| lightweight |
Couldn't see a thread, am off there today (first of 6 days over the fortnight).
Who's going to win this year? I think Federer may just do it again, but Nadal could well overtake him having won Queens. Am also conscious that I'm a bit out of touch as didn't recognise some of the other seeds' names! Think it might be a bit too soon for Djorkovic (?sp) to do well this year, but wonder if any other dark horses might appear! |
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| shayeagle |
| game over for rodger, time for the new breed! nadal will win with easy. |
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| Oddjob |
| I think Roger Federer will win. |
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| chelmsfordeagle |
I can't see past Federer, though I saw Nadal beat Roddick and Djokovic and he was very impressive. Non seeds to maybe look out for are Ancic, who is coming back from injury and Cilic who to me looks like a top 20 player of the near future and who also has a fairly kind draw. Nadals second round match could be intresting. Both Isner, who has a gigantic serve and Gublis (who beat henman at the french last year) could test him.
As for Murray, he has got a pretty tough draw. He will probably have to play (and beat) Santoro, Malisse, Hass, Gasquet, Nadal, Roddick and Federer to win. |
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| Newts G |
quote:
Originally posted by chelmsfordeagle
As for Murray, he has got a pretty tough draw. He will probably have to play (and beat) Santoro, Malisse, Hass, Gasquet, Nadal, Roddick and Federer to win.
So he wont then :D |
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| chelmsfordeagle |
quote:
Originally posted by Newts G
So he wont then :D
no not for me. If I was betting i'd say Gasquet will beat him in tha last 16. |
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| Voldo |
| Next year for Nadal |
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| SpikeyMatt |
| Djokovic to win. |
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| jookbeard |
| Nadal, I love the Fed but Nadal's time has come |
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| CHERRY TREE BRB |
Men's - Nadal
Women's - Dementieva |
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| Eye-dee |
I think Murray will win!
(Well, ok, in today's Telegraph he said he wasn't anti-English, so if he's going to be silly, so am I) :D :o |
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| EddieEdwards |
| With Djokovic drawn in the top half I can't see anybody stopping Nadal reaching his 3rd consecutive final, but I think Federer will beat him again. |
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| E_girl |
| Love Wimbledon & new job has a huge flatscreen on the wall so can all watch it, as with the Euro's, etc. |
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| Oddjob |
| Do you work in Comet ? |
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| E_girl |
quote:
Originally posted by Oddjob
Do you work in Comet ?
No Dixons |
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| davematt |
Probably the two weeks when I am really fecked off to be in the US.
Thankfully I get next week off so will be able to get to watch quite a bit of the 2nd week.
I am going for Federer, but only just. Think he will be determined to prove everyone wrong right now. |
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| Eagle Of Cray |
quote:
Originally posted by Oddjob
Do you work in Comet ?
:)
Mrs EoC is going tomorrow with a couple of people from work. They are meeting at 8am, none of them have tickets. Does anyone who has been think this would be ok, or should they meet earlier? |
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| colonel |
quote:
Originally posted by Eagle Of Cray
:)
Mrs EoC is going tomorrow with a couple of people from work. They are meeting at 8am, none of them have tickets. Does anyone who has been think this would be ok, or should they meet earlier?
No chance - I had to go at 6am to get in the queue for tickets and only then got No 2 and the other outside courts. |
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| Eagle Of Cray |
quote:
Originally posted by colonel
No chance - I had to go at 6am to get in the queue for tickets and only then got No 2 and the other outside courts.
Thanks, I thought they should go earlier. I don't think they really mind which courts they get on, it's more for the experience having never been before, well her and Emma haven't. Whereas her boss is a bit of a regular each year and has advised the time to meet. |
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| Eye-dee |
| I went there a few years ago, we spent all day in the bar and didn't see an ounce of tennis :D When play finished, we went over to the golf club and carried on, great day out! |
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| BaldEagle96 |
| Blimey, a British Woman has won her first round match. What is the workd coming to! |
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| UEAgle |
| Love Roger's cardigan, very dapper. |
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| EagleSE24 |
I went a few years ago to camp outside the night before. After an evening in the pub and a crate of beer to keep us going in through the night, I had spent most of my money. When we got to the front of the queue and were offered Centre Court or Court 1 we had go with outside court tickets as we couldnt find the cash for the good seats.
