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Post by DBBN on Jan 17, 2006 12:55:53 GMT -5
Contrary to how it usually goes for tennis players, he comes off even snottier in the full interview. He is simply not likable.
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Post by DBBN on Jan 21, 2006 17:47:46 GMT -5
How did we miss this?!?!?! msnbc.msn.com/id/10768668/AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Scottish teenager Andy Murray won his first-round match at the $430,000 Heineken Open on Monday, but stirred controversy by saying he and his opponent had “played like women.” The 18-year-old Murray made the comment in a courtside interview immediately after his 7-5, 6-2 win over Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark, a player 14 years older than Murray. Spectators booed loudly when Murray said “we were both playing like women” in a first set in which there were seven breaks of serve. Murray look startled by the angry crowd response, gathered his thoughts and strongly criticized his own performance before leaving the court to polite applause.
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Post by shenaynay on Jan 21, 2006 18:55:00 GMT -5
Damn. He's ugly. But, all British people are ugly. What a little bitch he is too. And why is he so hyped. What has he done other than being British to deserve this.
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Post by DBBN on Jan 21, 2006 23:23:57 GMT -5
It certainly helps that everyone else from the UK suuuuuuuuuuucks.
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Post by Brinyi on Jan 22, 2006 12:06:00 GMT -5
"How can he complain about the pressure put on him by the British press while accepting a bumper cheque?
"He is not afraid to speak his mind but there are lessons he should learn.
"He has enormous potential. He could ultimately become a top-10 player and win a Grand Slam titles.
"However, I use the word could rather than will, some of the evidence I have seen brings doubt into my thinking.
"If he believes the press is scrutinising his every move he should stop reading newspapers and he should tell those around him he doesn't want to know what his critics are saying.
"It is always better to spend an extra half-hour gathering your thoughts after a tough defeat than to rush into the interview room and vent your anger on those asking questions.
"They didn't lose that match, you did."
-- P. Cash
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Post by vaiva on Jan 22, 2006 19:42:25 GMT -5
The sissy has 2 threads here while Marcos has none.
Have you all been hibernating?
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Post by Brinyi on Mar 22, 2006 19:03:45 GMT -5
"Murray, Wawrinka and Marcos Baghdatis were on the shortlist for the best men's newcomer prize at the sport's annual awards ceremony here last night, but were beaten to the honour by France's Gaël Monfils. "
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Post by tennis4you on Mar 25, 2006 21:53:59 GMT -5
lol, I am feeling the love in here.
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 11, 2006 15:43:50 GMT -5
From The Times Yes, Murray is a **** for swearing, but he is still ****ing talented Simon Barnes says we should overlook the furore about the Scot’s profanities A PRETTY poor weekend, on the whole. You’re feeling like a piece of ****, you lose a ****ing tennis match and then your team get fined $2,500 because you said **** to the wrong person. But to make the weekend even *****ier, if that were possible, every ****ing ****er in the whole ****ing country is on your case, tut-tutting and moralising, especially people who you know say **** all the ****ing time. Or if not, they’ re being ****ing patronising and telling you that they appreciate your ****ing passion. **** the lot of them. Andy Murray’s Braveheart return to Scotland did not go quite according to the script. The idea was to have Murray leading Great Britain to victory in a Davis Cup tie against Serbia and Montenegro in front on a crowd of mad, revved-up Scots drunk on patriotism and Murraymania and turning the Braehead Arena in Glasgow to a mixture of Ibrox on Auld Firm night and a medieval bearbaiting session. But Murray had an ankle injury and then went down with a fever and so he couldn’t play the first day. He played in the doubles with Greg Rusedski on Saturday, face white as a sheet, and found himself, unsurprisingly, ever-so-slightly out of sorts with himself, his game, his partner and the world. The frustration drove him nuts. His game was just a fraction out, but minute errors of timing turn into lost points and lost opportunities, and ultimately into lost matches. A bad line-call in the last set cost them a break, they broke back but then had the desperate frustration of being broken again. Murray sent a ball whanging at the ceiling and at the end had a go at the umpire. Said **** and so forth, rather too pointedly. And so Britain duly went on to lose the tie yesterday, despite Rusedski’s heroics. For a tiny moment, it seemed that Rusedski might pull off an impossible win and that Murray would then do an arise-Lazarus