TheMaestro1990
Hall of Fame
Too scared of facing Shapovalov?
ak24alive
Legend
Reported because I am feeling sad
AiRFederer
Hall of Fame
Dude is retiring earlier than Federer
zagor
Bionic Poster
Smart move from Andy, seems like he's finally learning to use his brain instead of his heart a bit more.
Baby steps, he needs to be careful when coming back from injury in his 30s to not overplay right away. BO5 would have been too big of a task physically at this point.
It was great to see him display his wizardry on grass again, even if for a brief moment. Wish him full recovery by the end of the year, the game's much better with in-form Murray in the mix.
Baby steps, he needs to be careful when coming back from injury in his 30s to not overplay right away. BO5 would have been too big of a task physically at this point.
It was great to see him display his wizardry on grass again, even if for a brief moment. Wish him full recovery by the end of the year, the game's much better with in-form Murray in the mix.
ak24alive
Legend
The dude who will retire before Fed is Stan sadly. Mury will play.
Stan is Finnish.
MURY is Scottish.
zagor
Bionic Poster
Don't think Murray's going anywhere anytime soon. If he did, he'd play Wimbledon this year.
This move IMO shows he's focused on the future instead of the now.
zagor
Bionic Poster
Small comfort given that the mighty Thiem is still there. Slam beasts Zverev and Kyrgios too.
MarcusInKensington
Hall of Fame
Finnish, sadly.
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
He isn't ready and he knows he isn't. It's for the best.
ak24alive
Legend
zagor
Bionic Poster
Once again, if he was he'd actually play Wimbledon.
There's no way he leaves the game without playing it one more time, the guy's one of the most emotional and passionate tennis players I've seen.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Yeah, wouldn't want to see him out there wrecking himself. All the best to him.
True Fanerer
G.O.A.T.
Deon Sanders
Legend
Yes!
Great news.
Pusher era almost over at Wimby
Great news.
Pusher era almost over at Wimby
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Deleted member 756486
Guest
I think his career is over.
Badabing888
Hall of Fame
Pfft. Typical Murray it was pretty obvious 1 month ago he could not be match fit ready to play best of 5 sets if he was constantly deciding at the last minute if was ready for the warm up tournaments.
ak24alive
Legend
Yeah. Fcuk off. Sadist.
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Deleted member 756486
Guest
Celebrating the injury and withdrawal of a player? Pathetic.
Deon Sanders
Legend
ak24alive
Legend
You.
are the scum of the earth.
Deon Sanders
Legend
Chicharito
Hall of Fame
Stan should have taken a similar approach on his comeback.
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Bit surprised to hear this as everything seemed to hint at him being prepared to play. Wonder why he and his team finally decided it was too risky?
He obviously knows his own body and what he thinks it is capable of at the moment. Wonder where he will head to next? Is Newport now a possibility?
Still sad to see him not playing Wimbledon though for the first time since 2007!
He obviously knows his own body and what he thinks it is capable of at the moment. Wonder where he will head to next? Is Newport now a possibility?
Still sad to see him not playing Wimbledon though for the first time since 2007!
ak24alive
Legend
Stan is playing so so bad right now. I am not so quick in saying the word Finnish but Stan does look Finnish to me.
helterskelter
G.O.A.T.
Raining hopes
Hall of Fame
Pretty sad,thought Could have seen him in action after such a long time.Only watched bits of Kyrgyos match.
Badabing888
Hall of Fame
The problem is that his hip condition is a deteriorating one in the long term (in his 40s/50s). In th short term It’s not gonna get worse from playing, but neither is going to get any better. He is still limping and can’t push up fully on his serve, plus he is half a step slow getting back in court when pushed out to his forehand side. He is also a competitive animal who doesn’t want to play to lose. So, he either plays the rest of his career for the sheer enjoyment and for his daughters to grow up and watch him play (which he says is his intended wish), but hope of getting back to pre- 2017 where he is a contender look slim.
Raining hopes
Hall of Fame
I think his career is over.
NoOooooooooooO.
Deon Sanders
Legend
What happens when selfish people like Murray enter with no intention of ever playing
Not the first time selfish Murray has done this... see: ruining US Open 2017
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Deleted member 512391
Guest
Like his presence was going to affect the draw anyway.
yokied
Hall of Fame
This withdrawal is arguably worse than USO17. This kind of conduct is not on IMHO. He is only too well aware of how bad his injury is and how slow the comeback is. He knew weeks ago he wasn't ready for this and waited way too late, again, to withdraw from another major tournament. I hope it doesn't cause too many ructions in the draw.
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Wishing LL, Jason Jung, the very Murriest of Christmases.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
How the frig is an unseeded player withdrawing going to seriously affect the draw one way or the other?
West Coast Ace
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, his game is very physical - not see after that major knee job he’ll ever get it back. And switch to a finesse game - too late.
For all the talk that hard courts are bad; one misstep on grass and you can tear up a knee, ankle - or hip. Thus wise of Murray to pull out. And he ran out of gas so badly v Kyrgios it was obvious his fitness wasn’t close to ready.
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NatF
Bionic Poster
Bit surprised to hear this as everything seemed to hint at him being prepared to play. Wonder why he and his team finally decided it was too risky?
He obviously knows his own body and what he thinks it is capable of at the moment. Wonder where he will head to next? Is Newport now a possibility?
Still sad to see him not playing Wimbledon though for the first time since 2007!
Maybe he had a bad practice session or something? Felt a niggle or something.
Deon Sanders
Legend
Perhaps he just wanted to keep out a direct acceptance because he is scummy
Seems to be his thing
sbengte
G.O.A.T.
They aren't in his quarter, are they ? Only in his half....tucked away in Djoko's quarter.