They thougt we were mad and told us for outer tickets all we had to do was turn up at 9am on the day of play and queue for an hour or so. |
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| Batsta |
| Federer to win no problem. I think he will be even more motivated because of Borg saying Nadal was favourite. |
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| lightweight |
quote:
Originally posted by Eagle Of Cray
:)
Mrs EoC is going tomorrow with a couple of people from work. They are meeting at 8am, none of them have tickets. Does anyone who has been think this would be ok, or should they meet earlier?
I've queued before, from about 8am and got in, but they'll only get ground tickets and won't be in until about 12 ish I'd reckon, but they should be ok. Earlier would guarantee, and possibly get them a court 2 ticket at least. |
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| Cpeagles |
Lucky enough to get Centre Court tickets in the public ballot for today.
Looking forward to seeing both Nadal and Murray. |
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| lightweight |
quote:
Originally posted by Cpeagles
Lucky enough to get Centre Court tickets in the public ballot for today.
Looking forward to seeing both Nadal and Murray.
and the weather's good - you should have a good day
Highest seed out yesterday was nalbandian - he was totally crushed, and only put more fight in right towards the end. The canadian he was playing looked really good - be interesting to see how far he goes. |
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| AJ's right boot |
| Im really looking forward to watching nadal play in a bit. |
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| little al |
| How much do the tickets cost out of interest |
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| Cpeagles |
The price varies depending on which day in the fortnight it is.
We paid £38 for a Centre Court ticket today.
It is around £20 for a ground ticket, where you can watch any of the matches on the outside courts. |
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| Sick Bucket |
| At least we don't have to suffer all the Henman mania, all those 'crazy' toffs piss me off, I'd quite like to see Murray play in an Argentina shirt. |
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| working eagle |
quote:
Originally posted by SpikeyMatt
Djokovic to win.
Looking extremely unlikely at present. Also the women's no 1 seed is looking like she's about to go out just had to save 2 match points |
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| jookbeard |
quote:
Originally posted by SpikeyMatt
Djokovic to win.
2 sets down and 1/4 down in the 3rd |
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| pete eagle |
| Djokovic being given a lesson in tennis and humility on centre court at the moment. Don't talk the talk Novak if you can't walk the walk. |
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| working eagle |
Djokovic now 5 2 down in the third
Ivanovic 2-2 in a second set tie break having lost the first |
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| CPFC987 |
| Gutted for Djokovic, thought he had a real chance this year. |
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| AJ's right boot |
| A bit upset!! Shows Saffin is still class on his day. |
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| Eagle Of Cray |
quote:
Originally posted by lightweight
I've queued before, from about 8am and got in, but they'll only get ground tickets and won't be in until about 12 ish I'd reckon, but they should be ok. Earlier would guarantee, and possibly get them a court 2 ticket at least.
They got in without a problem. She really enjoyed the day and wasn't at all bothered about just being able to get into the outside courts, they watched a few matches, had some Pimms, ate some strawberries & cream and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the whole experience.
I'm not sure what time they got inside the grounds but it couldn't have been too late as they were able to get some photos inside court 1 when it was virtually empty. |
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| limited_edition |
quote:
Originally posted by AJ's right boot
A bit upset!! Shows Saffin is still class on his day.
A big server like Safin is always a threat on grass. He's been hampered with injuries since winning the Oz Open a few years back, so I wish him well at Wimbledon. |
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| Voldo |
| Ivanovic had a scare i see |
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| m355y |
Really enjoyed the Ivanovic match earlier. I mean, I don't even watch tennis. I got in from work, flicked the TV on and thought 'ooh Ana Ivanovic, let's have a quick perv', then ended up watching the whole second half of the match and really feeling tense about the result.
The French woman did brilliantly to keep it going for so long, really give Ivanovic a huge scare. If anything it was Ivanovic who looked most jittery, especially when she finally got to match point. Win one game, lose the next one, back to square one. But I was glad she got through, cos she's a hottie:D
p.s. and a very talented player. yes. |
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| Chester |
| Anyway to find out any of the matches that will be on centre court tomorrow? or is it too early |
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| Fide et Fiducia |
| The BBC sport player volume goes up to 11, for when you need that little extra to push you over the cliff. Quality. |
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| gadford4th |
Nadal loses first set. Interesting stuff.
