Fantastic performance. The next challenge is to stay there for a significant period of time and add to his grand slams.
Andy Murray
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Hacker Khan
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Arguably one of the greatest sporting achievements of a Brit in the last few decades when you consider where British tennis was and the competition he has faced. Legend.
Not much of a tennis fan, but mighty impressed, hard to imagine a few years ago when he was almost unable to complete a 5 setter that he would become world number 1.
Talent is nice but without the work ethic you will never succeed in pro sport, really impressed, all i can say.
Talent is nice but without the work ethic you will never succeed in pro sport, really impressed, all i can say.
Farneyman
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Great to see an Englishman finally world no. 1 in tennis 
Cements his place as a legend in British tennis IMO.
Will need a period of dominance on the world stage if he wishes to cement himself in the top echelons of the games players. As ATM, his still clearly only the 4th best in this generation.
Will need a period of dominance on the world stage if he wishes to cement himself in the top echelons of the games players. As ATM, his still clearly only the 4th best in this generation.
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User62651
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Even if he's only there a few weeks, he's done it, not much left to prove, hope he can finally win the Australian Open after so many final defeats there, the French isn't really his surface.
One more for 4 slams and 2 Olympics would be a great legacy imo, if Djokovic has peaked and on the way down 2017 could be a great year for Andy as Fed/Nadal are done imo. Not sure he'll do a Federer and keep going much beyond 2017 and his 30th birthday, family time may soon become more attractive than life on tour.
Still find watching tennis a 'challenge' but superb from Andy nonetheless.
One more for 4 slams and 2 Olympics would be a great legacy imo, if Djokovic has peaked and on the way down 2017 could be a great year for Andy as Fed/Nadal are done imo. Not sure he'll do a Federer and keep going much beyond 2017 and his 30th birthday, family time may soon become more attractive than life on tour.
Still find watching tennis a 'challenge' but superb from Andy nonetheless.
USER1999
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Still unconvinced, probably because I just don't like him, and he is Scottish.
Probably just me.
I like Federer.
Probably just me.
I like Federer.
What part of Switzerland are you from?
Irrelevent imo. I support national teams, but when watching individual I cheer who I prefer to watch.
GG26
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Great achievement and well deserved after the consistent high level he has performed to all year.
Siren
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The past 5 years is acknowledged as the greatest era the sport has ever known, should Murray have been in any other era he would have achieved at least 6 Majors by now and been no1 for a sustained period.
Sorry, but in a sport where the aim is to be top dog. He is clearly lacking compared to the others. He's still very good. But you can only have so many legends from an era. I also don't buy that this era has all the best players. Best battles maybe, but i think it does a disservice to credit Murray above many other legends just because he's been "unlucky" to have had to face better players.
He isn't in the top 30 for major wins and has been world no 1 for less than 24hours! So whilst he's very good. Bit too soon to get too excited.
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Why do Brits always do it !
Whenever one of our sports stars reach a level that is worth celebrating people then look at ways to slap them down again !!
Murray has done something no other Brit has done and only a handful of players have achieved in many people's lifetimes
Reaching World Number One is an achievement that we shoold congratulate Andy on
Throughout his career the strength and depth of the men's game has been at its strongest in any other time in the game - there hasn't been just the one or two rivals but 4 or 5 with 3 of them prob 3 of the greatest players the game has seen - that has to be taken in context
He has won 42 singles titles over ten year - his win percentage is 78%
3 slams with another 9 finals
Plus his two Olympic Golds
Winning Queens 5 times
He even during that period he had back surgery
He is one of GB greatest sportsmen and will be remembered as one of the best tennis players that have been.
Whenever one of our sports stars reach a level that is worth celebrating people then look at ways to slap them down again !!
Murray has done something no other Brit has done and only a handful of players have achieved in many people's lifetimes
Reaching World Number One is an achievement that we shoold congratulate Andy on
Throughout his career the strength and depth of the men's game has been at its strongest in any other time in the game - there hasn't been just the one or two rivals but 4 or 5 with 3 of them prob 3 of the greatest players the game has seen - that has to be taken in context
He has won 42 singles titles over ten year - his win percentage is 78%
3 slams with another 9 finals
Plus his two Olympic Golds
Winning Queens 5 times
He even during that period he had back surgery
He is one of GB greatest sportsmen and will be remembered as one of the best tennis players that have been.
sawtooth
Tour Winner
On a sporting level, yes brilliant although it will probably be the shortest lived No.1 position for a very long time.
On a personal level most English people that I know can't stand him and want him to lose.
#anyonebutengland
Its not a case of belittling his efforts. He has had a very good career. But those stats don't look half as good when put against the other three you mention.
He is Britain greatest tennis star. But has won 3 slams. 3! That is no way enough to put him above many other greats of the game.
When you reel off Queens as some sort of big deal it shows how quickly his BIG wins drop off.
For all the talk of him being unlucky to have faced such good opponents. If he had only had one rival, as many of the past stars did. He would IMO still have only maybe won 5 or 6 majors because Nadal, Federer or Novak are above him in class.
atm he doesn't have the status of those mentioned. That said, he has two or theee more years to go. If Novak does have a drop off and he reaches 5/6 majors then I think that lifts him into the top bracket of players.
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HowlingGale
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#googlethetruestory
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I think maybe anyone who wants to look at the real story about the "anyone but England" - they shoold look it up
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/te...cord-straight-on-anti-England-reputation.html
It's typical of the media and it seems gullible people lapped it up
Him being Scottish may create a bit of friendly rivalry and we all have on this shores but anyone who goes beyond that has a problem and I would suggest that "English wanting him to lose" is very much a minority area - only have to go to Wimbledon when he is playing or see the reactions after
Of course you will always get the odd one which I mainly put down to being jealous , just like the doomers ( the ones that look to slap someone down when they have achieved something great )!
sawtooth
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Yes and friendly rivalry is merely wanting him to lose (like he did us) . I don't think anyone I know wants him dead or anything like that lol.
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User62651
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He's never been media friendly or a 'character' or particularly likeable but I'd have thought his Davis Cup exploits and Wimbledon wins would have won many of the English detractors over since the flippant England football comment which has been taken out of context (running joke with Henman I think), apparently not reading this thread. Wont think it'll bother Andy much. Of his competitors I like Nadal, dont mind Djokovic but have no liking at all of Federer, just a poser imo. None of them would have touched Sampras on Wimbledon grass anyway!
World class or not Andy is officially World No.1 and has earned it this year.
World class or not Andy is officially World No.1 and has earned it this year.
I agree that federer when at the peak of his powers got a little carried away (suit on court etc). But he dominated towards the end of the Serve and volley era and continued during the transition. Imo he's the greatest of all time as he's the only one who could have played in any of the eras and still held his own.
Murray has actually grown on me as a person, don't care about the England remark, just doesn't capture the audience as much as the others IMO. But since being on league of their own he seems to have a good laugh.
