Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Any reason Murray Mound wasn't renamed Jo's Mound by the BBC?
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Wimbledon 2017
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Seasidesage
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Even money Williams, was rude not too really...
I had Venus 2-0 and Muguruza 2-0 in a double. That'll do nicely.
But he doesn't JUST have money does he? He has a life and lifestyle that many of us would love to have. I wish I had the talent to play sport as a living. Even if I had the talent my late, hard-working parents could not have afforded to support me as Murray's parents did.. Let's pick another tennis player - Greg Rudeski. Had nowhere close to the talent that Murray has, and certainly made nowhere close to the money. But was he a miserable morose individual devoid of any sense of humour?
Of course professional sportsman have their off days. They are human. But Murray seems to have 365 off days a year.
He has the life that most of us could only dream of. You might like to think that he would be grateful for that.
(I was going to list current British sportsmen & women who aren't miserable buggers all the time. But I know you wouldn't get it, so what's the point huh?)
brightn'ove
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If you think Murray lacks a sense of humour you really don't know enough about him.
Of course I don't know him. Maybe, in private, he is the jovial "life and soul of the party" type. In which case, he is a bloody good actor!
Cheeky Monkey
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Yep, and I can get a decent Babolat racket on eBay without being outbid every frickin' time!
#FirstWorldProblems
The_Viper
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Alright you click baiting son of a gun what were the results?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Maybe you're not capable of understanding a dry sense of humour.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
After timers are even more EVIL than Tory voters
Cheeky Monkey
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Or mental health in any shape or form! Rippleman's post is up there with Fred Oliver's utterly stunning views on ethnic minorities for its complete ignorance.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
The Hungarian/Aussie got BEAT then 
I've gone for Cilic and Federer in straight sets for today.
Will be sticking with being an aftertimer in future. [MENTION=1416]Ernest[/MENTION]
Pavilionaire
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Two Brits in the mixed doubles final. Team Watson against Team Hingis. I'd love to be a fly in that dressing room. It' a straight toss up between th two.
joeinbrighton
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Despite winning the competition last year, Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen were unseeded this year. Not quite sure how the seedings committee worked that one out. That said, Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis are 2 formidable doubles players so they would have to start as the favourites.
joeinbrighton
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Federer looks very hard to beat tomorrow. That said, Cilic is the one guy who could possibly cause him a problem. He has been an excellent grass court player for several years now and was mightily unlucky to lose the final at Queen's a few weeks ago, despite not losing a service game in the whole of the final. He has been in great form all summer and has beaten several good grass courters on his run through to the final. He also took the first 2 sets off Federer in their quarter-final last year before Federer fought back.
The women's final today is definitely not the foregone conclusion some people believe it to be. Garbine Muguruza has recaptured her form on the run through to the final and especially since she beat Angelique Kerber in what arguably has been the match of the tournament up to now (although Jo Konta's matches against Vekic and Halep are in that conversation too). She's also dropped serve only 5 times I think on the run to the final.
She gave Serena Williams a difficult match in the final a couple of years ago and she's arguably a better player now. If she can put Venus Williams under some pressure on her second serves, I think she has a great chance of winning.
The women's final today is definitely not the foregone conclusion some people believe it to be. Garbine Muguruza has recaptured her form on the run through to the final and especially since she beat Angelique Kerber in what arguably has been the match of the tournament up to now (although Jo Konta's matches against Vekic and Halep are in that conversation too). She's also dropped serve only 5 times I think on the run to the final.
She gave Serena Williams a difficult match in the final a couple of years ago and she's arguably a better player now. If she can put Venus Williams under some pressure on her second serves, I think she has a great chance of winning.