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Guys, quick post about the planned NHS 'reforms' (or sell off). Please read up on it and sign this petition (it's really easy, just add your postcode, email and name). http://saveournhs.org/ The BMA don't like and nor should you (unless you're rich and have no interest in the welfare of...

Some decent ones and the atmosphere seems pretty relaxed overall which isn't as I remember it when I used to play as a kid (late 80s). Re the topic. No doubt it would be more of an achievement if Murray had beaten an in form Sod, Nads and Fed to win. But whatever the draw, if he wins...

Birmingham. Edit: The home of tennis :-)

Good grief. Where to begin. One thing that pi**es me off when talking about pro tennis at my club is all the irrational anti-Murray sentiment. I think most players there support him but for instance I was hitting with someone in a warmup yesterday and I said over the net 'Did you see the...

Think Murray's is standard and Ferrer's is extended. Can't remember for sure though but if you search there are some stringer's lists somewhere which include all this info for lots of top players. If you're looking up info on retail racquets they're not the same in most cases, paint jobs over...

Not quite sure what point you're trying to make here but I am fairly sure that's more your fault than mine (say what you mean). If I've understood you correctly this piece of text might suffice.. The service sector is the dominant sector of the UK economy, a feature normally associated...

Just to add to above, once upon a time Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin were all major economic centres because of all the manufacturing based there (Dublin is now part of an independent Ireland so its fared differently, to some extent). Now in the UK we're mainly about...

It certainly does. England contains something like 85% of the UK population. I'd guess more people live in the English South-East than in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland put together. This has caused problems in the past with a basically London-centric government imposing its will on...

More shocking is that Salinger liked ITV's 'Band of Gold'. Can't get my head around that.

What Jamie said. Gut as it's the most elastic string. Alternatively use your normal string but drop the tension. Re topspin, not sure there's any conclusive evidence either way about string type and tensions, perhaps there are too many variables. Most people think the low power strings like...

Agreed. Contender for GUOAT.

Djoker in straights if Murray wobbles again like today. Really hope he doesn't though. Also, great to have a GS final with no ridiculous Nike bandanas in sight.

I'm going to have to get up early on a Sunday to watch this so I'm hoping Murray finds the form he had earlier on the in the tournament. Worrying stuff in the first couple of sets from him today, so many shots in the net and his attitude wasn't good either. Hope he's up for it on Sunday, he'll...

Pleased for Murray but with all those netted shots early on I felt like smacking my own hand into a tennis racquet. Not easy viewing. Won't win against Djoker playing like that (unless he has another contact lens malfunction). If he can find the form he showed against Melzer then he's got a...

Agree. Getting up early to watch this one so I hope he's not in brain cramp mode as he was against Dolgo. If he's reasonably in form he should win. Deffo want to see a Murray/Djoker final.

Come on now, careful not to tar all of us Englanders with ark-**** brush :-)

Wilson leather grip with one Pro's Pro white overgrip. Sometimes I use a blue one when I want a little more bite on my backhand slice.

Not seen him do the jumping backhand so far though (only seen him play two matches so perhaps I missed it).

Quite right. A post with just an image in it is far too prosaic for my rodomontadic disposition.

I like the way it took you a bit of time to edit that into the post. It was well worth it.

Well he did it. But if he plays like that against Nadal he's toast.

Lol. 10 scientological chars.

I could go along with that joke if I'd actually seen the film.

Blinky's favourite is Rocky 3 where Apollo and Rocky run and hug each other like big gays on the beach :-)

Lol. Troppo = crazy (short for tropical, I think) Chunder = throw up Ute = pickup truck Dag = tramp/dork

10 'hoo-haa' char.

He's been replaced with an inferior copy by the Russian secret service. Can't have any Ukranian tennis success on their watch.

He's gone troppo, probably chunder in his coach's ute after the match. What a dag. :-)

That Dolgo forehand was straight out of my own playbook. Good work kid.

*twat-nap :-)