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Hopefully I can have as good a year as I did last year.  I doubt ill be able to pick out the two winners again but shall give it a go for you.

Mens

This year in the Mens has to be the most exciting of many a year.  Speaking to different people and everyone is tipping someone different.  I guess the winner has to come from Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray, Davydenko or Del Potro but some people are throwing in Tsonga and Soderling as well.  First of all I think we can cross of Tsonga, Davydenko and Soderling from the list.  Tsonga just isnt anywhere near consistent enough; Davydenko has been superb recently but wasnt really that unexpected on the courts were his recent run has come from.  The Aussie courts are slightly quicker than the hard courts that the World Champs and Dubai event were held on and therefore he cant simply base camp on the base line and counter punch.  The ball also takes more spin in Oz and will be bouncing up above his waist height more therefore making the balll harder to control for him.  Add to the fact he has never won a major and its another major hurdle he has to over come.  Soderling has been the major improver on tour last year and maybe one to watch but I just cant see him coming through.  So the contenders: -

Federer - Without doubt has to be there.  Always done well here and although he hasnt quite always done the business here he has to be the major contender again.

Rafa - One or two question marks about him recently.  Is his overall game had too much taken off it without niggling injuries and constant pressure that the top of the game causes.

Murray - Will he ever be able to hanlde the heat here and more importantly the pace of the courts.  Murray is very much like Davydenko that there is a specific speed of surface where he seems to have an edge on everyone but the aussie open just arent his type of courts.  Too many average results in the past here and nothing really seems to have changed with him recently. 

Del Potro - This kid has the lot and also has the monkey off his back now he has won a major and also beat Federer to accomplish this.  Has experience to call upon and could be a major player.

The draw puts Federer in the same quarter as Davydenko and Verdasco but cant see Federer not making the semis.

Djokovic has to get through Soderling and Tsonga to meet Federer in the semis.

The other half looks rather juicy - Roddick, Gonzalez, Clilic, Del Potro, Murray, Monfils and Nadal.

That looks like a lot of tough games for whoever makes it and I cant see whoever making it having much left for the final.  My guess would be a Nadal vs Roddick semi with the winner losing in the final.

Im going to back Federer @ 3/1 for 4 points and Del Potro @ 7/1 for 1.5 points


Womens

Again this yer looks be a very good one and there are some great prices out there.  We have the return of both Belgium girls and the best news ever, both Williams in the same half of the draw.  I really want to take on Serena here but she has such an easy draw its untrue.  Her toughest potential games on route to the Semis are against Sam Stosur, Azarenka or Zvonereva all of which she should walk through.

The 2nd quarter has Venus in and although she isnt playing well there is only Wozniacki in this section that should trouble her.  This draw really is weak and kind of takes the mick when you see the bottom half but sadly thats where all my value picks are.

Elena Dementieva is one I always look out for on a hard court as she is always there or there abouts and now that she doesnt have the Worlds worst serve could be a suprise to some at 20/1.  Sadly the draw hasnt been kind to her and she may have to play Henin in the 2nd round.  If she gets through that then I would expect her to have a long run until she meets Clijsters.  KIm has kept a bit quiet on just how seriously she is taking this big come back but after her last win she has to be a major contender for it and I think the winner of her and Dementieva will reach the final here.

The bottom section sees Safina who has almost fallen off the face of the Earth recently and only really has to beat Sharapova to get to the Semi's.

The prices arent anything special apart from Dementieva and we should get a good sweat with her.

Im laying Serena @ 3/1 for 3 points
Backing Dementieva @ 20/1 for 2 points
Backing Clijsters @ 4/1 for 3 Points

Gl all.

Not sure what there prices are like, but Sporting Bet refund all bets on the winner if Murray wins...

Their pretty safe there

How come not laying him then?

Got on the lot, cheers Blatch. Lets run good.

+1

Had these bets so far:

Juan Martin Del Potro      8.07      £46.98      £332.15    

Jo Wilfried Tsonga    67.2    £30.00    £1,986.00

I think Tsonga can make the Semis.
Hes made the semis here before and i definetly think he has the game to beat Djokovic in the Quarters, hes excels in that match up. Hes been struggling with a wrist injury recently, but i think is in fine shape again now after some time off and was hitting the ball excellently in the Keeyong Exhibition tourn this week.
Im backing him with a view to trade in the semis.

