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The Bridge Lad said:
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Retiring at Wimbledon apparently.

But might not actually be able to play it. Grim.
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I'm genuinely so sad for him. Was bad enough seeing Ferrer pull up with an injury the other night in one of his last ever matches but this...

Hopefully he takes it easy after Australia and doesn't even pick up a racket until June so he gets the proper send off he deserves at Wimbledon.
 

MarcoG said:
I'm genuinely so sad for him. Was bad enough seeing Ferrer pull up with an injury the other night in one of his last ever matches but this...

Hopefully he takes it easy after Australia and doesn't even pick up a racket until June so he gets the proper send off he deserves at Wimbledon.
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Yeah, I'm gutted for him. Never nice to see someone not leave on their terms, especially where he was just 2 years ago. I see he has also ruled out doubles.

Been an absolute great for the sport in this country.

Dart's struggling massively here, looks a bit out of her depth. Lost the first set 1-6.

It's just a shame how GB will likely struggle for a legit challenger for a long time now. It's good that we have a few in the top 100 on both sides and a few more will join them soon and go on to have relatively successful careers, earning a lot and perhaps a tour title here and there, but it won't really crossover and get the nation interested like Murray did, particularly at Wimbledon.

There'll be a lot of pressure on Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper and they've just turned 16 and 17 respectively and have limited pro experience.
 
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Dart actually took the 2nd set, so into a decider there and Evans won his first set. Would be fantastic if both could see it out and qualify, although I'd settle for one.
 
He hasn't actually thrown the towel in yet. He said he would consider another operation and then see whether or not he could come back. He notes Bob Bryan did have a similar operation recently and is playing at the top level again, but obviously the movement involved in doubles is a lot different to that in singles and Murray was quick to point that out.

The retirement talk could be a bit premature yet, we'll just have to see how he performs over the next 6 months or so. Its not looking good, but maybe he springs a surprise and beats RBA and then we're back to talking about him having another regular season.
 
Hart and Evans through.

I had a feeling Murray would retire after Wimbledon after watching him struggle badly against Djokovic the other night. He was serving at 60mph, I could handle that never mind to pro's. He achieved so much it's a sad end but he's making the right decision.
 
Sad news about Murray but he's admitted he could never get back to what he was (and he was okay with that) but still having the pain in the hip on top of that was too much for one of the GREATEST tennis players in history let alone from Britain.
Will always be mentioned alongside the best of the best in arguably the greatest era of tennis players to have ever picked up a tennis racket, forever a what if as to how many grand slams he would have won in any other era
 
Awful news, he looked totally broken talking about it.

He would have had a couple more grand slams in him if it was not for this injury.
 
Was a great player but he was always a level below the big three, it was only a big four because he was British, having said that he was unlucky to have played in the same era as them.
 
Interesting qualifying placements. Dart gets Sharapova and Evans gets Ito where the winner will likely play Federer in R2. Both those matches are on the Monday.

Oh and Cameron Norrie made the final of Auckland 250, his first ATP final and plays Sandgren next, so very winnable.
 
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Sharpshooter said:
He hasn't actually thrown the towel in yet. He said he would consider another operation and then see whether or not he could come back. He notes Bob Bryan did have a similar operation recently and is playing at the top level again, but obviously the movement involved in doubles is a lot different to that in singles and Murray was quick to point that out.

The retirement talk could be a bit premature yet, we'll just have to see how he performs over the next 6 months or so. Its not looking good, but maybe he springs a surprise and beats RBA and then we're back to talking about him having another regular season.
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With Murray it was always his mental state which determined on any given day how he would perform. He was technically on a par with the others but rarely truly believed it so could be up in a game when a couple of minor things went against him and he’d crumble quicker than @Les the Scientist lass’s legs.
 
Flared Hicks said:
With Murray it was always his mental state which determined on any given day how he would perform. He was technically on a par with the others but rarely truly believed it so could be up in a game when a couple of minor things went against him and he’d crumble quicker than @Les the Scientist lass’s legs.
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I watched the first episode of the new series of the undateables last night. First up, some lass with brittle bones. Harsh :eek:
 
Born Never Asked said:
Was a great player but he was always a level below the big three, it was only a big four because he was British, having said that he was unlucky to have played in the same era as them.
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He's beat Roger Federer in a major final on centre court at Wimbledon, he's beat Rafa Nadal in a Masters final on clay, he's beat Novak Djokovic in mutliple Grand Slam finals. He's been the best player in the world in an era where arguably the three best players of all time are still active.

It's hard to see how it's not a big four really. Slam totals really aren't the be all and end all. If slam totals are that important then we really should be talking about it being just a big two for the last decade because Federer's only won one Slam more than Murray this decade. Include Murray's Gold Medals and he's been more successful.
 
MarcoG said:
He's beat Roger Federer in a major final on centre court at Wimbledon, he's beat Rafa Nadal in a Masters final on clay, he's beat Novak Djokovic in mutliple Grand Slam finals. He's been the best player in the world in an era where arguably the three best players of all time are still active.

It's hard to see how it's not a big four really. Slam totals really aren't the be all and end all. If slam totals are that important then we really should be talking about it being just a big two for the last decade because Federer's only won one Slam more than Murray this decade. Include Murray's Gold Medals and he's been more successful.
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Slams are the be all and end all though, they are what you get judged on at the end of the day, Murray is way behind the other three, he’s on the same amount as Wawrinka. It Dosnt really matter what he’s done in a one off final or who he’s beat. He’s so far behind the other three career wise it’s a bit of an insult that he gets included in the big four, might aswell be a big 5 and include Wawrinka. Tennis players ultimately get judged on how many slams they have won.
 
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Assuming Andy starts his match, when was the last time there were 8 Brits in the first round of a slam, outside of Wimbledon?
 
Horrible watching that press conference. He's had a great career, but he could easily have picked up a couple more majors in the last 2 years if he'd been fit. Such a shame that it's not even a winding down of his career, just an abrupt end.
 
chopsfc007 said:
Kvitova looking good @The Bridge Lad
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You got her on a bet mate?

I've not seen much of the Sydney event as I've been following the AO qualifiers more this week (and Hobart), but I have been keeping an eye on the results and yeah, she is getting some impressive scores.

Her initial path isn't too bad, but due to meet Sabalenka in R4 (if it goes with ranking) and that should be a good one, they've exchanged wins recently.
 
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