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Andy Murray
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Sad day, now that Andy’s retired.
When you compare his achievements with Federer, Nadal and Djokovic it doesn’t seem much. But in truth it’s a huge achievement, certainly in the history of British tennis.
Will we ever see another British tennis player like him?8 -
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My favourite sports person. Loved following his career.They said he wasn’t fit enough, but he turned himself into one of the fittest players on the circuit. They said his back hand was weak but he turned it into a weapon. They said his second serve wasn’t good enough, but he worked until it was. They said he was too serious and sulky and he said “eff you, I’m a tennis player not a comedian”. They said he was a bottle job, but he became one of the fiercest competitors and toughest to beat out there. They said he was Scottish and hates the English but he won a Davis Cup and Olympic Gold for Great Britain.All the while, he stuck to his principles, stood up for female equality, and got up the noses of all the right kinds people.Triple Grand Slam WinnerOlympic ChampionFormer World Number One
Davis Cup WinnerBritish (and Scottish) Sporting LegendAnd All Round Good EggRest that hip, son, you’ve earnt it!40 -
Decent tribute tbfExiled_Addick said:My favourite sports person. Loved following his career.They said he wasn’t fit enough, but he turned himself into one of the fittest players on the circuit. They said his back hand was weak but he turned it into a weapon. They said his second serve wasn’t good enough, but he worked until it was. They said he was too serious and sulky and he said “eff you, I’m a tennis player not a comedian”. They said he was a bottle job, but he became one of the fiercest competitors and toughest to beat out there. They said he was Scottish and hates the English but he won a Davis Cup and Olympic Gold for Great Britain.All the while, he stuck to his principles, stood up for female equality, and got up the noses of all the right kinds people.Triple Grand Slam WinnerOlympic ChampionFormer World Number One
Davis Cup WinnerBritish (and Scottish) Sporting LegendAnd All Round Good EggRest that hip, son, you’ve earnt it!
absolute legend of a tennis player and just a shame his career was at the same time as Federer, Djokovic and Nadal or he'd Have a stack more titles.Rest up lad, I reckon you’ve earned it1 -
or, and am purely playing devils advocate here, maybe the reason those three won so many titles is that the Murray’s and Wawrinkas were not all that and we are looking at him through success starved British eyes, tried so hard to shoehorn him into part of a ‘big four’ when it was so obviously a big three and then some scrapsAlcarez has already exceeded their slam totals2
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Arguably the greatest British sportsman of my lifetime. Have loved watching him play. Thanks Andy.2
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He was the best the UK has delivered in my lifetime. I do remember when he first came onto the scene and stamina was an issue. It says a lot about the man that it became a strength.Swisdom said:
Decent tribute tbfExiled_Addick said:My favourite sports person. Loved following his career.They said he wasn’t fit enough, but he turned himself into one of the fittest players on the circuit. They said his back hand was weak but he turned it into a weapon. They said his second serve wasn’t good enough, but he worked until it was. They said he was too serious and sulky and he said “eff you, I’m a tennis player not a comedian”. They said he was a bottle job, but he became one of the fiercest competitors and toughest to beat out there. They said he was Scottish and hates the English but he won a Davis Cup and Olympic Gold for Great Britain.All the while, he stuck to his principles, stood up for female equality, and got up the noses of all the right kinds people.Triple Grand Slam WinnerOlympic ChampionFormer World Number One
Davis Cup WinnerBritish (and Scottish) Sporting LegendAnd All Round Good EggRest that hip, son, you’ve earnt it!
absolute legend of a tennis player and just a shame his career was at the same time as Federer, Djokovic and Nadal or he'd Have a stack more titles.Rest up lad, I reckon you’ve earned it1 -
Yes, and he's done it when Federer has retired, and Nadal and Djokovic are well past their peak (still great mind you but lacking their prime power and fitness.) If anything it actually shows how dominant those three were I think.MrOneLung said:or, and am purely playing devils advocate here, maybe the reason those three won so many titles is that the Murray’s and Wawrinkas were not all that and we are looking at him through success starved British eyes, tried so hard to shoehorn him into part of a ‘big four’ when it was so obviously a big three and then some scrapsAlcarez has already exceeded their slam totals
Murray can still be the greatest British tennis player ever without being as good as The Big Three. Not being as good as arguably three of the best EVER still leaves plenty of room to be excellent in his own right.8 -
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All the best Andy. Sit back and enjoy your money you've won. Great ambassador hopefully for British tennis going forward.0
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My favourite British sportsman - hope he enjoys his retirement.0
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And also a real leader for British tennis. For example inviting Dan Evans to join him at his Miami training camp to show him how to train properly. Or the Battle of the Brits events organised by The Murrays during the Covid lockdowns.Exiled_Addick said:My favourite sports person. Loved following his career.They said he wasn’t fit enough, but he turned himself into one of the fittest players on the circuit. They said his back hand was weak but he turned it into a weapon. They said his second serve wasn’t good enough, but he worked until it was. They said he was too serious and sulky and he said “eff you, I’m a tennis player not a comedian”. They said he was a bottle job, but he became one of the fiercest competitors and toughest to beat out there. They said he was Scottish and hates the English but he won a Davis Cup and Olympic Gold for Great Britain.All the while, he stuck to his principles, stood up for female equality, and got up the noses of all the right kinds people.Triple Grand Slam WinnerOlympic ChampionFormer World Number One
Davis Cup WinnerBritish (and Scottish) Sporting LegendAnd All Round Good EggRest that hip, son, you’ve earnt it!