I think Federer is a dodgy one, will have to get past Davydenjo to make the final and he cant succeed in that match up for toffee atm. He may fare better over 5, but a meeting with Del Potro or Nadal in the final would also be a huge hurdle for him to overcome.

I like Del Potro/Nadal/Tsonga for this tournament.

Blatch, how come youve backed Del Potro to win it but predict Roddick will beat him in the Quarters?

I too think Tsonga can make the semis. I don't think Nadal can win on his recent form so my semifinalists will be (based on my attempt to read the draw)

Federer
Tsonga
Murray
Del Potro

With probably a Del Potro v Federer final, Federer to win it.

Never mind all that - are there any new fit women players we need to be aware of?

fed express for me , think murray will have a good run but he just   dosent seem to be able to last in the big games over 5 sets , nadal still capable if he can be injury free and get some form back

typo

Kirilenko stunning as stunning as usual and taken first set against Sharapova.

Could be a noisy 2nd set.

Yes she is worth staying up for

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009_swimsuit/video/maria-kirilenko.html

Bye Sharapova and ......

HELLO KIRILENKO!!!!!!!!!!!!

what time is murray due on so i can turn off tele and turn on radio

Andy will be on when Clijsters has dispached her opponent losing approx 2-3 games in the process.

Id estimate he will be on court at 5.10am.

Im involved in the Karlovic v Stepanek match. Laid Stepa @ 1.2 when he won the first set, in a great position now @ 2-1 Karlovic, decent greens on both. Defo gona be difficult to resist the temptation to go all green on one player for a big win tho.

Something im trying out this fortnight.

British Watch

Elena Baltacha has actually won a match 7:5 in the 3rd

Obviously very early doors here but Rafa looks in a spot of bother here.

All depends if Luczak can keep his level up and he has shown glimses of the form in the past before.

Gus Hansen runs good.

MBSFN to be Gus Hansen

You're a Luckzak too Dr Blakey.

not off to the best start at this years open, a mix of getting it wrong and falling asleep at the p.c didn't help.

-332 for the game.

Happy tho to have the week off work to trade even more.

Took Blatch's advice and bet on Federer/S Williams as the winning double @ 14.5 and Federer/Clijsters as the winning double @ 16.5, im hoping your as good at this as you are at football!

The footy's a sideline for him.  I believe tennis is where his true skillz lie...

Blatch for betting king, if i follow his advice then i might well make a profit at sports  ;yippee;

Long way to go though to cover my lifetime loss, i think i am what people call a MUG punter lol

here are my picks for the OZ open.

Davydenko/K.Clijsters

Roger Federer/Justine Henin

and a little on the mixed of the 2 above

How is Henin playing at the moment?  An immense talent and probably one of the most technically gifted female tennis players ever imo.

she played well 2 weeks ago in her last comp, was unlucky to get beat by clijsters in the fianl. After having a few match points to win the game, can she win the oz open? I think she has a chance. Her biggest test will come in the 3rd or 4th(i think) when she comes up against clijsters again, she wins that, I think she can take it.

Did you not see the stunner that is 'A. Kleybanova' beat Dokic earlier today?

I mistakenly took a bet on her earlier and said 'So you're laying 'the tank' at x?'

Punter knew what I was talking about.

(no offence to forum poster thetank btw)

Henin vs Dementiava next round 3rd vs 4th fave on betfair and Blatch is golden money is on Dementiava.

didnt know Dementiava was Henin next match. going to be a good game.

Henin at 1.96 seems like good value to me. have to have a think about it.

wonder what blatch thinks.

Should be an awesome game and im not suprised to see them go off even money.

Henin looks as if she hasnt been away from the court but she hasnt really been pushed apart from the Clijsters game and she may well crack under the pressure a little or find her shots wavering a bit.  I reallly cant pick a winner here but seeing as some bookies had Dementieva at 20/1 and some at 8/1 to win the comp I had to back her outright - she has a tough draw and if she wins it she will certainly deserve it.

