When Andy Murray broke my heart
- Thread starter Nole Slam
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BackhandDTL
Hall of Fame
Nice job playing 5d chess.
Making the thread about Rafa Nadal without even mentioning Rafa Nadal.
Brilliant indeed
Making the thread about Rafa Nadal without even mentioning Rafa Nadal.
Brilliant indeed
Nole Slam
Hall of Fame
I really didn't think about Rafael Nadal while making this painful thread.
Devtennis01
Hall of Fame
I couldn't even watch.
Nole Slam
Hall of Fame
Amor y Paz.
Firstservingman
Talk Tennis Guru
That was some epic stuff you have to admit
Backspin1183
G.O.A.T.
This is why Sir Andrew Murray is so legendary. He did what none of the big 3 could have done.
MusterCoriaKuerten
Rookie
Post-2016 was just rewards for this blasphemous act
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Couldn't you just have been a teensy weensy bit happy for him? After all he and Novak were close mates and Novak had already taken so much from him on the tennis court?
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
Why the crying over a match that was essentially a blowout? It's not like Djokovic held MP's or came anywhere close to winning the match. Andy won it 6-3, 6-4 with little drama. All credit to Andy for busting his ass to end 2016 as YE #1. The only other player in the OE who worked as hard to do it was Sampras and that was only one year.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
He remains the only player so far to complete the Beijing-Shanghai-Vienna-Paris-WTF quintuple.
Red Rick
Talk Tennis Guru
Only one to win all big grass tournies in London.He remains the only player so far to complete the Beijing-Shanghai-Vienna-Paris-WTF quintuple.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Only one to complete the London quadruple: Wimbledon, Queen's, Olympics and WTF.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
I didn't think Murray was going to win the final. I thought he would come in exhausted after the Raonic match.
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Mainad
Bionic Poster
I thought so too especially as Djokovic had cruised through his matches dropping only 1 set (in his opening match against Thiem) . Murray had to draw on every ounce of remaining energy. His guts and determination to see it through to the finish got him there.
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
Murray sacrificed his body to win the YEC. Shows how much the tournament means to the players.
Backspin1183
G.O.A.T.
Freaking legend!!He remains the only player so far to complete the Beijing-Shanghai-Vienna-Paris-WTF quintuple.
Crazy Finn
Semi-Pro
Or alternatively, a great day for humanity.
Keizer
Professional
I thought he did that for YE#1.
ADuck
Hall of Fame
Just thinking about this makes me soreHe remains the only player so far to complete the Beijing-Shanghai-Vienna-Paris-WTF quintuple.
socallefty
Hall of Fame
@Nole Slam
It was Djokovic who broke your heart and not Murray - Murray was only the instrument who aided his self-destruction. Why in hades did Novak suddenly stop playing well at Wimbledon 2016 after being the BOAT for a year and why did he continue to play poorly for the rest of that year? I don’t think his elbow was the reason yet for his drop in form. These kind of unexplained slumps are going to cost him the GOAT title that he would deserve if he finishes close to Nadal in Slams.
It was Djokovic who broke your heart and not Murray - Murray was only the instrument who aided his self-destruction. Why in hades did Novak suddenly stop playing well at Wimbledon 2016 after being the BOAT for a year and why did he continue to play poorly for the rest of that year? I don’t think his elbow was the reason yet for his drop in form. These kind of unexplained slumps are going to cost him the GOAT title that he would deserve if he finishes close to Nadal in Slams.
Bender
G.O.A.T.
Only Scottish conqueror to be welcomed by the English with open arms
Rafa4LifeEver
Semi-Pro
Ma'am that really was a display of how difficult it is for non big3 players to break into and maintain top3 rankings.
Especially the world no1 spot, which we see all 3 of the guys capturing it year after another, efficiently and effortlessly (or so we think), but for a player not on their level, it could cost him his entire career.
Rafa4LifeEver
Semi-Pro
UK's pride
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Delete poast
Phoenix1983
G.O.A.T.
I attended the match and felt the opposite reactions to the OP.
I wept tears of joy that evening.
I wept tears of joy that evening.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
You're even more of a softie than I am...lol.
I didn't weep but I did do a little jig around the living room which I hadn't done since 2013 Wimbledon.
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
What about 2016 Wimbledon or Olympics?You're even more of a softie than I am...lol.
I didn't weep but I did do a little jig around the living room which I hadn't done since 2013 Wimbledon.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Thrilled to bits about those of course but only winning Wimbledon the first time and doing the WTF-Y/E #1 double actually got me dancing.
Im(moral) Winner
G.O.A.T.
Not his first slam?Thrilled to bits about those of course but only winning Wimbledon the first time and doing the WTF-Y/E #1 double actually got me dancing.
mike danny
Bionic Poster
He had won those before.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
I was excited about that for sure but I think I was more relieved that he had broken his Slam duck whereas winning Wimbledon the first time was just pure ecstacy given that, following Henman and Rusedski's failed attempts, I never expected to see a British winner there in my lifetime.
Fabresque
Hall of Fame
Quite impressive. For how far behind we consider Murray in the pecking order, he’s accomplished some incredible feats that not even the big 3 could do.He remains the only player so far to complete the Beijing-Shanghai-Vienna-Paris-WTF quintuple.