MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Nobody else following the tennis then? Thrilling stuff this morning - has dragged me away from TMS (following on cricinfo instead).
He'll choke as he always does.
Well, he's still just about British at this stage....
TMS on one screen ... [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/simulcast/pop.shtml?epid=bbc_two_england ]AO semi live[/url] on another ... and work somewhere between 🙂
He's a scot and always will be.
Surprised with the strength he's shown in fighting back, a really mature performance. Lendl's influence, perhaps?
game of two halves so far switched sound off squeaky shoes more annoying than grunting women tennisists.
Two tired clichés rolled out already.
Set apiece. Game on. Nice one Andy.
Djokovic suffering somewhat though. May well retire at this rate.
Well done Murray - evens it up!!
The Scot will become a Brit at this rate!!
Great hold to take the set from 15:40. Djok looks surprisingly tired - lets hope so!
aracer, listening on radio. Sounds like Djokovic has big support there? Big Serb population in Oz I'm guessing.
Big Serb population in Oz I'm guessing.
Yes, also a big Croat and Greek one too, with some [url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/tennis/serbs-croats-clash-at-open/2007/01/15/1168709659893.html ]combustable results.[/url]
Ooooh, sounding shaky for Djokovic? Is he in a lot of trouble?
[b]C'MON TIM!!![/b]
Are we only having this thread for the Grand Slam tournaments? I suspect it'll get a bit samey otherwise....
Murray 2-1 up in the 3rd set. Looking like he's on top, but its very close. Crowd seems pretty equal on both sides. Getting right in to it.
he looks tired DD but tbh I know nothing about tennis and the commentators say he always looks tired.
Certainly more huffing and puffing from him between points than from Murray what this means I dont know
Nah, because it really looks like Murray could win this. Its his best surface of the 4 possibly (with US).
Suddenly looking very good for Murray.
What do you mean, druidh? I only started this thread because I couldn't find anything recent mentioning tennis or Murray, and reckoned I couldn't be the only one watching it who'd like to chat a bit. It's specific to this match (though feel free to re-use it on Sunday if he wins).
Oh and to dd - Murray has been getting a lot of support too (if anything I'd have said more than Djoko).
Mind you, whoever does win this is going to be shattered when they step up against Nadal, this is brutal stuff.
Has cliff done his song yet? I love that bit
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[b]C'MON TIM!!![/b]
Now not looking quite so good for Murray 🙁
And he's just dropped the game he'd won. Murray seems to be making more unforced errors?
Will Murray ever be given decent looking kit?
And Djok looks like he is going to a Stefan Edberg look-a-like party in his - bit 1980s?
switched sound off squeaky shoes more annoying than grunting women tennisists.
Djoko now imitating women tennisists
This has 5th set tie break written all over it.
except the fifth set does not have a tie break
8)
Scot or Brit, win or lose , he's still a total bulbend
Fair enough if the 5th set doesnt have a tie break. It still has going to the death written all over it. (in before you say that it doesnt.)
[b]C'MON TIM!!![/b]
I think the one who looses this set will be broken tbh
murray could have done without that tie break, not just cos he'd have taken the set.
Tie break. 😐
binbins, you're a laugh a minute. I can tell you're tense about the weekend.
amazing two points there from murray. 🙂
Go the Brit!
Woo (for now).
Almost a 90 min set. Bonkers.
awesome.
An hour and a half for the set. Crazy stuff out there - Djoko is playing like a number 1, which shows just how well Murray is playing.
Druidh - you will have to put up with more Brit ribbing now.
C'mon Andy! Those three saved set points almost made him English. What cocones with the drop shot. 😉
Like a number 2?
but winning.
Great match for trading on.
He seems to have decided that he's Scottish after all now. Has he forgotten he needs to win three sets?
Bloody Henman impersonator....
He'll never be promoted at this rate. Sometimes I think he [i]wants[/i] to be a scotch.
Well that went quick
He'll never be promoted at this rate. Sometimes I think he wants to be a scotch.
LOL
He may be Scottish but the SNP don't want him to have a vote in the referendum (not resident in Scotland). At least it'll prevent Sean Connery voting too.
That last point was pretty amazing though...
aye
6 o'clock news: Murray Loses in 5-set inevitability...
Murray capitulates in quarter-final/semi-final/final of Grand Slam event (delete as appropriate).
I'd love to know what goes on inside his head during these matches.
don't think you need a psychological weakness to lose to nadal/djokovic/federer, sadly.
His middle name must be Spurs.
it's getting interesting again!
..and he's back in it!
break to love at that point in the match is epic.
I might have to retract that judging by the last couple of games.
don't think you need a psychological weakness to lose to nadal/djokovic/federer, sadly.
there would be a lot of psychologically weak player out there if that was untrue
No shame to either player fro loosing this game
Wow - fightback
what's happened to the bbc stream?!
edited due to posters ^^^^^ Sneaky ninja edit ...they know what they did 😛
don't know if that's directed at me for my now edited comment, but the bbc stream had gone wrong and confused me!
it had jumped back about an hour!
done
Time to bugger off back to Scotland then 😉
Unlucky plucky [s]Brit[/s] Scotch bloke.
So, so close 🙁 I think he's still a Brit after that.
Yet again.
Shame - he really fought his way back into that match too.
and i've only just been able to find out how it finished 😡 😡 😡
Normal order was ultimately restored.
😥 😥 😥
That was a bloomin tight match
does his mum still go to his games?
Wow that was a close thing. Apart from that 4th set Murray didn't do too much wrong.
Agree aracer - what an incredible effort. Amazing match and brilliant performance from Murray. Tennis is lucky to have 4 incredible top players and a shame in many ways that Andy has to face three such incredible opponents.
Amazing respect for both players.
Cracking match. No shame in losing if you put up a performance like that. Well done Murray!
what a gutsy performance! If he was playing anyone other than the current No.1 he would of won, no question. the level of fitness these guys have is incredible. 5 hours of full on high heart rate exercise...
bit of a thriller
btw if an already world class cyclist was to make the gains in power, endurance and recovery over the course of about a year that Djorkovic has made would anyone believe them if they said it was all the result of a gluten free diet and sleeping in an egg?
Murray is the Colin Montgomerie of tennis, he'll do very well out of tennis but I don't think he'll never win a major.
Ouch Omar - PEDs in tennis, surely not?!?
But hopefully with Djok - its been purely a mental thing. He always had the technique.
In the 70s the tennis players were always languishing in last place with the racing drivers on Superstars. How would their modern counter parts measure up against Brian Jacks et al?
Sorry if you young ones have no idea what im on about.