No match bet or acca fancies?

Ana Ivanovic looks like sailing through to the 2nd round but ill be taking her on against her first decent opponent plus laying her in the outright.

She looks awful and her ball toss on her serve, which caused her drop down to 20 in the World last year, is still redic bad.  Anyone good will murder her.

BRITISH WATCH

Katie O'Brien has won 1st set 6:3 against P. Mayr.  What makes me laugh is stats though: -

Aces 0
Winners 0
Double Faults 4
Unforced Errors 8

Well played girls.

me and the bbc are going to fall out

for the last week they had been advertising murry matches would be on 5 live
with extra being used for other matches
so i go to bed turned radio on and they moved it to 5 live extra as it was late
living in an area without digital radio that messed me up as i hadnt taken my laptop to bed


from now on the bbc is on my hit list

Blatchy, any games you are looking forward to see tonight?

The Verdesco game is heating up well but I wanted to see Mirza play Rezai but its just finished.  This Rezai girl could cause an upset or too - when she hits the ball it simply doesnt come back, over powered Serena for parts of the game a week back and at 500/1 could be a good fun sweat.

Blake v Clement
Gulbis v Monaco could a be a good match
Venus may struggle aginast Lucy Safarova

but the best one is late on Youzhny vs Gasquet could be a great trading game.

few good games to look forward to.

Blake v Clement do you feel that 1.40 for blake is good value to back from the start vs Clement? with the H2H being 6-0 to blake. know Clement had a solid week last week.

I think so espec on these courts. I know Blake ha strugled a bit recently but on here he should have too much for Clement.

ok full bank job on it.  :)up

i put £30 on demetiavo at 16/1

shes now 12/1

if i lay her at 12/1 how much profit do i make?  4/1?

Yeah u will get 30 @ 4/1 if she wins and break even if she doesnt win.

at what price can u lay the bet and be in profit if she loses?

Federer has just lost the first set to Andreev! Unbevb scenes.

Andreev certainly has talent, but hes been on the slide for a while now.

You just need to lay more than your stake.

If you lay £30 at 14's your P+L will read: -

Dementieva +120
Everyone else +0

If you lay her for 35 your P+L will read : -

Dementieva +50
Everyone else +5

You can obviously change this slightly either side for any figure you would like.

Wealthy shrewdies absolutely filled their boots on Fed @ 1/4 to 1/5 after losing the 1st.

Started off with a lay of Gulbis @ 1.46 here. Too short imo.

I got a nice chunk at 1.21 straight after losing the set and managed to lay off at 1.05 about 30 mins later.

Nice life :)

Fed cant serve out the set against Igor Andreev, what is going on.

No doubt he will break here and win it 6-4, but still.

there is a little bit of a wind at one end of the court, both players finding it hard. but fed not playing great.

omg, 3 failed set points on his own serve. what a fkin mug Andreev really is.

Yeah all the breaks have happened from the same end of the court, wind playing a big part.

Typical Fed.

Soderling was 2 sets up but now struggling at 2:1 and oppo serving to make it 2 sets all

Soderling in trouble here. 2-0 up as well, trade at 1.02!!! LOL

gg gtfo Soderling.

Ive gone against the Blatch golden choices with Henin to win this.

I also think she is a big price against Dementieva at 2.12

Hopefully this game will be on when I wake up tomorrow morning.

BRITISH WATCH

We actually have a women into round 3.

Elena Baltacha just beaten Bondarenko seeded 30 in straight sets.

Yeah was watching that. Thought she'd fked it up when she had the chance to go 5-3 up, but played v well overall.

UK UK!

She irrittates me so much watching her.

That stupid walk to the corner every time really tilts me and is pointless and probably a waste a energy too.

lol yeah true. Do we know potential opponents in the next?

Dinara Safina = gg

This tennis between Henin and Dementieva is top notch.

Fancy Henin to come out on top, but its gona be close.

Blake v Delpy isnt bad either!!!!! cracking stuff.