Loving the Keothavong Williams game. She's more than holding her own at the moment. Go'on girl!
Also Ivanovic has a wonderful arse. Absolutely superb. |
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| AJ's right boot |
quote:
Originally posted by gadford4th
Nadal loses first set. Interesting stuff.
Up a break in the second tho :( |
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| EddieEdwards |
quote:
Originally posted by Chester
Anyway to find out any of the matches that will be on centre court tomorrow? or is it too early
It won't be announced till later but my money would be on:
Federer vs Gicquel (near certainty)
Mauresmo vs Serena (very likely, Ivanovic vs Zheng possible but that's more likely to be on court 1)
Ancic vs Ferrer (Safin vs Seppi also possible, Hewitt vs Bolelli and Baghdatis vs Stadler sneaking in as outside bets)
These are all guesses though - no inside info, and therefore probably not much help! |
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| Chester |
| Thanks Eddie. First two especially look likely |
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| LLCOOLSTEVE |
| Sharapova really struggling |
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| LLCOOLSTEVE |
| Facing match point! |
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| Brett |
| ••••••• Russians will end up costing me a small fortune. |
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| EddieEdwards |
quote:
Originally posted by EddieEdwards
It won't be announced till later but my money would be on:
Federer vs Gicquel (near certainty)
Mauresmo vs Serena (very likely, Ivanovic vs Zheng possible but that's more likely to be on court 1)
Ancic vs Ferrer (Safin vs Seppi also possible, Hewitt vs Bolelli and Baghdatis vs Stadler sneaking in as outside bets)
How much do I win? Even got the order right. :) |
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| gadford4th |
AH! Beautiful beautiful Ana is out! :sob: :sob:
Her opponent Zheung did make me laugh as she was leaving the court. A small boy asked for her autograph and she threw a towel in his face. Brilliant. The Ice Queen cometh!
She's been impressive this year, she could make the final. |
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| congress |
Whats all this crap with Sue Barker introducing famous people who are sitting in the crowd watching the tennis?
Does she think it is BBC Sports personality.
Cringeworthy televison at its best.
She has just gone to change her knickers after mentioning Tim Henman again. |
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| UEAgle |
quote:
Originally posted by congress
Whats all this crap with Sue Barker introducing famous people who are sitting in the crowd watching the tennis?
Does she think it is BBC Sports personality.
Cringeworthy televison at its best.
She has just gone to change her knickers after mentioning Tim Henman again.
They do it every year. Sports stars and celebrities are invited to the Royal Box on the middle Saturday.
Don't think it's particularly cringeworthy. The crowd enjoy it and there are plenty of legends in the box who deserve the reception. |
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| jookbeard |
| Wonder why Jamie Murray stopped playing mixed doubles with Jankovic? Wonder if he humped her? and what her Serb war lord boyfriend thought? |
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| jookbeard |
quote:
Originally posted by UEAgle
They do it every year. Sports stars and celebrities are invited to the Royal Box on the middle Saturday.
Don't think it's particularly cringeworthy. The crowd enjoy it and there are plenty of legends in the box who deserve the reception.
Typical shite from the BBC with this pointless love in of irrelevant past players etc, just get on with the effing tennis! |
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| Johnson |
| She pulled out of mixed doubles after the French Open or a little earlier due to all the injuries she was suffering from. |
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| Finbar |
| Murray will get beaten today |
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| jookbeard |
quote:
Originally posted by Finbar
Murray will get beaten today
Oo very bold , will be close Murray to edge it, Haas to many injuries to go a 5 setter |
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| billy_gilberts_hammer |
| Come on Haas. Beat the mummy's boy. |
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| gadford4th |
| Murray has been too good to lose today. He'll do it in three |
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| lightweight |
| off to no1 court tomorrow, although will keep any eye on the Federer/Hewitt and the Murray/Gasquet games on centre. Looking forward to watching both Nadal and Safin though. |
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| pauldrulez |
Dont blow a Gasquet, Richard.
I'll get me coat |
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| StuNick |
I have a bet on Baghdatis to get to the semi and wondered what people thought about todays match with Lopez?
