*Official* Tennis Thread

[vcs]

Stop showing Lendl and his robotic face FFS

 

[morgieb]

Well done Murray. Pretty boring game in the end, but it was a bit of a mismatch, and given who Murray has played in Slam finals in the past, I can't begrudge him for having an easier opponent. Far too good of a player to only have two Slams, AFAIC.

 

[StephenZA]

Congrats Murray, deserved it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Disappointingly clinical. Congrats Murray.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yeah awesome from Murray.

 

[Furball]

Yeeeeees!

Here's hoping he kicks on and wins a few more, regardless of the era a player as good as Murray should probably have won more than 3 Slams.

Career slam not impossible, which would be some achievement.

 

[Anil]

murray is the greatest british player of all time at this point surely...

 

[Anil]

djokovic should be a little worried for the future seeing murray's performance here...

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well done Murray, clinically brilliant there. Not much Raonic could have done, didn't play badly just got outclassed.

Makes you appreciate how good Djokovic is when he quite often destroys Murray when they play.

 

[vcs]

djokovic should be a little worried for the future seeing murray's performance here...

Djokovic just owns him in the important matches. Even Federer has done well against Murray in their recent matches...

 

[MW1304]

Djokovic just owns him in the important matches. Even Federer has done well against Murray in their recent matches...

Interestingly Murray has a great record against Federer in his prime. Of course really big matches Federer's always stepped up. Would bet on Murray winning were they to play again soon.

 

[Cabinet96]

Happy for Muzz.

 

[social]

Great player but I literally would not walk across the street to watch him play

 

[Jono]

didn't find his passing shots yesterday good to watch? They were pretty incredible.

 

[Cabinet96]

What if he offered to take you to dinner afterwards?

 

[Niall]

Well done Murray. Pretty boring game in the end, but it was a bit of a mismatch, and given who Murray has played in Slam finals in the past, I can't begrudge him for having an easier opponent. Far too good of a player to only have two Slams, AFAIC.

Yeah I see where you are coming from, but ultimately it was a final between two of 4 best grass courters in the men's game. Murray who is second best on the surface against the man who is third best on the surface,not exactly a mismatch, I like Milos, but the scoreline flattered him somewhat. Immense performance from Murray.

I don't think anyone begrudges him sacking of the Davis Cup, the US Open rather oddly has been a somewhat erratic slam from him over last few years, lets see how he does this time.

 

[Furball]

Murray's won 3 slams yet has never been number 1.

That's got to be close to a record surely? By the time most people hit 4 or 5 you would expect them to have spent some time as the number 1?

 

[Cabinet96]

He even held two at the same time for a couple of months and was still behind Djokovic and soon to be behind Nadal.

 

[Furball]

I wonder how different their record would look had it been Djokovic and not Murray who required back shrgery around 2013/14. Murray dismantled Djokovic at Wimbledon 3 years ago and I'm sure his head to head was pretty good until Djokovic moved up a gear.

 

[social]

didn't find his passing shots yesterday good to watch? They were pretty incredible.

Meh

I watched the Grand Prix before switching over for a couple of games and decided it was a foregone conclusion so watched the golf

To me, Murray is another Hewitt with, if possible, less personality

Great player but watching grass grow springs to mind