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Because that's what it looks like...
Anyone else?
Oh yeah, any non-Americans rooting for Roddick?
Anyone else?
Oh yeah, any non-Americans rooting for Roddick?
And he's also schooled both of them. In grand slams on their best surfaces, no less. What's your point?80 % of these boards cosists of Fed fans. And 75 % of them hate Murray and Djokovic.
It's just because they know that both have schooled Federer in the past.
It could be that way, i see nothing wrong with that at all, Im Swedish and the only time i root for Soderling is when he plays Nadal Murray and Djokovic.I'm Australian and I Dislike Hewitt
My favourite Player is Andy Roddick
I'm Australian and I Dislike Hewitt
My favourite Player is Andy Roddick
But Australians have plenty of other players than Hewitt to be proud of (hint: the one and only Stosur).
Brits didn't have a serious slam contender for a long, long time and Serbs had nobody other than Seles who eventually took US citizenship (and perhaps Ivanisevic, a Croat actually).
Not really.
Henman could of and should of won Wimbledon once.
Yeah, have to agree on this one...that Dunblane,Scotland would have a contender for GS and hell even the world no1 spot to me was as likely as if Nigeria would win silver in the icehockey world-championshipsGood thread.
I'm a Scot/Brit. I guess I do root for Murray because of where he and I come from. I don't live far from Dunblane, that has had a major bearing on my supporting him. In my defence, Scotland is a little country with zero tennis success to date. The probability of a top class tennis player emerging from a country with our tennis history and less than 5 million people is probably miniscule, and yet one has - dealing with some pretty awful stuff along the way.
For the record, I also like to see all Americans and Aussies do well, especially Roddick - who I root for against anyone but Murray.
You mean 2001 when he was leading against Goran?
But it was funny how he owned Fed in those days.
Yeah, have to agree on this one...that Dunblane,Scotland would have a contender for GS and hell even the world no1 spot to me was as likely as if Nigeria would win silver in the icehockey world-championships
Good thread.
I'm a Scot/Brit. I guess I do root for Murray because of where he and I come from. I don't live far from Dunblane, that has had a major bearing on my supporting him. In my defence, Scotland is a little country with zero tennis success to date. The probability of a top class tennis player emerging from a country with our tennis history and less than 5 million people is probably miniscule, and yet one has - dealing with some pretty awful stuff along the way.
For the record, I also like to see all Americans and Aussies do well, especially Roddick - who I root for against anyone but Murray.
I'm Croatian and I like Djokovic, I don't care about his personality (or any player's personality) because I'm interested only in tennis and nothing else. I like his game, the way his strokes look and work, and also some of his strokes resemble mine so that's an immediate connection.
Good thread.
I'm a Scot/Brit. I guess I do root for Murray because of where he and I come from. I don't live far from Dunblane, that has had a major bearing on my supporting him. In my defence, Scotland is a little country with zero tennis success to date. The probability of a top class tennis player emerging from a country with our tennis history and less than 5 million people is probably miniscule, and yet one has - dealing with some pretty awful stuff along the way.
For the record, I also like to see all Americans and Aussies do well, especially Roddick - who I root for against anyone but Murray.
Well thank you Agree, but was Murray "trained" in Dunblane or did he get his tennis-education somewhere else?LOL Great analogy MOP. I don't think people realise, given the context, just how unlikely an event the emergence of Murray is.
Really?? But u have Laura Robson and Andy Murray...the interest should be VERY HIGH! No ofense but the national football team hasnt had a lot of succes lately...Tennis in the UK is dying. Most people play tennis when Wimbledon is on and then revert back to football and other sports once it finishes. It's a shame really.
Not really.
Henman could of and should of won Wimbledon once.
Tennis in the UK is dying. Most people play tennis when Wimbledon is on and then revert back to football and other sports once it finishes. It's a shame really.
Really?? But u have Laura Robson and Andy Murray...the interest should be VERY HIGH! No ofense but the national football team hasnt had a lot of succes lately...
Really?? But u have Laura Robson and Andy Murray...the interest should be VERY HIGH! No ofense but the national football team hasnt had a lot of succes lately...
