TheMaestro1990
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Question to Murray fans: Which is his most heartbreaking loss?
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MasturB
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Spoilt for choice. Could be any one of his 8 slam losses.
Shame we don't have that Murray destroyed thread anymore. It would be a good index.
WTF 2014 v. Rog. lollerskates and Fedr with the mercy game in second set.
Sysyphus
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I guess perhaps Wimbledon 2012. I rooted for Fed in that match anyways, so it wasn't that heartbreaking for me in that sense – but the trophy ceremony was moving in highlighting the weight of the British expectations, how much he wanted it, and the fact that people had been talking about him potentially winning slams for several years by then but he had always come up short. After this match there was a lot of talk that maybe he'd just never win a slam, ever. This loss proved to be a catalyst however, and he got revenge in the upcoming olympics and won the very next slam – so in hindsight it's also maybe the 'sweetest' of his losses.
As for matches where I rooted massively for him, I guess the RG 2015 semi is one. Some of those AO finals such as 2015, where he was basically on equal footing for a couple of sets but then faded, were also frustrating.
As for matches where I rooted massively for him, I guess the RG 2015 semi is one. Some of those AO finals such as 2015, where he was basically on equal footing for a couple of sets but then faded, were also frustrating.
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
Talk Tennis Guru
2016 WTF final, in some alternate universe.
On a serious note, 2012 Wimbledon final or maybe 2015 AO final.
On a serious note, 2012 Wimbledon final or maybe 2015 AO final.
SinjinCooper
Hall of Fame
Got to be 2017 AO to Zverev the Lesser.
He and his fans spent a decade clawing and scraping, pleading for a few scraps of recognition as a legit part of the top tier of men's tennis. He finally reaches the top ranking -- mathematical justification! -- yet everyone still declares him a fraud. Supporters link arms in solidarity. Just wait, they tell us all, Andy's reign at the top is just kicking off and it will be breathtaking.
Then this. Oof.
All he and they worked for his whole career, down the drain in a heartbeat. The naysayers validated.
He and his fans spent a decade clawing and scraping, pleading for a few scraps of recognition as a legit part of the top tier of men's tennis. He finally reaches the top ranking -- mathematical justification! -- yet everyone still declares him a fraud. Supporters link arms in solidarity. Just wait, they tell us all, Andy's reign at the top is just kicking off and it will be breathtaking.
Then this. Oof.
All he and they worked for his whole career, down the drain in a heartbeat. The naysayers validated.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
I voted for 2012 Wimbledon because it always sticks in my mind the most. He really got emotional after that loss and pretty nearly everybody else did too (myself included). British tennis fans really warmed to him after that. The only other match I can recall him getting emotional was at the 2010 AO final when he said "I can cry like Federer, shame I can't play like him". But 2012 Wimbledon still wins out in my opinion.
He always seemed a bit nonchalant at all the other losses. If he showed any emotion at all it seemed more anger and irritation than heartbreak.
He always seemed a bit nonchalant at all the other losses. If he showed any emotion at all it seemed more anger and irritation than heartbreak.
BeatlesFan
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Not just Brits, but millions of tennis fans all over the world. I still choke up and have a tear in my eye when I see Andy crying while talking to Sue Barker. That moment changed my perception of Muzz forever. I've liked him ever since then. Hell, I even like Judy Murray now and I used to think she was a witch.
How exactly is AO 2016 even in the nominations? It was a straight set beatdown and he came into that match with the worst odds he has ever had against Djokovic in a slam. There were no expectations and the match lived up to it. Surely RG 2015, AO 2015 and yes AO 2017 would be better candidates.
Tennisanity
Legend
I think according to Murray himself it was W2012, since he played his highest level of tennis ever in that final.
Fiero425
Legend
Not a Murray fan. Quite the opposite actuallybut anyways, Shanghai or Wimbledon. Voted for the latter obviously since its a slam. He wasn't winning any of the other tournaments.
That's my thinking; a major should be involved, but Shanghai had the situation him having a couple match points! One of them was the epitome of what I call "his gutless play!" Nole was at the net helpless, Murray hit a beautiful lob over his head and it appeared the match would be over with the weak reply "tweener" hit back, but Murray was stuck on the baseline, hit a short shot and gave Nole his opportunity to blast a FH for a winner! I'm sure some of Murray's losses to Nole, Rafa, & Roger at majors should be more heartfelt; esp. home at Wimbl., but having MP's only to choke it away in 3 @ '12 Shanghai Masters, it was no wonder he destroyed his racket after losing 2nd set TB (13-11)! What an idiot!
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donquijote
G.O.A.T.
Why focus on the sad? The guy stole 3 slams from Fedalovic and also won 2 Olympic gold in singles. He could easily have 7-8 slams in another era.
metsman
G.O.A.T.
and which era would that be? The WTA?
killerboi2
Hall of Fame
FO 2016 loss to Djokovic and the PATHETIC straight sets Wimbledon loss to old man Fed in 2015. Even worse when Djokovic beat him straight after and instantly killed the hype of Fed being back to his prime level.
