lichtie23 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Thank you for the memories sir Andy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Yeah no surprises there. Good run though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 The fact he went out saving match points and scrapping like f**k when it looked well past him says it all. Hero and legend are words thrown about a lot about sportspeople, Andy Murray is a hero and a legend and then some. We’ll never see another like him. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 I remember reading a quote from him a good few years ago about the meticulous preparation he put into his training and matches. It was along the lines of sometimes you'll get beaten by a better player or because you're having an off day and that's absolutely fine, that happens, but if you get beat because you haven't prepared enough that's inexcusable. The best sportsman Scotland has ever produced. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Forget the 3 slams and the Olympic golds, 2 achievements for me stand above the rest: 41 consecutive weeks as world number 1 playing in an era with 3 of the best to ever pick up a racket. Almost single handedly dragging the country to a Davis Cup win, his performance levels and will to win managed to elevate the rest of the team. I'm so old I can remember the best we had was John Lloyd and Buster Mottram, I never thought it would be possible for a British team to win a Davis Cup. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 49 minutes ago, Gaz said: The best sportsman Britain has ever produced. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 It’s been a privilege to follow his career for close to 20 years. A well earned retirement for our greatest ever sportsman. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 In an era where his three biggest rivals were tennis immortals his biggest achievements are that he was better than all of them for 41 weeks. Better than two of them for 79 weeks. Better than at least one of them for 106 weeks. Utter legend. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) I’m a huge sports fan; my family less so. To this day one of our most cherished things is watching Andy win at Wimbledon in 2013. An absolute legend. Edited August 2 by Distant Doonhamer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JS_FFC Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 What an unbelievable career. I think a child could be born today in Scotland and live to 100 and they’ll never see any of their compatriots who’s as good at tennis as Andy Murray was. More than anything I’m delighted to see him call it a day on his own terms. On multiple different occasions we thought his career was going to be ended for him by injury. More than 5 years ago it looked to be all over at the Australian open. Back in March he did his ankle ligaments in Miami. That looked like the end too. And then there was the back surgery before Wimbledon. Somehow though he managed to get one last Wimbledon appearance and the Olympics. How fitting that it all ended at the two tournaments where his success will be best remembered. There are of course a few regrettable things. It’s a pity he never won Roland Garros and it’s a real shame in particular that he never won the Australian open despite making the final 5 times. That’s what tends to happen when you keep running into Djokovic in Melbourne. 2 wimbledons, 2 Olympic golds, 1 US open, 1 Davis cup, 1 year end finals and countless ATP tour titles is an amazing list of achievements. It’s a shame that injuries hampered the last 7.5 years of his career so much. When he beat Milos Raonic in straight sets in the 2016 Wimbledon final, no one would have believed it was the 11th and ultimately last grand slam final of his career. When he beat Djokovic at the o2 arena in November of the same year to clinch the ATP year end finals and finally become world #1, no one would have believed that he would only win 2 more singles titles and 1 more doubles title in his whole career. Thats the injury bug for you and it’s testament to the character of the man himself that he managed to fight back to win in Antwerp with a new hip. That he managed to help his friend Feliciano Lopez complete a singles + doubles clean sweep at the Queen’s Club, a tournament that in my opinion should be renamed as the Andy Murray championships in recognition of his utter dominance of the event. That as recently as 2023 he was making the final in Doha. I for one will be raising a glass to not just our best sportsman of all time, but one of the greatest Scots the country has ever produced full stop. He is someone who had to experience an incredibly traumatic childhood, but still went on to achieve more than most of us could if we had 100 lifetimes over. I hope he is able to focus on being a dad to his four young children now and spend the coming years however he likes, whether that be BBC punditry, coaching players, Davis cup captain, or simply enjoying family time at home. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 He's bigger than Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela put together imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 19 minutes ago, JS_FFC said: What an unbelievable career. I think a child could be born today in Scotland and live to 100 and they’ll never see any of their compatriots who’s as good at tennis as Andy Murray was. More than anything I’m delighted to see him call it a day on his own terms. On multiple different occasions we thought his career was going to be ended for him by injury. More than 5 years ago it looked to be all over at the Australian open. Back in March he did his ankle ligaments in Miami. That looked like the end too. And then there was the back surgery before Wimbledon. Somehow though he managed to get one last Wimbledon appearance and the Olympics. How fitting that it all ended at the two tournaments where his success will be best remembered. There are of course a few regrettable things. It’s a pity he never won Roland Garros and it’s a real shame in particular that he never won the Australian open despite making the final 5 times. That’s what tends to happen when you keep running into Djokovic in Melbourne. 2 wimbledons, 2 Olympic golds, 1 US open, 1 Davis cup, 1 year end finals and countless ATP tour titles is an amazing list of achievements. It’s a shame that injuries hampered the last 7.5 years of his career so much. When he beat Milos Raonic in straight sets in the 2016 Wimbledon final, no one would have believed it was the 11th and ultimately last grand slam final of his career. When he beat Djokovic at the o2 arena in November of the same year to clinch the ATP year end finals and finally become world #1, no one would have believed that he would only win 2 more singles titles and 1 more doubles title in his whole career. Thats the injury bug for you and it’s testament to the character of the man himself that he managed to fight back to win in Antwerp with a new hip. That he managed to help his friend Feliciano Lopez complete a singles + doubles clean sweep at the Queen’s Club, a tournament that in my opinion should be renamed as the Andy Murray championships in recognition of his utter dominance of the event. That as recently as 2023 he was making the final in Doha. I for one will be raising a glass to not just our best sportsman of all time, but one of the greatest Scots the country has ever produced full stop. He is someone who had to experience an incredibly traumatic childhood, but still went on to achieve more than most of us could if we had 100 lifetimes over. I hope he is able to focus on being a dad to his four young children now and spend the coming years however he likes, whether that be BBC punditry, coaching players, Davis cup captain, or simply enjoying family time at home. 2016 was really the beginning of the end, imo he pushed his body too far in the pursuit of the no 1 spot. Iirc he played a crazy schedule to try and hit the top of the rankings. Queen's club have already announced that their main court will be renamed The Sir Andy Murray Arena. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Get Hampden moved to Dunblane and call it the Sir Andy Murray Arena. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 He was possibly the 4th greatest male tennis player of his era, we shall never see his likes again. -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Simply, Scotland's greatest ever sportsperson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Heard this news last night and couldn't believe it. RIP Andy Murray. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2019/jan/11/andy-murray-a-career-in-pictures-tennis-retire It'll never happen but a tennis academy in Scotland (indoors, I suspect) with AM as it's figurehead would be a fitting legacy. Edited August 2 by Florentine_Pogen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 4 hours ago, welshbairn said: He was possibly the 4th greatest male tennis player of his era, we shall never see his likes again. Gilles Simon for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 4 hours ago, welshbairn said: He was possibly the 4th greatest male tennis player of his era, we shall never see his likes again. In an era where the 3 above him were by some distance the best that there’s ever been. 11 grand slam finals. Won 3 of them. Umpteen semi-finals. Number one in the world for nearly a year. Aye he was pure shite wasn’t he. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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