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Murray tanks WTF for Aus Open....Lollll

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felangey

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:01:44 PM11/22/11
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Murray: "I'm gutted, but the Australian Open is only 7 weeks away, why ruin
my preparation for that?".

No wonder Fed sometime has contempt for these powder puffs. They blow away
in the wind.


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TT

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:12:27 PM11/22/11
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22.11.2011 19:01, felangey kirjoitti:
> Murray: "I'm gutted, but the Australian Open is only 7 weeks away, why ruin
> my preparation for that?".
>

Links?

Court_1

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:15:00 PM11/22/11
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This is totally pathetic. He should not have entered in the first
place if his injury was a serious enough one.
These top guys today and their entering and retiring from tournaments
like it is some kind of game is just awful.

He won't win the AO. I just feel he does not have it in him to win a
slam with his attitude. I will only believe otherwise if he actually
wins one.



felangey

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:26:49 PM11/22/11
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>Links?

Originally it came through via Piers Newbery on twitter...but the story is
breaking to all the main outlets now.


TT

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:29:16 PM11/22/11
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22.11.2011 19:15, Court_1 kirjoitti:
> He won't win the AO. I just feel he does not have it in him to win a
> slam with his attitude. I will only believe otherwise if he actually
> wins one.

Well this certainly doesn't release pressure from winning. If the news
is correct.

...and it is:
http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/11/47/London-Finals-Tuesday-Murray-Withdraws.aspx

Not sure if he mentioned AO though.

Sucks.

TT

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:32:40 PM11/22/11
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Yeah, on ATP main page.

Joe Ramirez

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:32:29 PM11/22/11
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On Nov 22, 12:01 pm, "felangey" <th...@thisplace.invalid> wrote:
This is not an "I can't play" withdrawal; it's an "I can't win"
withdrawal. Unfortunately, that's the standard for retirements and
withdrawals these days.

TT

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:35:54 PM11/22/11
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He did cite an injury.

Court_1

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:37:24 PM11/22/11
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So what. The point is he started a tournament in which he cannot
finish. If the injury was so grave he would not have entered and
played. This is very unbecoming of a number 3 in the world.

TT

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:42:17 PM11/22/11
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That's ridiculous.

You try playing few hours against Ferrer...

Joe Ramirez

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:51:14 PM11/22/11
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On Nov 22, 12:35 pm, TT <as...@usenet.org> wrote:
There's always something to cite. But usually these conditions, even
if real, aren't disabling, just disadvantaging.

Murray lets his tennis do the walking.

Carey

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Nov 22, 2011, 12:50:12 PM11/22/11
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Murray's pullout is especially rich after his big talk re: meeting
Federer.
Well, he won't have to back that up now..

Gotta love it.

TT

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:05:55 PM11/22/11
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22.11.2011 19:50, Carey kirjoitti:
> Murray's pullout is especially rich after his big talk re: meeting
> Federer.

Not at all. He didn't quit because of Federer, Fed is on other group...

I thought his initial comment re Federer was appropriate.

Carey

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:02:06 PM11/22/11
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On Nov 22, 9:51 am, Joe Ramirez <josephmrami...@netzero.com> wrote:

> Murray lets his tennis do the walking.

Well said. ;)

jdeluise

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:10:25 PM11/22/11
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On 22-Nov-2011, Court_1 <Olymp...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> So what. The point is he started a tournament in which he cannot
> finish. If the injury was so grave he would not have entered and
> played. This is very unbecoming of a number 3 in the world.

It's unbecoming of a player of any rank to drop out of a tournament with an
exaggerated story of an injury. I don't know whether that's the case with
Murray this time but it wouldn't surprise me. He has tanked his fair share
of matches this year, but it requires a lot more effort to do that in the
round-robin portion of this tournament.

number_six

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:16:24 PM11/22/11
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On Nov 22, 10:10 am, "jdeluise" <jdelu...@gmail.com> wrote:
He could have gone 0-3, clutched at a body part or two, grimaced, and
ended his season still standing on his hind legs, instead of being
carried out, figuratively, on a gurney.

What this portends for Murray in 2012 is likely more of the same --
some shining moments, but not when history is on the line.

Thinking of Tipsy -- I seem to recall there was a replacement player
who made it to the YEC semis at least once in the past, but don't
remember details.

Anyone remember which player (if any) pulled that off?

felangey

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:28:23 PM11/22/11
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>Murray lets his tennis do the walking.

:)


Joubert

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:40:42 PM11/22/11
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Hello TT,

> Not at all. He didn't quit because of Federer, Fed is on other
> group...
>
> I thought his initial comment re Federer was appropriate.
>

Did you think this response through?


Iceberg

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:42:57 PM11/22/11
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On Nov 22, 5:29 pm, TT <as...@usenet.org> wrote:
> 22.11.2011 19:15, Court_1 kirjoitti:
>
> > He won't win the AO. I just feel he does not have it in him to win a
> > slam with his attitude. I will only believe otherwise if he actually
> > wins one.
>
> Well this certainly doesn't release pressure from winning. If the news
> is correct.
>
> ...and it is:http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/11/47/London-Finals-Tues...
>
> Not sure if he mentioned AO though.
>
> Sucks.

this sucks! he should've let the World Number 9 play at least instead :
(

drew

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Nov 22, 2011, 1:51:13 PM11/22/11
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On Nov 22, 12:01 pm, "felangey" <th...@thisplace.invalid> wrote:
So many new video games to play....so little time.

TT

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Nov 22, 2011, 2:05:35 PM11/22/11
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Did you?

grif

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Nov 22, 2011, 2:24:58 PM11/22/11
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"drew" <dr...@technologist.com> wrote in message
news:5497a9c5-7ad0-4f63...@m7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
Did you notice Murray suddenly developed all these injuries around the time
the new CoD was released ? Coincidence ? I think not.

Wile E.

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Nov 22, 2011, 2:40:34 PM11/22/11
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Since when is "I'm gutted" considered a tank? Doubtfull that Murray
would tank and pass up an opportunity to possibly win.

Thomas R. Kettler

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Nov 22, 2011, 3:36:04 PM11/22/11
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In article
<09196b13-3943-4f28...@o1g2000vbe.googlegroups.com>,
Joe Ramirez <josephm...@netzero.com> wrote:

> There's always something to cite. But usually these conditions, even
> if real, aren't disabling, just disadvantaging.
>
> Murray lets his tennis do the walking.

Not true. He lets his tennis do the talking. His tennis says, "I stink
worse than the biology project my mom has had in the refrigerator since
I was just a lad on her knee."
--
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Superdave

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Nov 22, 2011, 8:38:00 PM11/22/11
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so did Rafa once at the net before the first ball with ferrer was even struck!
remember that?

ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha


then he quit after a few games of david wiping his dirty arse.

Superdave

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Nov 22, 2011, 8:38:37 PM11/22/11
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yeah normally it is Rafa who pulls this shit.
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