Its basically like having Jeremy Bates back now, ranked about 100-odd, exciting tight matches in the early rounds and he'll probably reach the 2nd/3rd round.
I don't even mind, at least it's exciting, though obviously I'd like it if he was still a potential champion.
Urray using every last drop of his experience here, you can tell that Otte is in new territory. Let's face it Murray will never be the same again but great to see him play
Its basically like having Jeremy Bates back now, ranked about 100-odd, exciting tight matches in the early rounds and he'll probably reach the 2nd/3rd round.
I don't even mind, at least it's exciting, though obviously I'd like it if he was still a potential champion.
Bet Murray on one metal hip would beat Bates in straight sets
Bates and his eternal battle with Michael Chang was a fixture of my youth.
Murray is in a different class of course, world no.1 for nearly a year in the era of Federer, Nadal and djokovic, any other era he'd have been dominant
Its basically like having Jeremy Bates back now, ranked about 100-odd, exciting tight matches in the early rounds and he'll probably reach the 2nd/3rd round.
I don't even mind, at least it's exciting, though obviously I'd like it if he was still a potential champion.
Bet Murray on one metal hip would beat Bates in straight sets
Probably! Makes you realise how things have changed since then, at least Henman and Rusedski gave it a go and then obviously we've had Murray.
When he goes it'll be back to "will any Brits reach week 2?"
Please give me a summer of England winning the Euros, Cavendish winning the Green Jersey (along with the record number of stages in the Tour) and a Murray win at Wimbledon... I'm not asking for much, honest!!
Murray summed it up perfectly in that interview - the change of mindset and trying to play winners rather than staying in the match won through in the end
The talent is still there, some of those winners were glorious. And IF he can stay fit, with match practice he'll cut out more of the mistakes and silly shot choices
Quite an occasion for Otte, centre court under the roof against the home favourite.
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I don't even mind, at least it's exciting, though obviously I'd like it if he was still a potential champion.
Murray is in a different class of course, world no.1 for nearly a year in the era of Federer, Nadal and djokovic, any other era he'd have been dominant
When he goes it'll be back to "will any Brits reach week 2?"
Please give me a summer of England winning the Euros, Cavendish winning the Green Jersey (along with the record number of stages in the Tour) and a Murray win at Wimbledon... I'm not asking for much, honest!!
Quite an occasion for Otte, centre court under the roof against the home favourite.
Murray will face 10th seed Shapovalov and Dan Evans is up against unseeded Seb Korda.
Feels odd to have three Brits still in at the third round stage.
Tough game for Norrie.
Gutsy, fearless, determined.
Not to mention pretty as hell and a winning smile.
Think we'll be seeing a lot more of her.
Yet to be tested I'd say