Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
this Andy is a weirdo however. all athletes go and hug their families after this kind of huge win. but what does he do ? he wants his watch. why don't you go hug a watch sponsor then
[2] Novak Djokovic vs [3] Andy Murray US Open FINAL
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Fednal7497
New User
Congrats Andy , great first one , keep goin
TheF1Bob
Banned
Even though I disapproved this, the booing was uncalled for. Nadal does 24/7 and no one hackles him for it except us on TW.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Thought his family told Andy to go back and find his shoes? Nole had a spare pair in a bag on ice.
rainingaces
Legend
No tornado, no grand slam.
I normally don't post here, and hoped for Djokovic to win, but if he was going to lose better to Murray than Fed or Nadal, IMO. Still, I don't undertsand why are people saying he had a bad year, he played 3 grand slam finals, if I am correct and won one. Murray played two, won 1, Nadal played 2 won one, Roger played 1 won that one. Murray won the Gold medal, which is pretty nice. Still Djokovic had a very good year, not as good as last, but surely not a bad year. I guess he could count it as a bad year since had a great chance of winning 3 slams this year.
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
Nope. He would've beaten Ferrer instead.
arcadewater19
New User
What the hell ESPN, spending the first 15 mins talking about Bengals and Ravens, get to the U.S Open highlights already.
namelessone
Legend
Good match, would've been great if not for the wind messing up at least half of it.
I'm glad that Andy got this monkey off his back, maybe he will start coming into his own now. Djoko tried his best but he was worn out physically in the end. I get why he was booed(the timing) but to me he looked like he was in genuine physical distress. Oh well.
So, 4 winners in 4 slams this year.
Nice. Weak era ahoy.
I'm glad that Andy got this monkey off his back, maybe he will start coming into his own now. Djoko tried his best but he was worn out physically in the end. I get why he was booed(the timing) but to me he looked like he was in genuine physical distress. Oh well.
So, 4 winners in 4 slams this year.
Nice. Weak era ahoy.
SeeingDusk
Hall of Fame
I was there. The crowd and atmosphere was amazing!!! When Murray was 2 sets leading, I was quite disappointing, as I thought it was going to end in 3 sets. Amazing final and congratulations to Murray for his first grand slam!!
I find it a bit ironic that Murray finally won his slam playing the way he did today. He definitely reverted back to his passive, retrieving game, but I guess that's what the conditions called for. It was very windy early on, and the wind never completely went away. I thought he played much better in the Wimbledon final, but I guess it's all about who you're playing and how you and your opponent are playing on the day.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
You make some good points. I also thought he was playing too passively at times but it could have been wind tactics. I recall how he got blown off the court (almost literally) by Nadal in the final of 2009 Indian Wells. It had been very windy too and Murray did not cope at all well. I wonder if he learned from that experience to cope much better in very windy conditions?
RF20Lennon
Legend
US open is the GOAT of all the 4 slams!
Tennis_Maestro
Banned
No way was he passive, absolutely ********, he was aggressive when he needed to be and defensive when he needed to be.
What match were you watching?
InspectorRacquet
Semi-Pro
The interesting part about Murray not being aggressive was him knowing that Djokovic was not playing well. Djokovic is a terrible wind player, and he was even off today (either as a result of the wind or a factor on top of the wind).
There was no need to risk UE's if Djokovic will fold on his own. Federer at Wimbledon definitely wasn't going to beat himself, so Murray had to play aggressively just to win the first set.
Another thing I saw was that Murray kept it relatively low. Djokovic just couldn't do much with those shots, even when he gained a second wind in the third and fourth sets today. The high shots were no problem - it was the low ones that killed Djokovic.
He wasn't nearly as aggressive as he was at Wimbledon, or even compared to his general style of play recently. I can't count the number of times he got a short ball that could've been a winner or approach shot that he just rolled back into play and kept the point going. He was aggressive at times, sure, but everyone's aggressive for at least a few points in a match. Most of the time he wanted to lengthen the point and let Djokovic try to hit through the wind, which he wasn't able to do until he was already down two sets to love.
I'm not criticizing him. I was rooting for him to win. I'm very happy he finally won a slam. I was just making an observation. And it's not a bad thing to play passively in the wind and let your opponent make mistakes. It's what he did against Berdych. It's smart.
I'm speaking relatively here. Relative to the way he played at Wimbledon and the Olympics, he was rather passive. Of course he was aggressive at times and looked to dictate play at times, but those times were fewer than they were a month ago. A player has to play with a certain level of aggression to succeed, but aggression was not pushed to the forefront of his strategy today, while it was early this year on grass. That's all I'm trying to say. Murray's no pusher - and I can understand why you might be defensive about his passive game given the comments that have been leveled at him by some people - but today he was far from aggressive - even and especially given the standards of his own game.
tennisMVP
Banned
that is the way tennis is nowdays.. how many federer do u think there r ? anyone is the top 200 is alrdy expectionally talented..do u see anyone of them able to play the attacking game like fed.. look at top 4 nadal djo murray all good defenders , all play long rallies.. and dun forget top 4 stand out so far from the rest considering that the rest r alrdy v talented whichi alrdy mentioned
i dun exactly consider murray a pusher but he certainly did not go for his shots as much as djoko today.. he was only aggressive on short balls but not on the baseline.. murray didn't quite try to create opp form the baseline today
tennisMVP
Banned
But still, Roland Garros final, especially sets 3 and 4 was absolute attack mode. Nadal was ending points very quickly in set 4, and Djokovic in set 3. Murray doesn't like ending points quickly, even on his favorite surface.
he only did that when he had ample time on the ball.. i agree with the other poster that he wasn't as aggressive at wimbledom.. djoko tried to create opp from the baseline murray didn;t
PrinceMoron
Legend
More inane with every passing moment.
