Andy Murray has now left the Australian Open Tennis Championships after a valiant battle with Raphael Nadal. He gave his all and lost in the true British spirit.
These words are true and yet they fail to say so much. The British have become so immured to failure that we regularly treat failure as success. Andy Murray is a very good tennis player, in time he may even become a great one, however, he is currently no more than a good prospect. Today's performance was good and there were times when he appeared to have Nadal on the ropes, but it also included periods when he seemed to do a 'Goolagong', going 'walkabout' for several games at a time. In the end, he collapsed in the face of a superior force.
Murray is 19. While in some world tennis terms this may seem almost elderly, in British terms it is still juvenile. Murray has beaten most of the world's top 10 at some time and has given the second-best player in the world an almighty fright today. Nadal was genuinely at a loss at various times during the first 4 sets of today's match.
The challenge now is for Murray to build on his performance. Tim Henman was a very good player, perhaps the best this nation has seen for 70 years, but Murray has the potential to be even better. Let us not go overboard about him though, but let him show, through his performances, what he can do.
Good on you Andy and keep it up !
These words are true and yet they fail to say so much. The British have become so immured to failure that we regularly treat failure as success. Andy Murray is a very good tennis player, in time he may even become a great one, however, he is currently no more than a good prospect. Today's performance was good and there were times when he appeared to have Nadal on the ropes, but it also included periods when he seemed to do a 'Goolagong', going 'walkabout' for several games at a time. In the end, he collapsed in the face of a superior force.
Murray is 19. While in some world tennis terms this may seem almost elderly, in British terms it is still juvenile. Murray has beaten most of the world's top 10 at some time and has given the second-best player in the world an almighty fright today. Nadal was genuinely at a loss at various times during the first 4 sets of today's match.
The challenge now is for Murray to build on his performance. Tim Henman was a very good player, perhaps the best this nation has seen for 70 years, but Murray has the potential to be even better. Let us not go overboard about him though, but let him show, through his performances, what he can do.
Good on you Andy and keep it up !
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