John Lambies Doos Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Switched off when I saw all the butchers aprons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true_rover Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Good for you. The adults watched the tennis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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H_B Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Unbelieveable weekend of tennis... still can't believe Jimmy Ward won that match on Friday. France will definitely be favourites for the QF, as they've got a handy doubles team, so we can't be sure to be favourites in that one. But on grass in July... who knows? Wouldn't put it past Ward to pull out another monster upset. Superb!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Be interesting to see what they go for. Murray wants grass, I'm not convinced Ward does though. You need Murray to get his 2 (which will be tough, 2 tough best of 5 sets against 2 of Tsonga/Monfils/Simon, and then you're looking for an upset in one of the other three ties. France's depth in doubles is outstanding, Benneteau, Rogers-Vaselin, Mahut, Chardy and a few of the others can be useful there too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Be interesting to see what they go for. Murray wants grass, I'm not convinced Ward does though. I'm not sure why he wouldn't. He's a Queens semi-finalist, and it gives him by far his best chance of beating either Simon or Monfils. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 If it's on grass and he's fit you'd imagine the Tsonga will play. The French have got amazing strength in depth but we've always got a chance with Andy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Basically we need Murray to win his two matches and then either Ward to win one or to win the doubles. I have to think grass gives us the best chance of doing that because I think Tsonga is their only real grass courter. Andy Murray probably needs to play 3 rubbers, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Basically we need Murray to win his two matches and then either Ward to win one or to win the doubles. Quality analysis. Andy Murray probably needs to play 3 rubbers, though. No he doesn't, given we have more competent doubles players in the squad than Andy Murray. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Quality analysis. No he doesn't, given we have more competent doubles players in the squad than Andy Murray. Quality analysis. No he doesn't, given we have more competent doubles players in the squad than Andy Murray. Murray is a top 20 doubles player in the world, he just chooses to focus on singles. I'd feel more confident of winning the doubles rubber with the Murray brothers or even Andy with Inglot than I would with Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Murray is a top 20 doubles player in the world, he just chooses to focus on singles. I'd feel more confident of winning the doubles rubber with the Murray brothers or even Andy with Inglot than I would with Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot. Jamie Murrays serve is quite weak, Inglots ground strokes are terrible. Obviously either would destroy me in a game of Tennis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Murray is a top 20 doubles player in the world, No he isn't. Jamie Murrays serve is quite weak, No it isn't. You should really get back to crying into your sporran about Butcher's Aprons and leave the tennis following to those with a clue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Murray has appointed Jonas Bjorkman to his coaching team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Murray has appointed Jonas Bjorkman to his coaching team. He was a good defender for Rangers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Murray is a top 20 doubles player in the world, he just chooses to focus on singles. I'd feel more confident of winning the doubles rubber with the Murray brothers or even Andy with Inglot than I would with Jamie Murray and Dom Inglot. I'd agree with this. Djokovic picked Murray recently when asked who he'd take as his doubles partner. Murray's biggest weakness (second serve) is much less of an issue in doubles. I think with the right partner he'd easily have won more grand slam titles in doubles than he has in singles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 No he isn't. No it isn't. You should really get back to crying into your sporran about Butcher's Aprons and leave the tennis following to those with a clue. Yes it is relative to his peers. I know quite a lot about tennis old chap. I wont even respond on the remaining bile you scrolled 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Jamie Murray's serve isn't weak, it's slap bang average and he doesn't do enough with it considering the advantage he has as a leftie. As for Murray as a doubles player, he's easily the best volleyer in the top 20, bar Federer, his touch is excellent, I just wish he'd commit more and punch the volleys away with conviction, rather than push them back in tentatively. He's got the ability to do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) No he isn't. No it isn't. You should really get back to crying into your sporran about Butcher's Aprons and leave the tennis following to those with a clue. Not by ranking, no, but that's purely because he doesn't play many tournaments or have a regular partner. Murray could easily be a top 5 doubles player. Thing is we have 4 doubles players in the top 100 33. Jamie Murray 38. Dom Inglot 59. Jonathan Marray 72. Colin Fleming The problem is that none of these guys play together regularly. If we had a pairing like Spain (Marcel Granollers & Marc Lopez) then fair enough but without having a pair of guys with that kind of chemistry, our best chance to win a point in doubles is to put our best players out there. For me that's the Murray brothers, right now. The standard procedure seems to be to pencil in 2 doubles specialists to play on Saturday and swap Andy Murray in unless Ward wins his Friday match. Edited March 11, 2015 by Mr Bairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-coo-shed Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) Bjorkman to be Andy's coach on a trial basis for, I think, the clay court season. Not sure if he will be in place for the Miami Masters. No idea if that's a good appointment! Only time will tell. Might be similar to when he had Corretja as coach? He is playing Pospisil in the 2nd round of the Indian Wells tonight. Tough draw for Murray in the early rounds. Potential draw is Pospisil, Kohlschreiber, Gulbis/Fognini, Nishikori/Lopez, Djokovic/Ferrer. If he gets past Nishikori he retains his No.4 position. Edited March 14, 2015 by The-coo-shed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Andy Murray wins 6-1 6-3 and up next is Philipp Kohlschreiber. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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