The Tennis Thread

[Rapidly-Greying]

That was an unbelievably exciting match.

[Hypes]

Djokovic has had such an easy ride at these finals

[TigaSefi]

This is your 5 minutes warning! Match of the year!

[Hypes]

Wow

[Memento Mori]

Amazing performance by Murray there.

[TigaSefi]

A complete performance there!!

[DML]

Domination. Brilliant to watch.

[Corazon de Leon]

Outstanding tennis from Murray. Blew Djokovic off the court.

[TigaSefi]

Nothing from Denster yet? Probably still crying in his piss pot

[Denster]

Actually was working then out for the evening so missed the match. I've paid Murray plenty of compliments since but it's nice that the little bitches still feel the need to comment.
Actually expected Murray to win and it sounds like he smashed it. Djokovic may well have his work cut out next season.

[Saint of Killers]

Loved telling my mum he won Well done Murray brothers!

[PES Fan]

Worst year for Federer.

If he was a 100%, I am sure he would have got a slam this year. He rushed himself back for Wimbledon and Raionic was one too many match.

Murray has benefited from Djokovics slump. Luckily for him Federer and Nadal also picked up injuries. Nadal was starting to look good before RG and gets a wrist injury. Which is really the worst injury a tennis player can have.

Not discrediting Murray as somebody has had to have won these tournaments. But it would have been a lot harder if Federer and Nadal weren't injured. Federer especially has had the measure of Murray in their past few meetings. His only problem was how to deal with Djokovic.

[Moggy]

Worst year for Federer.

If he was a 100%, I am sure he would have got a slam this year. He rushed himself back for Wimbledon and Raionic was one too many match.

Murray has benefited from Djokovics slump. Luckily for him Federer and Nadal also picked up injuries. Nadal was starting to look good before RG and gets a wrist injury. Which is really the worst injury a tennis player can have.

Not discrediting Murray as somebody has had to have won these tournaments. But it would have been a lot harder if Federer and Nadal weren't injured. Federer especially has had the measure of Murray in their past few meetings. His only problem was how to deal with Djokovic.

And Murray would have had no chance if Bjorn Borg was 30 years younger.

[Rapidly-Greying]

Considering how lengthy his previous two games were, that was an astounding performance from Andy. He'll be in agony today.

[PES Fan]

Worst year for Federer.

If he was a 100%, I am sure he would have got a slam this year. He rushed himself back for Wimbledon and Raionic was one too many match.

Murray has benefited from Djokovics slump. Luckily for him Federer and Nadal also picked up injuries. Nadal was starting to look good before RG and gets a wrist injury. Which is really the worst injury a tennis player can have.

Not discrediting Murray as somebody has had to have won these tournaments. But it would have been a lot harder if Federer and Nadal weren't injured. Federer especially has had the measure of Murray in their past few meetings. His only problem was how to deal with Djokovic.

And Murray would have had no chance if Bjorn Borg was 30 years younger.

Well that makes no sense. Federer and Nadal are active tennis players. Bjorg isn't.

Federer and Nadals biggest problem since 2011 has been Djokovic. Who has been super consistent since then up til June 2016. Federer when fit was beating most the players on the tour. He just couldn't beat Djokovic at his peak especially in grand slams. He's also beaten Murray the last 5 times they met. So it isn't outlandish to say he would have also benefited from Djokovics slump. And Rafa has beaten Murray 4 out of the last 6 times they met.

[Moggy]

Worst year for Federer.

If he was a 100%, I am sure he would have got a slam this year. He rushed himself back for Wimbledon and Raionic was one too many match.

Murray has benefited from Djokovics slump. Luckily for him Federer and Nadal also picked up injuries. Nadal was starting to look good before RG and gets a wrist injury. Which is really the worst injury a tennis player can have.

Not discrediting Murray as somebody has had to have won these tournaments. But it would have been a lot harder if Federer and Nadal weren't injured. Federer especially has had the measure of Murray in their past few meetings. His only problem was how to deal with Djokovic.

And Murray would have had no chance if Bjorn Borg was 30 years younger.

Well that makes no sense. Federer and Nadal are active tennis players. Bjorg isn't.

Federer and Nadals biggest problem since 2011 has been Djokovic. Who has been super consistent since then up til June 2016. Federer when fit was beating most the players on the tour. He just couldn't beat Djokovic at his peak especially in grand slams. He's also beaten Murray the last 5 times they met. So it isn't outlandish to say he would have also benefited from Djokovics slump. And Rafa has beaten Murray 4 out of the last 6 times they met.

Federer is too old to be a serious contender against Murray (as is Borg), Nadal has declined due to injuries and Djokovic is not the player he was at the start of the year. None of those things are any more relevant to Murray's success than my Borg comment, Murray can only beat what is in front of him, the state of the other players is their problem not his.

[Denster]

Exactly.
He now needs to build on this success with more slams. Like I said in a previous post - the Aussie open becomes very interesting now. Murray's confidence is sky high and if he can win that event - an event that Djokovic has dominated - he puts a marker down for the rest of the year.

How Djokovic responds is the big question now for me. The Aussie open should be really interesting.

[Drumstick]

He's been the runner up so many times but Murray is absolutely the favourite to land the Australian Open now. Djokovic is the only player that could feasibly stop him over 5 sets and only he gets out of this slump then Murray will win down under. If he did, all that would be left is Roland Garros. If he managed to win both of those he'd have a career grand slam, Davis Cup, Olympic gold and the World Tour Finals victories under his belt. How many players have all of those?

[Snowcannon]

He's been the runner up so many times but Murray is absolutely the favourite to land the Australian Open now. Djokovic is the only player that could feasibly stop him over 5 sets and only he gets out of this slump then Murray will win down under. If he did, all that would be left is Roland Garros. If he managed to win both of those he'd have a career grand slam, Davis Cup, Olympic gold and the World Tour Finals victories under his belt. How many players have all of those?

None of Federer, Djokovic or Nadal have achieved that. Federer and Djokovic are missing olympic gold and Nadal is missing World Tour Final

[Corazon de Leon]

He's been the runner up so many times but Murray is absolutely the favourite to land the Australian Open now. Djokovic is the only player that could feasibly stop him over 5 sets and only he gets out of this slump then Murray will win down under. If he did, all that would be left is Roland Garros. If he managed to win both of those he'd have a career grand slam, Davis Cup, Olympic gold and the World Tour Finals victories under his belt. How many players have all of those?

None of Federer, Djokovic or Nadal have achieved that. Federer and Djokovic are missing olympic gold and Nadal is missing World Tour Final

I'm not sure anyone has done that? And if Murray took Australia and France next season he'd hold three slams at the same time - no mean feat.

Lendl as coach seems to give Murray the consistency that he needs to get to - and now stay - at the top. I'm really hoping that the next few seasons will see Murray earn his place as an all time great. Don't get me wrong, I feel like he's already on the threshold with his three grand slams, two Olympic Golds, Davis Cup and ATP Finals victories/season ending world no. 1 ranking, but a few more slams - particularly in Australia - before his age catches up with him would be the icing on the cake.