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Anyhow, Federer's currently two sets down in his first round match. First shock already?

has it started?

Yupp, started at one. BBC 2

thats crept under tha radar. See federerererereer is losing 2.0 in sets

Are all the Brits knocked out yet   :D

Only two British men this year, and none of them are English!

meh.

wimbledon and tennis in general is cunt.

Tennis is for snobs

The number one woman is, yes!

Federer making a bit of a comeback but blimey.

Andy Murray is a snob?

Scottish nob?

Clarifying edit: I do actually like him. And i'm English as well. :)

If Falla wins I have some beer money for Wednesday. Come on!

No Andy Murray is a cunt. Anyone who likes it is a snob. Strawberries and cream...really?!!

strawberries and cream is lush

tennis is not

I quite like tennis and I also quite like Andy Murray.

English tennis is at an all time low though. No English players in this year's tournament.

We got beat by Lithuania in the Davis Cup; their national tennis budget is £90,000 per year. Ours is £60,000,000.

I wouldn't consider myself a snob and I enjoy tennis

can't see it now

I heard on the radio that Laura Robson is playing today - is she 16 yet? There is no particular reason whatsoever why I asked this question.

16 and five months.

Like tennis but fucking hate Wimbledon due to the middle class, Daily Mail reading women who seem to make up the majority of the crowd.

Stems from the Tiger Tim days and constant annoying calls of "c'mon Tim" between every point, hated that cunt as well.

I enjoy tennis, and i play too. Don't see whats wrong with it in all honesty.

Being an upper class twit,I consider Wimbledon to be the highlight of the sporting year,closely followed by Henley Regatta and the Horse of the Year show.

Thankyou boris johnson.

Just the pathetic class wars innit. People getting upset at other people because of silly stereo types and what not. See the post above yours for instance. :)

I like tennis, I go every year to Wimbledon, blimey I must be a snob!  :)

Didn't have you down as a tennis fan. Its on the off chance you see Sir Cliff singing really isn't it?!

Must remember to submit my application to the ballet this year. I have been saying that since I was 16!

It is, everytime Sir Cliff sings Bachelor Boy it reminds me of you.

Same as, well I always watch Wimbledon!  Federer fought back then, no doubt he'll go on to win the final as usual.  Must admit, I'm not particularly partial to the bloke.  Find him a bit arrogant and he was quite patronising to Andy Roddick, who was quite distraught after being beaten by him in last year's final.

Me and you both! Had a great day yesterday, was on centre court til 11 last night.


I think that this is only true for the centre court and court 1, with all the corporates,  but on the outer courts the level of snobbery is quite low.

i'd really like to go to wimbledon,just for the experience of it.
i like tennis to watch and play.the final 2 years ago was an absolute epic match, and one of the best matches of any sport, of the last few years.

Wimbledon is ace.  FACT!

I don't like Wimbledon. It's not a class thing, I just think Tennis is shite.

Anyone But Murray! :)

Berdych beats Federer!!!

Very good match that! Now for Murray vs Tsonga...

tsonga looks like a young Mohammed Ali, big fella.

You won't say that once you reach 40 love

Ditto

Tsonga wins first set!

tennis is a great sport, love the tactics of it

Federer is out leaving Murray with a great chance.  This is then, the day Murray limps out of the tournament.  Its the british way.

Murray is playing pants as well ha ha.

1 set all now

Cracking leave from Tsonga - that moment could be a huge turning point.

Who says germans don't have a sense of humour? :-|

Murray leading by 2 sets to 1 now

And playing very well too.

Broke him 1st game of 4th set as well. He's got him now - Tsonga looks fucked.

glad the feds out, he's like the ronaldo of tennis

What a way to win it :eek:

Great shot.

Tsonga gave up after the 3rd set really. Easy win for Murray in the end.

Berdych wins in straight sets against Djokovic! Murray vs Nadal next.

That could and should be some match.

Easy - all he's got to do is beat the World No1, then the bloke who's knocked out the world no 2 and 3.

 It's nailed on !  (I genuinely think he's got a good chance)

Well, if he were to win the whole tournament, I think it's fair to say he'd deserve it.

Agreed.

Come On Nadal!!!!

I fear he's going to henman it.

Scrounged some free Spanish beer now then ?

oh do fuck off .

Fucking boo. Down 2 fucking sets. Doesn't seem a fair reflection of the match, but then Murray had so many breaks he's failed to take. I've turned it off in a strop.

can this be the begining of a come back?

tennis is shit

or not

Making loads of money off patriotic idiots this year. Layed England and Murray with my savings on betfair

ker-CHING!!!

Goodbye

Murray was awful in the 2nd half of the 3rd set. Missed too many easy shots or at least shots that you'd expect him to make. I don't think Nadal was brilliant but he was good enough to beat Murray on the day. Still think that Murray chokes when it really matters. I don't buy into this whole "but he was simpley outclassed" lark. He had his chances and didn't take them.

I do feel a little bit sorry for Murray though. Any other decade he could of won a few grand slams and been world no1 but as it stands he has  players who are no doubt the best players of all time.

As for today i disagree with Iffy i thought he was outclassed,Murray played some amazing shots today and Nadal returned them like they were nothing.

It was a far closer match than a straight sets victory seems. Both of them played very well. Murray faded towards the end of the third set but he deserved to win the second set and the first was very even.

Yeah, hed only have the like of Sampras, Agassi, Lendl, McEnroe, Becker and Connors to compete with. If he went back far enough he might beat some bloke called Bunny though.

Total different level of players batch. What i am saying batch at this moment in time he is sat right behind what most people would class as the best 2 players of all time.

