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Ive been wondering something ..... did Mr. Federer send congratulations to Andy on his uso win ?? I saw some other players had . Probably a silly question tho :whistle:
I imagine Roger will probably say "He did well, but was fortunate not to have to play me..." ;)
As to Novak, yeah, I wasn't happy about the medical time out either, and I thought the crowd were right to boo him, but at the end of the day it played into Andy's hands by getting the crowd behind him! ;) I think he's someone who will do anything within the rules that allows him to win (such as timing his medical time-out so that it makes Andy think longer about having to serve for the match), he's a fierce competitor the same as Andy is. At the same time, I like the fact that he is always courteous and respectful towards opponents when he loses to them, and acknowledges their good play. So it's swings and roundabouts, but overall my opinions of Djokovic after the final are positive ones rather than negative. :)
And as to Annabelle Croft, she's not someone I particularly rate in any capacity, although I must admit I've never felt she was especially "anti-Andy", just trying to give an unbiased opinion. Who knows, maybe she's fiercely pro-Andy and tries to criticise him so as not to appear biased in his favour!! It must be very hard for commentators like Mark Petchey to remain neutral when commentating on Andy's matches, given that to me, at times, it's very, very obvious that Mark is pro-Andy and wants Andy to win... :)
Sorry for the long post, I really need to post more often so I don't always have so much to say in one go!! :D
Take care... :)
Not sure if this was posted somewhere but there you go... You can watch the final (full match) on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fseiNdfFs8&feature=youtu.be
I just hope they don't remove it due to copyright infringement.
Ive been wondering something ..... did Mr. Federer send congratulations to Andy on his uso win ?? I saw some other players had . Probably a silly question tho :whistle:
Not that I am aware of ljs.
JAMES4578
15-09-2012, 13:46
Not sure if this was posted somewhere but there you go... You can watch the final (full match) on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fseiNdfFs8&feature=youtu.be
I just hope they don't remove it due to copyright infringement.
Great that it's there at least for now! Thankfully I have it on DVD anyway.
RoastLamb
15-09-2012, 14:12
I have the first two and last set on my pvr. I deleted the third and fourth.
Would like to add my congrats to Andy, was in the middle of Norwegian fjords so no sat. signal. Oh joy of joys when we found out he had won. Jumping about our cabin with excitement and pride in his achievement. Going to take me some time to catch up on all the newspaper reports and hopefully watch the match on utube. Terrific ending to a great holiday.
When Andy Murray won his first grand slam, I was sitting in the car with my dad, on a hillside in the Scottish highlands, outside our holiday chalet listening to 5live at 2am. It wasn't quite how I imagined it, but there you have it. We managed to catch the first two sets or so in the pub, before they decided they were closing at midnight. Not quite sure where they loyalties lied that evening, but they were questionable.
I've just got home, and feel the need now to tell you all about my thoughts on this most magnificent of triumphs.
I'm not sure Its fully sunk in with me, the magnitude of it. When Overend was choking up on the radio at Game Set & Match, all I could muster was a smile and sigh. In a way, it felt so normal, so conventional that Andy's talents could led him to a title of this magnitude. I'm absolutely delighted for him, his team and his family. We drove into Dunblane on the way home today, stopped and got our photo taken next to 'that postbox' and had a nice wander round the village. It was great to see the photos and congratulatory messages in the shop windows. It was surprisingly quite, perhaps just the calm before tomorrows storm.
Perhaps in a few weeks i'll be able to write more about this result, but right now, all I feel is contentment.
He did it.
We knew he always would.
When Andy Murray won his first grand slam, I was sitting in the car with my dad, on a hillside in the Scottish highlands, outside our holiday chalet listening to 5live at 2am. It wasn't quite how I imagined it, but there you have it. We managed to catch the first two sets or so in the pub, before they decided they were closing at midnight. Not quite sure where they loyalties lied that evening, but they were questionable.
I've just got home, and feel the need now to tell you all about my thoughts on this most magnificent of triumphs.
I'm not sure Its fully sunk in with me, the magnitude of it. When Overend was choking up on the radio at Game Set & Match, all I could muster was a smile and sigh. In a way, it felt so normal, so conventional that Andy's talents could led him to a title of this magnitude. I'm absolutely delighted for him, his team and his family. We drove into Dunblane on the way home today, stopped and got our photo taken next to 'that postbox' and had a nice wander round the village. It was great to see the photos and congratulatory messages in the shop windows. It was surprisingly quite, perhaps just the calm before tomorrows storm.