and win the fifth and deciding rubber. But when weekends go wrong as badly as Murray’s weekend did, such things don’t happen. Should have stayed in ****ing bed. Things could be worse, though. Murray may have had a ****ing awful weekend, but at least he exists. There will be other weekends, other tennis matches, other occasions when his passion is more decoratively and more effectively expressed. Britain may have lost yet another Davis Cup tie, and the nation’s strength in depth is once again uncompromisingly exposed, but Murray lives on and when not feeling like a piece of ****, he is a ****ing good tennis player. Let’s not worry about the bad behaviour overmuch — though let’s not excuse it by talk of passion, either. A teenager said **** to the umpire: all right. Fine the silly ****** and move on. It’s not a big deal. The big deal is his talent — shown in brief, tantalising glimpses on Saturday — and the temperament that goes with it. With Rusedski and Tim Henman in their thirties and on the down slope, it’s an unexpected pleasure to have someone on the up slope, particularly a spiky kid with a a bit of attitude. When that attitude is directed at opponents rather than umpires, and expressed by means of furry balls rather than words with Anglo-Saxon etymology, it’s a thing to wonder at. I doubt if he’ll be the man to take Britain storming to Davis Cup credibility — there needs to be at least one more of him, for a start — but he’s going to win some more tennis matches. He is also going to have to do his growing up in public. I am glad that newspapers did not report every single foolish thing I did or said when I was a teenager (or an adult, for that matter). Still, if it meant that I was going to be wealthy and famous and adored by millions, it might — just — have been worth it. Provided they didn’t print the story of when I got ****ed and — but hush. I was only a teenager. So is Murray, and that’s the point. We’ve got something like a decade and a half of him to enjoy, if all goes well, to wince at his indiscretions and marvel at his fire, to tut at his misdemeanours (remember that Henman’s first memorable act at Wimbledon was to flatten a ballgirl) and to revel in his zest for the struggle. Chrissie Hynde said a marvellous thing about girl singers who prink and preen: “This is rock and roll. It’s not **** me, it’s **** you.” All sports, including tennis, are on the ****-you side of things. So let’s celebrate Murray’s God-awful weekend, because he’ll have better ones. Because he might just go on to be ****ing great.
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Post by Dina on Apr 17, 2006 10:48:47 GMT -5
that's rich so Murray can go about swearing all he likes and it's ok because he's British typical
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Post by shenaynay on Apr 17, 2006 11:02:04 GMT -5
And he's fucking great.
He is in the Top 50, after all. There's only 49 other players in there.
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 17, 2006 14:54:17 GMT -5
On tomorrow's OOP Berdych/Nieminen vs (WC)Henman/Murray
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 17, 2006 15:26:07 GMT -5
PETCHEY: I SAW MURRAY SPLIT COMING
Mark Petchey admits he is "not completely surprised" by Andy Murray's decision to axe him as coach.
The British number one announced last week he was ending their partnership over a "difference of opinion" with his coach, who oversaw the Scot's rise from outside the world's top 300 to 44th.
But Petchey told Sky Sports 1: "I have to say although it only happened in the last couple of days I'm not completely surprised.
"All I can say is we were talking a lot this year about his best way to play and perform consistently against the best players in the world so he could reach the top 10 as quickly as possible.
"I felt that we made a lot of progress in the nine months we'd been together and I thought the process would take another year until he was playing his best tennis consistently.
"In relationships like this there are bound to be differences of opinion at some stage and it's Andy's prerogative to find someone who sees it the way he does, not just strategically but in all the elements that end up making a great player."
Petchey bears no grudges against the Dunblane teenager, who turns 19 next month.
"We can't lose sight of the fact Andy is an exceptionally talented player and there's no doubt in my mind and many people's minds that he was destined for a huge amount of success anyway.
"Last year at Wimbledon there were probably a lot of questions surrounding Andy and I feel as though I've guided him well through the first stage of his career and I'm proud of our achievements together and I'm going to enjoy watching his many successes in the future."
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Post by shenaynay on Apr 17, 2006 17:56:03 GMT -5
Andy Murray, destined for a huge amount of success, even though he's already had a huge amount of success. And shit. At 18. SEXIEST MAN EVER.
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Post by The Chloe on Apr 18, 2006 0:29:15 GMT -5
He's mine! MINE I TELL YOU!
