| Andy Murray forced to retire 07:03 - Jan 11 with 5353 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Wants to finish at Wimbledon in June but reckons this could be his last tournament due to the pain.
It’s used to be relatively popular over here to dislike him (perhaps cos he’s a Scot) but in recent years that seems to have changed.
Sad to see him having to end his career prematurely. |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:08 - Jan 11 with 4215 views | Benters2 |
I dont like him as he always looks a grumpy fkr to me.
His mum is worth a wipe though. |  | | |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:22 - Jan 11 with 4174 views | stickymockwell |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:08 - Jan 11 by Benters2 |
I dont like him as he always looks a grumpy fkr to me.
His mum is worth a wipe though. |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:24 - Jan 11 with 4167 views | StokieBlue |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:08 - Jan 11 by Benters2 |
I dont like him as he always looks a grumpy fkr to me.
His mum is worth a wipe though. |
You don't like people because of how they look?
I'm shocked.
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:27 - Jan 11 with 4156 views | DanTheMan |
Not a big tennis fan but never nice to see a good career cut short, was nice to have a decent British player even if he did rub people the wrong way (though I don't know why). |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:27 - Jan 11 with 4154 views | SitfcB |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:08 - Jan 11 by Benters2 |
I dont like him as he always looks a grumpy fkr to me.
His mum is worth a wipe though. |
I’m not sure about that one benters. |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:30 - Jan 11 with 4149 views | StokieBlue |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:27 - Jan 11 by DanTheMan |
Not a big tennis fan but never nice to see a good career cut short, was nice to have a decent British player even if he did rub people the wrong way (though I don't know why). |
Better than decent, I don't think we will see one like him for a long time.
To win all he did in an era contain Federer, Nadal and Djokovic and to get to world number one as an amazing achievement.
Some people still hold his England team joke against him even thought he's explained it many times. Context is lost on many.
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:30 - Jan 11 with 4149 views | m14_blue |
Always seemed like a thoroughly decent guy away from the court, albeit slightly uncomfortable with the celebrity side of things.
A real shame to see his career cut short but he has already achieved almost everything, best British player ever? | | | |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:41 - Jan 11 with 4116 views | gtsb |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:08 - Jan 11 by Benters2 |
I dont like him as he always looks a grumpy fkr to me.
His mum is worth a wipe though. |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:43 - Jan 11 with 4113 views | JakeITFC |
One of, if not the, greatest British sportsman of my lifetime.
To consider that he was probably in contention at the top of the most incredibly dominant period of Grand Slam tennis, it’s remarkable that he was very much in the conversation for long periods with Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. His defensive tennis, especially returning serve and keeping himself in rallies with speed and agility was almost unmatched.
A real shame to see him retire, but hopefully for the best for his health. Given the esteem in which Tim Henman is held for being levels below Murray, he shouldn’t struggle for work in tennis or the media after his career ends. |  | | |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:45 - Jan 11 with 4093 views | DanTheMan |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:30 - Jan 11 by StokieBlue |
Better than decent, I don't think we will see one like him for a long time.
To win all he did in an era contain Federer, Nadal and Djokovic and to get to world number one as an amazing achievement.
Some people still hold his England team joke against him even thought he's explained it many times. Context is lost on many.
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Yes, u was probably very much understating his achievements and skill, mainly because I have no idea about tennis. He did incredibly well in a period when some of the best of all time were also playing.
Hope he finds some happiness in his retirement. | |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:49 - Jan 11 with 4079 views | Keno |
as others have said was unlucky to have been in the same era as three of the other greatest players ever but won grand slams, olympic golds and was world number one
How long there is another British players anywhere near that standard?
Good Luck Andy in the future |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:52 - Jan 11 with 4071 views | giant_stow |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:08 - Jan 11 by Benters2 |
I dont like him as he always looks a grumpy fkr to me.
His mum is worth a wipe though. |
Haha!
Very libtard in its own way too - older women sometimes seem to complain about being sexually invisible. [Post edited 11 Jan 2019 8:24]
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:18 - Jan 11 with 4019 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:08 - Jan 11 by Benters2 |
I dont like him as he always looks a grumpy fkr to me.
His mum is worth a wipe though. |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:21 - Jan 11 with 4012 views | artsbossbeard |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 07:43 - Jan 11 by JakeITFC |
One of, if not the, greatest British sportsman of my lifetime.