And if he gets past that he plays the winner of Marat Safin v Stanislas Wawrinka. Do most people agree this is likely to be Safin? |
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| chelmsfordeagle |
quote:
Originally posted by StuNick
I have a bet on Baghdatis to get to the semi and wondered what people thought about todays match with Lopez?
And if he gets past that he plays the winner of Marat Safin v Stanislas Wawrinka. Do most people agree this is likely to be Safin?
bagdahtis to make the semi is a good bet. I'd say he is favorite for his part of the draw. Lopez plays a serve-volley game and can be difficult but i think a bagdahtis playing at 80% will be able to beat him.
Wawrinka has been playing well this year on clay and safin is ...safin. on his day he can beat federer (or djokovic) but you never know with him. despite his 2 grand slams he is probably the biggest under achiever of the last 15 years. If i was betting I'd still go with Safin.
2nd monday is for me the nest day of the tournament. you always get a plenty of good matches giving 7 hours of top class tennis. |
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| Shoreditch CPFC |
| any idea what the centre court line up is likely to be tomorrow pls? |
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| Jza |
Is Wimbledon the biggest slam of them all?
Im a fan but my access to the sport is generally restricted to Wimbledon.
Every year you hear players say 'this is the big one' or 'every player dreams of winning Wimbledon more than any other'. Do they say that at every slam to the local press. I hear most commentators say similar things but is this just our media preserving national pride. Do all the slams claim the same thing? I'm sure they dont concede their own slam to Wimbledon, imagine the French doing that! Are we just biased...
Anyway, when I head such things each year I naturally think, yep this is the big one!!
But is it? Any tennis boffs who follow more than me know the objective verdict and why? |
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| gadford4th |
| I am highly amused by the American umpire in this Federer Hewitt match. He sounds like a Hollywood movie voice over man! |
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| jookbeard |
| Gasquet v Murrey will be a totally different ball game and I fancy Gasquet to nick it |
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| CHERRY TREE BRB |
| Venus-Serena final starting to look on the cards now, even though I tipped Dementieva from the start |
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| Adlerhorst |
| Federer now turning it on against Hewitt |
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| EddieEdwards |
quote:
Originally posted by Shoreditch CPFC
any idea what the centre court line up is likely to be tomorrow pls?
Two women's quarter-finals and then doubles. No men's singles matches tomorrow, unless they have some unfinished from today, which doesn't look likely. |
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| chelmsfordeagle |
quote:
Originally posted by Jza
Is Wimbledon the biggest slam of them all?
Im a fan but my access to the sport is generally restricted to Wimbledon.
Every year you hear players say 'this is the big one' or 'every player dreams of winning Wimbledon more than any other'. Do they say that at every slam to the local press. I hear most commentators say similar things but is this just our media preserving national pride. Do all the slams claim the same thing? I'm sure they dont concede their own slam to Wimbledon, imagine the French doing that! Are we just biased...
Anyway, when I head such things each year I naturally think, yep this is the big one!!
But is it? Any tennis boffs who follow more than me know the objective verdict and why?
Yes, it's the biggest. manily because its the oldest tournament. Second oldest is the US, then french then ozzie, though the sydney invitational and the toronto tournaments are both older than the US. I'm 90% sure that Wimbledon also has the most overall prize money, though i think the US gives more to the winners.
From a players point of view I'd say most players would pick wimbledon if they could only ever win one slam. The exceptions to this rule would be French players who would always pick Roland Garros, as would many southern europeans and south americans. Some ozzies and americans would probably pick their own tournament to win, but not all. For example both McEnroe and Sampras have said many times they consider Wimbledon to be the number one tournament.
The Austrailian open is widely considered the 4th of the majors. until the 20's it was played all over australia and new zealand. it also suffered from many top players not competiting there. This was partly due to the travel issues and partly because the infrastructure was nowhere near the standard of the other slams. This changed in the 80's with air travel improvements and most imortantly the tournament moving to melbourne park. |
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| EddieEdwards |
quote:
Originally posted by chelmsfordeagle
This changed in the 80's with air travel improvements and most imortantly the tournament moving to melbourne park.
