dogmc Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Mcenroe is the best part of the bbc coverage not least because he clearly detests inverdale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 How much of the coverage will McEnroe be a part of this year as he's coaching that donkey Raonic now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 I don't mind Castle, tbf. Hopefully they have Roddick again this year as he's the boi. Apparently Roddick is out, and Hewitt in as his replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 How much of the coverage will McEnroe be a part of this year as he's coaching that donkey Raonic now? Hopefully Raonic goes at early. McEnroe is a fantastic pundit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Apparently Roddick is out, and Hewitt in as his replacement. It's a shame about Roddick, but I suspect Hewitt will be fine, at least he's got a personality and has actually played the game and against these guys in the last year. I actually think ITV have it spot on at the French, Courier and Santoro are both really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 He's probably a decent guy, but unfortunately has an Australian accent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I think Hewitt will be pretty good as well. Backhand winner down the line, and Hewitt will say "you little rippa" NAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Do you think the parting was maybe partly because Lendl knew Murray would take a while to recover from the back surgery and he either didn't want to be associated with that period in Murray's career or felt that there wasn't anything he could do to help Murray to be any better during that period anyway? As you say, a very good appointment. Apart from the technical advice he adds, Murray also tended to do less ranting at the box when Lendl was there. Good points but I thought that Lendl wanted to resume playing in seniors events. It's a very good appointment because Murray played his best tennis, winning Wimbledon, the Olympics and the US Open, when Lendl coached him. Murray's form improved after he ditched Mauresmo. I'm expecting another Murray-Djokovic final at Wimbledon and Lendl's return could tip the balance in Andy's favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Good points but I thought that Lendl wanted to resume playing in seniors events. Think that was one of the reasons given at the time but McEnroe said in an interview (last year, I think) that Lendl didn't actually enter any more senior events than he had done previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Lendl can't commit to playing more than a few seniors tour tournaments a year because of his back. He retired because of his back. As far as I am aware Lendl and Murray stopped working together as Lendl didn't want to commit to him for most of the year due to family commitments and his tennis academy commitments. His youngest daughter is now 18. So there is less family commitments and Murray doesn't need a coach all the time. Personally I don't think Lendl would give two fucks if this fails or if they stayed together they failed in 2014. He certainly doesn't care about his perceived coaching legacy. It looks as though that the part time basis (of around twenty weeks a year) is a perfect match for each other once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Lendl can't commit to playing more than a few seniors tour tournaments a year because of his back. He retired because of his back. As far as I am aware Lendl and Murray stopped working together as Lendl didn't want to commit to him for most of the year due to family commitments and his tennis academy commitments. His youngest daughter is now 18. So there is less family commitments and Murray doesn't need a coach all the time. The reason Lendl gave at the time was to concentrate on his own projects, including playing in more of his own events.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/andymurray/10708087/Andy-Murray-splits-from-coach-Ivan-Lendl-after-two-year-partnership-which-saw-British-No-1-win-Wimbledon.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Lendl can't commit to playing more than a few seniors tour tournaments a year because of his back. He retired because of his back. As far as I am aware Lendl and Murray stopped working together as Lendl didn't want to commit to him for most of the year due to family commitments and his tennis academy commitments. His youngest daughter is now 18. So there is less family commitments and Murray doesn't need a coach all the time. Personally I don't think Lendl would give two fucks if this fails or if they stayed together they failed in 2014. He certainly doesn't care about his perceived coaching legacy. It looks as though that the part time basis (of around twenty weeks a year) is a perfect match for each other once again. Do you think Murray will play some tournaments without Lendl being present next year, or do you think Murray may even choose to play a looser schedule to focus on peaking for the slams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 The reason Lendl gave at the time was to concentrate on his own projects, including playing in more of his own events. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/andymurray/10708087/Andy-Murray-splits-from-coach-Ivan-Lendl-after-two-year-partnership-which-saw-British-No-1-win-Wimbledon.html We can play this game all day long. http://en.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/336867.html Lendl may have said he would like to play in more senior events with time off, but that didn't materialise. He played golf and helped coach his daughters in their golf career. Mr Bairn: I think we will see him play tournaments with Lendl not there. I think Murray will continue with a similar schedule to this year. Lendl will probably be there for Australia, Miami, Rome, French Open, Queens, Wimbledon, Cinci, US Open, Paris WTF. Murray's training blocks will go back to Miami where Lendl lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Gasquet is jobbing to a guy who was a coach until about 2 years ago. He's some boi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Gasquet is jobbing to a guy who was a coach until about 2 years ago. He's some boi. He was 4-0 up in the first set as well. Edited to add: from 4-0 up he loses 7-6 6-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 We can play this game all day long. http://en.espn.co.uk/tennis/sport/story/336867.html Lendl may have said he would like to play in more senior events with time off, but that didn't materialise. He played golf and helped coach his daughters in their golf career. I wasn't disputing anything you said. Bishop Briggs said he thought Lendl had given up so he could play more seniors events. I said I recalled him saying that but he didn't actually do it, according to McEnroe.You then said, or implied, he was never going to do this due to his back injury. So I gave the link to Lendl's quote at the time. So, what we have is Lendl giving a reason for stopping coaching Murray which turned out to be less than true. Which is the point I was making when replying to Bishop Briggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I wasn't disputing anything you said. Bishop Briggs said he thought Lendl had given up so he could play more seniors events. I said I recalled him saying that but he didn't actually do it, according to McEnroe. You then said, or implied, he was never going to do this due to his back injury. So I gave the link to Lendl's quote at the time. So, what we have is Lendl giving a reason for stopping coaching Murray which turned out to be less than true. Which is the point I was making when replying to Bishop Briggs. He could easily be talking about the more golf events he was playing in that quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Anyway enough bickering. Lendl back with Murray at Queens today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 The lads there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 London seems to have got our weather the last few days. Very little play at Queens so far today but it was enough for Verdasco to win the first set 6-2 against Wavrinka before play was stopped. Murray is on after that match if/when play resumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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