Was loving watching the Blake game and then had to switch over.  Both suffering from injuries as well but this Henin vs Dementieva was always gonna be good and worthy of a semi final really.

yeah definetly worthy of a semi.

I didnt watch tennis as much a few years ago when Henin was in her prime, shes brilliant! topspin backhand is mev.

Potty and Blake gone to a 5th

Looks like Delpy should get through from here, great battling and should be a piss easy 3rd round against Mayer for him.

sidenote: wiiii, go on Ivo!!!!! (unlucky Rich)

Last confirmed ChipRich sighting: At around 5am this morning our hero was seen depositing his net worth onto Stan James and banging it all on Benneteau to beat Karlovic. At around 7.45am Rich was seen going to bed with a massive smile on his face as "Benny" as he nicknamed him, took down the first set 6-1.

Karlovic has just won the next 3 sets with ease to take down the match 3-1. Expect tears when Rich awakens.

The commentary on Eurosport is really tilting me.

I am fed up hearing great shot or its gone long before I see the shot played.

they are too far ahead of the coverage.

How do u think I feel trying to trade from these delayed pics lol

Agree with^, its doing my nut in.

At first i thought they were just anticipating balls well, but then it was obvious.

They are renoind for it sadly. 

Same with Snooker and also football when they show it.

hahaha, Blake just went to have a right go at a member of the public who flashed his camera during one of the biggest points of his career. Quite right imo.

This is great stuff, i didnt think he had this sort of bottle.

Del Potros gona winnnnn.

omg 0-40, this is incred.

Both these games on now are simply incred

yes manic switch between both games for key points

sigh, failed upset coming in.

I never really believed Blake could win it, but hes left nothing out there, Delpy just has that extra quality in the huge points.

Sums Eurosport up really.

9:8 in 5th and they leave it for Cycling shocking

Del Potro thorugh 10:8 but huge damage done

Is now a good time to get out of any Del Potro bets????

Henin is so good with her back against the wall.

Great match

They both are, such a quality game

Im speechless, she just wouldnt lose that, even on one leg.

They both played incred tbf, i dont think anyone can have any complaints with Blatches 20/1 value shout on Deme.

That was my point really on backing Demi - knew it would be incredibly close between those two but with Dementieva at 20/1 and Henin at 5/1 it wasnt a tough choice - although would love to swap now :(

Cilic-Tomic.......Cilic looks like being a bit in trouble in this match(1-2 stes), started off lazy. not really picked it up, wasnt going to trade in it, but would be rude not to.

Pmsl @ the Brittish/UK patter.
This time next week they will be Scots again.

ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm happy to pretend that all English people adopt Murray as their own during Grandslams and then call him Scottish when he loses if i never have to hear or read this comment again.

BRITISH WATCH

Laura Robson just won her 1st roudn doubles game in straight sets

Elena Baltacha also through in doubles

Weee

Is she old enough for me to be able to say that I would yet?

shes 16 today!!!

So yeah, easily old enough.

Wiiii

legal at last

If there is grass on the court .....

BRITISH WATCH

Sarah Borwell, head and shoulders Britains number 1 ladies doubles player, had just won her 1st round

the housemates of shrewdie hq have been paiiiiiiiiiiiiid on baghdatis.  abs incred comback.  huge heart.

THE BAG MAN!

I never get a result wrong after its finished

incred stuff from the Bagh man!!

lol yeah like il tip up a tennis bet u clown.

Agree with this ^

we gambled and got on it pre though pal.

Hows Steph?

way out ur league son

Every girl loves a man with money ;)

ha tbh ud probs be #1 on the brother in law list, with competitors such as rooks, shrewdie, bh, trigg and greeky.

right back to the tennis!

Thats not what you said about Blatch on Skype mate.

haha stiring fk. nh.

shrewdie hq have done it again!!!

we laid robert @ 2-0 up and montanes pissed it 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the final 3 sets.

FYP

:)

I got the betfair funds to treat her right :)

There's a line Cos but genuine Rolfgasms

Lol, now cheering on Austrialians.

Has the darts finished or something ?

