2021 Tennis

[BobTheCharmer]

It's glorious. Kick the ****** out but drag it on for ages. Rile all the Serbs up. Just need Nadal to win it now.

[Rafa Justice]

It's glorious. Kick the ****** out but drag it on for ages. Rile all the Serbs up. Just need Nadal to win it now.

He'll be banned for 3 years as well won't he?

[Shaggy]

Karatsev who crushed Murray at the weekend is getting destroyed by someone ranked 70 odd in the first round of the Aus Open....3-6 0-2 down at the moment. Been broken four times.

[spud_gun]

He obviously went mental with 7k prize money and blew it all on coke and hookers

[Shaggy]

[Buzzo]

[Shaggy]

Murray taken to a 5th set by Basilashvilli. 21st seed but lost his last 5 matches ffs.

[RichC]

Cracking win that. After breaking early in the 5th to be dragged back to on serve you did wonder !

That will have taken a fair amount out of him though I fear

[Shaggy]

[Buzzo]

[Shaggy]

Embarrassing stuff this. Murray a set and a break down to a qualifier ranked 120.

[Buzzo]

Looks ****ed after his five setter the other day.

Not moving his legs, timing is off.

One thing I’ve noticed is even when he is winning 3 set matches it is rarely in straight sets. He is going long in every victory. The margins you need to win at elite level are probably negated when you are carrying about a metal hip.

I keep hoping for one last hurrah for Andy, but sport just isn’t like that.

[spud_gun]

You'd think Andy was top 10 in the world and in fine health the way some of yous are going on about him.

He's 100+ in the rankings and is playing with a hip made from chewing gum and sticks.

It's a medical miracle that he's playing tennis competitively at any level.

[Shaggy]

I just find it hard to watch and I'm not sure what he's getting out of it. All these immense struggles to go out in the 2nd round or whatever. What's the point? Like Buzzo says every win seems to be a monumental effort and it means he just can't string wins together.

Out in straight sets.

First time he's ever lost to a qualifier and the lowest ranked player he's ever lost to in a Slam.

[spud_gun]

Agreed. Given the heights he reached it's a tough watch. Akin to watching a punch drunk boxer being wheeled out against bums he'd have wiped the floor with in his prime.

I imagine he wants to go out on his terms i.e. playing tennis and if that entails losing to the 120th ranked player in the world then so be it. He's more than earned the right to dictate how his career should end.