Gracchus <
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> On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 6:30:03 AM UTC-7, *skriptis wrote:
>> Gracchus <
grac...@gmail.com> Wrote in message:
>> > On Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 2:53:14 PM UTC-7, bob wrote:
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>> >> he lucked out in 3 easy sets.
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>> > Right...because he was playing a Federer that had wrung himself out beating Del Potro in a marathon match. Must take into account Murray's record against Federer in big events and the fact that Federer handled Murray comfortably on the same surface at Wimbledon a few weeks earlier.
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>> But it goes both ways. Just as Federer was exhausted after del
>> Potro match (he has no one to blame but himself)
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> I didn't imply that anyone else was to blame.
>
>> same way you've
>> have to admit Murray felt huge pressure in that Wimbledon final
>> unknown to any player ever with all the British expectations and
>> 70 year stuff, alongside usual pressure players feel to win first
>> slam. That's a big burden.
>
> Not comparable. Pressure is entirely subjective. I don't know anything about Murray's internal state. Some players thrive on pressure and some don't. Besides, if what you say is true, why wouldn't playing for Britain in the London Olympics be an enormous burden too, especially after just falling short at Wimbledon against the same player? Why could Murray be suddenly capable of handling it a few weeks later?
It's a different effort. E.g. him being British he didn't get full
support vs Federer in Wimbledon final.
He got in that couple of weeks later.