Yip, but back on ITV next Thursday.

What darts is this?

The Players Championship from the Circs Tavern, top 32 PDC from non Televised ranking events.

we cant even see the line xD

Just lol.

http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/other-sport/127681-aussie-open-delayed-after-ball-boy-wets-himself.html

GTFO Baltacha, put in your place 6:1 6:2

[ ] gl in the doubles

What price was Bonderenko pre-match ?

1.44 vs 3.15 ish

9:0 record too.

Would love it Henin got knocked out here

WP Henin, could be a good game in the next round against Wicky.

Potential games to get involved in today are Monfils v Isner, Cilic v Wawwy and Ivo v Ivan.

oh my god, the lads done it again.  he was last seen storming out the door after punting on Mayer @ 2.66 after he bagled super Juan Martin.  He wasnt even watching the game but was convinced Del Potro had a career threatening injury.  Unfortunately for our hero, Super Juan Martin dug deep and used his heart of a lion to break Mayer in the 3rd set and take it down, Florian is now trading @ 7.2 to back.

I just hope he can come thru this and isnt found in a ditch anytime soon.

ha, so cold


but in other news the Shrewdie H.Q are going to be green shifters in the Wawrinka vs Cilic match, gl us.

hiogjpdfbjsdfgbidosxjmgnhsmfhnfgh

ul buddy, should have got on the big man.

Del Potro looks like he has career threatning injury every other match, yet soldiers on.

Clijsters is struggling.

Lost the first set 6-0 and has managed to win her first game to make it 3-1 in the second...

gg gtfo Kim. 6-0, 6-1.

com

oh no, sigh.

Incredible couple of points from Murray there to break the Isner serve.

yeah, he's been superb all match but those 2 points were special

he's a match for anyone playing this well

Anyone watching Gonzo plys Roddick?

Every point virtually for about 5 games Gonzo is hitting redic winner after redic winner.  Never seen anything like it even at Fed's peak.

Yeah, it's insane. Awesome to watch. Roddick can only shake his head in disbelief.

yup, incred stuff from Gonzo

Seen Gonzo do this before, just a pity it never lasts longer than 2 sets.
That was a bad call at sp Roddick, Gonzo given up now.

gogogogogo murray

Hope andy wins, but ive started off with a lay of murray at 1.9, looking to trade this.

murrays buzzing gogogogogo

COME ON RAFA!!!!

Great trading match this, all green so early on, also laid murray again @1.45, greened up that @1.69 just now. Easy gammmme.

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

shame about the ending but yet another very impressive performance from murray

Yea he was class. First couple of sets had some cracking rallies.

Cilic is a big serving monster right?

Murray moves him around, keeps the ball low and returns the ball as well as he can and he's favourite?

similar player to isner but less versatile, does the same thing on every service point. murray should handle him pretty easily

Cilic has also had three five-setters so far, whereas Murray hasn't dropped a set and has even had one two and a half-set match.

less versatile than isner ? i thought isner was very poor apart from his big serve. Cilic has more to his game than just a big serve.


termendous win for the Scot btw

Cilic isnt really much like Isner at all. Isner is just a big serve and if the ball is in play will try and end the points asap by taking some shots on huge groundstrokes.

Cilic doesnt rely too heavily on his serve, his 1st serve percentage was poor today, he is all about the baseline rallies. He looks to attack but builds it up patiently. Hes good, hes not just a serve at all. Forehand and Backhand groundstrokes are his game.

Murray should win, but will be a very good match.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_5545253,00.html

Not going to be easy but Murray is playing very well.

Sandy

one thing that has been murray's bete-noire has been his second serve. i really think he sorted that out today.

murray fav now to win event  out right, but can he match fed express over 5 sets????

He's only fave cos he's the first one thru to the semi's

Good time to lay?  Lay now, green out when the Fed Express rolls into the semis?

I asked Blatch this and he basically said no cos if Fed somehow loses you're screwed. You may as well just bet on Fed.