Really?? But u have Laura Robson and Andy Murray...the interest should be VERY HIGH! No ofense but the national football team hasnt had a lot of succes lately...
You made a VERY good point here "dragonfire"...Ive played in England a couple of times and i even got yelled at for playing without a shirt--its maybe still a little to snobby right??well, i think it could be down to the fact that you need to be rich and determined, and many people in our country aren't. All my mates are into football - simply because its working class. I for one would be out playing tennis more often if it was cheap, as it turns out, it isn't, so i resort to boxing and football too.
I see, well they should have NEVER sacked Sven-Goran Eriksson! (Swede:twistedEnglish National Team is a football equivalent of Marat Safin, or Gulbis ...
England aren't exactly the most athletic country in the world
You made a VERY good point here "dragonfire"...Ive played in England a couple of times and i even got yelled at for playing without a shirt--its maybe still a little to snobby right??
In Sweden nowadays Tennis is a working-class sport, ive seen so many places in USA and Germany where tennis was only for the rich, thats such a shame! Imagine how many talents go to waste that way...really sad...
Well yeah but the prospect for the future looks great both for Murray and Robson, and if they do really well lots of British kids will storm into tennisclubs all over England, thats what happened in Sweden this spring/summer after Robin Soderling went into the FO-final.Haha you haven't got a clue.
Murray's the only British player in the top 100. The next Brit is ranked 180 in the world.
I see, well they should have NEVER sacked Sven-Goran Eriksson! (Swede:twisted
Oh, Dunblane, yeah, that explains the connection.
Why did Scotland suck at tennis? They are just next to the English, I mean.
I know that Monty Python scene where aliens want to win Wimbledon by turning Englishmen into Scots.
Ive played in Winchester, Manchester and in Londonwell, a lot of places in England are frowned a bit for being rough. I get whistled at in the street by many girls, you just have to deal with it
lol, i was kiddin', where did you go in england???
Oh come on!!! Hes got the best winning-percentage in the History of the English National team!!He was an awful manager. Deserved what he got.
The Gold medals at the Olympics says otherwise.
Well thank you Agree, but was Murray "trained" in Dunblane or did he get his tennis-education somewhere else?
Ive played in Winchester, Manchester and in London
i'm talking about football, tennis, rugby and sports like that, we haven't developed great players up until murray and Khan. England to well in olympics, and other sports should learn from that (more work you put in - the more you get out), but many people don't get the opportunity to play sports or just can't be bothered
I see, Sanchez-Casal? Hm he should have done better results on clay then? Strange that he likes HC the most...His mother is a coach???He lived in Dunblane until he was 15, then he spent around 18 months at Sanchez-Casal in Barcelona. the majority of his tennis youth was based out of Dunblane. It helped that his Mother was a coach.
Oh come on!!! Hes got the best winning-percentage in the History of the English National team!!
Winchester was south-west of London i think, very upscale, grasscourts everywhere. I liked London but i guess we were in the nicer parts of it.London is quite rough, Manchester is rough, dunno about Winchester
Oh come on!!! Hes got the best winning-percentage in the History of the English National team!!
No World Cup or Euro cup = bad manger.
Well, England should lower their expectations...the world has developed a lot since 1966...:shock:No World Cup or Euro cup = bad manger.
BTW, do you know of this scanda which occured with this tv presenter?
Not to mention his performance with the laydees. Quite remarkable for an ageing Montgomery Burns lookey-likey. Kudos to the man.
Yes i know everything about it It was huge in Sweden at the time, Ulrika.No World Cup or Euro cup = bad manger.
BTW, do you know of this scandal which occured with this tv presenter?
don't blame the manager, blame the team.
is miles mclagen a bad manager because murray hasn't won a slam yet, obviously he will at one point, but you can't say that someone is a bad manager because there players are not performing
Lol, yes in Sweden we call him monty burns to, but hes got cash, and apparently he is a nympho.Not to mention his performance with the laydees. Quite remarkable for an ageing Montgomery Burns lookey-likey. Kudos to the man.
I see, Sanchez-Casal? Hm he should have done better results on clay then? Strange that he likes HC the most...His mother is a coach???