Murray The Man To Beat, Despite Column To The Contrary
Well, its all happening here in the desert – first Rafael Nadal going out to Gael Monfils, then Andy Murray comfortably disposing of Roger Federer. I was reading some column by a guy from a prominent tennis website who says Murray only has a 25% chance of winning the Oz Open, and he couldn’t understand what all the talk was about Murray!
He said all of Murray’s off season training was just hype, and whats more, he’d only ever made it to the semis of a major ( now, there’s some accurate journalism….PS The US Open was the last major that was played! How does this guy think we can take his comments seriously!!!) and couldn’t be seen as the guy to beat.
Well hear it from me…Murray is the guy to beat at The Australian Open, he’s beaten all the top boys plenty now, and has learned a lot from That US Open FINAL. I know his “team” well and the off-season training was brutal….the kid is in good shape, and bar any injury, will be able to go the distance with anyone!
It is good to see Andy Roddick back in the mix again and I especially enjoyed his exploits at the net!
Enjoy….I certainly have enjoyed this week. These guys really know how to put on an event !!
Robbie
What column/writer are you referring to? I need to read this article Because I’m with you, Robbie. Murray is definitely the man to beat this year.
Murray absolutely has a much greater than 25 percent chance of winning the Aussie Open! He’s too good not to. He has very stiff competition though. Federer won the US Open last year after losing several matches during the summer harcourt series. He beat Murray when it mattered most. It doesn’t appear that he has mono anymore, so I think he will rise to the occasion again after losing in Doha.
Plus Djokovic, despite his first round loss at Brisbane, did win the Masters Cup end of last year, and knows how to win the Aussie Open. Add to that Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga, who claims that he’s never felt better than he does now, and feels he can win the tournament.
It’s great Murray has had so many wins against top players this past year, but he’s got to be able to do it 7 matches straight over two weeks – when it matters most. It sounds like he’s on the verge of doing just that. Let us see…it will be a heck of an Aussie Open, we all look forward to it.