The Real Deal

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Has won the first set of the 2nd round against Soderling in Thailand, good be on course to meet Hewitt in the 4th.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

He Won and is now offically in the Top 100

 

Top fellow!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Just been enjoying the real deal on SKY, beating the number 3 seed 4-6 6-4 6-3

And into his first ATP semi final where he could meet LLeyton Hewitt if, as suspected, he wins his QF later today.

[Electric ~soul~]

How is he still only number three when Henman has been gay for the last couple of years, and that Canadian joker hasn't won a game since 1996?

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Because it's done on a rolling 52 week cycle, Henman has been crap this year and is slowly losing all the ranking points from the previous year, which people forget was his best ever, while Greg has had two consective years of form on the American Hard Courts. Andy has had to more or less build his points up from zero, to go from 400 in the world to Top 100 is no mean feat though (I think he'll be in the Top 90 with this semi final place).

I suspect Greg will finish the year as our number one as Tim has just pulled out of another tournement with his bad back, that's the idea of the 52 week cycle it protects players if they have been injured for part a season or in Gregs case under suspicion for drug taking!

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Current 52 week entry rankings for Great Britian

 

And the 2005 Race

[Electric ~soul~]

Sounds like Hewitt crashed out??

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

The Bangkok website showing a Srichaphan walkover, so I'm guessing Hewitt pulled out.

As Murray has already beaten the 3rd and 5th seeds you'd like to think he could beat the 7th seed and world number 57, although he is obviously the home favorite being Thai.

Federer v Murray final would be class!

[Bluerat]

It would be as one sided a match as you could hope to witness, federer would win it blindfolded and with one arm tied behind his back.

[Electric ~soul~]

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Federer v Murray final would be class!

Nah, he'd get pummeled 0-6, 0-6.

Would be best to lose bravely in three sets against the Thai bloke. Which he probably will.

And then we can say what a great tournament he had, and start wetting ourselves about what a great tennis prospect we have here for the future blah blah blah.

Murray is average.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I'd expect him to win as he regually trashes Top 10 players but he would certainly be given a game, not quite a w/o like it was against Mackim.

Shame it's on SKY 8.30 Sunday morning, doubt I'd find any pubs outside of Dunblane showing it.

Gotta get past the semis first though, I can watch that at work tommorrow!

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

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Electric ~soul~ said:
Murray is average.

Stick to forming opinions on premiership players mate and leave tennis and non-league football to me!

If you're so confident that it'll be a 6-0 6-0 walkover put your money where your mouth is!

[Electric ~soul~]

He's got to get there first mate, and I'm not convinced of that.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

Ok, well if he does, the bet would still be on the table.

 

Hate to think you'd made such a sweeping prediction on the spur of the moment!

[Electric ~soul~]

There is no way I'd have a straight bet with you that he'd lose 0-6, 0-6, as I'd get far better odds than evens with a bookmaker.

[Electric ~soul~]

I had to endure ten years of this hysterical crap with Henman, all these Wimbledon tournaments he was going to win etc.

 

I do hope we're not going to go through all this again now with Andy Murray.

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Still doubling your money mate!

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Electric ~soul~ said:
I had to endure ten years of this hysterical crap with Henman, all these Wimbledon tournaments he was going to win etc.

I do hope we're not going to go through all this again now with Andy Murray.

To be fair he did make the semi on several occasions and hs been in the world Top 10 for the best part of 10 years.
You won't get the same hysteria with Murray as grass isn't his favorite surface, I could see him doing alright in the US Open in years to come

[Bluerat]

We wont get the same hysteria because Murray is a sweaty, could never bring myself to cheer on someone whose not English.

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You won't get the same hysteria with Murray

Of course you will. The media, and the sausagey-armed old bags with their Union Jacks at SW19 will see to that.