I've been waiting all my life for this day.
Well done.
Now you're British, Andy. ;)
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I've been waiting all my life for this day.
Well done.
Now you're British, Andy. ;)
Been a long time coming, 77yrs!Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
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Originally Posted by youngblood61
Yep.
Just imagine not having sex for that long! :(
It was a terrific match, and Murray played a great tactical game by taking the game to Djokovic pretty well all through. Not as good as the Djokovic vs del Potro semifinal from the purist's perspective, and Novak didn't play consistently as well as he can, but we were definitely watching the two best players on the planet right now, who clearly share the philosophy that on a tennis court every ball is worth chasing.
But the occasion made it unforgettable, probably the sporting moment of the year. In that grinding, anxious final game, the whole country was playing every stroke. And Murray coped with the ludicrous weight of expectation better than any of his predecessors.
Proud day to be a British tennis fan, but to be a fellow Scot feels really special.
I just cannot imagine how they played such fine tennis for so long in that heat. And Djokovic was hugely gracious in defeat. What a magnificent afternoon now we need a woman champ.
nooooooo!Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Murray has donated both his Wimbledon prize money and his Queen's Club winnings to charity.
That's $US 3,000,000. And they say Scots are mean.
I think that that was such an admiral thing to do. Not that it matters but I wonder what his chosen cause was
xx
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Originally Posted by robertlouis
Amazing. I missed that. What a great guy!
I've never considered Murray to be in the category of a Federer or Tiger as far a money earners are concerned... maybe he is . But regardless, it's a hugely generous gesture. In the US media they're reporting he'll never have to pay for a pint at any pub in the British Empire for the rest of his life ( too bad for Murray it shrank so much in the last 150 years)Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
I never pay for beer in the British Empire either Flabby... it ended before i was toddling
apparently 77 years since the last british winner, and he bought it home on the 7th of the 7th of an unlucky year!
Good for him regardless he so deserved it xx
Correction. Since the last MALE winner. Don't forget Virginia Wade
And if we're being pernickety, don't forget Angela Mortimer (1961) whose opponent was another British woman, Christine Trueman, and Anne Jones in 1969.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
I'm a tennis geek. :geek:
Marion Bartoli announced today that she's quitting competitive tennis.Quote:
Originally Posted by flabbybody
Bon Chance Marion. You're a great champion. I enjoyed watching you play at the highest level of the game
just kidding ! I totally fell for it.
Marion is skipping the US Open and getting ready for 2014.
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...ts-at-comeback
Thoughts and prayers with Marion as she fights a strange virus threatening her life.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/36735499
A strange virus indeed, one that no other visitor to India has fallen victim to, even 'the doctors' don't know what it is, yet I doubt Marion was doing things or going places in India no other European has ever done or been to. I was delighted when she won the Wimbledon title in 2013, but it is also the case that she has had personal problems (don't we all?), a 'difficult dad' (like Steffi Graff), and was humiliated by a BBC commentator called John Inverdale who made disparaging remarks about her 'never going to be a looker' using Maria Sharapova as the benchmark of female desirability. It is also odd that she is now claiming this is a virus when in the 18 months after that Wimbledon she not only lost two and a half stone (35 pounds) but claimed it was due to a gluten-free diet, a new exercise regime, yoga and so on. While we do not know the whole of the truth, we can only hope that Marion finds a way back to becoming whole again.Quote:
Originally Posted by flabbybody