Magnificent Murray's Marvelous Moment

Hey Y'all. Galileo here.

Apologies everybody for the extremely late Wimbledon review. I was suddenly invaded by various family members, some wanted and some not wanted, and that combined with the fact I'm popping into Europe for a bit means that time is not my friend presently. However, when I return from my jaunt I will take a look back at the previous week's action.

If any people are still alive who watched Fred Perry and Andy Murrray win Wimbledon, then they will have seen 77 years of turbulence and disaster. Murray proved his mettle by finally beating a member of a big three in the final of a slam. He benefited, of course, from the early loss of Fedal, but he did almost lose to Verdasco and won despite being the worse player in a very gritty performance. He went for his shots, he fought his demons and he came through to win the biggest title of his life.

At 2 sets to love up and serving at 5-4 he went 40/0 up, but Novak came back and took it to deuce before having break points. I truly believe if Murray had lost that game then the match would have gone to five but somehow, someway he battled through the nerves and the tension to claim his first Wimbledon and second slam to improve to 2-5 in slam finals. He looked a relieved man more than anyone else, and now he has to focus on different goals for his career. I think the first target needs to be to win a clay event. In fact, he is the first dual slam winner to have never made a final of a clay court event in the Open era and possibly ever. Once he wins a clay event then he can focus on the number one spot. He may finish outside the world's top three because of all the points he has to defend.

After pulling out of the French and taking into consideration some of Djokovic's past injuries, how much longer do these two have left in the game is a valid question. 26 is getting on a bit in tennis nowadays. I think they probably have two and a bit more years to go before the younger generation really rises up and takes control. The way they play they put everything on the line and while that definitely works, it means that the longevity will simply not be there. It will be interesting to see what the top five looks like at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. But I digress- the tennis world right now is all about Murray and he really needs to savour this moment as I'm sure he is. He has silenced the doubters of which I was, but I wonder how many more slams he can win should he stay injury-free.

I'm going to answer the questions I asked before Wimbledon.

1) Is Murray a one slam wonder like Ana Ivanovic or will there be more to come?

Clearly, he is more in the Hewitt mold with the slams he has won, the order he won them in and the amount of 500 and 1000 titles he has won. He also plays a counter-puncher style like Hewitt does. I think he may now win up to five slams, but it is unlikely to be many more than that.

2)Can Nadal win a major title off his beloved red dirt now or in the future?

No. It is clear he was in serious pain and I think he will only play 5 or 6 more tourneys for the rest of the year. His knees are not holding up well and I think he is in the autumn of his career, October to be specific, but this is Nadal so one never knows.

3)On a scale of Marianne Faithful to Mel Gibson how washed up is Federer, if at all?

Federer may still win a slam one day, but he is tumbling now and he doesn't look the same player as the one 3 years ago even.

4)Is Djokovic really the worlds best player currently?

I'm not sure, I need to watch him at the US Open for definitive proof.

5)Is there hope for a French slam winner in the future/will Gasquet ever reach another slam quarterfinal again?

No. Not at all. Injuries and inconsistency spelled doom for the French on this occasion. Perhaps one day Tsonga might sneak a slam at Wimbledon or Australia, where he has performed strongly and consistently. Gasquet had a horrible draw, but still you should expect him to win those matches.


GSTAAD, SUI
=SF=
Federer [1] d. [4] Monaco
Wawrinka [2] d. [7] Rosol
=FINAL=
Federer [1] d. [2] Wawrinka

ATLANTA, USA
=SF=
Isner [1] d. [7] Hewitt
Anderson [2] d. [6] Fish
=FINAL=
Isner [1] d. [2] Anderson

Isner loves America and he has won all of his titles there (but one which he won in Auckland.

NICE, FRA
=SF=
Gasquet [1] d. [3] Fognini
Robredo [5] d. [2] Seppi
=FINAL=
Gasquet [1] d. [5] Robredo

This really is Gasquet's tournament to lose and that is worrying.

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