PrinceMoron
Legend
Edging is the word. Might take 10 years at this rate.
JoelDali
Talk Tennis Guru
Epic prediction.
JoelDali
Talk Tennis Guru
Most top tier 5.5 players familiar with the tricky wind of Frushing from the east coast could have beaten Joker last night. Just getting the ball back and wait for Novak to grunt and moan, then miss. Easy money. Heck I could have probably beat him too. I'm used to the wind on those courts. I won a district singles final there myself. I coulda been USO Champion last night. We all could have been. What Murray did last night isn't that difficult for most of us. Thats why his celebration was so muted and awkward.
Look at Rosols Borg like victory photos: beating Rafa was so epic his celebration was real. Murray looked like his bike was just stolen and not winning a GS. Totally uneventful slam winning moment because the crowd knew he was pushing and Joker was injured with mono or something really really painful.
tennisMVP
Banned
I'm not sure really.
Rock Strongo
Legend
I went to sleep after Djokovic got the thirs set, and I subconsciously woke up in a completely pitch black room and checked the phone which on the lock screen handily said 5-5 in the fifth (which obviously wasn't right) and then went back to sleep again. Weird thing is that it was 4 AM by then... I don't know if i was dreaming about being awake or dreaming while i was awake... However, when I finally did wake up and check the newssite whose headline read "FINALLY!" I just fistpumped. Congrats Andy, you finally got that monkey off your back.
PrinceMoron
Legend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZoJnZLuTAU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It is time for you to stop all your.... There's one thing you gotta do
Lyrics really, rather than poetry.
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tennisMVP
Banned
Djokovic only defended one of 3 slams this year (and the slam he won, was as close to losing as possible). That's quite a turnaround. And there is a good chance Murray will have a better 2012 than Djokovic. Murray now has a slam and a gold medal. The only way Djokovic can have a better year than Murray is if Djokovic wins the World Tour Finals. And if Nadal wins the World Tour Finals then both Nadal and Murray have had a better year than Djokovic.
PrinceMoron
Legend
All to play for, which is nice at this stage of the season.
PrinceMoron
Legend
Nole wasn't running in the last set, hardly moving to be honest.
tennisMVP
Banned
Reminds me of the 90s, Sampras, Agassi, Rafter, Guga, Moya etc.
TheF1Bob
Banned
PrinceMoron
Legend
Yes, time to move on. Just checking @judmoo to make sure Judy Murray is not on UA110 out of NY to LHR.
7hrs20m and I will need a parachute. More than enough Murray for me already.
Seeing the trophy would be nice, but not worth the pain.
Murray doesn't like ending points quickly, even on his favorite surface.[/QUOTE]
and guess what.. he won.. there were many points in the 4th and 5th set after a long rally when djoko was at net and murray won the point... just proves that it's not easy to end off point even if u manage to get to the net.. much easier to sit back like murray and wait for an error..
and guess what.. he won.. there were many points in the 4th and 5th set after a long rally when djoko was at net and murray won the point... just proves that it's not easy to end off point even if u manage to get to the net.. much easier to sit back like murray and wait for an error..
LoboLaw1984
Rookie
Dude no disrespect intended. I really don't think you or most 5.5's could have beaten Joker last night. Murrays level wasn't low per se, and Joker fought damn hard for that title. These guys are on a whole other level.
Legend of Borg
G.O.A.T.
LoboLaw1984
Rookie
You got trolled on a whole different level.
I am notoriously bad at spotting trolls across all forums I visit, no matter the subject matter.
Bobby Jr
G.O.A.T.
Darn.. when someone can hit 31 winners and make 56 unforced errors and still win the US Open it is an indication they played some seriously cautious tennis. How these guys played for long patches of the match could really be best described as cowards tennis - especially in the first two sets. It's pretty uncomplimentary but, really, when the main motivation is simply to wait for the other guy to miss you're never going to see epic tennis.
As a comparison: when Federer got beaten pretty comprehensively by Berdych he hit 50% more winners than Murray did in the final (and in a much shorter match). AND, he hit less errors so had a better winner to unforced error ratio.
It shows you how average this match really was in terms of quality of tennis... despite that it was highly entertaining. I just hope we don't see '****s hailing this as some epic encounter for any reason other than it was simply a long, see-saw of a match.
As a comparison: when Federer got beaten pretty comprehensively by Berdych he hit 50% more winners than Murray did in the final (and in a much shorter match). AND, he hit less errors so had a better winner to unforced error ratio.
It shows you how average this match really was in terms of quality of tennis... despite that it was highly entertaining. I just hope we don't see '****s hailing this as some epic encounter for any reason other than it was simply a long, see-saw of a match.
