Did anyone see this, fabulous !

www.puntodebreak.com/2020/02/11/marcus-willis-ingresado-hospital-envenenamiento

Marcus tweeted an obvious and groan worthy joke yesterday, amusing but still!

And a Spanish news source picks it up and reports it as real!

Classic!

Well. It's official. Marcus is definitely giving doubles a real go.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8083987/Marcus-Willis-plotting-doubles-comeback-four-years-clash-Roger-Federer.html

-- Edited by Bob in Spain on Saturday 7th of March 2020 01:34:31 PM

Stircrazy wrote:

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Bob in Spain wrote:

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Well. It's official. Marfus is definitely giving doubles a real go.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-8083987/Marcus-Willis-plotting-doubles-comeback-four-years-clash-Roger-Federer.html

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Good article (but you can usually rely on "Dicko" for that), but "Marfus"?!!  Thanks, Bob.    Plenty of name checks for other British tennis players, male & female.    Good to see him acknowledge the perennial problem of the failure of so many to capitalise on their talent & break through into the big time.

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At least I didn't put Dufus.

Spelling now corrected.

Bob in Spain wrote:

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Rumours are that Marcus is guesting on Sue Barker's Wimbledon show at 8.00pm on BBC2 tonight. This tweet from Marcus suggests there may be some truth in that rumour.

twitter.com/Willbomb90/status/1278725240412135426

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 It was announced at the end of yesterdays  show. We're getting different  British players each day so plenty of variety. 

He's on at 8.45

Marcus has now quit tennis and is working as a building labourer.

twitter.com/Mike_Dickson_DM/status/1367384105793519617

Bob in Spain wrote:

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Marcus has now quit tennis and is working as a building labourer.

twitter.com/Mike_Dickson_DM/status/1367384105793519617

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 No real surprise but it raises a few good points - the security (relative) that having 20 or so ITF events in the UK with a bonus pool gave, which disappeared a few years ago, I really do think this is a big , big miss as we have discussed elsewhere on this forum

And, if someone like Marcus who presumably did ok from  sponsors and the like , with the profile he gained, needs to end up as a building labourer, that is something the folks at the top need to think about. Although these are quite staged photos, whether that is his career choice or a little stage managed for the press, who know