Loki Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Andy is dropping the bombs today, he will skip the full clay season as it is not good for his body. He will play Sasha Bublik in the first round of Rotterdam and then potentially Felix AA in the next round. He will be in the top 100 tomorrow so should not need wild cards for Miami and Indian Wells. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Del Potro announces his retirement. Legend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Good decision by Andy to swerve the clay, he was never really any good on it anyway.Keep himself fresh for the grass and what you’d assume is a Wimbledon swan song in the summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Del Potro announces his retirement. LegendI've clicked like, but not really for the content. If there was one match I wouldn't have been too annoyed at Andy losing, it would have been the Rio Gold medal match. Really sorry to see Delpo retire, a career latterly ruined by injury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I have seen Del Potro play live twice - in the Davis Cup in Glasgow and in the US Open in 2017. The thing that struck me the most was the sound of the raquet hitting the ball when he unleashed a forehand. Incredible. Nadal and Federer have never met at the US Open. The closest it ever came to happening was in 2009 and 2017. If both won their matches they would have played that historic match. Both years the Tower of Tandil intervened. Beating Nadal in straight sets in 09 and winning his only slam by beating Federer. Also worth noting in that run he also beat Cilic in the QF. In 2017 he destroyed Federer in the QF and took Nadal apart in the first set, but his backhand just wasn’t up to standard and Nadal wore him down. In 2016 he reduced Djokovic to a weeping mess at the side of the court as he knocked him out in the first round of the Olympics. He then beat Nadal to secure at least a silver and in 2012 beat Djokovic to take the bronze. A five set epic in Glasgow ended Murray’s Davis Cup run, and he went on to win the Davis Cup that year. A quite brilliant tennis player at his best, sadly ruined by injury. His tennis resume may only say one slam and one Masters, but he is worth more than that. Davis Cup, two Olympic medals and the only player to have played all of the big four in Masters finals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Clyde Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Ask his doctor.Yes, amazing that Nadal's form dropped off a cliff after his doctor got done for giving loads of athletes performance enhancers. The Carl Lewis of tennis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Del Potro would never have quite been on Murray’s level minus the injuries IMO but I do rate him as a far better player than Stan Wawrinka who somehow has three slams 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 07/02/2022 at 07:12, Brummie Clyde said: Yes, amazing that Nadal's form dropped off a cliff after his doctor got done for giving loads of athletes performance enhancers. The Carl Lewis of tennis. It's extraordinary that Roger Federer thinks that he can return at 41 after several months off due to serious injury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I have seen Del Potro play live twice - in the Davis Cup in Glasgow and in the US Open in 2017. The thing that struck me the most was the sound of the raquet hitting the ball when he unleashed a forehand. Incredible. Nadal and Federer have never met at the US Open. The closest it ever came to happening was in 2009 and 2017. If both won their matches they would have played that historic match. Both years the Tower of Tandil intervened. Beating Nadal in straight sets in 09 and winning his only slam by beating Federer. Also worth noting in that run he also beat Cilic in the QF. In 2017 he destroyed Federer in the QF and took Nadal apart in the first set, but his backhand just wasn’t up to standard and Nadal wore him down. In 2016 he reduced Djokovic to a weeping mess at the side of the court as he knocked him out in the first round of the Olympics. He then beat Nadal to secure at least a silver and in 2012 beat Djokovic to take the bronze. A five set epic in Glasgow ended Murray’s Davis Cup run, and he went on to win the Davis Cup that year. A quite brilliant tennis player at his best, sadly ruined by injury. His tennis resume may only say one slam and one Masters, but he is worth more than that. Davis Cup, two Olympic medals and the only player to have played all of the big four in Masters finals.His Wimbledon semi final against Djokovic in 2013 was superb. The length and physicality of that match certainly benefitted Murray in final 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Andy Murray moves into the top 100 now so won't need a wildcard for the Gram Slams - not sure about the Masters 1000. 3 more wins away from 700 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Murray out to Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-4 in Rotterdam, who will go onto play Norrie in the quarters. Quite an interesting point on match point where Murray was beaten but a let was played as his hat fell off during it [emoji16]Mattered not as Felix saw it out with no real issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Draw in Doha, will be rematch against Taro Daniel and then a match against Bautista-Agut. If he gets through to the second round he will soon learn what it was like to play against Andy Murray. As Bautista-Agut just does exactly what Murray does, makes you play another ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 26/01/2022 at 18:12, Loki said: As well as Felix played, he bottles every big match he’s ever played. There will be plenty of opportunities for him though, to get over that hurdle. Felix finally gets his first ATP title after the 9th attempt. The level he now can play at is well known to be as high as anyone, but now with that breakthrough you’d hope he’d start to not throwing away leads. He played so well today that a player as good as Tsitsipas hadn’t a chance. Also Murray’s defeat doesn’t look as bad either. He’s certainly be top four or five soon, and with that comes opportunities. Not sure he can play grass as well as the more experienced players but certainly can win the US Open this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Well then....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60354068 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I can understand the whole "my body my choice" stuff, but he's tried to be underhanded and sly about this the whole time. He'll no doubt get a rapturous reception at Wimbledon, the shitebag. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Murray beats Daniel with ease 6-2, 6-2. A pity Murray didn't play as well a few weeks ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 15:22, Loki said: Draw in Doha, will be rematch against Taro Daniel and then a match against Bautista-Agut. If he gets through to the second round he will soon learn what it was like to play against Andy Murray. As Bautista-Agut just does exactly what Murray does, makes you play another ball. 6-0 6-1 equals the worst defeat of his ATP career. Roger Federer also beat him by the same score line in the ATP Finals in 2014. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 That's a paddlin'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Yep that’s another bad one. Off to Dubai for him now, which starts on the 21st. The favourite for the title there will be a certain Novax Djokovic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 The commentary booth should be beckoning -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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