Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open 2016 (inc. Andy) (clay)

airsmashers · County player

Weeks 21 & 22 - French Open 2016 (inc. Andy) (clay)

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Keep this going please Andy :D

indiana · Tennis legend

Over on Lenglen a Mr Djokovic has won 6-2 6-1 6-4 and is getting all a tingly again ( don't let it effect you too much, mate

) about possibly completing a career Grand Slam.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Murray was undone by a couple of ridiculous bounces at the end of the 3rd set, as the ball clipped the line.

Into a 4th set.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Normal service was resumed in the fourth set! smile The defending champ is dethroned! smile

SF: (2) Andy Murray WR 2 defeated (3) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) WR 4 by 6-4, 6-2 4-6 6-2

*****

Final (his first at R-G! biggrin ): (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) WR 1 vs (2) Andy Murray WR 2

No need, I think, to trot out the dismal head-to-head yet again. hmm

vohor · Grand Slam Champion

Very nice job Andy :D

Looking forward to Andy extending his current winning streak against Djokovic :)

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Had all the answers today. Questions on Sunday somewhat trickier, but I'm hopeful.
Fine work, sir, one more to go.

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay

Andy moves into his first French Open final and tenth Grand Slam final in all ( currently 2-7 although 2-2 other than those pesky Aussie Open finals )

Now won the majority of his Grand Slam SFs ( 10-9, OK he'd just be 5-8 if it weren't for all these Aussie Open SFs

)

Sim · County player

Great match by Andy.

There will be a new French Open champion on Sunday. Just remember Andy that Nole doesn't have a good record in the final!!

scottie1 · Futures level

Think that was a marvellous performance by Andy especially when the French crowd were supporting Stan!

Jan · Hall of fame

Brilliant match to watch!
Well done Andy!

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Fantastic performance battering one of the big boys.

Throughly deserves his status as a tennis great, the list of players to reach all 4 slam finals is not a long one!

The weather looks rubbish for Sunday, I don't know who a broken long match over a couple of days would suit best, Nole or Andy.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Oakland2002 wrote:
Throughly deserves his status as a tennis great, the list of players to reach all 4 slam finals is not a long one!

I believe he's only the tenth to do so. smile

indiana · Tennis legend

Time to WIN another Grand Slam though and get 3/4 ( or 4/5 ) of the way to be a legend - career Grand Slam and Olympic Gold ...

That and / or total Grand Slam WINS is what can really cement Andy's name in history in the wider populace.

-- Edited by indiana on Friday 3rd of June 2016 11:52:46 PM

Spectator · All-time great

He is indeed only the tenth: www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/murray-wawrinka-roland-garros-2016-semifinals-friday. And he is also tied with Becker (and ahead of Vilas, Newcombe and Courier) on total finals.

What will we do when he retires? I've become quite used to enjoying the second week of Slams, knowing that there will be continued interest through to the end (or close to it). One forgets that only four countries (de facto) have had that luxury on a regular basis for ... oh, the past seven/eight years or so. We are, as the French would say, pourri gâté ... spoiled rotten and thoroughly enjoying it! Thank you, Mr Murray.