And not escaping to Monaco as a tax exile.11 -
Don't get me wrong - for me, he is one of the Top 10 best British sportsmen of the last 20 yearsthenewbie said:
Yes, and he's done it when Federer has retired, and Nadal and Djokovic are well past their peak (still great mind you but lacking their prime power and fitness.) If anything it actually shows how dominant those three were I think.MrOneLung said:or, and am purely playing devils advocate here, maybe the reason those three won so many titles is that the Murray’s and Wawrinkas were not all that and we are looking at him through success starved British eyes, tried so hard to shoehorn him into part of a ‘big four’ when it was so obviously a big three and then some scrapsAlcarez has already exceeded their slam totals
Murray can still be the greatest British tennis player ever without being as good as The Big Three. Not being as good as arguably three of the best EVER still leaves plenty of room to be excellent in his own right.1 -
Unlucky he played in the era he did. Still has an excellent CV, loved watching him play. I find Tennis a little boring now without having him at the top level if i'm honest.3
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Loved watching him play, especially when he lost1
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Good tennis player but what a dour, miserable glum person he was.2
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Saw him down at The Valley once watching a Prem game1
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ShootersHillGuru said:Good tennis player but what a dour, miserable glum person he was.
Tennis was his work and he was a dour Scot on court but was different as he proved on a couple of occasions when he was in the audience for mock the week and he was mocked and praised in equal measure.
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He’s retired, not diedShootersHillGuru said:Good tennis player but what a dour, miserable glum person he was.1 -
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Murray was part of the big four, that was because time and time again, at the semi final stage of the slams, it was the same four. However, the titles, make it hard to argue he was on a par with the top 3, he was just behind, in one of the most incredible eras of tennis, where the best pushed each other to extraordinary heights.MrOneLung said:or, and am purely playing devils advocate here, maybe the reason those three won so many titles is that the Murray’s and Wawrinkas were not all that and we are looking at him through success starved British eyes, tried so hard to shoehorn him into part of a ‘big four’ when it was so obviously a big three and then some scrapsAlcarez has already exceeded their slam totals
But looking at titles alone, and using that to put Murray on a par with Wawrinka is clearly unfair and then comparing to Alcaraz, with a much lower level of competition.
Wawrinka made 4 finals, Murray 11, and Murray has two olympic titles also, as well as 46 tour singles titles, compared to Wawrinka's 12.
There is no doubt Murray made the most of the talent he was given, he didn't have the grace of Federer, the guile of Djokovic or the raw power of Nadal, but what he had he used effectively, he improved his game in every area he could, and where he could improve no more, he used his determination to keep him in matches.10 -
This is true of how he speaks, but couldn't be further from the truth of his actual personality!ShootersHillGuru said:Good tennis player but what a dour, miserable glum person he was.9 -
To be the in the top 4 in the world for 10 years is in itself outstanding. His ranking and titles record make him a real legend. Probably the greatest British sportsman of my lifetime.1
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Winning a grand Slam event in Tennis is a bit like Winning a Major in Golf.
So for me Faldo has to be above Murray1 -
I love him, any other generation of male tennis he is the daddy but kept pace with 3 of the best players of all time. Never quit and crucially, gave the country an actual shout of seeing a British winner of Wimbledon in our lifetimes. In with a shout of greatest living sportsman5
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I dunno I reckon Murray is probably better at tennis tbhblackpool72 said:Winning a grand Slam event in Tennis is a bit like Winning a Major in Golf.
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Greatest living British sportsman I should have saidCarter said:I love him, any other generation of male tennis he is the daddy but kept pace with 3 of the best players of all time. Never quit and crucially, gave the country an actual shout of seeing a British winner of Wimbledon in our lifetimes. In with a shout of greatest living sportsman
And good for him for being honest enough to not pretend to be English when it suits him. The ABE stuff I thought was good humoured, showed up sensationalist journalists for the thickos they are and so what? I'm English and British, hes Scottish and British more power to him5 -
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Yeah that's the story that gets trotted out. Loving father, campaigner for equality in the sport, great sense of humour, but no. "A dour Scot". Well done.ShootersHillGuru said:Good tennis player but what a dour, miserable glum person he was.3 -
If only he’d had a solid 10 minute pre-match stand-up set, like Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal, that he could warm the crowd up with and he’d have surely won more majors.Wheresmeticket said:
Yeah that's the story that gets trotted out. Loving father, campaigner for equality in the sport, great sense of humour, but no. "A dour Scot". Well done.ShootersHillGuru said:Good tennis player but what a dour, miserable glum person he was.2
