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By Simi, in General Football and Sport

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leicsmac

leicsmac

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32 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Indian Wells final goes to a deciding set.

 

Hopefully Norrie can win it from here!

And he storms through the final set 6-1!

 

Congratulations to Norrie, winning Indian Wells is something even Murray hasn't done.

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PhillippaT

PhillippaT

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Couldn't be up to watch it - But glad to see he won! :D  (Apparently I've been anaemic for a while, and It's going to take longer than two days for the (iron) tablets to do much :P It was just a co-incidence that the tiredness started after I had the first vaccine...  (Or was it? *X-files theme*))

Nalis

Nalis

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1 hour ago, Raj said:

Yep the South African/New zealander done well!!!!

He's pretty good and on the rise, bit like that English guy Haaland in football

rachhere

rachhere

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29 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Murray beats a top 10 player again at last - the man still has game.

Just came to post the same! Proving the doubters wrong (myself included). Honestly, I went to Queens this year expecting it would be my last opportunity to see him! 

foxes_rule1978

foxes_rule1978

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1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

Murray beats a top 10 player again at last - the man still has game.

It has been slow, but he is getting back being competitive with the top players, I didn’t think it would ever happen. Coming through gruelling matches as well which is testing his general fitness 

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foxes_rule1978

foxes_rule1978

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14 hours ago, kingfox said:

Hmmm

 

Strange to have sacked the coach that helped make you a grand slam champion… still don’t understand that decision. If it is working why change it so soon. 

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Jimothy

Jimothy

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Federer saying he'll miss the Australian Open and is a doubt for Wimbledon with this knee injury.

 

No doubt he's been amazing, but he'll be 41 next August, just after the Wimbledon he's unlikely to play in. Maybe it's time to call it a day, can't stop the aging process.

rachhere

rachhere

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On 30/10/2021 at 09:57, foxes_rule1978 said:

Strange to have sacked the coach that helped make you a grand slam champion… still don’t understand that decision. If it is working why change it so soon. 

I honestly don't think it was like that at all. They were saying all the way through the US hard court season that it was a temporary measure, and were speculating about who she would work with next. Apparently he didn't want to travel, but made an exception seeing she was coachless after parting ways with Nigel Sears (maybe that's the bigger story here that she stopped working with him, seeing what a high profile coach he is?). 

rachhere

rachhere

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1 hour ago, Facecloth said:

Federer saying he'll miss the Australian Open and is a doubt for Wimbledon with this knee injury.

 

No doubt he's been amazing, but he'll be 41 next August, just after the Wimbledon he's unlikely to play in. Maybe it's time to call it a day, can't stop the aging process.

Yeah, indeed. Although maybe he's looking at Andy Murray and getting inspiration from that. It seems odd though that he's looking as far ahead as Wimbledon and saying there's no hope, and it's not followed up by a retirement statement. 

 

On a positive note (for the Brits), Cam Norrie will be coming in this evening to replace Tsitipas at the end of year tournament. Sad for Stef, but I am looking forward to seeing how Cam gets on. 

Jimothy

Jimothy

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9 minutes ago, rachhere said:

Yeah, indeed. Although maybe he's looking at Andy Murray and getting inspiration from that. It seems odd though that he's looking as far ahead as Wimbledon and saying there's no hope, and it's not followed up by a retirement statement. 

 

On a positive note (for the Brits), Cam Norrie will be coming in this evening to replace Tsitipas at the end of year tournament. Sad for Stef, but I am looking forward to seeing how Cam gets on. 

Murray is 6 years Federers junior though.

 

Its only going to get harder for someone in their 40's to keep recovering from injuries. No matter how good they were. He's a had a very long and largely injury free career, has won almost everything he can, nothing to prove. I mean he has every right to carry on if he wants, I'm just not sure why he would if he can't get fit.

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rachhere

rachhere

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8 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

Murray is 6 years Federers junior though.

 

Its only going to get harder for someone in their 40's to keep recovering from injuries. No matter how good they were. He's a had a very long and largely injury free career, has won almost everything he can, nothing to prove. I mean he has every right to carry on if he wants, I'm just not sure why he would if he can't get fit.

This is true. I forget how much younger Andy is than him. I always thought with Federer he was holding on for one last shot at getting olympic gold, so was really surprised that he didn't announce his retirement back in the summer. 

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AjcW

AjcW

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Good, horrible little **** regardless of his vaccine status.

 

Shown his true colours throughout the pandemic, he's hidden behind being able to speak about 8 languages for years now as if it's some sort of charming characteristic.

 

Bellend

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rachhere

rachhere

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3 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Quite right too that he shouldn’t get special treatment .

Absolutely, considering the lockdown restrictions the Australians have had to abide by. Thinking specifically in terms of tennis, the Aussie players didn't get to go back home for a whole year, even those that were vaccinated, because they wouldn't have had time for the isolation period. Just because you are world number 1, it doesn't mean you get special dispensation. 

rachhere

rachhere

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1 minute ago, AjcW said:

Good, horrible little **** regardless of his vaccine status.

 

Shown his true colours throughout the pandemic, he's hidden behind being able to speak about 8 languages for years now as if it's some sort of charming characteristic.

 

Bellend

And he wonders why people don't hold him with the same regard as Federer and Rafa... 

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