Tennis Thread

Pulling out the stops at big times in the match here.

I have chosen this to be my primary viewing after the nix's rather poor attempt at playing football.

wow didnt see clijsters getting beaten that easily

 

Quite fun watching Karlovic. Monster who at times seems like he can't really play tennis apart from serve and volley, but every now and then he pulls some crackers.

 

should do

 

The Del Potro vs Cilic was tense. Was pleased to see Cilic get through. Fell asleep during the Roddick vs Gonzalez game unfortunately.

 

All the Quarter Finals are going to be awesome - they all really could go either way.

 

You are just being a complete moron who obviously doesn't watch much tennis so you don't know what you're talking about but like to hate on Murray. Have fun with that though mate.

 

Watched the second half of that Verdasco vs Davydenko. It was like they were both trying to lose the game by the fifth set. Verdasco obviously tried to lose more with 81 unforced errors. 20 double faults. That's five whole service games ffs!

 

Davydenko has beaten Fed in their last two encounters, so that'll be interesting. Davy will have to raise his game though.

 

Dead excited about Nadal vs Murray tomorrow night.

 

 Hero. And, for what it's worth, I agree!

But I think that Murray is actually the opposite of what you say. He is one of the least repetitive players on tour. He has so much variety in his game - moreso than nearly anyone. This is why I cannot accept at all that he's the most boring tennis player to watch ever. It's personal, but I enjoy watching his drop shots from anywhere on the court, lobs, sprinting around like a madman hitting winners at full strength, deadly backhand, best returning on tour etc... I also think it's interesting to watch the variety of speed / spin that he uses all the time. I actually found the Del Potro vs Cilic match quite boring because most of the game they just brainlessly smashed the ball. At times Murray can play defensive, but that's because the other player is losing points on their own - in which case it's really the opposition that's being boring by hitting it into the net! He can play very aggressive tennis when he wants. He usually does in the games where he plays Nadal / Federer in particular.

 

And Murray just cannot be compared to Tim Henman.

 

I'm very nervous about tonight. Got the jitters big time!

 

Interesting reading Murray's comments after he lost to Nadal in 5 sets at 2007 Aussie Open (when Murray was pretty new on tour):

 

It�s not hard to come up with a game plan against him, it�s quite obvious; don�t leave the ball in the middle of the court to his forehand. If you do that you�re going to do a lot of running. I wanted to keep the points a little shorter, so my game plan was pretty good. I served and volleyed well.

 

I think I showed I�m not just a counter puncher. I was the aggressor for much of the match, hitting a lot of winners.

 

- he also played pretty aggressive against Nadal when he beat him in US Open semi-final. I'm still scared though!

im still hoping nadal looses. cant stand him, dont really mind murray, havnt really watched him alot so havnt had the chance to form a more solid opinion

 

Hoping Murray can get his first serves in a bit more to make his service games more comfortable. But if he keeps playing such good ground strokes it won't matter!

 

Looooong way to go though. It's annoying. Win the first set, play awesome and you still have to win bloomin' two more!