Tennis

[Super_horns]

14 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

AND AGAIN!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

And her Aussie boyfriend won a title too !

[Dr Marco]

[leicsmac]

Queens this week, one of my favourite tournaments.

 

Shame Norrie couldn't get the job done against Raonic, hope Murray can put in one last good showing.

[rachhere]

Off to Queens tomorrow. Last time seeing Murray play competitively , and really looking forward to seeing Alcaraz and Draper. Alex D is an honorary Brit as well (seeing he’s with Katie Boulter) so will of course be cheering him on! 

[leicsmac]

Murray:

 

[leicsmac]

22 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Murray:

 

Has to retire hurt five games into the next match.

[Super_horns]

2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Has to retire hurt five games into the next match.

A doubt for Wimbledon now?

[RowlattsFox]

Respect his desire but don't understand why Murray has carried on these last few years. 

[don_danbury]

i swear murray has retired about 6 times already? 

[leicsmac]

4 hours ago, don_danbury said:

i swear murray has retired about 6 times already? 

Nah, just what the media liked to print.

 

Personally, I reckon being the first guy to win an ATP title after having an entirely new shiny hip isn't bad, really. Just a shame the problems happened to manifest right when he was leading things at the end of 2016.

[Super_horns]

13 hours ago, don_danbury said:

i swear murray has retired about 6 times already? 

Only once before his hip operation.

[foxes_rule1978]

Draper showing some good tennis here, he really is a talent good stuff 

[Facecloth]

Draper has knocked Alcaraz out of Queens

[Super_horns]

56 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

Draper showing some good tennis here, he really is a talent good stuff 

Great win Jack .

 

Fantastic display .

[martyn]

Draper definitely has the game to reach the top 10 if he can stay injury free for a period.

[kingfox]

Excellent win from Draper on the back of his Stuttgart title last week. 
 

Definitely the best British prospect since Murray. 
 

 

[leicsmac]

Fantastic win for Draper.

 

Perhaps we might finally have someone worthy of taking the torch from Murray.

[Super_horns]

Back down to earth for Jack.

 

Tommy Paul pretty useful on grass himself.

[leicsmac]

And therein lies the thing that every successor to Murray has lacked so far.

 

High level consistency from match to match to go far into tournaments consistently. 

 

Hopefully Draper can buck the trend there.

[foxes_rule1978]

Won at Stuttgart, QF here with a great win… I would say he is doing very well and while he lost today, Paul played some exceptional stuff. He can hold his head high and he looks in great shape going into Wimbledon, hopefully he can have a great run 

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

Won at Stuttgart, QF here with a great win… I would say he is doing very well and while he lost today, Paul played some exceptional stuff. He can hold his head high and he looks in great shape going into Wimbledon, hopefully he can have a great run 

I don't mean to criticise the guy tbh, I guess I just think that post-Murray my standards for his successor at Queens and Wimbledon in particular are really high.

[Super_horns]

Murray out of Wimbledon.

 

And Olympics?

 

Got the feeling he was only going to play there out of respect for being a former gold medalist. 

[Spacey_Fox]

Boulter looking really good against Ostapenko.

Edited 26 June 2024 by Spacey_Fox

[Super_horns]

On 26/06/2024 at 13:35, Spacey_Fox said:

Boulter looking really good against Ostapenko.

Unfortunately    she and the other Brits lost today.

 

Jamie and Andy to play together in the doubles - mind you how long will they last if Andy isn't fully fit?

[leicsmac]

Wimbledon starting today.

 

Difficult to pick a mens winner, Murray in his final act, likely no Brit to get into singles week 2.