Right! He's one of the most adaptable players out there. You just admitted it yourself when you said he adapted better than Djokovic to the blustery conditions at the 2012 USO!
<<My remark was meant to convey sarcasm, evidently it missed its mark. The point is, Murray has NOT shown a tendency to play well in Slams, and in addition to the every-blind-squirrel-finds-a-nut saying, there were unusual circumstances on top of that, so, he had his moment in the sun, just like Chang did in 1989 and Orantes did in 1975. Both of those were flukes, never repeated again in that major or any others, and, IMO, so was Murray's.>>
Well good for Orantes. Despite coming through a tough semi against Vilas and getting to bed late, he went out there and beat Connors in the final the very next day. Nothing flukey about it at all. He was the better player on the day just as Murray was the better player on the day in the 2012 USO final!
<<As inspirational as the USA's victory in the 1980 Olympics over the USSR and Buster Douglass' knockout of Mike Tyson were, I have no problem in calling THEM flukes, as well. That, of course, is of small solace to and Mike Tyson, and the Russian hockey team. Sometimes, in a single contest, things happen. I have little doubt that Murrray's win fits firmly into that category. Time will tell.>>
Well, as he's already come through when it matters in a Slam final (and just when DOESN'T it matter in a Slam final?), I think I'll go right ahead!
<<Bully for you. And Murray's history indicates that, far more often than not, you'll be left with your stick in your hand.>>
The only thing that was different was that Djokovic won the stamina battle at the AO whereas Murray won it at the USO. But then, at the AO, Djokovic had a p1ss easy semi against his pigeon, Ferrer versus Murray's tough 5 setter against the #2 seed, Federer and then enjoyed an extra day of rest before the AO final, didn't he? So does that mean we must put an asterisk against Djokovic's win just like you want to put one against Murray's? Sauce for the goose etc. As with Orantes' win against Connors and Murray's at the recent USO, the better player won on the day and each of them thoroughly deserved their victories.
It seems to me that you're one of a depressingly large number of posters on here who just cannot be truly objective about players and only applaud the wins of the ones you like as justifiably earned while trying to dismiss the wins of those you dislike as 'flukes'! Well sorry, that's not how it works in the real world!