How do you compare the best players of today to the best players in history?

The equipment & training is much better now, so you would have to say that if the likes of Laver, Borg, Mcenroe & Sampras had those advantages they would be at the top of the game today.

I remember that a lot of people said similar things about Henman, and how he was unlucky to be playing in an era with Sampras. 

And I beleive he would be say behind most of those that I mentioned too.

At least at the moment anyway.

Well we won't know will we. My point still stands that at this very moment he is behind the two best players of all time. True?

As for comparing to past players and equipment it's hard to say and again we will never know it's all guesswork.

Exactly, so we can't say that Federer & Nadal are the best two players of all time then, can we?

However they are the best two players of this era

Murray is an obnoxiuos Scottish cunt - glad he lost, cunt.

I like him.

He's a dour little twat, but that's what makes him great.

He's a spoilt brat as well as being a Scottish obnoxiuos cunt.

I like that people get so wound up about him. It's amuses me greatly.

you must be scottish to like that dour cunt

he hates england dont you know?

He'll probably end up being another Tim Henman.  Never quite good enough!

he's much better than henman ever was.federer and nadal are just different class

Hes's already earnt the same prize money as Henman ($11 million) and he's only 23.

and got knocked out the first round of the olympics because he couldn't be fucked.

Agreed, it's quite fun watching him throw a wobbler when he cocks up.

Tennis shouldn't even be an Olympic sport. Its obvious that almost any player holds winning a slam in much higher regard than an Olympic gold.

He's definitely better than Henman. The fact he's beaten Nadal and Fed in ranking events tells you that. Just needs to stick a slam win in now.

This.

I like people who can wind people up so easily.

England are top 16ish.

Murray is top 10ish.

I think people would like Murray more if he was uncompetitive and a bit rubbish.  We seem to hate having someone with genuine talent and hunger to succeed in this country.  It makes all the fat, sweaty, useless wankers log in to internet forums and call him a cunt for being relatively successful.

I think we generally get the sports teams and players we deserve:

Exhibit A: "British tennis is shit, we have no good players.  Except the World number 4, but he doesn't smile much, once made a joke about football, and has a funny accent, so I think he's a cunt".

Sigh.

Murray is top 4ish

I'm a fat, sweaty, useless wanker who logs in to internet forums but the fact Murray is a cunt has nothing to do with him being successful - more to do with him being a petulant little gobby Scottish cunt who hates the English despite the backtracking PR. Success doesn't come into it. 

In what way does he hate the english? He made one joke aaaaaaages ago, that's it. I liked him more because of it

This.

Would you celebrate if Scotland won the world cup?

No, so Andy Murray can fuck off.

He plays for great britain though doesn't he. All these arguments for hating him just sound a bit fucking childish and petulant tbh

The thing that annoys me about Murray's success is the likes of Sue Barker and David Lloyd banging on about what a talent the UK has produced when in reality, all his development had fuck all to do with the over funded, under achieving LTA; he was trained in Barcelona

No he doesn't, he plays for Andy Murray.

I might be wrong, but since he has become a genuine contender for Grand Slam titles, he hasn't played much in the Davis Cup for GB.

He has however managed to be available to play for Scotland against England in an exhibition match

I don't give a fuck what nationality he is.I like him because i think he is a good talent and has the ability to maybe break the hold that the two in front of him have on the game.

When he wins his first slam he will go from strengh to strengh. I like to see the outsiders do well no matter where they are from.

Dave - you are right, but you will never win this one - people make their tiny minds up and will not listen to evidence or reason.

Yeah the whole Murray hating England thing is stupid really. He made a joke 4 years about wanting us to lose in the WC to Portugal. He's Scottish so what did everyone expect? How many times do you have to tell some people that it was just a joke?

As long as Nadal and Feds are injured.

He's the world number four.

jesus wept, what is the root of all your pent up anti-Scottishness? Did a Scots girl turn you down at school or something? You really are a bit a of a bigotted twat!

Anyone who hates Murray but liked that cunt Henman deserves to have their fucking throats cut along with that cunting cunt cunt.

Amen.

Which would make me fit right in with the Jocks. My biggotted views ( and I agree they are ) are based on the number of Jocks met in my lifetime - only one of them being a decent person. The other fuck knows how many have been the most bitter, twisted, parochial bastards I've ever met, particularly to the English. So why the fuck should I like them. I love it when the Jock teams fuck up in Europe. I love it when the national side get rodgered by the Solomon Islands Temperance XI - although even I felt sorry for them under Bertie Vogts. I don't actually want them to win anything other than true independence.
To temper this slightly, if I saw a Jock getting a kicking then I'd jump in to help them. I don't want to hit one. I don't want harm done to any Jock - I just don't wish them luck.

I think it's funny how Murray's wit/retort at a journalist's dig at Scotland has outraged many people.

HaHaHa - nothing more to say. Stop laughing, stop it. HaHa

What the fuck are you babbling about? unoriginal cunt

Is there such a thing as an unoriginal one of those?

Go count sheep you tart!

you just opened yourself a barrel of hurt. fool.

From you, now I'm really laughing!

he's laughing, he's having a good time!!

good for you, yeah laugh it up enjoy your night haha

Have a great day!

yep. a tounge in cheek comment=murray hates england.
funny as fuck how people still think that.yet at the same time dislike the scottish.
to be honest i can't think of a single scottish person i know or have met that i dont like.for me scottish women have the sexiest accent.

Depends on the region... can't stand Glaswegian accents yet a Borders' accent is fucking lovely.

why does that not surprise me that a dour old cunt like yourself finds the most vile accent there is, sexy

probably because you're a prick.