Murray out of Marseille!

seagull · Hall of fame

Murray out of Marseille!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

that's odd.

has anyone heard rumours of an injury etc?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh damn. That is disappointing.

No chance of getting back to #3 just yet then. I see Delpo is also out, so at least his #4 is safe at the moment.

I hope we hear soon the reason for the withdrawal, and that it is nothing serious.

-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 12th of February 2010 11:39:31 AM

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

After playing in Australia for five weeks, Andy has taken an extra week off to recuperate and recover for the long season ahead.

from his website, this is asking for a 0 pointer from the atp

philwrig · Hall of fame

Good decision then assuming he can avoid the 'nil' points.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

It's only a 250, you don't get zero-pointers for them, do you?

wolf · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:

It's only a 250, you don't get zero-pointers for them, do you?

Nope.

seagull · Hall of fame

With a 28 player draw he would have played a max of 4 matches in a fairly weak draw so easy points you would have thought.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Not about maximising ranking points at this stage in his career rather putting himself in the best position to win that elusive grand slam. Look at Fed's schedule he plays the minimum number of matches apart from the Grand Slams and yet his grand slam record speaks for itself.

Tennis36 · Masters Series Champion

anyone else see on bbc hes not playing monte carlo either, strange scheduling, he is gona play barca instead

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Ban Andy Murray! Furious French tennis tournament boss wants British No 1 suspended for missing Marseille Open

'A few days ago he asked me for five hotel rooms and I gave him them.

'The number one seed of a tournament should have a sense of responsibility.
'If he does not respect his commitments, he should be suspended by the ATP.'

Read more:

-- Edited by mjd on Monday 15th of February 2010 10:13:51 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Maybe a bit OTT and it won't happen.

However, I am not without sympathy with Monsieur Caujolle. Not the first time that Andy has seemingly had an unnecessarrly late change of mind ( quite apart from similar apparently happening at Marseille before ) that has had significant adverse effect on others.

-- Edited by indiana on Monday 15th of February 2010 01:39:57 PM