Week 35-36: US Open - Hard

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: Week 35-36: US Open - Hard

RJA · Hall of fame

Mostly agree with eblunt. With out getting carried away, and assuming he stays fit, Andy has a decent chance to win 3 or 4 slams over the next couple of years.

-- Edited by RJA on Tuesday 11th of September 2012 03:17:38 PM

Jan · Hall of fame

What an amazing night! So very proud of Andy - brilliant, just brilliant!

biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Happycynic · Pro player

Clarkson must be hurting today.... one of many good things about Andy's win!

indiana · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
Sadly Andy has zero chance of winning SPOTY, because the US open is not Wimby and not being popular with the masses.
It's either going to be Mo or Bradley Wiggins.

Still hasn't sunk in, probably going to take a few months. I actually started following Andy closely from June 2005 onwards, not as impressive as Maddy !

I really do think Andy's got much more chance than you suggest, Phil. I think there was wide awareness that he was a non slam winner, including wide reasonable and unreasonable criticism. And now wide recognition that he has now got that monkey off his back on top of his Wimbledon final and Olympic gold, which of course were much more in the public eye.

In much more general forums i have been in I see that recognition and his name being quite generally banded with Wiggins and Farah. Of course, the US Open is far from Wimbledon in the overall general British mindeset, and I think he might well lose out, but I am sure that he will get a very strrong vote this year and I think top 3 more than likely.

I was pleasantly surprised that he came 5th last year, OK with Cav beating everyone by a mile, so even allowing for the tremedous general Olympic achievements ( including his own ! ), I put him right up there in the way I suggest.

-- Edited by indiana on Tuesday 11th of September 2012 04:36:43 PM

seagull · Hall of fame

Count Zero wrote:
yyeaawwwn, morning guys, had an early night last night....so did i miss anything?

No mate - Boggo didn't play

RJA · Hall of fame

Happycynic wrote:
Clarkson must be hurting today.... one of many good things about Andy's win!

There are so many people who are hurting today, it is just an added bonus to what was already a sweet victory smile

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RJA wrote:
There are so many people who are hurting today,......

Indeed we're all hurting - 2.30am, on a work night!! I'm sure that was deliberate, he could have wrapped that up in 3 :)

RJA · Hall of fame

Count Zero wrote:
RJA wrote:
There are so many people who are hurting today,......
Indeed we're all hurting - 2.30am, on a work night!! I'm sure that was deliberate, he could have wrapped that up in 3 :)

Oh indeed. Boggo would never have tortured us by taking it to 5 sets.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i don't know what you mean, surely you can't be talking about Alex 'never in doubt' Bogdanovic?

I know it's probably a minor thing for Andy, but it's almost incredible to believe that he could be RU at Wimby, Gold & Silver Medallist at Olympics ant Wimby and be the fisrt Brit since the stone age to win a Slam and still not get the coveted BBC SPOTY!!

Anyway i have discovered the secret to tennis success for Brits, it's simple really having a first name for a surname.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

As in Robson Green ?

Jan · Hall of fame

I really can't see how they can have a SPOTY this year - there are just so many that deserve it, and would win it hands down any other time!

huntley93 · Strong Club Player

for me spoty is tied between wiggins,hoy,farrah,murray,ennis and JOEY BARTON :) murray wins if he win the end of season finals

indiana · Tennis legend

Julia Carrot wrote:
As in Robson Green ?

Naa, who's got a first name Green ? smile

The SPOTY thing is ridiculous. Andy, Bradley, Mo plus supporting cast with many real achievers going to struggle to get on the shortlist this year.

I agree that it won't exactly be no 1 on Andy's list, but a very nice to have. Top 3 and any of these other 2 winning and I'm OK with it.

Think I might just vote for Andy though wink

RJA · Hall of fame

Murray has an outside chance because Hoy and Wiggins will split the cycling vote and Ennis and Farah will split the athletics vote. I suspect however that his perceived lack of likeability means that he will not win regardless of his achievements.