To consider that he was probably in contention at the top of the most incredibly dominant period of Grand Slam tennis, it’s remarkable that he was very much in the conversation for long periods with Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. His defensive tennis, especially returning serve and keeping himself in rallies with speed and agility was almost unmatched.
A real shame to see him retire, but hopefully for the best for his health. Given the esteem in which Tim Henman is held for being levels below Murray, he shouldn’t struggle for work in tennis or the media after his career ends. |
I make you right.
What he didn't have in talent against the big 3, he certainly made up for it in endeavour and never giving up on a point. |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:32 - Jan 11 with 3975 views | itfcjoe |
Sad to see - a truly fantastic tennis player, streets ahead of any British one in my lifetime.
Always enjoyed watching him, and the slams when the big 4 met were always classics, Andy seemed to often end up on tougher side of draw for scheduling and because of the dominance of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic winning anything was a huge achievement, but he was genuinely of their level for a decent period.
Always think he comes across well to, very dry sense of humour but can tell a bit of mischief with it - best of luck Andy! |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:34 - Jan 11 with 3963 views | MalcolmBlue |
Sounded like he was about to cry when I listened to him on Radio 4 this morning |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:38 - Jan 11 with 3936 views | blueislander |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:21 - Jan 11 by artsbossbeard |
I make you right.
What he didn't have in talent against the big 3, he certainly made up for it in endeavour and never giving up on a point. |
I would say that Murray had more talent than any of them. Certainly more than Nadal and Djokovic. He had a much more complete game. He was also a brilliant doubles player. | | | |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:42 - Jan 11 with 3917 views | Herbivore |
He's always been pretty open with his emotions and I respect that. It's not always been seen as okay for male sportspeople to show their emotions and he's challenged that. He's also been an excellent advocate for women's tennis and put a journalist right in his place (without being remotely nasty) when asked a question about becoming the first tennis player to win two Olympic golds.
Genuine elite player too, just a half a level below the big 3 which is why he's reached so many semis and finals but won comparatively few Slams. |  |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:42 - Jan 11 with 3916 views | artsbossbeard |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:38 - Jan 11 by blueislander |
I would say that Murray had more talent than any of them. Certainly more than Nadal and Djokovic. He had a much more complete game. He was also a brilliant doubles player. |
Oof! That's a controversial viewpoint!
More talent than Federer? | |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:45 - Jan 11 with 3900 views | Herbivore |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:42 - Jan 11 by artsbossbeard |
Oof! That's a controversial viewpoint!
More talent than Federer? |
Federer is the most naturally gifted. There's a point there with the other two, Murray has more skill possibly but they are both absolute beasts physically and that gave them an edge over him. | |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:49 - Jan 11 with 3882 views | artsbossbeard |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:45 - Jan 11 by Herbivore |
Federer is the most naturally gifted. There's a point there with the other two, Murray has more skill possibly but they are both absolute beasts physically and that gave them an edge over him. |
Yep, I listened to a Novak interview awhile back when he said that he had to change his game when playing Murray. He had to make sure that he hit the baseline or the corners as Murray would chase down every ball whilst other players would accept that the point was lost. | |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:51 - Jan 11 with 3868 views | Herbivore |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:49 - Jan 11 by artsbossbeard |
Yep, I listened to a Novak interview awhile back when he said that he had to change his game when playing Murray. He had to make sure that he hit the baseline or the corners as Murray would chase down every ball whilst other players would accept that the point was lost. |
Yeah, I imagine his unforced error count against Murray is much higher than against other opponents. He'd often go long or wide looking to hit the lines. Murray maybe lacked a little power to hit clean winners like a Federer but he ground players down and made them miss. | |
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| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:52 - Jan 11 with 3866 views | blueislander |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:42 - Jan 11 by artsbossbeard |
Oof! That's a controversial viewpoint!
More talent than Federer? |
Possibly not more than Federer, but arguably more than Nadal and Djokovoc, who are more one dimensional, and relied a lot on physicality.. | | | |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:53 - Jan 11 with 3859 views | artsbossbeard |
| Andy Murray forced to retire on 08:52 - Jan 11 by blueislander |
Possibly not more than Federer, but arguably more than Nadal and Djokovoc, who are more one dimensional, and relied a lot on physicality.. |
Fair enough! | |
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