LOL then what happens if somehow fed loses ;carlocitrone;

If Fed what?

point taken

What I tried to explain to George was that Murray is Fave cos he is through.  If Federer beats Denko then he will go back fave but if Fed loses then Murray's price will shorten further. Therefore trading the Murray price between now and his semi is the same as backing / laying the Fed match.

So what I get from that is definately lump on davydenko...... Sold! 3.50, poor gamble, but hes on top form! My life is on this miracle... How often does Federed retire?!

I geniunely can't remember Federer every retiring from a match, I am sure it must have happened. He doesn't tend to be very injury prone though.

He also has made 22 consecutive grand slam semis, which is just a ridic record.

Federer is such a class act and different to anyone else ever.

1st set n a half against Davy and he made 29 unforced errors and Davy was 3/11 on break points.  Then after losing 1st set and being 1:3, 15:40 down he shanks a retrun and Davy misses a sitter at the net and then 20 mins later Fed has won every game since and now level at 1:1 in sets.  Has played amazingly well since and looks complete opposite to earlier.

.... and breaks 1st game of 3rd set

6 games in a row

make that 9

11 and a 6:0 set

Run ended after 13 straight games

Is the Tsonga/Djokovic game on next?

Come on Murray

He was looking a bit flat at the start but he's warmed up nicely now. Cilic still dangerous but hopefully Murray can take it down from here.

Nice one Murray

superb yet again. slight blip early on but you're allowed to have a bad set once a fortnight

the shot to break in the 2nd was so, so good and you've gotta love the one he put round the net at the end

the pass on the forehand after the lob earlier on was out of this world too

Lets hope Jo W Tsonga can give Fed a toughie, and stack things slighttly in Murray's favour for the final. He's going to need all the edges in his favour

from a friend's fb status

'Good to have a brit in the final rather than a scottish semi finalist!'

so true

Murray status as of 12:44 GMT 28/01/2009 = British

you can have him if you take everyone else from Edinburgh.


apart from Geo, especially not on his birthday...

bet murray likes haggis

is this murray time for a grand slam mmmmmmmmmm i think it just might be

you are mad if you think murray will win the grand slam

he might win one of the 4 events that go into a slam but no chance of winning the slam itself

He is in the final you know, yeah he is going to be an underdog to Federer but he does have a good record against Fed and is obviously playing well.

whoooooooooooooooooooooooosh hang your head in shame

lolol whooshed by Ironside, gg Longy.

I saw a couple of Couriers post match interviews , they seemed pretty com anyone else see these? Didnt realise he was such a character

Yeah ive listened to a few this week and been very amusing.  Especially the one with Hewit and managed to slip into conversation asking about "giving bec one".

yeah his interviews are great, really refreshing.

As well as the obvious tennis questions he gives us the oppourtunity to learn more about the players' personal lives and personalities.

Going against everyone else tomorrow, i need Jo Wilfried to win! Hardly confident, but you never know.

Right Mr Honeris... I'm following you whole heartidly on this Tsonga band wagon! I will cheer him to the last point (until he gets broken in the 1st set then im chucking my whole life on Dane bowers to win BB TILT)

RETIRE FEDS!!!

Almost there for one of them!

lol Big mac on murray this morning on the morning line:

"manufactured nasty piece of work that doesnt like this country"

I see he's just as well informed as usual then!  ::)

Come on Henin

I fckin hate henin so much

Line judges are having a nightmare.

4 shocking calls allready and weve not yet finished the 1st set.

One cost Henin a game..........Steaming

they've got the roof up? i remember that tilted murray at wimbledon he hated it, not sure if that will affect him here but i fancy 3-1 fed

roof opened, fck it, lets gogogogogogogo fed!

Murray playing quite well

But needs to sort out his first serve to get back in the game

wiiiiiiiiiii lets go fed

This not over

Happy to lay heavy with Fed at 1.2

Murrays looking like he wants to be anywhere other than out there at the moment

This. He needs to show some fucking balls. Fed just too good.

Blatch vs Brucie

I had a little top up at 1.2

I topped up also

but at 1.13

I love how the commentators are trying to save murrays dignity a bit by saying: "no one can cope with federer when he's playing like this" Nadal hasnt seemed to have too much of a problem the last couple of years.

