Andy Murray/Tennis thread 2013

[RichC]

**** sake this match is going to be over pretty shortly

[Shaggy]

Wow. Hammered.

[RichC]

I'm shocked, he's not played at his best but Stan has given him a lesson today

[RichC]

Well played Stan, fancy he'll give Djok a bloody tough match

[Chazza]

Ducked in and out of that, was Murray really bad or Stan that good?

[Arn]

Magnus Norman doing wonders with yet another player.

[RichC]

Stan really good Murray well below par as well, seemed to struggle with the conditions

[captainfog]

Andy Murray eating an imaginary apple

[captainfog]

The images of him eating an imaginary banana have been censured.

[Shaggy]

Stan was ****ing unbelievable.

[RichC]

Can't see it being anything other than a djokovic nadal final now.

[RichC]

****ing hell 6-0 first set to Williams that's something like 22 or 23 games in a row.

[RichC]

Sounds like a lucky escape Dan Evans got blown out for practice with Tomic! Father sounds like a complete c*nt.

Tennis star Bernard Tomic's father guilty of assault


The father of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has been sentenced to eight months in prison for assaulting his son's training partner before the Madrid Open in May.

John Tomic head-butted Thomas Drouet, who suffered a broken nose.

John Tomic claimed he was acting in self-defence.

Under Spanish law, John Tomic will not go to prison because he has no criminal record and his sentence is for less than two years.

Australian media has reported that he is likely to be banned from all Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournaments following his conviction.

The ATP had already banned him pending the outcome of the court case and said on Friday that its initial 12 month suspension from the tour remained in place, but that there was no change to their position at this time.


Mr Drouet, 30, from Monaco, welcomed the sentencing as "good news".

"He should never be allowed to attend matches again," he told Australian media.

Last month a court in Madrid heard how Mr Drouet, who had been a member of Bernard Tomic's team for seven months, had complained about John Tomic.

He was assaulted at a hotel in Madrid when John Tomic asked him "to step aside for a quiet word".

Mr Drouet said that he was expecting to receive an apology, but instead John Tomic spat in his face and head-butted him.

He suffered a broken nose, bruised vertebrae and had to have corrective surgery.

Bernard Tomic, 20, is ranked at number 52 in the world by the ATP.

One of the highlights of his career so far was a quarter-final appearance at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

In November he was fined and put on a 12-month good-behaviour bond after twice being stopped by police for driving offences near his Gold Coast home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23986389

[RichC]

Think this is going to be a good match between Stan and Djok. I don't think this will be a straightforward win for Djok

[Shaggy]

Stan blowing him away first set! Serving for a 5-1 lead.