Andy Murray 2012

[Shaggy]

Marcus Buckland. He's done tennis on Sky for years.

[CJ]

Maybe a Paralympian will win, if enough people haven't forgotten all about it by then. Could be that Jonnie bloke or Ellie Simmonds or Hannah Cockrot or, most likely, David Weir (not the former Evertonian Methuselah).

Isn't it a bit disrespectful calling her Hannah cockrot

[Liverpool]

Cant say ive ever bothered with tennis pre or post match coverage, only know him from the ppv prem

[mick the click]

I wish the yanks would stop pronouncing it Jokavich

[Shaggy]

It's unbelievably windy in New York.

[mick the click]

Oh **** - it's windy again. Very windy. Going to be another ****ty game. Maybe...

[Shaggy]

I think we may have talked about this before but I can't remember.

Can anyone explain why or how serve and volley died out? I remember the late 90s and early 00s and people in the game would lament the death of the baseliner, with Sampras, Ivanisevic, Becker and other top players all serving and volleying, with just a handful playing from the back of the court...Agassi being the most notable. Why has it changed around so quickly and so comprehensively?

[mick the click]

I think we may have talked about this before but I can't remember.

Can anyone explain why or how serve and volley died out? I remember the late 90s and early 00s and people in the game would lament the death of the baseliner, with Sampras, Ivanisevic, Becker and other top players all serving and volleying, with just a handful playing from the back of the court...Agassi being the most notable. Why has it changed around so quickly and so comprehensively?

Briefly...players got bigger and stronger, racquet technology assisted the power and not least...string technology has developed massively (you can smack the ball and still keep it in with enough spin - see Rafa) there are now many string combinations which give you wildly differing results. Even m'boy is getting choosy about different strings/tensions.

[Neil Young]

Isn't it a bit disrespectful calling her Hannah cockrot

Damn you auto-corrupt!

[JohnDoe]

I think we may have talked about this before but I can't remember.

Can anyone explain why or how serve and volley died out? I remember the late 90s and early 00s and people in the game would lament the death of the baseliner, with Sampras, Ivanisevic, Becker and other top players all serving and volleying, with just a handful playing from the back of the court...Agassi being the most notable. Why has it changed around so quickly and so comprehensively?

The surfaces changed. That's the biggest reason.

The grass in Wimbledon is different from what it used to be. It's a much slower surface, the ball bounces higher, so there is more time to react to the serve. That's what's killed the serve and volley.

Grass used to be the fastest surface in the game, it's now slower than American hard courts.

[Shaggy]

Thanks chaps, interesting stuff.

See the Lendl interview? He's a nutter

[JohnDoe]

The wind is good for Murray.

[JohnDoe]

Murray breaks to love in the first game. Djokovic looks really unsettled by the wind.

[Buzzo]

Murray breaks in the first game

[mick the click]

watch Murray donate this game....