Andy Murray

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Current ranking: 42

Last result: Rome first round (lost to Fabio Fognini)

Next tournament: Roland Garros

47 Comments on Andy Murray

  8. Fitting that Rosol became a folk hero to Fedfans after he bumped (yes, it was Rosol who bumped into Rafa, not the other way round) into Rafa at Wimbledon.

    Rosol rhymes with…………….

    Birds of a feather flock together.

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    • Rosol’s explanation of the bumping incident at Wimbledon in 2012, was weird, except his last answer.
      Rosol answered [excerpts]:
      “He [Rafa] was not upset. He talked to me a little bit. He just wanted to take my concentration. ”
      “I was surprised that he [Rafa] can do it on the Centre Court Wimbledon.”
      “I just stop. I thought that he [Rafa] wants to let me go first, you know, but then he start to walk fast. I stop because I don’t want to hit me. He hit me, and then three times he apologize. And I say, Okay, okay, okay. It was okay. ¤¤

      Read more:
      Post-match press conference: June 28, 2012, Lukas Rosol
      http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=81114

      Rafa APOLOGIZED three (!) times, but Fedfans have constructed & spread (and are still spreading!) nasty false stories about this incident!

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  11. of all the top players on ATP tour Murray has the worst serve numbers. and His 2nd serve is just as bad As Sharaova’s

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  12. I know all eyes are on Madrid but the much delayed final between Murray and Kohlbi is fascinating to watch. Some great tennis being played.

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    • ed, yes I was watching (absolutely love my TennisTV subscription). Great points from both players. It reminded me of the match they played at Roland Garros last year when Andy won 12-10 in the 5th set. I believe it was played over two days if I’m not mistaken. Very high level tennis when these two meet.

      Kohlschreiber has to turn around and play his first match in Madrid tomorrow against Falla. If he wins that, he gets a rematch with Murray on Wednesday!

      Congrats to Muzza on his first career clay tournament win.

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  13. The Madrid scheduling is beyond a farce. The Murray-Kohlbi match didn’t get underway till midnight and went on till 3.00 AM. Needless to say they played to an empty stadium apart from their entourages and a tiny scattering of spectators. Both players were on their knees and had difficulty dragging themselves around the court. Poor Kolbi, who’d already had to play his first match less than 24 hours after the final in Munich, was the first to buckle and only sheer willpower allowed him to finish the 3rd set.

    Why have this as a combined ATP/WTA event when they don’t have the facilities to move matches to outside courts if the main arena matches start to over-run their time.

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  14. Everybody loses out. The players don’t have sufficient recovery time: the European TV audience miss out unless they’re insomniacs: the spectators don’t get to see the matches they’ve paid to watch. The only beneficiaries are American TV stations transmitting in prime time.

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    • Only in tennis. Makes no sense. Madrid has always had problems like this. Their own schedule says things like “Not before 9:30 PM” which already indicates the problem.

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  17. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/jun/27/andy-murray-psychiatrist-wimbledon-2015

    “He is not, he insists, losing it. Asked if he had returned to using a sports psychologist, he explained it like this: “I don’t use a sports psychologist. It’s a bit different to that. I’m more interested in learning the signs behind it and why the brain works in certain ways and why you may react or say things at certain times. I just tried to learn and understand myself better. When you do that you know you can cut yourself some slack sometimes. As you go along, you learn.

    “I used a lot of sports psychologists when I was younger. Sometimes it helped and sometimes it didn’t feel like it did. But now I’m interested in learning about how the brain works, rather than being told how to count to 10, or whatever it is, to calm yourself down – which, for me, didn’t help.

    “There is someone that I use. It’s not a mind guru, it’s a psychiatrist. There is a difference – so he tells me – between a psychiatrist and a psychologist. I don’t know exactly what it is, but the work I’m doing is different to the work I was doing in the past. I find it extremely interesting. When you see how you react in certain situations, it’s, like, yeah, that’s correct. But you need to be honest when you’re speaking to someone about those things because, if you aren’t, you’re just wasting your time.”

    Oh dear Muzza, going gluten free didn’t help? Intensive training to go buff-crazy didn’t help? A sports psychologist didn’t help? A psychiatrist now? Whatever next, tantric sex?

    Stay grounded Rafa, leave the new age nonsense to others. Just play, to the best of your abilities!

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    • I often see eye to eye with you on most issues but, after reading the Guardian piece you flagged up, on this occasion I have to disagree that he is is dabbling in new-age remedies. He is simply being pragmatic about what has been his problem for years i.e. erratic, fluctuating performances and has sought counselling to deal with the frustration he feels (and shows) when his performance dips.

      I remember the utter amazement last year when instead of beating his knuckles against his racket until they bled in frustration he gave a wry smile and sometimes even laughed. Like many people I assumed Mauresimo was largely responsible for the transformation. Apparently not.

      I am not sure the current vogue for these ‘frank interviews’ is entirely wise. It leaves too much room for other people to misinterpret and/or misquote the information revealed.

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      • Agree with ed. He wants to understand the problem not just treat the symptoms. He wants to focus his energy to win points instead of wasting it on anger.

        Well done Andy. Continual improvement is why he is no 3 with a bullet.