Perhaps in a few weeks i'll be able to write more about this result, but right now, all I feel is contentment.
He did it.
We knew he always would.never mind the tennis nonsense how was your trip to gods country ?;)
Thanks SamP for sharing where you were and how you listened. My stomach still gets tied in knots when I think about the match and for some reason I am finding it hard to put into words how I feel. Not usually a problem I have!!!! :laugh: So, :yahoo::cheer::bravo::party::cheers::band::shelebr ate::excited::gold::trophy:
hope the match stays up on youtube long enough for me to watch it again!
Would love to have a copy of the match to keep and watch at my leisure on the larger screen - I wonder if there's any chance of a dvd????
Thank you for putting on the link to the whole match. We had only seen the highlights and it as wonderful to see the whole match ad the interviews. The last set was magnificent. How Andy played with a toenail off I cannot imagine. The pain must have been horrendous. This happened to me once on an endurance ride but at least my foot was in a stirrup but my goodness it was still painful.
Sallydaisy
18-09-2012, 06:58
Thank you for putting on the link to the whole match. We had only seen the highlights and it as wonderful to see the whole match ad the interviews. The last set was magnificent. How Andy played with a toenail off I cannot imagine. The pain must have been horrendous. This happened to me once on an endurance ride but at least my foot was in a stirrup but my goodness it was still painful.
Welcome to the forum Rimarli. Hope you'll join in the chat on here more often!
:welcome:
I remember when I was about 13 I used to do both ballet and ice skating. In the morning I had an accident on the ice where I foolishly wasn't wearing my gloves - and a fingernail was sliced off. I had a ballet exam in the afternoon. I was shaking from the pain and was sure that I'd failed. But I passed!
Aussie Andy
25-09-2012, 09:05
Does anyone else keep going back and rewatching the match? Does anyone else still catch themselves thinking 'maybe Andy can win a slam next time?'
Sallydaisy
25-09-2012, 09:24
Does anyone else keep going back and rewatching the match? Does anyone else still catch themselves thinking 'maybe Andy can win a slam next time?'
Yes and yes!
:laugh::laugh::laugh:
It's wonderful isn't it?
:p
hfwardhouse
25-09-2012, 09:26
I was just looking at the photos on the BBC site of Andy's road to a slam .... and smiling all over again :big grin:
RoastLamb
25-09-2012, 13:08
Does anyone else keep going back and rewatching the match? Does anyone else still catch themselves thinking 'maybe Andy can win a slam next time?'
I've rewatched it many times. Still smiling! So much fun.
Ive rewatched it , and looked at all the pics again a zillion times :big grin: have rewatched the Olympic final a few times too
Aussie Andy
25-09-2012, 14:22
It wasn't any problem for me to remember that Andy won Olympic gold, but for some reason the US Open win just won't sink in. I think it has something to do with the short ceremony. Can't wait for the AO, it's like carnival time over here. Australia Day fireworks, barbecues, flags everywhere, parties on beaches, and the tennis is the icing on the cake. And then there's my clients who constantly point to some tennis player and declare that he/she is 'winning the tennis' (they can't read well, so it doesn't matter, everyone's winning), and my work colleagues who are delighted to discuss the matches and ask me who this player is, how well they play, and so on. I always got the feeling that the US Open just doesn't have that holiday festival vibe to it. Not to mention the commentators on telly, who are pretty fair to all the players.
Okay, so I'm biased, bored, and going into tennis withdrawals already.
How does Britain enjoy the Wimbledon/summer season?
Madeline
25-09-2012, 15:58
Hate most of the commentators, but love the blanket BBC coverage! Big screen tv beats fuzzy, erratic livestreams hands down.
I love the fact that I book time off work for at least the second week of Wimbledon so can watch it all on TV. Plus as you said Aussie Andy, everyone who is not tennis mad at least knows what is going on and is talking about it.
Here's to Andy winning more GSs next year :cheer::cheer:
Just checking.
He did, didn't he?
Aussie Andy
27-09-2012, 02:56
Well, we currently have 22/23 pages in the Newspaper and Internet thread saying he did, although we could be victims of mass delusion. Just wait while I watch the match replay yet again... hmm, it LOOKS as though he won, but who can be sure? The video didn't give enough slow motion close-ups so I could tell.
