out of the match.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8117785.stm

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So you don't like people being truthful then? ;)

Anyway he is British right now where I'd imagine he'll stay until he loses and goes back to being Scottish.

http://andymurrayometer.com/

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He can be as truthful as he likes , if an english player had same the same things id expect the scots to hate him.... oh hang on they hate us anyway ;)

(just kidding... lol )


On a side note i'm disappointed with sharapova's exit as its one less fit eastern european lady to lech at...

:D

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Perhaps he just doesn't like hypocrites, after all he is happy enough to come down here and take part in the All England Club tournement.

We are all British sadly, given the choice (vote) though most English people wouldn't be.

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Yep those pesky foreigners coming here winning your tournaments... ;)

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Indeed, shame for him that he wont be the one doing it

;)

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Change the word pesky for ungrateful and you'd sum Murray up, well that's if he actually ever manages to win it

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So why should he be grateful? :confused:

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Just a warning that Murray's up on centre court in the next 5-10 minutes

:)

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Errr for all the support the English give him perhaps, he might as well have spat in their faces with those comments that were 'taken out of context'.

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What an amazing spinning dropshot on the penultimate point of the first set..

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On behalf of all my countrymen and women I'd like to apologise for not immediately recognizing the tremendous achievement of winning a World Cup thanks to a Russian linesman with dodgy eyesight. ;)

I assume the comments relate to his "I support Scotland and anyone playing England" remarks which have nothing whatsoever to do with tennis or has he made some other remark advocating the death penalty for anyone sounding a bit cockney?

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Murray is playing some brilliant tennis this round. Very refreshing game to watch :)

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He looks way more a likely Grand Slam winner than Henman ever did. Murray just went flat out through the first and now he's just doing enough to hold serve and get the break he needs in the others. Why do anything else, it is a bit pointless to go flat out when you're through.

I remember certain Henman games in the early rounds where they were anything but comfortable - Michel Kratochvil?

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Here's the context of those 3 year old remarks Link
'Henman said: "The whole thing was ridiculous and in a way it was my fault - we were walking to the interview and I was joking with him because it was a World Cup year.
"I said, 'What are you going to do? It must be a nightmare because Scotland never qualify for anything.Your rugby has gone downhill, you don't have your own team in the Olympics - you might as well go on holiday for a couple of weeks'.
"It was all good fun and good banter. Andy was laughing and hitting back. He said, 'I don't care - I'll just support anyone who is playing England!' The journalist was with us as we were walking to do the interview and we then did a 45-minute interview and football, England-Scotland, was never even mentioned. But the next day's headline was, 'I'll support anyone playing England'.
"It was an absolute stitch-up and it was very disappointing'

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Excellent 90 minute match with Murray winning 6-2 7-5 6-3

Well done Murray :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Agreed, That was a very enjoyable game to watch. Played very well :)

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His serving has improved massively since last year, if he continues to get his first serve in like he did today, i can't see him dropping too many service games. Just five unforced errors is pretty good as well...

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I still can't believe how well he is doing, I keep expecting him to get some sort of niggling injury and then have to quit.. He looks so much healthier than in previous years, I really hope he can go all the way this time!

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I don't want your apology and never asked for it, lets hope you pay more attention when taking statements ;)

Oh that's alright then, it has nothing to do with tennis :rolleyes:

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Yeah just like when his mates started that rumour about him wearing a Paraguay shirt, they're lads ent they

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Excellent performance from Murray with some sublime shots...

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Yes another great win but he was not really tested at all. Still it was good to watch :)

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:clap: well at least he's through to the 2nd week :) Let's see where he goes from there..

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Sat watching the Azerenko v Petrova match and was I in stitches... Her extremely unique warbling high pitched grunt just brings a smile to your face :D (link below has the video of the final game and you'll hear what I mean)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8124928.stm

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Sounds like she's having a *crisis* as dh lawrence put it..

Mind she;s far from the only one.... Such as Venus Williams who only does it to put the other player off.. Notice how she only squeals when she's losing or down slightly.

Last match she played when she mullered the other girl she didnt do it at all

Cheating springs to mind

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Hopefully sometime soon the grunting will get banned, it should be, it's one of the most irritating things about the game.

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THE ROOF IS ON OMG ! lol :)

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OMG... I missed it!!!

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It's not even raining though...

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Probably to provide some shade for the punters

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or to stop Sir Cliff singing..

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omg Murray - I can't watch!

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Its real edge of the seat stuff. A proper battle between them.

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Does anyone else feel slightly sorry for the other guy. A massive five set games, he plays so well, yet on every shot Murray gets a huge cheer. Same when the other guy makes a fault, massive cheer.

Must be hard to play in that enviroment.

