Andy Murray The Greatest and General Tennis Chat

[Miguel Simao]

There's nothing better/worse than an Andy Murray 5 setter in a major. Unbelievable.

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Murray joins Becker, Federer and Krickstein as joint top for most comebacks from 2 sets down in majors/Davis Cup matches - 10 times now.

 

 

[Gianfranco]

The lob to break back was stupendous.

[John Lambies Doos]

Murray joins Becker, Federer and Krickstein as joint top for most comebacks from 2 sets down on majors/Davis Cup matches - 10 times now.

Brilliant Stat

[Nightmare]

That was vintage Murray. Play shite for ages, grind through the important bits, WIN.

Don't have stats to hand (maybe they said on commentary, but I was watching on a bookie feed where there was none), but I feel like he's come from 2 sets down to win loads of times at Slams. Far more than the other top players.

 

ETA - just seen the post from DeeTilEhDeh after I posted this. There we go.

Edited September 1, 2020 by Nightmare

[Silvio Tattiescone]

Watching him hirpling around like an old man as the lactic acid kicks in after the match is painful though.

[TheScarf]

He seems to do it at the French Open quite a lot. Gets booked against some local jobber in the first round, goes 2-0 down then does the Hogan comeback and wins 3-2.

[Nightmare]

1 minute ago, TheScarf said:

He seems to do it at the French Open quite a lot. Gets booked against some local jobber in the first round, goes 2-0 down then does the Hogan comeback and wins 3-2.

I remember one in an early round against Gasquet (after RG had just returned from his ban and thus was unseeded). Got backhanded off the court in the first couple of sets but ground it out for a bit and ended up skoosking the last set when Gasquet had knackered himself out. Crowd had been bouncing but ended up totally flat. Delicious.

[John Lambies Doos]

Who does he have next?

[Distant Doonhamer]

6 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said:

Who does he have next?

From BBC

The Scot will face Canadian 15th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime or Brazil's Thiago Monteiro in the second round

[Distant Doonhamer]

27 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

Murray joins Becker, Federer and Krickstein as joint top for most comebacks from 2 sets down on majors/Davis Cup matches - 10 times now.

Be good to see a list of those. 

I remember the quarter final v Verdasco at Wimbledon in 2013 when he came back from 2 sets down before going on to win the title.

Edited September 1, 2020 by Distant Doonhamer

[TheScarf]

1 minute ago, Distant Doonhamer said:

Be good to see a list of those. 

I remember the quarter final v Verdasco at Wimbledon in 2013 when he came back from 2 sets down before going on to win the title.

That was the match where at the changeover just after he went 2-0 he was sat in his chair and was shouting ‘the fuck am I doing?!’ over and over. 

The BBC kept apologising for the next 10 minutes. Was very funny.

[Mark Connolly]

I reckon he just does that shit to troll everyone.

Absolutely superb.

[Mark Connolly]

2 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

That was the match where at the changeover just after he went 2-0 he was sat in his chair and was shouting ‘the f**k am I doing?!’ over and over. 

The BBC kept apologising for the next 10 minutes. Was very funny.

 

[Loki]

This is his ten comebacks:

2006 Davis Cup: Andy Murray def. Andy Ram (2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3)

2008 Wimbledon R16: Andy Murray def. Richard Gasquet (5-7, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-4)

2008 US Open R32: Andy Murray def. Jurgen Melzer (6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-3)

2010 French Open R128: Andy Murray def. Richard Gasquet (4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1)

2011 French Open R16: Andy Murray def. Viktor Troicki (4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5)

2011 US Open R64: Andy Murray def. Robin Haase (6-7, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-4)

2013 Wimbledon: Andy Murray def Fernando Verdasco (4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5)

2015 US Open: Andy Murray def Adrian Mannarino (5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1)

2016 French Open: Andy Murray def Radek Stepanek (3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5)

2020 US Open:  Andy Murray def Yoshihito Nishioka (4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4) The fourth time at the US Open, three times at the French Open, twice at Wimbledon and once in the Davis Cup.  He has never done it in the Australian Open. Strangely the only person to have ever staged 0-2 comebacks in all the four slams is the enigmatic Fabio Fognini.

[Distant Doonhamer]

1 hour ago, Mark Connolly said:

 

I'd forgotten just how tense that 5th set was.

[Leggy Blonde]

The picture on the BBC sports webpage is a cracker

 

[Donathan]

If that’s the last time we see him win a grand slam match, and I really hope it isn’t, but what a win to go out on. Kheredine Idessane dropping hints that he might not play his second round match though as his body is cooked.

I wonder if Murray would go full time doubles with his brother next year. Reckon he could win some more slams if he focuses on men’s doubles.

[John Lambies Doos]

This is his ten comebacks:

2006 Davis Cup: Andy Murray def. Andy Ram (2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3)

2008 Wimbledon R16: Andy Murray def. Richard Gasquet (5-7, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-4)

2008 US Open R32: Andy Murray def. Jurgen Melzer (6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-3)

2010 French Open R128: Andy Murray def. Richard Gasquet (4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1)

2011 French Open R16: Andy Murray def. Viktor Troicki (4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5)

2011 US Open R64: Andy Murray def. Robin Haase (6-7, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, 6-4)

2013 Wimbledon: Andy Murray def Fernando Verdasco (4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5)

2015 US Open: Andy Murray def Adrian Mannarino (5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1)

2016 French Open: Andy Murray def Radek Stepanek (3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5)

2020 US Open:  Andy Murray def Yoshihito Nishioka (4-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4) The fourth time at the US Open, three times at the French Open, twice at Wimbledon and once in the Davis Cup.  He has never done it in the Australian Open. Strangely the only person to have ever staged 0-2 comebacks in all the four slams is the enigmatic Fabio Fognini.

Meltzer was the one where he flexed his bicepts afterwards [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

[Loki]

2 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said:

Meltzer was the one where he flexed his bicepts afterwards

He may well have done it against Melzer, but he famously did that first in his match at Wimbledon with Gasquet, as a response to people saying his conditioning wasn't right.