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Post by shenaynay on Apr 18, 2006 1:18:41 GMT -5
Excuse me, Princess Pinocchia... but HE'S MINE
BACK OFF BITCH OR I CAP YO AZZ.
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Post by The Chloe on Apr 18, 2006 17:57:10 GMT -5
I CUT U!
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 24, 2006 13:52:01 GMT -5
From The Herald:
One cannot be serious but the next coach is leaving JAMES PORTEOUS and JAMES MORGAN April 24 2006 This ain't the week that ain't
MONDAY
Andy Murray's search for a new tennis coach comes to an end with the surprise announcement that former British women's No.1, Annabel Croft, has been lined up for the remainder of the 2006 ATP season.
The Scot tells a press conference: "I've admired Annabel ever since her days on Treasure Hunt. Yes, she was absolutely b******s as a tennis player but her television presenting skills and mild-mannered nature can only help me as I seek to curb my aggressive tendencies. Now f*** off out of my sight you ******. Erm, I mean that's all for now, thanks guys."
Pato Álvarez, Murray's former Spanish coach, immediately condemns the decision saying: "Annabel Croft? What's she ever won?" TUESDAY
Murray announces his decision to split from recently appointed coach Annabel Croft citing a difference of opinion. "It wasn't working," says Murray. "The whole non-aggression thing just isn't me. The stupid b***h wanted me to enrol in a yoga class and to start embracing my chakra."
The Scot reveals he will be reunited with Álvarez who has agreed to give his erstwhile prodigy a freer rein, but he still takes time to blast Murray's decision to appoint himself as the youngster's new coach.
Álvarez says: "Everyone knows I'm past it, I mean, which players have I ever produced? Anyone who would appoint a 79-year-old as his coach is clearly insane." WEDNESDAY
"¡Hijo de puta!" screams Murray as a dishevelled Pato Álvarez lobs another service return out of the court in a midday training session at a remote tennis academy just outside Barcelona. "¡Estás despedido, maricón!"
Alvarez has to be sedated and that evening confides to his nurse that he has created a monster. "I've created a monster," he says. THURSDAY
"I see a lot of me in that kid," says John McEnroe after he is unveiled as Murray's third coach in four days.
"He's brash, he's one hell of a talent, and furthermore he's brash. If he goes as far as I think he can, I'll never have to work for the BBC again and that means I'll never again be asked whether Tim Henman can win Wimbledon."
An increasingly senile Pato Álvarez immediately condemns the decision saying: "Jimmy Connors? What has she ever won?" FRIDAY
Murray, sporting a thick red headband, grunts his way through a rudimentary victory over Juan Ignacio Chela in the semi-finals of the Seat Open in Barcelona.
It is an expansive, aggressive performance, which draws comparisons with McEnroe himself. "It's all thanks to John," says Murray. "He told me to attack the lines and he was right. When Mark told me to do it I didn't have any belief in him because, well because he never got past the first round of any tournament he ever entered." SATURDAY
McEnroe and Murray have to be separated by Judy Murray when they both reach for the same Frappuccino in a Starbucks on Las Ramblas. "You are the pits of the world! Vultures! Trash!" yells McEnroe, while Murray jnr tells the American "F***off, you ****." But within hours the spat is forgotten. "That's what I love about John," says Murray. "He really understands me."
"Hey, I told you this kid was brash, says McEnroe. "He's just like me." SUNDAY
Murray storms to a straight sets victory over Roger Federer to win the Seat Open and immediately dedicates the win to his new coach Mark Petchey.
"After the row last night, I realised things weren't working out with John and decided that Mark was the best coach I've ever had."
Later that evening, Murray announces that he has parted company with Petchey.
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Post by Brinyi on Apr 24, 2006 14:08:29 GMT -5
Jajaja, from the Times, October 16, 2005
Murray insists the appointment of Mark Petchey as the youngster’s coach after Wimbledon has been crucial to his rapid rise after he suffered from a brief but distinctly incompatible relationship with Colombian Pato Alvarez. “My old coach just wanted me to play on clay all the time and always contest from the baseline but since I have been with Mark I’ve been able to use far more variety and change things up a little,” said Murray. “Mark is the reason why I ’m now in the world’s top 100.”
jajaja
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Post by R. Black on Apr 24, 2006 16:40:18 GMT -5
Andy Murray, destined for a huge amount of success, even though he's already had a huge amount of success. And shit. At 18. SEXIEST MAN EVER. He's cute! As long as he keeps his hair really short.
