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Post by adeegee on May 16, 2005 17:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by TennisHack on May 16, 2005 17:53:46 GMT -5
He's still playing juniors?
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Post by TennisHack on May 16, 2005 17:54:03 GMT -5
And is he related in any way to Jamie Murray (GBR)?
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Post by Brinyi on May 16, 2005 18:27:03 GMT -5
They are brothers.
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Post by adeegee on May 16, 2005 18:27:41 GMT -5
He's playing RG juniors, and I believe he might try the step up soon after. I'm hoping he stays in the juniors at Wimby and I can maybe get him on the outside courts a couple of days.
Jamie Murray is his brother, he's played doubles with Andy a few times, they reached the Semi's of the US Open juniors last year, when Andy won the singles. I've only seen him play once and he looked a decent player, but not quite in the same class as Andy.
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Post by TennisHack on May 16, 2005 18:30:29 GMT -5
 Cool. He's been working hard on the clay, he definitely has a shot in the juniors. I remember making a mention in one of the late-round threads in last year's USO forum about the emergence of a lot of British names in that draw. Though for a long time I had these Murray brothers mixed up with Jonny Marray :red: A good problem to have I guess  |
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Post by Brinyi on May 16, 2005 18:34:08 GMT -5
Murray has a chance to be the best Scottish player since Angus Podgorny, the Scotsman who defeated a 3-foot high blancmange in a memorable Wimbledon final, 0-6, 0-6, 0-5 (0-40), ret. (the blancmange was eaten on match point by Mr and Mrs Brainsample).
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Post by adeegee on May 16, 2005 18:43:49 GMT -5
Murray has a chance to be the best Scottish player since Angus Podgorny, the Scotsman who defeated a 3-foot high blancmange in a memorable Wimbledon final, 0-6, 0-6, 0-5 (0-40), ret. (the blancmange was eaten on match point by Mr and Mrs Brainsample). Are you taking the piss out of Scotlands production of tennis players  What about the fantastic Miles Mclagan. I always remember, at Wimbledon, the "patriotic" British crowd booing Miles when he had the nerve to go 2 sets up against Becker in 1999 when it was Becker's last match at Wimbledon. I hope when Andy wins Wimbledon he drapes a Scottish flag around his shoulders. Stuff the English  |
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Post by Brinyi on May 16, 2005 18:45:52 GMT -5
Oh, I guess you never saw that Monty Python episode...
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Post by adeegee on May 16, 2005 18:48:12 GMT -5
Oh, I guess you never saw that Monty Python episode... no sorry! |
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Post by Brinyi on May 16, 2005 18:52:51 GMT -5
Well, if you ever get a chance, it's Episode Seven: "You're no fun any more". I had to look it up because I forgot how the match ended. |
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Post by Brinyi on May 16, 2005 18:53:25 GMT -5
And shame on the English. I was on my feet in front of the tube cheering for Maclagan!
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Post by adeegee on May 16, 2005 19:43:00 GMT -5
And shame on the English. I was on my feet in front of the tube cheering for Maclagan! The English bring shame on themselves. They even manage to cheer for Rusedski. Take him back :shit: |
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Post by Brinyi on May 16, 2005 21:24:29 GMT -5
The English bring shame on themselves. They even manage to cheer for Rusedski. Take him back  I'm afraid we are simply not worthy of him.  |
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Post by adeegee on May 17, 2005 12:35:44 GMT -5
I wanted to see how much the domain name for andymurray.com would be so I emailed this place and they said it would be $12,000  what a bargain. |
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Post by Brinyi on May 19, 2005 8:23:46 GMT -5
FYI, Murray was playing this week in the Dresden Challenger. After disposing qualifier German Puentes, 6:3, 6:3, he was swept out in the second round by Michael Lammer, 6:4 6:3.
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Post by Brinyi on May 19, 2005 8:24:22 GMT -5
I wonder if the price of that domain name went down after that result.  |
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Post by adeegee on May 19, 2005 12:10:37 GMT -5
I saw that, disappointing. I think he's saving himself for the RG Juniors It'll be interesting, if he does well whether he takes some WC for the grass court season, I'm sure he'd be offered them but considering its far from his best surface he might get embarrassed by a few guys. |
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Post by Brinyi on May 19, 2005 12:15:39 GMT -5
Since he's not exactly lighting the clay circuit up, what does he have to lose? I expect he'll take wild cards every week... |
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Post by adeegee on May 19, 2005 20:59:16 GMT -5
Since he's not exactly lighting the clay circuit up, what does he have to lose? I expect he'll take wild cards every week... :shit: you'll eat those words in 2 weeks time |
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Post by Brinyi on May 19, 2005 21:07:30 GMT -5
Probably, I am an accomplished word eater. ;D
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Post by adeegee on May 20, 2005 19:56:13 GMT -5
Whens the draw for the juniors out?
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Post by Brinyi on May 20, 2005 22:33:53 GMT -5
Next weekend, probably.
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Post by adeegee on May 21, 2005 6:10:47 GMT -5
Thanks boss, I think it might be next Friday but I'm not 100% sure.
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Post by Brinyi on May 23, 2005 17:59:36 GMT -5
Ettlingen challenger qualifying
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. (8)Andrew Murray (GBR) 6-4 6-1
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Post by adeegee on May 24, 2005 17:56:45 GMT -5
Cheers mate, didn't see that. He's having a shocker at the moment  |
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Post by adeegee on May 28, 2005 20:31:36 GMT -5
Andy is the no.1 seed despite him being 7th in the world, interesting. Andy kicks off his campaign against Piero Luisi of Venezuela. Can't say I know much about him, he's 23rd in the junior rankings. Good luck Andy son. |
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Post by adeegee on May 29, 2005 20:01:09 GMT -5
Andy def Luisi 6-4 2-6 6-3  Andy faces Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy of France for a place in the last 16! |
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Post by Brinyi on May 29, 2005 21:49:22 GMT -5
(From the DT -- He's firing coaches like the big boys!)
Andrew Murray is here at the junior version of the French Open without a full-time coach after deciding that it would be in his best interests to part company with Pato Alvarez. The 18-year-old Scot, Britain's most promising teenager, said that he could no longer work with the Colombian because of a difference of opinion over the style of play he should be adopting.
Murray, the top seed for the boys' singles, said that he "had not been enjoying things on or off the court" with Alvarez at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona. "Alvarez was trying to get me to play in a way I didn't like and it just wasn't working. He wanted me to be less aggressive and to play more like the Spanish players. That's not the way that I like to play. I like to play hard," Murray said.
He will work with Mark Petchey, the head of men's national training for the Lawn Tennis Association, during the grasscourt season in England, but has no plans to leave his semi-permanent training base in Spain. The teenager, who is managed by his mother Judy, said that he is looking for a new coach.
Murray was yesterday playing his first junior tennis since winning the boys' singles title at the US Open last year. He played a poor second set in his first round against Venezuelan Piero Luisi, but raised his level to win 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, celebrating by plucking the spare ball from his pocket and thrashing it out of the grounds and against the nearby apartment block.
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Post by adeegee on May 30, 2005 13:26:11 GMT -5
Oooh I like Mark Petchey good choice Andy! Andy def Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy and will face Gianluca Naso for a place in the QF |
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Cool. He's been working hard on the clay, he definitely has a shot in the juniors.
