It's Murray v Djokovic.

[Uh_huh_him]

Greater than Fred Perry?

IMO yes. The level that Murray is competing at is far more challenging than Perry's era.

 

[Danny-Boy]

I'd like to see how Murray and co. would cope with wooden framed cat-gut strung rackets, and the tennis-balls of that area. And the line-calling...

 

[Seagull58]

IMO yes. The level that Murray is competing at is far more challenging than Perry's era.

It is all about how dominant you are in the era in which you play, together with the quality of the opposition. It may be that Murray has to compete with tougher andbetter competition than Perry did (or it may not be) but Perry won Wimbledon3 years in a row and he didn't need a fancy carbon fibre racquet to do it!

 

[Pogue Mahone]

It is all about how dominant you are in the era in which you play, together with the quality of the opposition. It may be that Murray has to compete with tougher andbetter competition than Perry did (or it may not be) but Perry won Wimbledon3 years in a row and he didn't need a fancy carbon fibre racquet to do it!

Well, that's because no one else had one!

Different times are so difficult to compare. Perry was incredible - he won the career grand slam, three consecutive Wimbledons and led GB to four consecutive Davis Cup victories.

He was also a World Champion in Table Tennis.

But in those days, tennis was an Amateur sport for tournaments that were 'recognised'. To win a Grand Slam tournament, you didn't have to beat anyone who'd turned pro.

He turned pro after his third Wimbledon, and for ages after the LTA airbrushed him out of their history. His behaviour was not considered British. How dare he use his talent to make money?

Murray would obviously beat Perry if somehow a time machine could transport one of them to the era of the other, if levels of training and equipment could travel with them. But if Perry had emerged in the era of Murray - who knows?

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

And the line-calling...

you cannot be serious!

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Well, that's because no one else had one!

 

[doogie004]

Wow Scottish 1 game down and he served never close to winning a single point in that game

 

[Hillian1]

Useless bloody jock.

 

[doogie004]

Wow British Murray fights back 1-1 settle down its gonna b a good one

 

[Hillian1]

The Brit done good there.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I'd like to see how Murray and co. would cope with wooden framed cat-gut strung rackets, and the tennis-balls of that area. And the line-calling...

Much like football is now, would argue it's a different sport.

 

[doogie004]

2-1 Murray

 

[Simster]

3-1. Murray on fire here

 

[Pevenseagull]

Is it just me, or does Jamie Delgado look like Karl Pilkington?

 

[doogie004]

4-1

 

[patchamalbion]

Djokovic looks erratic! Murray just needs to remain consistent currently.

 

[doogie004]

4-2

 

[doogie004]

5-2

 

[doogie004]

5-3

 

[Dick Head]

Tennis hooligans!