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Post by Brinyi on May 15, 2006 21:12:51 GMT -5
Murray linked to Stefanki By Mark Hodgkinson (Filed: 15/05/2006)
Andy Murray, who is looking for a new coach after sacking Mark Petchey last month, has been strongly linked with Larry Stefanki, who worked with Tim Henman from 2001 to 2003.
It looked last night that Murray's agent, Patricio Apey, had contacted Stefanki, an American, about the possibility of him coaching the Scottish teenager.
Murray, 19 today, said last week that he had identified a possible successor to Petchey. As of yesterday Murray had not spoken with Stefanki but if he loses early on during this week's Hamburg Masters, he may talk to Stefanki before the weekend.
Stefanki, who has worked with the American John McEnroe, Marcelo Rios, of Chile, and Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov, coached Henman to his fourth semi-final at Wimbledon and his highest world ranking of four in 2002. But he attracted criticism by asking Henman to slow his serve and, instead, go for greater accuracy.
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Post by Brinyi on May 19, 2006 9:47:19 GMT -5
Murray steps up coach drive after defeat exposes lack of direction Friday May 19, 2006 Andy Murray's reaction to defeat by James Blake in the Masters Series suggested he is well aware of the need to step up his search for a coach. Though a well-judged first-round victory over Gael Monfils showed him as often capable of working things out for himself, it was followed by an incoherent performance against the in-form American, emphasising a need for dialogue and support. Fortunately Murray seems to have assessed this well. "When you're 19, you're still learning a lot. I think when you get to 26, 27, your game doesn't necessarily get much better," he said, referring to Tim Henman's successful mid-career spell without a coach. "But now I still have time to work on things. I can feel some things but I can't really see what I'm doing on the court and what mistakes I'm making. "At the same time it's not a bad thing to be on your own for a little while, to learn how to win on your own. I've gone through not the best patch that I've had since I started on the tour, and I've had to deal with it myself, and I think I've dealt with it pretty well. (yes, the wins are piling up, Andy!) So it does help to have a coach when you're this young. I don't want it to go on for five or six months without one." Working that much out is the easy bit. Acquiring someone with the knowledge and personality to fit and the willingness to tour is sometimes pretty difficult. David Felgate is available again, having just been fired as performance director by the Lawn Tennis Association, but would he and Murray gel? (Translation -- Felgate probably couldn't stand him) Nick Bollettieri has said his help is available but Murray has already made less than complimentary remarks about one older coach. Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez, from the Barcelona academy which did so much to hone Murray's skills, have their hands extremely full. (and Murray has already made less than flattering remarks about a Spanish-speaking coach) Murray has drawn up a short list but one of those on it, Larry Stefanki, has decided to go elsewhere.
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Post by shenaynay on May 19, 2006 16:02:22 GMT -5
For poor Britain's sake, I hope they quickly find another Top 100-ish player to support.
They have to hate Andy as well.
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Post by shenaynay on May 30, 2006 12:01:18 GMT -5
No hate for Andy here yet?
He is such a little snot.
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Post by Brinyi on May 30, 2006 12:13:34 GMT -5
How can you hate a guy whose nickname is Mopey? ;D
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Post by Brinyi on May 30, 2006 12:21:30 GMT -5
"Britain's Andy Murray says he will continue to have physical problems until he has stopped growing. "
Any chance he'll keep growing until he's 35?
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Post by Maeby Fünke on May 30, 2006 13:26:28 GMT -5
Damn. He's ugly. But, all British people are ugly. What a little bitch he is too. And why is he so hyped. What has he done other than being British to deserve this. I spent a good four minutes trying to think of a name to put here to confute you, but I can't. But, Americans are fat.
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Post by shenaynay on May 30, 2006 20:42:48 GMT -5
Yes, they are.
And not all British people are ugly.
But, Murray sure is. I'm dumbfounded how people really think he's "sexy".
If he was here, I'd seriously slap that little wimp in the face, and force him to make me some tea.
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Post by shenaynay on Jun 21, 2006 20:29:34 GMT -5
He's winning matches in Nottingham.
Stop.
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Post by Brinyi on Jun 22, 2006 19:33:26 GMT -5
He stopped!
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