The move to Melbourne Park in 1988 (known as Flinders Park at the time) was important, but equally so was moving the event back to its rightful place in the calendar. Between 1977 and 1985 the Aussie Open was held in December instead of January. This meant that it became the last grand slam event in the calendar year, instead of the first. Many top players would consider it too much effort to trek down to Melbourne at the end of the year unless they'd already won the other three slam events (which none of them ever did during those years). When it was moved back to January in 1987, the top players started turning up for it again as they knew they had to play it to have any chance of a calendar-year grand slam. |
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| AJ's right boot |
| Really tough game for Murray today, i think the frenchy will beat him :( |
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| Shoreditch CPFC |
quote:
Originally posted by EddieEdwards
Two women's quarter-finals and then doubles. No men's singles matches tomorrow, unless they have some unfinished from today, which doesn't look likely.
any of them fit? |
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| Chester |
| Bloody hell Murray is quick around the court |
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| Al From Bromley |
| In true British tradition he is getting slaughtered |
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| BaldEagle96 |
| 2 sets down. Looks like it's all over for another year for the British interest. |
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| Nelson Muntz |
| English hating git getting well beat. Shame. |
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| Brett |
quote:
Originally posted by BaldEagle96
2 sets down. Looks like it's all over for another year for the British interest.
Scottish interest. |
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| AJ's right boot |
| Hes getting alot of abuse here, i quite like him tho. |
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| EddieEdwards |
quote:
Originally posted by Shoreditch CPFC
any of them fit?
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| Tomo |
quote:
Originally posted by AJ's right boot
Hes getting alot of abuse here, i quite like him tho.
Yeah I do to. Some one at work met him recently at a work do and said he was a top fella who is nothing like how he behaves on court. |
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| ebyeeckeagle |
quote:
Originally posted by Al From Bromley
In true British tradition he is getting slaughtered
Maybe his Scottish blood has kicked in - battling back.
Tim Henman was a jolly nice chap, wasn't he. |
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| Godstone Eagle |
| Just broken again - this is going to a fifth set, battled back really well here. |
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| RDSdaEAGLE |
| NBC are choosing to show the Nadal match instead. ••••••• •••••. |
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| Santos-er |
| For such an ugly wanker he's got quite a nice bird. Must be his sparkling personality. |
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| SpikeyMatt |
Fair play to Murray....
Still don't like him but he's got bollocks. |
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| Tomo |
Can I just ask why people don't like him?
I find it odd that people can moan about the British not winning anything yet when some one appears to have a winning mentality they get criticised for it.
Very odd |
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| RDSdaEAGLE |
| And now they're showing a game from earlier today between Williams and Kleybanova. FFS. |
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| RDSdaEAGLE |
quote:
Originally posted by Tomo
Can I just ask why people don't like him?
I find it odd that people can moan about the British not winning anything yet when some one appears to have a winning mentality they get criticised for it.
Very odd
It's because he's quite outspoken and proud about his Scottish heritage. People take offense to that quite easily, it seems. |
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| Nelson Muntz |
quote:
Originally posted by Tomo
Can I just ask why people don't like him?
I find it odd that people can moan about the British not winning anything yet when some one appears to have a winning mentality they get criticised for it.
Very odd
He supported another country against England*. That'll do for me. Anyway I live closer to France than Scotland so I want the Frenchman to win.
*= Yes he withdrew his remark & claimed it was a joke, but wouldn't you when you realised how much damage it could do? |
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| Godstone Eagle |
| Looking good for Murray..just broken in the first game of the fifth |
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| Dal |
| Have to say, Murray has more balls than Little Timmy Henman ever had. |
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| AJ's right boot |
quote:
Originally posted by Tomo
Can I just ask why people don't like him?
I find it odd that people can moan about the British not winning anything yet when some one appears to have a winning mentality they get criticised for it.
Very odd
Its because Brits love a gracious loser and find it hard to warm to less friendly winners. Thats my opinion of it anyway. |
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| Tomo |
quote:
Originally posted by Nelson Muntz
He supported another country against England*. That'll do for me. Anyway I live closer to France than Scotland so I want the Frenchman to win.
*= Yes he withdrew his remark & claimed it was a joke, but wouldn't you when you realised how much damage it could do?
Have you heard the offending interview? I heard it for the first time the other day and I thought it was complete tongue in cheek with Henman sitting next to him. Is no different to any jokes I make to friends with foreign allegiances for a little bit of banter.
He is proud of where he comes from but has English roots to. |
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