The Tennis Thread

[thinktank]

Heads gone.

 

[nidge]

Andy has been so meek in this match. Hardly recognizable from the player that won last year.

 

[nidge]

This is what I mean. Dimitrov slips and Murray instead of putting it away gives him a chance to recover and win the point.

 

[thinktank]

Looks like he just wants to get off the court tbh.

 

[haxman]

Looks like he just wants to get off the court tbh.

Not the attitude of a champion. Needs to get his head sorted out. The other big 3 wouldn't throw in the towel without a real fight.

 

[mpickard2087]

Scotland you can have him back now...

 

[nidge]

I am a big Murray fan but as proud as he should be for winning it last year he should be ashamed of the way he's played in this match.

 

[thinktank]

Dimitrov's a player but Andy didn't work him at all.

Too easy a win.

 

[nidge]

Dimitrov's a player but Andy didn't work him at all.

Too easy a win.

Andy handed him the match.

 

[thinktank]

Bullshit sue, he didn't produce the "match of his life", he beat murray quite comfortably with energy to spare.

 

[cockjol]

Poor defence of title from Murray...looked like he just gave up...I wonder if some of the hunger has gone since winning the holy grail last year...will be out of top 10 now after that defeat

 

[cockjol]

I blame Mauresmo for this. You simply can't trust the French.

He certainly surrendered pretty quickly

 

[cockjol]

Dmitrov thought Murray was there for the taking in the warm-up...sensed he wasn't right

 

[thinktank]

Andrew Castle is excellent.

 

[wooderz]

Murray needs to play more precise shots and move dimitrov around more. He's not working him enough.

This is Murray's problem at the moment, he never actually goes for the winner since his surgery. He just hits it back at the guy and hopes that he will make the error. It's like he is scared to go for the lines.

Now and then his instinct takes over and he hits a bullet down the line and wins the point, but that is few and far between at this point in time.

Watch Nole, he will play the point, get the guy out wide and then bam, down the opposite line and the guy has no chance. Andy will just hit it back to him in hope he'll miss, or if the guy is right out wide will hit it center court.

He's lost the killer instinct he had in 2012/2013 - will he ever regain it after the brilliant 12 months of Olympics followed by SW19 2013 - time will tell

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I'd love to see young Nick in the final.

 

[BSJ93]

Kinda shocked, not that Dimitrov won, but how easy it appeared.

 

[haxman]

Come on Cilic! Be surprised not to see a fightback from Djokovic now though.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

This is Murray's problem at the moment, he never actually goes for the winner since his surgery. He just hits it back at the guy and hopes that he will make the error. It's like he is scared to go for the lines.

Now and then his instinct takes over and he hits a bullet down the line and wins the point, but that is few and far between at this point in time.

Watch Nole, he will play the point, get the guy out wide and then bam, down the opposite line and the guy has no chance. Andy will just hit it back to him in hope he'll miss, or if the guy is right out wide will hit it center court.

He's lost the killer instinct he had in 2012/2013 - will he ever regain it after the brilliant 12 months of Olympics followed by SW19 2013 - time will tell

I agree. He doesn't seem to be the same since his surgery.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Djoko's to lose now. Can't really see who might beat him.