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      • agree with both ed and hawkeye. what’s new age about all this anyway?
        wish rafa would take a leaf out of his book….he talked openly about how mentally exhausting it was for him to be playing with nerves and that he ‘didn’t even have the chance to play good or bad’ as he just couldn’t play at all. such a waste of energy involved in all this…..

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      • Well, for me, seeing a PSYCHIATRIST in a tennis playing context is new, in this age. He has used a sports psychologist before, so to me, seeing a psychiatrist IS trying a new remedy. I did say, “leave the nonsense to OTHERS” so in this context my implication was others, not just him, are trying out new stuff.

        Am I judging him? For sure! But hell, does he care? Not! As well he shouldn’t. I am still to be sold on the usefulness of sports psychologists and bam, Muzza goes deeper and brings in psychiatry! Well, colour me backward………….but this is a bit much.

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      • “what’s new age about all this anyway?” Read my post of 2:24 pm, hope this helps.

        Rafa is the holder of 14 Slams, second only to Fed amongst active players. I do not think he achieved that much by shunning progress and not embracing change.

        No, I do not think Rafa needs to see a psychiatrist. My opinion.

        Just because Muzza is trying one does not mean Rafa should too. How does anyone on these boards know what Rafa is trying and/or not trying, behind the scenes? Just because he is not broadcasting to all and sundry his training methods we are to assume he is not embracing change while everyone is? Please, show Rafa some respect.

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      • “Well done Andy. Continual improvement is why he is no 3 with a bullet.”

        Is that why he’s seeing psychiatrist, to be #3 in the world? Doubt it. He’s been #3 before, been ranked even higher if my memory serves me right. No, says in the article Muzza’s obsession has always been Slams, not ranking.

        Same with Rafa, has been on record saying he doesn’t care about rankings, or words to that effect………..

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      • My point is about causality. Is he #3 because he is seeing a psychiatrist? I doubt it. He has been ranked higher, before he told everyone he is seeing a psychiatrist anyway.

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      • He’s no. 3 and rising because of him being open to new ideas that helped to get him out of his long post back surgery funk. This is just one example. Bravo Andy!

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      • I’ve just spotted the appalling syntax in my first paragraph @ 1.15pm 🙁

        I think for many people the description ‘New Age’ signifies the whole range of ideas and practices born in the 70’s which stemmed largely from spirituality and alternative medicine.

        Djokovic is a fervent proselytiser for all the practices he believes in – from the health benefits of eating the world’s most expensive donkey milk cheese onwards……..:-)

        Both Andy and Rafa are rather more down to earth.

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  18. ^^^ it’s not as bad as listening to Djokovic spouting gobbledy-gook. You name it and he has dabbled in it. It’s a wonder he ever finds the time to train and practice tennis as well as being a devoted husband and father!

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  19. If seeing a psychiatrist in whichever way they work together is helping Murray, what’s wrong with that?

    I agree it is not always wise to broadcast… sometimes it’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

    And, I don’t know whether this is part of his work, and of course none of my business but we do know that Andy was a boy and present when someone shot at many people teachers and students in his school, killing some. I have no idea how much or how little that has contributed to his mental states under pressure in competition… this is an individual thing and perhaps he worked a lot of that out a long time ago… but that’s what also comes to mind.

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    • Read the train of posts on the matter @chloro please.

      1. Noone is saying it is wrong for Muzza to see a psychiatrist. I do not think Rafa should just copy, doesn’t mean I am saying Muzza should stop seeing his shrink.
      2. Some posters think Rafa should “take a leaf out of Muzza’s book”, some i.e. I, disagree. I do not see any reason why Rafa should see a psychiatrist, yet.

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    • Chloro

      http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/23024384

      If you never saw the BBC documentary made soon after Andy won the Olympic Gold, this clip and the story of what happened in Dunblane is both revealing and moving. It goes a long way to understanding what a complex, driven character he is and why he descends into anger at himself when he fails to deliver of his best. In other words a classic example of “Survivor Guilt’ with the added pressure of fulfilling the hopes of everybody in his home town never mind practically the entire population of Great Britain. That’s a hell of a burden for one man to carry.

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      • I saw a documentary on tv some time ago about what happened in Dunblane. It was the first I heard about what happened to Murray and how he managed to survive when many of his classmates did not. I have to believe that it would have changed how he looked at the world. I can also see the survivor’s guilt coming into play. It’s all about – why did I survive and not the others?

        It helped me to understand him a lot more after finding out about it.

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  20. http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2015-06-28/19866.php

    “I feel good. I won a tournament on grass after five years, a good moment for me and a special one,” Nadal said referring to his Stuttgart win earlier this month.

    “Let’s see if I am able to compete well then at Wimbledon. I’m so happy to be here, you know. Healthy, that’s the most important thing. Last year I was better, after 2012 and ’13, that I couldn’t play well here. Too many problems with my knees.

    “It’s good, losing or winning, doesn’t matter, but it is good to be healthy on the second most important surface in my career, without any doubt.”

    Doesn’t sound to me like someone worrying about what to do to win a match, a Slam etc, etc.

    Vamos Rafa! What will be will be, important thing is you are at peace and you go out there and put in an honest day’s work and be happy about it………….

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