GordonS Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Distant Doonhamer said: Replaced in squad by Jamie Murray who will partner Neal Skupski in the men's doubles https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57791318 Pleasing news all round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 The real GOAT stepped up today: The absolute king of the drop shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Andy Murray to open his double Olympic defence against Felix Auger-Aliassime. Possible Carrena Busta in the last 16, Medvedev in the QF. Tsitsipas in the SF and the man chasing the Golden Slam in the final. Has to really play well in his first match, and if he does he’d have a good chance of making the quarter finals. Best of three sets with a day off in between, it might just be a format that works for Murray currently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryMc93 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 29 minutes ago, Loki said: Andy Murray to open his double Olympic defence against Felix Auger-Aliassime. Possible Carrena Busta in the last 16, Medvedev in the QF. Tsitsipas in the SF and the man chasing the Golden Slam in the final. Has to really play well in his first match, and if he does he’d have a good chance of making the quarter finals. Best of three sets with a day off in between, it might just be a format that works for Murray currently. Tough draw in the doubles too where Murray and Salisbury play 2nd seeds Mahut and Herbert. Although decent chance to make the SF if they could get through that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Rough draw for Andy. Is he fated to get drawn against every rising star? Mahut and Herbert are class doubles players, it would be quite an upset for the Murrays to beat them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 19/07/2021 at 16:29, Loki said: The real GOAT stepped up today: The absolute king of the drop shot. Watched this like 6 times now and still don't get it. He's broken physics. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryMc93 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Andy and Joe Salisbury's doubles match is 2nd match on court 5 tomorrow. Jamie and Neal Skupski are 3rd on court 11. Heather Watson also in action and is first up on the opening day. Play starts at 11am in Tokyo (3am UK time) and looks like the tennis will be on Eurosport 3 (983 on Sky). No idea what courts that will actually cover though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 10 hours ago, GaryMc93 said: Andy and Joe Salisbury's doubles match is 2nd match on court 5 tomorrow. Jamie and Neal Skupski are 3rd on court 11. Heather Watson also in action and is first up on the opening day. Play starts at 11am in Tokyo (3am UK time) and looks like the tennis will be on Eurosport 3 (983 on Sky). No idea what courts that will actually cover though. Can't find this match live. I've only got Eurosport 1 and 2, and the website is no help. You'd have thought it might be on the BBC somewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Ooft! Murray/ Salisbury won 6-3 6-2. Herbert & Mahut are the real deal, career grand slam winners. This is one of the biggest results of Andy's entire doubles career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryMc93 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 22 minutes ago, GordonS said: Can't find this match live. I've only got Eurosport 1 and 2, and the website is no help. You'd have thought it might be on the BBC somewhere. Face German pair Krawietz and Puetz in R2. Yeah even the channel I mentioned only appears to show centre court. Finally activated my free 12 months of Discovery+ through Sky so managed to get it on there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Loki Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Yeah supposedly the BBC can only show a certain amount of sport simultaneously, so haven’t shown tennis yet. I bought a month of Discovery Plus just for the tennis. Woke up nice and early for the Murray match. He’s withdrawn. A quad strain and has been told he can’t play both singles and doubles, so he withdrew from the singles as the doubles gives him the best opportunity of getting a medal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Murray withdraws from the singles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I wonder if a good run in the doubles might hasten his move to that format. He can't have enjoyed being spanked by young, in-form players that he would previously have beaten 19 times out of 20 and he knows all about Bob Bryan. He's extremely unlikely to compete for major singles titles again, but he could win doubles slams. I've jinxed him now, haven't I. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I don't know if this helps anyone who hasn't paid for discovery plus but if you've got eurosport as part of sky package, pretty sure it's part of signature package and not sports, then the other eurosport, channels are 983-989, the Tsitsipas match was on there earlier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I wonder if a good run in the doubles might hasten his move to that format. He can't have enjoyed being spanked by young, in-form players that he would previously have beaten 19 times out of 20 and he knows all about Bob Bryan. He's extremely unlikely to compete for major singles titles again, but he could win doubles slams. I've jinxed him now, haven't I.This seems a great shout.Keeps him playing, keeps his profile high (he'd be a big draw in all the slams), and hopefully collects some more silverware.He'll need it if he wants to challenge Jim Clarke as scotland's greatest sportsman... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Murray/Salisbury into the quarter finals after another straight sets victory. One more victory and they’ll be in the medals reckoning. Liam Broady currently one set all against the Wimbledon semi finalist. Thsts all the British hopes left after both Djokovic and Barty elected to play mixed doubles. Meaning Watson/Salisbury are left as alternates. Need two teams to withdraw for them to take a place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Liam Broady with the biggest win of his career. Superb. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Murray/Salisbury out in the QF to Cilic and Dodig. Were a set and a break up aswell.Djokovic motoring through in the singles as expected, he has a tough draw in the quarters against local hero Nishokori though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 On 28/07/2021 at 16:09, Lex said: Murray/Salisbury out in the QF to Cilic and Dodig. Were a set and a break up aswell. Djokovic motoring through in the singles as expected, he has a tough draw in the quarters against local hero Nishokori though. Nishikori won 2 more games than I would have. From 4-2 in the first set Djokovic won 8 games in a row. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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