Another Murray in trouble

HarlequinBeetle says:

07:52am | 31/01/11

@acotrel oh no, please…...cannot and do not watch the women’s games when the banchee shrieking is at its pitch…hey, it over the EPA regulations of acceptable noise!  When will Tennis Australia take action…tis intimidation.

Macca says:

08:21am | 31/01/11

Djokovic has also been supremely talented, last night was just one of the few times we have actually seen that talent on display. The better player on the night won. Murray was unlucky, as perhaps Nadal has been to have Federer for all but the last 12 months of the past 5 years. Murray has to get better though. There is no shame in being top 5 in the World, but a Grand Slam may just be out of reach unless he can lift.

Budz says:

08:25am | 31/01/11

Murray needs to be more aggressive if he is to have any chance against the top 3 players. The problem for him is that he can beat everyone else playing his usual game, but he can’t the top players. Nadal took that risk and started playing closer to the baseline and even changed his grip on the serve to serve flatter and faster on hardcourt. And he pretty much made those changes to beat 2 or 3 players in the world, while he could have kept playing the same and beat everyone else still comfortably.

The level Djokovic was playing last night though, I would have loved to have seen a US Open final replay against Nadal!

Diogenes says:

09:38am | 31/01/11

Knock knock. Who’s there?
Another would be if she could be!!
Murray didn’t lose anything, he had nothing to lose.
To be runner up in a major is not to be sneered at.

paul says:

09:43am | 31/01/11

Got an email from a friend in England before the final last night. Her words were, “Will Murray be a UK hero or a Scottish pillock?”

With that sort of pressure have to feel sorry for the guy. Sometimes we just aren’t good enough. In Federer and Nadal we are talking about two of the all time greats, if not the greatest. Djokovic would be a champ in any era also. Maybe Murray is just a very good player at best but he has the weight of a nation on his shoulders and for some that is too much of a weight.

Mind you, you have to worry about a grown man having his mother still there everyday. I know it is common in the women’s game, but in the men’s game it seems too much like “mommy’s boy”  for me.

Yelly says:

01:32pm | 31/01/11

I don’t know how Murry got to number 4 in the world. I’ve been watching him for the past 2 weeks and his problem is he doesn’t have any real weapons, except his serve, which is too inconsistent. He’s not particularly fast, he has a very average backhand and he tightens up during pressure points which causes him to hit the net way too much.

At his height and build he really should be trying to come into the net more off points and even serve and volley. The problem is his volleys are also average and he doesn’t want to give away the possible passing shots.

I agree with the first post, he is very much a Hewitt type player, good a getting the ball back in court in low pressure matches, he’ll play a lot of Quarters and Semi Finals, but won’t win a major unless some major upset happens along the way.

Pavlo says:

02:57pm | 31/01/11

I’ll tell you right now I’m an absolute bloody armchair expert - so here’s my take on this Murray character.

I watched the game last night and even before they got onto court, Djokovic looked like a winner. Here’s why I say that: Photo op at the start, there’s Novac Djokovic standing strong and confident with Murray looking subliminally submissive and leaning in towards his opponent. It’s almost as if he knew that Djokovic was his superior.

In fact I commented to my housemate before the game started, “Djokovic’s going to win”.  She agreed (even though my housemate is a 12 year old tortoiseshell cat it doesn’t matter).

After Djokovic had won, Murray got up and mumbled his way uncertainly through a very poorly prepared speech. In fact, he looked like an audience member that had just wandered in from the stands, wearing a baggy grey t-shirt instead of the nice bright green Adidas shirt he wore during the game (a lesson in branding there Murray). He looked and sounded weak and insipid.

Contrast that with Djokovic: Still looking great wearing the the same style and colour shirt he wore in the game, as well as presenting himself as self-confident, razor sharp, clear and articulate.

hot tub political machine says:

04:28pm | 31/01/11

Sometimes - the other guy is better. There is a big gap between number 5 and number 1 at the moment. As we have 2 all time greats occupying 1 and 2 and another who can be unplayable at number 3 in the world.

Poor Murray says:

07:56pm | 31/01/11

Murray needs his game reconstructed. His mind is all over the place.

ron says:

09:29pm | 31/01/11

murrays problem is that he is scottish,we come from a land of great losers,especially when it comes to sport

Ca$h says:

01:13am | 01/02/11

Who said we even adopted this guy? i would much rather adopt Nadal because the guy is all class. His speed, angles and top spin simply blow me away. Completely different style player to Fed but i would watch these 2 battle like Agassi and Sampras over Djokovic and Murray anyday. Fed and Nadal are in a higher class all together.