BTW, I want to complain about my Australian Tennis Magazine which I bought this week. It had Serena Williams on the cover! And the poster they had inside was of David Ferrer! How insulting! How outragous! Who CARES about Serena Williams? Sure they did articles on Andy, but they didn't have any full-page photos! :grrr:
Now I shall have to wait until the other tennis magazine comes out, Tennishead. If they don't have Andy Murray on the cover, complete with trophy, Olympic medals, Kim, and dogs, I will complain to the editors.
yes he DID!! I rewatched some of the match yesterday and I got goosebumps all over again!!!
banskogirl
27-09-2012, 19:26
Does anyone else keep going back and rewatching the match? Does anyone else still catch themselves thinking 'maybe Andy can win a slam next time?'
I do keep watching the match :) but every slam I always thought Andy would win until almost match point! :rolling:
banskogirl
27-09-2012, 20:02
Actually now hubby isn't reading over my shoulder I can say, I watch about every other day! at least part of it!
Amazingly in our house it's Mr P who refused to delete the 2 hour highlights recording - he's been rewatching bits of it over the last couple of weeks :shocked:
Aussie Andy
28-09-2012, 10:49
I just wish they hadn't rushed the trophy ceremony.
RoastLamb
28-09-2012, 14:25
I just wish they hadn't rushed the trophy ceremony.
They rushed it because their primetime evening schedule had been distrupted and because they want to stuff as many ads in there as possible. Sad thing about American tv, I'm afraid.
Okay, I couldn't help but share this with you all....
I came across this site today and saw some AMAZING photos of Andy at the US Open. Look at this one for example: http://ellaling.smugmug.com/Tennis/US-Open-2012/25573038_XZP2Wk#!i=2109804575&k=8qXtwtt
Isn't he gorgeous? Click on the photo to enlarge.. it looks even better! There are many, many more. I spent more than two hours seeing pics of Andy at tournaments dating back to 2010 and I think I saw supergran taking a pic of herself and Andy at the 2010 US Open.
The photographer is Ella Ling. You can follow her on twitter too @ellaling23. It really doesn't get better than this!
Wow some amazing photos - I haven't got time to enjoy them all now, but I'll be back!!!!
edit - I wish they were available in a book! I'd buy it!!!!
JAMES4578
29-09-2012, 20:26
Agree, absolutely awesome!
Aussie Andy
14-10-2012, 06:39
BTW, I want to complain about my Australian Tennis Magazine which I bought this week. It had Serena Williams on the cover! And the poster they had inside was of David Ferrer! How insulting! How outragous! Who CARES about Serena Williams? Sure they did articles on Andy, but they didn't have any full-page photos! :grrr:
Now I shall have to wait until the other tennis magazine comes out, Tennishead. If they don't have Andy Murray on the cover, complete with trophy, Olympic medals, Kim, and dogs, I will complain to the editors.
Just to say that Tennishead has released their next magazine, and it has a big picture of Andy kissing his trophy on the cover. All is forgiven. Now I just have to buy it tomorrow when the newsagents get it in.
BBC Sport @BBCSport (https://twitter.com/BBCSport) Andy Murray tells 5 live's Sportsweek he hasn't watched his US Open final because 'I wouldn't have the patience to sit through 5 hours'.
you should have tried watching it live mate, that was torture
BBC Sport@BBCSport Andy Murray tells 5 live's Sportsweek he hasn't watched his US Open final because 'I wouldn't have the patience to sit through 5 hours'.
I think he should be made to watch it, then he might try to finish matches in a more timely fashion! ;)
banskogirl
17-10-2012, 18:28
:rolling:
you should have tried watching it live mate, that was torture
I think he should be made to watch it, then he might try to finish matches in a more timely fashion! ;)
:rolling:
Amazon are advertising a dvd of the final - released later in Nov! Hopefully it's the whole match - it's 336 minutes long.
It's on my Christmas wish list!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Open-2012-Mens-Singles-Final/dp/B009YF42KQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=130BM4ELU97CB&coliid=I2PCPP2WOODVKT
MurrayAOne
03-11-2012, 21:24
Oh wow thanks for that! Not waiting for Christmas though!!!
Amazon are advertising a dvd of the final - released later in Nov! It's 336 minutes long, but if you look closely it does say "the story of Andy Murray's US Open triumph including extended highlights of the epic final" - so looks as though it's not the whole match, which is a shame.
