Come one Murray son
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maranellouk

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292 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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I thought this deserved a new thread. The boy is doing well, although they have stopped covering the match over here in the U.S to show Roddick running through his match.

I have the live score up and he is 5-1 and a set up! If he gets through this he makes at least £44k in prize money. Not a bad week of work.

minimax

11,985 posts

285 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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which round will he be through to?

is he really actually good, or is it just because he's the last brit in it?

maranellouk

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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He is a good player. I like the way he gets pumped at the right time and just seems to walk about between the points completely relaxed when he needs to.

He will be through to the 4th round if he keeps things going. However, he is playing an experienced player and there might/might not be a point where he sits down and regroups. That is the great thing about tennis. It's never over until the last point has been won so there is always a way to win.

Ferg

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286 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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He's willing to play a waiting game with long rallies until Nalbandian makes a mistake.

maranellouk

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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Ok, so what is going on now? I can see the score 0-4 in the 3rd set. I am assuming that Nalbandian did what I thought hw would do. Namely sit down, refocus and remember exactly how solid a player he is.

Roddick is almost finished battering his opponent so I am hoping they will go back to Murray. Very annoying as you can here the crowd of Centre Court during the match they are showing.

Ohhh, bloody hell...6-0! Play your tits off for a set son!

>> Edited by maranellouk on Saturday 25th June 18:25

maranellouk

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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FFS! Now they are going to show the Sharapova match! Womens tennis is as boring as it gets!

sparkythecat

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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It's 5-4 to Nalbandian in the 4th set.

Murray leads 2 sets to 1.

One Argentian versus 15000 Brits !

sparkythecat

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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Update 2 sets all!

maranellouk

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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I can't see a thing. Is Murray making errors or has Nalbandian settled down and played the game he is capable of playing ie.strong, punishing tennis from the back of the court?

sparkythecat

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284 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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It's a fitness/stamina thing now. Murray's very tired and not chasing like he was earlier in the game.
2-0 down in the final set and looking very, very weary.

simpo two

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294 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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Murray's tired. He's hanging on but after a fantastic start it's not looking good. His first serve has gone to pot.

Still, he'll be back next year stronger and better.

Pies

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285 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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Murray has haqd the trainer on,hes looking tired, now 2-0 down in the fifth

srebbe64

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266 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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Smart money's on the Argie, I'm afraid. Fair to both of them I say.

maranellouk

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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This is the difference between 300 and top 20. It is not really about technical ability it is about mental strength and physical condition. 5 sets takes alot at that level. This is not including the media crap that's surrounding the guy.

maranellouk

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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Just to add. Nalbandian grew up on clay courts and clay matches are very rarely short. His game is built on stamina and power and he won't get tired this early in a tournament.

Very Frustrating for Murray I am sure as he seems to only be lacking in one department. Stamina.

sparkythecat

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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Nalbandian now leading 5-1 and serving for the match

simpo two

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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Well he did his best. Good show and here's to next time. It's clear he has more talent than Henman ever had.

But I was irked to note the overblown screams and cheers from the Brit hooray-brigade every time 'our boy' won a point - whether by skill or whether Nalbandian simply stuffed it in the net. There was Murray trying to do some emergency on-field physiotherapy and all the crowd could do was silly Mexican waves...

toppstuff

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276 months

Saturday 25th June 2005
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The boy needs to spend some time in the gym, get some fitness training going.

Skilled, talented, but just not matured enough physically to make it through 5 sets at this level.

maranellouk

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Saturday 25th June 2005
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His game is completely different to Henmans. For Henman to remain so high up in the rankings for so long with a style of game that hardly anyone is taught is something you have to applaud.

Murray could have done less in that match and saved a fair bit of energy. He made very few advances to the net to shorten points. This is because he is a very big baseline player and that is where he feels most confident. As such a player he needs superb levels of fitness to compete within the top 100 and today he showed that going 5 sets with one of the best and strongest players on tour was just beyond him. Baseline players need to run side to side all day long and doing that for five sets is not easy. This is why players like Nadal who fought through quite a few 5 set matches at the French open have to be admired.

His coach is an absolute Wnker who has jumped on the bandwagon and he needs to be replaced as soon as possible! Typical English tennis. Players go elsewhere and get good because of lack of interest from their own country. On return, when they have done well.....guess who steps in with an arm around the shoulder giving the impression that it was all their doing? Same thing with Henman.

MARA

P.S We need to open the doors to decent totty at wimbledon. Every other grandslam, look around stands and smile. Wimbledon? The only thing worth looking at is the seats for the top players girlfriends(at times). I am sure many more English players would do well with the first few rows filled with top notch totty instead of grandmas and frumpy looking lasses.