Out of curiousity whats the difference between Andy Murray who hasnt played in the last year and Serena Williams and others who have had protected ranking when they've been out for a long period?
The fact that Serena Williams had a baby and was off the circuit for about a year may be why she had the protected ranking.
I don't think Serena had a protected ranking although she has been lobbying for such. She has played a lot more WTA events than Murray did ATP over the last year. She did ok at the French and reached the Wimbledon final. The All England Club did seed her in the Ladies Singles as they are the only Slam that do their own rankings as opposed to the official ones.
In retrospect I bet they're very glad they did seed her. It would have been embarrassing if Serena had ended up in the final unseeded
She had a baby. She must have been seeded at some point
Currently playing Kyle Edmund in the Citi Open in Washington DC. 1 set all, Murray took the first on a tie-break but Edmund has just won the 2nd 6-1. Live on channel 408
Great win for Murray. He plays Copil in the third round. Win that and he's into the quarter final against Hyeon Chung (world no. 23), Steve Johnson (world no. 34) or Alex de Minaur (world no. 68).
He already has enough ranking points from this tournament to get back to around world number 500.
Beating Copil will have him inside the top 400.
Reaching a semi final puts him into the top 300.
Reaching the final would see him shoot up to around 170.
Winning the tournament means a ranking of around 110.
Great to see Murray winning (even though it's a terrible result for Edmund)
What we need to see is Murray progressing through a tournament, the points and wins would be great of course, but it's especially important to see how his body holds up playing several matches in a week
Great to see he is doing well again, hopefully he can remain injury free and get back to the top 10. Always thought he was class and best British tennis player, was a nice change when he was at the top from Henman/Rusedski constant failures.
Pulled out of the 1/4 final and the next tournament he was due to play. Basically knackered.
Interestingly a few people on twitter saying the tears were because he was limping towards the end of his last match and he knew them that he might not fully recover
Pulled out of the 1/4 final and the next tournament he was due to play. Basically knackered.
Interestingly a few people on twitter saying the tears were because he was limping towards the end of his last match and he knew them that he might not fully recover
He wasn’t just crying, he was sobbing uncontrollably out loud for fully two minutes, seemingly broken hearted and distraught. Something very very serious going on there, the likes of which I have never seen from a professional sportsman. Found myself with tears in my eyes just watching him in such distress.
Pulled out of the 1/4 final and the next tournament he was due to play. Basically knackered.
Interestingly a few people on twitter saying the tears were because he was limping towards the end of his last match and he knew them that he might not fully recover
He wasn’t just crying, he was sobbing uncontrollably out loud for fully two minutes, seemingly broken hearted and distraught. Something very very serious going on there, the likes of which I have never seen from a professional sportsman. Found myself with tears in my eyes just watching him in such distress.
Just watching Azarenka leave her game in floods of tears after retiring from the match as well. She 2 has just come back(returned in March her last tournament before that was Wimbledon)
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He already has enough ranking points from this tournament to get back to around world number 500.
Beating Copil will have him inside the top 400.
Reaching a semi final puts him into the top 300.
Reaching the final would see him shoot up to around 170.
Winning the tournament means a ranking of around 110.
What we need to see is Murray progressing through a tournament, the points and wins would be great of course, but it's especially important to see how his body holds up playing several matches in a week
Through to the QF in a match that finished at 3am!
So much for taking the easy retirement. What a sportsman. He is clearly leaving nothing on the table.
Read something the other day that two of our greatest sportsmen, Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton, are also our most hated.
Our attitude towards what it takes to win in this country beggars belief sometimes.
Something very very serious going on there, the likes of which I have never seen from a professional sportsman.
Found myself with tears in my eyes just watching him in such distress.
I respect him of course, like any winner, but personally never want him to win.
3-0 behind in 1st set and 2 breaks behind
Looks a shade of his former self
All that hard work then gives him his 1st service game of the 3rd
Murray is a superb player, hope he achieves the heights he had before the hip injuries.
Tennis is not my favourite sport to watch to be fair,