Andy Murray/Tennis thread 2014

[Shaggy]

List of Grand Slam winners since 2005:

Federer: 13
Nadal: 13
Djokovic: 6
Murray: 2
Safin: 1
Del Potro: 1
Warwrinka; 1

[RichC]

only 3 outside of Nadal, Federer, Djokovic and to a lesser extent Murray.

Fair play to Stan today; world number 3 now as well

[JohnDoe]

Ahem. That would be Federer, whichever way you look at it. For now at least, probably forever.

Well in Stan. Deserved that.

Nadal will never eclipse Federer.

[destinydude]

Well let's give some love for Maguns Norman. Coached multiple players to take Nadal out and to improve their play and rankings.

[RichC]

Well let's give some love for Maguns Norman. Coached multiple players to take Nadal out and to improve their play and rankings.

Magnus Norman is an excellent coach, led Robin Soderling to being the only man to have beaten Nadal at the French as well.

Fancy Stan will have an excellent season this year.

[RichC]

Nadal will never eclipse Federer.

If either Nadal or Djokovic go past & get 18+ they'll be seen as the best especially with their head2head record against him and the ridiculous era of players they've been playing in.

[destinydude]

Magnus Norman is an excellent coach, led Robin Soderling to being the only man to have beaten Nadal at the French as well.

Fancy Stan will have an excellent season this year.

Took Soderling to a career high No.4 and now Wawrinka to No.3. Those are some numbers.

[RichC]

Took Soderling to a career high No.4 and now Wawrinka to No.3. Those are some numbers.

Really impressive, I think Stan has always had the game but maybe not the belief; he's certainly got it now.

[Gibbo]

Not a chance Nadal was faking that.

There is no doubt he has done before but he was genuinely injured then, I'm sure of it.

[RichC]

Not a chance Nadal was faking that.

There is no doubt he has done before but he was genuinely injured then, I'm sure of it.

It doesn't take anything away from Stan's performance today, simply brilliant.

[Shaggy]

Crazy rankings

[RichC]

3rd down to 8th is so close at the moment, the top two are so far ahead it's crazy!!

[Shaggy]

Can't ever recall watching Davis Cup tennis before but I did last night. Murray v Querry was a great game. Muzza was magnificent in the face of an unreal onslaught from Querry, who threw the kitchen sink at him, playing high risk tennis with nothing to lose. Great to see Murray loving the win too - his reaction at the end showed more joy on the surface than when he won his majors.

[mick the click]

Aye - I enjoyed that. Feel a bit sorry for Querry though.

[RichC]

I was shocked to see the USA pick clay to play on, they must have really not fancied their chances to have picked that surface.

I can't remember seeing a worse singles line up for the Americans I really can't. Good win for Murray though and great to see us get through to the quarters for the first time since '86