Murray's the 2nd best player on the planet right now. I think his dignity will be just fine.

As I remember Murray beat Nadal

He's not in top 3 and even then Davydenko may argue about top 4

It's not me it's the commentators patronizing him making all these excuses, i mean what's the point of saying:

"unless federer starts missing these shots there's nothing you can do, there's nothing anyone can do so all muray can do is hope"

"he's just from a different planet this guy, theres nothing murray can do ar anyone could do for that matter"

"when he's playing like this no one can touch him"

It's like they were embarressed for him, i was just pointing out it was bollox because for the most part Nadal has rung rings around him the past couple of years

As i remember Nadal retired due to injury

Yeh load of shit. He's got to compete. Del Potro, Davy and Rafa have shown you can at least compete with Fed- even Roddick gave him a game!

Even if he is the 2nd best player on the planet (which he isn't) it sure matters when you retire with no slams in the cabinet

Totally agree. Murray has the game to beat Fed, he's just being too passive and not serving well enough. If he plays like he did when he beat Nadal we'd have a real match on our hands.

And Nadal's injury had nowt to do with anything. He was well beat and said so himself.

Tim Henman tilts me harder than any person,shut up you tit gsdfvgkjsdbv

Federer is playing the best Tennis he has played for a long time.

Murray is doing very well to hang in there.

Brilliant serving right into the corners.

Great shots in the rallys.

Is murray hanging in there?

LOL at the Murray haters popping up now that he's losing. Mugs.

What a chance to break, mug.

I backed fed 3-1 that's all and i'm just saying that the commentators are making him look bad.

I'm  observing as well that i cant see how murray is hanging in there, where's that match cos the one i'm watching fed is 2-0 up in and running him round the court

Not haters. I don't mind if he looks up for it but he just don't look arsed. He deserves to get beat. His body language is appalling.

He is, and he's only 22. Plenty of time for those slams to fill his cabinet before he retires.

I cant imagine you are watching the same match as me.

I agree you are watching a different match than everyone else

The match I'm watching- Murray is getting owned

To be fair

Murray does look beat now.

Or maybe not

are you watching in negative? you think he's in it when he's getting pwned then think he's beat as he comes back

Or does he........

He'll still get beat but at least he's still trying.

Hold now!

Cat believe I have to take the kids swimming now


FML

run em a bath

Not according to the rankings  ;carlocitrone;

Not according to anything bar this one comp

Recent results he would be 4th or 5th
Rankings
Seeding for this comp
Bookies prices for this comp
Tourney Wins
Grand Slam Wins
etc
etc

To say he is 2nd best is redic

No bottle murray ha ha ha

so sick for 3-1, fcking murray, sigh

He will go up to third after this match and if he wins he'll apparently go up to second.

Yup. And it won't be long until he's above Nadal.

But the fact is he hasn't yet therefore not the second best in the world at this point in time.

Had a great chance in this third set with a dip in form from Fed but looks like we will have to hope for the lottery of a tie break. I bet Bolt is praying for Murray in that.

ffs, give yourself a break.

More love needed.

The aussie line judges need to go to specsavers.

Im still getting over the shock that Bruce Mansion doesnt have a swimming pool or two

ffs, give yourself a break and stop being fucking pondlife

aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh

Unbelievable tie break.

ducked 3 zip, reckon'd he'd get on the scoresheet, sigh

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii go collect time.

Simply different class.

The Scottish lad bottled it

Fed is on another planet ... GG the field.

Took Fed Ex @ 3/1, never in doubt.
So were you slightly down for your outright bets?

Yep simply the best ever. WP Fed.


Folk suggesting Murray has no bottle is just laughable,he was beaten by a better player. No shame in that.

lmfao

Pm replied.

Don't watch much Tennis but the top flight boys these days are just so unfeasibly good

I wasnt sure in the last couple of years whether federer was the best ever tennis player.

This tournament has confirmed it for me. Awesome.

Thanks for the tip blatch.

predicted a massive trading oppertunity on murray from start of tourn but didnt have the balls to follow it through  , sigh!   well played fed xpress  different class