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Woooooohoooooooooooo wtg Andy :D

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:woot:

He's still classed as British for at least one more game. :D

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Well Murray won. But I don't see him winning Wimbledon at the moment.

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home turf kinda for Murrey nothing else to be expected :)

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Murray showed real character there.

Centre Court looked fantastic under the lights with the roof on... :)

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Yeah, credit to the other guy though. Cheering Murray scoring is fair enough, bit I do think cheering when Wawrinka would make a fault was a bit unsporting though.

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I just can't believe that match... At the beginning of the 5th set I didn't really care who won as it was the best match I've ever seen!!!

Well done Murray :clap: and a big cheer for Wawrinka for such amazing play

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Anyone else think that having the roof closed really upset Murray's service game??

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That's the Wimbledon crowd for you. It's always like that when a Brit plays.

Good match though :tu:

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That backhand of stan's was a flamin' exocet!

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It shouldn't have done, if anything it should have helped it because there would have been no wind. He needs to improve his serve if wants to go all the way, his serving was really bad tonight.

Brilliant match though, great fighting spirit from Murray.

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Well he's had a right moan about the roof and the fact that he hadn;t played on indoor grass conditions before

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8125601.stm

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what a plum

He should have kept that QT till after the tournament as he has exposed a weakness that any opponent he faces in these conditions could capitalize on

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Looking athis comment it made all the diffreance.

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Well the other guy may not have had lots of experience either. Not to mention (as I have done may times) the other guy also had the crowd against him. He is not going to have everything going his way.

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Just seems to be whining again. The other 3 people that played with the roof shut havent complained at all have they..

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There's always a convinient excuse up his sleeve. This why I don't generally support him, even Scots have come in the shop this morning and said they can't stand him.

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When he loses I mean. Presently - Whinging. He'll be all tired now, and won't win the next match - probably be a walk-over.

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Bring back Henman. It was a lot less stressful watching him ;)

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Didn't seem to affect the other guys serve too much. We need to remember it's going to be the same for both players not matter what the conditions are. I support the guy but it's a poor excuse for serving badly imo.


Nice crystal ball you have there....

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You got one last year


Laura Robson remember?

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Yep and she one her match again yesterday :) She is though 2nd Seed, who's first?

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Dont know m8

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And Murray's brother a couple of years back in the mixed doubles, he seemed like a nice chap as well...

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IMO that does not count.

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You said you wanted a british winner



You got one


??

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You cannot count a junior winning Wimbledon under 15teens or what ever it is as ‘winning Wimbledon’
Hope I make sense. :erm:

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I know what youre trying to get at but how does it not count....
A british player won a wimbledon title..juniors , seniors its all the same..a wins a win

If you just meant british mens winner then you should have said so

;)

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But I dont mean that i mean a win will not count unless its senior men or women :)

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Either way that sabine lisicki is rather fetching

;)

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oh no, no, no, no

Maria Sharapova ;)

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This azarenka thats on now is pretty cute.

Wish she'd shut up though....Was really impressed with that caroline wozniacki

Theres some nice ones playing this year...

Swoon

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It's really the only reason to watch Womens tennis :)

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She plays for GB but she was born in Australia... still, I'm not complaining because she's good.

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moved to the uk at 6... not too australian then

:)

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well yeah, but she was born there and her parents are both Australian. She's just lived here for 9 years.

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I found this article that seems to confirm what I've always suspected, that center court is allocated not necessarily on skill and seeding but on physical good looks. also. Hardly fair to the better but not so good looking players being consigned to an outer court, whilst some rank fifty bimbo dances round center court flashing her knickers to a half filled court.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...tre-Court.html

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Love the cartoon!
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2009/07/46.jpg

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Well done, Mr Murray - convincing win.

7-5, 6-3, 6-2

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Its good to see a Brit winning for once at Wimbledon, but would it hurt Murray to maybe just smile once in a while?
Whenever he is interviewed he has absolutely nothing about him, except that is a complete lack of charisma, I remember he's mother jokingly saying a couple of years back that he was a "typical sullen teenager"...well he isn't a teenager anymore.
To see his brother before the cameras you wouldn't believe that they were related, far more courteous and polite, if he really is going to be a tennis great it would certainly help him financially to try and project a positive persona not this hang-dog attitude he currently has.
He certainly isn't an easy guy to like or for that matter root for.

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Well now, Murray v Roddick... Not sure if Roddick's back on form, looked like Hewitt was forcing himself back into the game at one point...

If it's anything though to go by I think it'll be one of the best games of the tournament and probably even better than the final

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Agreed :) :tu:

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Think Roddick's serve will be a bit more difficult to punish than Ferrero's so will be a sterner test for him...