Is this Murray's year to win Wimbledon

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

hahaha

 

[Everest]

Didn't the Americans or other favourites pull out that year due to some dispute, leaving the way open to a win that would never have happened with a full compliment of players. Or did I imagine that?

Top 12 seeds
1. Chris Evert (Semifinalist)
2. Martina Navratilova (Quarterfinalist)
3. Virginia Wade (Champion)
4. Sue Barker (Semifinalist)
5. Billie Jean King (Quarterfinalist)
6. Rosie Casals (Quarterfinalist)
7. Betty Stöve (Finalist)
8. Kerry Melville (Quarterfinalist)
9. Dianne Fromholtz (Withdrew before start)
10. Mima Jaušovec (Third round)
11. Françoise Durr (Third round)
12. Kathy May-Teacher (Fourth round)

 

[Gritt23]

I'm afraid it's SF again this year and no further. He is a brilliant player, but he has come along in an era of such amazing depth of all-time great players. Djokovic, Nadal and Federal will ALL get talked about as potential GREATS of the game for ever more, so for their careers to overlap as much as they have done is really quite remarkable.

 

[terryberry1]

If Murray wins Wimbledon this year i will give every on this thread a tenner in monopoly money

 

[Mellotron]

In ANY other tennis era he would have a BRILLIANT chance. He is a QUALITY player.

Anyone who can stick in the top 4 like him and reach the semi finals he has is.

Sadly he is playing at a time when THREE players will go down in the 'tennis greats' catagory.

Anyone who claims he is useless has NO IDEA.

Best post in the thread by a country mile.

 

[tooting2]

about as much chance as england winning a penalty shoot out................ so thats no chance then

 

[Marshy]

Can he win it ?.... YES

Will he win it..... Probably not

Im hopeful though

 

[hans kraay fan club]

If Murray wins Wimbledon this year i will give every on this thread a tenner

Just in case.

 

[Falkor]

about as much chance as england winning a penalty shoot out................ so thats no chance then

1 in 8 as it goes

 

[supaseagull]

If Murray wins Wimbledon this year i will give every on this thread a tenner

Yep I'll have that aswell

 

[Icy Gull]

Best post in the thread by a country mile.

Except it's bollocks because he wouldn't have beaten Borg, McEnroe, Connors, Lendl Nastase, Sampras, Agassi and a whole host of others

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Except it's bollocks because he wouldn't have beaten Borg, McEnroe, Connors, Lendl Nastase, Sampras, Agassi and a whole host of others

Yep.....the Borg/Connors/McEnroe/Gerulaitis/Vilas/Nastase era was just as tough as it is now...and he would have struggled to beat any of those six.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Top 12 seeds
1. Chris Evert (Semifinalist)
2. Martina Navratilova (Quarterfinalist)
3. Virginia Wade (Champion)
4. Sue Barker (Semifinalist)
5. Billie Jean King (Quarterfinalist)
6. Rosie Casals (Quarterfinalist)
7. Betty Stöve (Finalist)
8. Kerry Melville (Quarterfinalist)
9. Dianne Fromholtz (Withdrew before start)
10. Mima Jaušovec (Third round)
11. Françoise Durr (Third round)
12. Kathy May-Teacher (Fourth round)

Pretty strong line-up...at the point of the semi's..Sue Barker looked the best British bet but blew her semi against big Betty Stove. Then Virginia upset the applecart by knocking out the favourite ( Evert ). In Jubilee year, it could have been an all British final and SB would have been the fans favourite.

 

[kevtherev]

The only way Murray can win Wimbledon is if he poisons Djokovic's and Nadal's drinks....All the time those two are around he stands more chance of getting a wank from the Queen than winning Wimbledon.

 

[ExmouthExile]

I want Murray to win Wimbledon as much as he wanted us to beat the Italians last night!

 

[Don Quixote]

He has absolutely no chance.

 

[Don Quixote]

The only way Murray can win Wimbledon is if he poisons Djokovic's and Nadal's drinks....All the time those two are around he stands more chance of getting a wank from the Queen than winning Wimbledon.

What about Federer? He has no chance against him whatsoever.

 

[Tooting Gull]

I really don't care this year. Not sure I could face another two weeks of Sue Barker and John Lloyd simpering about his prospects rather than talk about the best players, so in some ways I hope the axe falls sooner rather than in the semis again.

Feeling especially cynical about the tennis this year for some reason. "So, enough about Rafa Nadal, let's get straight back out to Court No17 where some middle-class bint from Berkshire has a point to pull back to 1-5 down against a Russian and avoid a 6-0, 6-0 whitewash."

 

[kevtherev]

What about Federer? He has no chance against him whatsoever.

I think Federer would beat Murray but I wouldn't be quite so certain of it. Federer's best days are behind him now, not in front of him. That's not to say he couldn't still roll back the years and win it again, although I doubt it.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

No shame in being the fourth best tennis player in the World. Especially for a gawky kid from Dunblane.