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Otis · Jul 12, 2017

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Not a big fan of tennis or Murray but heard his post match interview and was impressed by his attitude... no complaints, no excuses.

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But then of course as soon as the cameras were switched off he went home and kicked the cat.

Paxman II · Jul 13, 2017

Murray carried that injury for some time yet performed admirably. Novak also has had injuries and a general downturn in form. For both players a little burn out was inevitable also which contributes to injury woes. Nadal was the one who had reached something of his best form coming in but he was shocked in the last round. Fed took time out and prepared for Wimbledon only, injury free to give himself the best chance, but even he could not have predicted the fall of the 'top 3'. This his Fed's to lose now. he has not had a tough opponent yet. Today a very below par Raonic failed to test him.
It's opened up for Federer. Only Cillic stands in his way for me.
The likes of the new pretenders in Theim and co simply did not show up.

stupot07 · Jul 13, 2017

It all depends how bad his injury and whether this is something that will now niggle and hamper him for the rest of his career. I'm surprised he carried on yesterday, despite obviously being in pain and unable to move. He could have done even more lasting damage by carrying on.

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RB1992 · Jul 13, 2017

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Difficult to predict the outcome of the men's singles title this year.
But I'll go with Nadal.

If I was looking for the unexpected then Murray. He proved at the French without real form, he can play his way through in the big tournaments and this is his best surface. Djokovic likewise.
Federer?...too much f an ask tbf.

What say you?

Just logged on to laugh at this ridiculous post

"Federer?...too much of an ask tbf"
The guy won his last Grand Slam, skipped the Clay court season for this and has only lost 2 matches all year

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. So clueless

CCFC88 · Jul 13, 2017

Paxman II said:
This his Fed's to lose now. he has not had a tough opponent yet. Today a very below par Raonic failed to test him..

Another clueless statement. He's just beaten Raonic who knocked him out last year and Dimitrov who is playing as well as he has for years.

Just because he beat them both easily doesn't mean they weren't tough opponents, both would have taken sets off Murray, Novak and Nadal this year had they met, he's just a class above currently.

But youre right its probably "too much of an ask tbf"

Nick · Jul 13, 2017

Is it just me or was it blatantly obvious what the reporter meant to Murray when he said about US players reaching the semi finals rather than sexism?

People climbing in his arse for "pointing out casual sexism". He wasn't, he was being a bit of a dick. It's like interviewing a male team's manager and him saying it is sexist because it was aimed at the male team's statistic and not the women's also.

CCFC88 · Jul 13, 2017

I wouldn't say he was being a bit of a dick, I also wouldn't say it is sexism either, its a nothing "story" being hyped up for click bait.

Would assume its the only thing of interest to come out of the presser so has been labelled like this to get clicks

RB1992 · Jul 13, 2017

It was a bit sloppy from the journalist. Tennis is one of the only major sports in which the female game is (almost) on a par with male game in terms of prize money/sponsorship/interest etc, therefore not really sure you can compare it to a similar comment made about football for example.

However, probably nothing more than a genuine mistake and, like everything these days, has been blown massively out of proportion.

Nick · Jul 13, 2017

Surely when talking to a bloke it's obvious he means it's a bloke's stat?

eastwoodsdustman · Jul 13, 2017

Nick said:
Surely when talking to a bloke it's obvious he means it's a bloke's stat?

Tut Tut Nick. You need to go on a gender awareness course to get rid of those red blooded caveman style views.
for the record, yes you're right. Common sense out of the window time.

Nick · Jul 13, 2017

It took the attention away from him losing though I guess, some sort of feminist hero.

CCFC88 · Jul 13, 2017

Nick said:
It took the attention away from him losing though I guess, some sort of feminist hero.

If he hadn't corrected the journo the headline would have read "Sexist Murray ignores female tennis"

Years of media training, having been burnt at a very young age for his Scotland/England football team comments paying off.

Paxman II · Jul 13, 2017

CCFC88 said:
Another clueless statement. He's just beaten Raonic who knocked him out last year and Dimitrov who is playing as well as he has for years.

Just because he beat them both easily doesn't mean they weren't tough opponents, both would have taken sets off Murray, Novak and Nadal this year had they met, he's just a class above currently.

But youre right its probably "too much of an ask tbf"

Laughable. You clearly don't follow the season.

CCFC88 · Jul 17, 2017

Paxman II said:
Laughable. You clearly don't follow the season.

Tell me what you've seen in "the season" so far that made you believe that it was too much of an ask for Fed?

Was it beating Berdych, Nishikori, Wawrinka and Nadal on the way to the Aus Open title?

Was it winning Halle again without dropping a set?

Was it winning both Indian Wells and Miami?

Or the fact he's only lost 2 games since the turn of the year?

Laughable

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