But it's on my Christmas wish list anyway!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Open-2012-Mens-Singles-Final/dp/B009YF42KQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=130BM4ELU97CB&coliid=I2PCPP2WOODVKT
Oh wow thanks for that! Not waiting for Christmas though!!!
Be aware - as I've just posted - if you click on the photo of the back and read the small print, it does say extended highlights - so not the whole match.
MurrayAOne
03-11-2012, 23:35
Be aware - as I've just posted - if you click on the photo of the back and read the small print, it does say extended highlights - so not the whole match.
As long as it's got the best part of the last set I'll be happy! Also - NO fairytale. FACT!
Sallydaisy
05-11-2012, 16:38
Blimey, Andy said in his post match interview, today at the WTF, that he's still not got his US Open trophy!!!! Apparently it's not due until December - by which time he'll have probably left for his Florida training camp!!!
:lol:
Madeline
05-11-2012, 16:40
How on earth does it take so long? Surely they would have a replica trophy all ready, just needing to be engraved?
He better get it before he wins his AO trophy :yahoo: (Optimistic!)
He better get it before he wins his AO trophy :yahoo: (Optimistic!)
:cauldron:
Aussie Andy
09-11-2012, 03:47
I echo your sentiment, Elenive. I really, really, really want him to win that. And Wimbledon. I don't care if he never wins the French, or the US again. Though I'll be happy for him if he does! So I suppose I do care.
JAMES4578
09-11-2012, 10:02
It seems ridiculous it's talking so long to get the replica but suppose he'll have it in his hands at some point! After being so close on a few occasions would be fabulous for Andy to win the Oz open in January though of course a few obstacles to overcome. Would love a Wimbledon too mind you and would also be thrilled with another Us open! Think all of them next year is unlikely though.
I can't understand why they don't have a replica ready to give to the winner on the day - it's not as though they don't know what it looks like!
Sallydaisy
13-12-2012, 10:00
If you've got Eurosport you can watch this match again tonight.
Thanks to Seahawk for the tweet.
James @scots_seahawk (https://twitter.com/scots_seahawk) Calling all @andy_murray (https://twitter.com/andy_murray) fans.
Eurosport (410) are showing a rerun of the 2012 US Open final tonight at 8.15pm.
Its a shortened 2 hour version. Maybe just as well as the final lasted 5 hours!!!
I am just having a quick peek at the Radio Times for the Sky version of the US Open final.
Christmas Day - Sky Sports 1 - 5pm-7pm
US Open final
Boxing Day - Sky Sports 2 - 4pm - 11pm
The US Open final - looks like this will be the whole final.
Saturday 29th December - Sky Sports 3 - 5pm-7pm
US Open final
Sunday 30th December - Sky Sports 3 - 7pm -9 pm
US Open final
Sunday 30th December - Sky Sports 2 - 12.45 am- 2.45 am
US Open final
Just checking the Radio Times for more repeats of the Eurosport version of the US Open final
As well as tonight
Friday 14th December - Eurosport 1 - 10 pm -12.45 am
Us Open final - note this one is a little bit longer than the others
Saturday 15th December - Eurosport 1 - 2.30-4.30
US Open final
Monday 17th December - Eurosport 1 - 7pm - 9pm
US Open final
Drat! I have cancelled my sky sports subscription until the tennis season is up and running again ie. probably the first masters event as AO on eurosport anyway. Never mind, have recorede the eurosport version anyway and hope to get the DVD in my christmas stocking.
Drat! I have cancelled my sky sports subscription until the tennis season is up and running again ie. probably the first masters event as AO on eurosport anyway. Never mind, have recorede the eurosport version anyway and hope to get the DVD in my christmas stocking.
I usually cancel sky sports for a few months over winter but I forgot this time. :) I watched a snippet of Eurosport's coverage yesterday, and the commentary was very different.
Andy's US Open final is just starting on Eurosport 1 now.
MurrayAOne
15-12-2012, 20:21
Andy's US Open final is just starting on Eurosport 1 now.
Thanks for that. I was out! :( do you think they'll put it on again?
MurrayAOne
15-12-2012, 20:22
I've just read your earlier post so all is well!!! Thanks again!
WimbledonAce
16-12-2012, 20:48
Also hoping for it for Christmas,would be nice to watch it calmly although I will probably still cry!
DaveArneRiise
25-05-2013, 15:37
Just read through this thread. Emotional really was! Watched highlights too of the final http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djiS2tIPORA that night will stay with me for ever!
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