TheMaestro1990
Hall of Fame
Honestly, that was a good one
Mainad
Bionic Poster
That's my thinking; a major should be involved, but Shanghai had the situation him having a couple match points! One of them was the epitome of what I call "his gutless play!" Nole was at the net helpless, Murray hit a beautiful lob over his head and it appeared the match would be over with the weak reply "tweener" hit back, but Murray was stuck on the baseline, hit a short shot and gave Nole his opportunity to blast a FH for a winner! I'm sure some of Murray's losses to Nole, Rafa, & Roger at majors should be more heartfelt; esp. home at Wimbl., but having MP's only to choke it away in 3 @ '12 Shanghai Masters, it was no wonder he destroyed his racket after losing 2nd set TB (13-11)! What an idiot!
I agree that the 2012 Shanghai loss was definitely the most stupid one. He had FIVE championship points for a straight sets win and yet failed to convert a single one! If he had done so he would have kept up the pressure on Djokovic after beating him in their previous encounter in the US Open final and possibly have got into his head, at least a bit. By snatching defeat from the jaws of victory like that he doubtless confirmed to his biggest rival that he was a bit mentally weak at the crucial stages and that he could soon turn the tables on him which is indeed what happened.
Murray has often been his own worst enemy in several of these encounters especially at the Australian Open and in the French Open final last year.
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Murray admitted that his toughest loss was the 2012 Wimbledon final, so I guess a lot of his fans agree with him.
At 1:28.
At 1:28.
Fiero425
Legend
Murray genuinely scared me with the way he had been playing last spring on clay! He wasn't wiping the court with players, but he survived and won Italian Open over Nole which I never would put money on due to Nole's confidence he can come back against Murray on most occasions! He was aggressive in the 1st set of their FO final match, but he wasted so much energy earlier in the tournament that he tuckered out as usual! He goes 5 sets in the 1st round or 2, he shouldn't be surprised that it'll catch up with him against the best players in the world! He can do so much more to shorten those contests, but he continues to be a bonehead playing that defensive game just outlasting most players! Idiotic!
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Murray genuinely scared me with the way he had been playing last spring on clay! He wasn't wiping the court with players, but he survived and won Italian Open over Nole which I never would put money on due to Nole's confidence he can come back against Murray on most occasions! He was aggressive in the 1st set of their FO final match, but he wasted so much energy earlier in the tournament that he tuckered out as usual! He goes 5 sets in the 1st round or 2, he shouldn't be surprised that it'll catch up with him against the best players in the world! He can do so much more to shorten those contests, but he continues to be a bonehead playing that defensive game just outlasting most players! Idiotic!
Actually he cruised through the Rome draw without dropping a set.
Charlemagne
Hall of Fame
All of em lol
Fiero425
Legend
I was speaking of that period going into the French Open! He wasn't invincible, having to survive a few 5 setters in Paris!
Mainad
Bionic Poster
I was speaking of that period going into the French Open! He wasn't invincible, having to survive a few 5 setters in Paris!
Oh yes, he struggled through his first 2 rounds against Old Man Stepanek and unknown Mathias Bourgue and, as you say, probably wasted valuable energy in so doing. A great pity as you would have expected him to come into Paris as the form player on clay having just won Rome without dropping a set! Of course he improved dramatically in all his next rounds but who knows if those first 2 rounds finally caught up with him in the final or not?
Mainad
Bionic Poster
You really can't remember his breakdown after losing 2012 Wimbledon or is this just another example of your anti-Murray prejudice?
killerboi2
Hall of Fame
Yeah but so were Federer's when he faced prime Nadal and Djokovic. Doesn't mean some of them weren't heartbreaking for him though.
Fiero425
Legend
Oh please; it was routine by then! We had 3 straight years of that; Roger weeping after his loss to Nadal in '09, Roger losing his $#!t due to Laver presenting him the winning trophy in '10, and Murray's blubbering after loses to Djokovic!
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Oh please; it was routine by then! We had 3 straight years of that; Roger weeping after his loss to Nadal in '09, Roger losing his $#!t due to Laver presenting him the winning trophy in '10, and Murray's blubbering after loses to Djokovic!
Murray has only ever 'blubbed' after losing to Federer (2010 AO and 2012 Wimbledon).
Mazz Retic
Hall of Fame
Obviously slam finals would be more heartbreaking for Murray. I am not a big Murray fan but I felt for him after the AO 2012 SF. He was really impressive in that match and showed he was ready to win a slam. Think that was the first slam he had with Lendl?
NatF
Bionic Poster
I don't see that loss as heartbreaking personally. After the drubbing a year before it was a major improvement, pardon the pun. It showed him (and the world) he could live with Djokovic. I bet it helped inspire him at the USO later that year.
HipRotation
Hall of Fame
AO 2013 and 2014 just feel frustrating, not heartbreaking.
Mazz Retic
Hall of Fame
I agree with you objectively it was a 'good' loss for him in many ways. I felt more for him in that much than most others as it was the match I enjoyed of him the most, that style of tennis anyway.
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