Andy Murray

Armchair · County player

Andy Murray

flamingowings · All-time great

Jeu, Set et Maths

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Plus grands nombres de WC reçues sur le circuit principal (depuis 1990) :

Tommy Haas - 53 WC

Andy Murray - 51 WC

Goran Ivanisevic - 51 WC

James Blake - 49 WC

Lleyton Hewitt - 45 WC

From the ATP archives.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Anyone thinking of attending the Surbiton Challenger this year, might be in for a little treat.

twitter.com/stu_fraser/status/1508104215532654598

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Bob in Spain wrote:
Anyone thinking of attending the Surbiton Challenger this year, might be in for a little treat.

twitter.com/stu_fraser/status/1508104215532654598

Ive been advocating that so it would be great if it happens. hes also committed to Stuttgart and then Queens before taking the week off before Wimbledon and the big one

https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/andy-murray-grass-mercedes-cup-stuttgart/

Madadman · Top national player

Bob in Spain wrote:
Anyone thinking of attending the Surbiton Challenger this year, might be in for a little treat.

twitter.com/stu_fraser/status/1508104215532654598

With Kyrigos also potentially skipping the Clay season. I could see him playing Surbiton as well. Hopefully Kyle might be fit by then as well. Could be a very decent field.

Shhh · Challenger level

Was it Andy Roddick who played there a few years back (and if so didn't he lose in the 1st round?)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

I see Andy feels that Lendl will bring him clarity on how to play but also how to practise. He goes on to say, he doesnt feel he has been practising the right way for the past 18 months.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/26/andy-murray-switches-focus-to-grass-after-another-early-exit-in-miami

Presumably that is a large part of what caused the split with Jamie Delgado, or am I implying incorrectly?

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well, contrary to earlier plans, Andy now seems to be heading to play in Madrid the week after next

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-10734887/Andy-Murray-play-clay-court-season-all.html

Hard to keep up!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Although it seems it is just Madrid and not the French Open etc

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/61161702

So presumably Surbiton still in the plans?

Madadman · Top national player

Good to see Andy playing some part of the Clay season. Was too long a break to play no tennis.

flamingowings · All-time great

twitter.com/andy_murray/status/1516949269781098496

There's a whole thread where Andy explains his WC views (if you follow the linked tweet above) but the linked tweet is one where he says he was planning on playing some hard court tournaments before they were cancelled.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Good that Andy responded and it remained good humoured. Personally I think Andy has had too many but, as said, who are we to judge.

One thing - the challengers havent just been cancelled, they havent been on the schedule for a good long time and before he decided to take his sabbatical. He therefore would have known that before he took the break and was saying he wouldnt play the clay - so that doesnt quite add up; plus there is a well discussed challenger in Morelos in Mexico next week that is hardcourt !

Those points aside , Im pleased Andy responded and engaged with the guy and it kept sensible and intelligent !

Shhh · Challenger level

Andy is the greatest thing that has happened to British tennis and he has transcended that we with the way he has conducted himself over the years. He is a superb bloke.

But he does take too many wild cards. There were no hard court challengers this year that got cancelled. If he wanted matches he could play qualies. He is thinking "sure why not, if you are offering?" without being conscious of what it may have meant to somebody else. For somebody with a whole team around him planning every last micro detail that they can control I feel this is wrong on his part. Just my opinion.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Shhh wrote:
Andy is the greatest thing that has happened to British tennis and he has transcended that we with the way he has conducted himself over the years. He is a superb bloke.

But he does take too many wild cards. There were no hard court challengers this year that got cancelled. If he wanted matches he could play qualies. He is thinking "sure why not, if you are offering?" without being conscious of what it may have meant to somebody else. For somebody with a whole team around him planning every last micro detail that they can control I feel this is wrong on his part. Just my opinion.

Yep, tend to agree. If he just wanted matches, playing qualies would have done the job anyway; cant remember how many rounds they have in Masters events, but 2 qualies matches, maybe a main draw if he gets through, in Madrid and ROme, and job done. It seems he may be playing ROme qualies, in fact, instead of taking a wild card to the main draw, although presumably that would need to be a QWC at this stage.

christ · Futures qualifying

Sport isn't only about providing a living for sportsmen, it is also about providing a show for the spectators. I think that there are many, many people for whom seeing Mr Murray at an event is worth the entrance money alone even in his declining years. These people are being benefited by Mr Murray taking wild cards.

If I may make an analogy Tiger Woods accepting a technically unearned invitation to play in a golf tournament may deprive a journeyman golfer of a place in the event, but hundreds or thousands of spectators would have their day made, even if he is hobbling round 30 over par.