The Tennis Thread

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Blackpuddin said:

Fair points but I doubt either of them came back from two sets down as often as Murray has. And against much younger men too.

11 times for Murray I believe, nobody else has done that.

[Punctilio]

Must say I thought Andy was just competing latterly for the 2nd round exit money, but he still has the hunger, nearly 6 hours on court with a metal hip joint, hope his surgeon is watching.

Is his mum always at his overseas games, I think he does better when she is.

[danpalmer1993]

Punctilio said:

Must say I thought Andy was just competing latterly for the 2nd round exit money, but he still has the hunger, nearly 6 hours on court with a metal hip joint, hope his surgeon is watching.

Is his mum always at his overseas games, I think he does better when she is.

Not sure he would be in it for 100k at this point

[languagetimothy]

danpalmer1993 said:

Punctilio said:

Must say I thought Andy was just competing latterly for the 2nd round exit money, but he still has the hunger, nearly 6 hours on court with a metal hip joint, hope his surgeon is watching.

Is his mum always at his overseas games, I think he does better when she is.

Not sure he would be in it for 100k at this point

In don’t think its for the money, he has plenty, like Rafa he just enjoys playing. Watched it all, two sets down I thought oh well. The other guy (kyrios chum and currently AO doubles champion with him) was pretty handy too but Murray just took it up a few notches. Amazing stuff. The next match will also be a tough one. CMON!

[LHRFlightman]

Just insane, he's not human is he?

I don't think seen a better British athlete.

[biggbn]

sixor8 said:

You're right there, Murray has won from 2-0 down over 10 times I think!

Connors did get to the semi finals of the US Open in 1991 at the age of 39 as a wildcard. I remember reading about him shambling around on a drip after 1 victory.

Brilliant documentary called 'this is what they want' about that run of victories, such a driven man, he ruined Aaron Krickstein who was somewhat of his protégé before the tournament. Loved watching Connors and I just remember Nastase too!

[Sammo123]

Can anyone tell me where I can watch the Aus open? Couldn’t find it anywhere when I searched through the channels.

[cuprabob]

Sammo123 said:

Can anyone tell me where I can watch the Aus open? Couldn’t find it anywhere when I searched through the channels.

Eurosport 1 and 2.

[Sammo123]

cuprabob said:

Eurosport 1 and 2.

Hmmm when I was searching for the Murray match the other night it was only showing highlights. I’ll check again. Thanks

[thegreenhell]

Sammo123 said:

Hmmm when I was searching for the Murray match the other night it was only showing highlights. I’ll check again. Thanks

It's only live in the morning here - something to do with time zones. Live coverage starts at midnight UK time.

[abzmike]

Eurosport coverage starts at midnight UK time each night, and stays on as long as it takes.

[abzmike]

All looking a bit of a struggle for Murray today… hardly surprising unfortunately.

[Leithen]

He's still fighting though!

[SydneyBridge]

Coming back in the second set.
Crowd are behind him

[Leithen]

God he's got some fight in him.

[Leithen]

You fking beauty!

[abzmike]

It’s just unbelievable - those long rallies in the tiebreak - wow

[Bright Halo]

I don’t think he’s human, maybe it wasn’t just his hip they replaced and he is fully bionic!

[abzmike]

Incredible effort from Murray, but always going to be a hard ask.

[Leithen]

All credit to Agut, some remarkable tennis played there. Murray’s astonishing grit is something to behold.