# Tennis 2013 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 28, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410 "2012-12-28T18:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/361 "2013-07-07T14:41:12Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > If he’s the chap with the wide-brimmed hat, it’s David Spearing. He’s been a steward at Wimbledon for 30 odd years. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/362 "2013-07-07T14:42:55Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > This chap? > > [http://www.jannaludlow.co.uk/Assets/Home\_Tennis\_Steward.jpg](http://www.jannaludlow.co.uk/Assets/Home_Tennis_Steward.jpg) Yep, thanks ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/363 "2013-07-07T15:31:53Z")
Come on Andy! This is the way to watch tennis - big screen with radio commentary, Facebook conversation with friends spanning the globe. New Zealand, Texas and Scotland. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/364 "2013-07-07T16:08:10Z")
Another great get by Murray! Things are looking very good for the plucky Scottish tailor on whom everything depends. 4-all in the third. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/365 "2013-07-07T16:11:36Z")
Murray breaks! Serving for the championship! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/366 "2013-07-07T16:12:32Z")
What a fantastic match this is. Djokovich is really struggling to keep up now. Or more directly: he seems broken already, whether physically or mentally I couldn’t say. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/367 "2013-07-07T16:14:26Z")
Two more points! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/368 "2013-07-07T16:18:25Z")
Holy crap. Djoker has break point! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/369 "2013-07-07T16:19:05Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > What a fantastic match this is. Djokovich is really struggling to keep up now. > > Or more directly: he seems broken already, whether physically or mentally I couldn’t say. Ha! Not so fast! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/370 "2013-07-07T16:19:57Z")
The tension is unbelievable! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/371 "2013-07-07T16:24:32Z")
Murray wins! The place goes nuts! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/372 "2013-07-07T16:25:45Z")
It took a couple of minutes longer than we thought, but congratulations to Sir Andy! That was a Pete Sampras-style display of running forehands. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/373 "2013-07-07T16:25:54Z")
Despite it being 3-0, so much better than the Women’s match yesterday ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/374 "2013-07-07T16:42:55Z")
That was a long and exceptionally tough three-setter. Djokovic was seemed drained by that last match. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/375 "2013-07-07T16:51:56Z")
You know, I think that losing last years final was in retrospect the best thing that could have happened to Murray. It exposed his phycological issues and he had to deal them. Today, he was twice down a break in a set and rallied to win. The old Murray would have surrendered meekly, like last year. No this incarnation. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/376 "2013-07-07T17:00:12Z")
That last game was remarkable, and I have a sense that Murray left everything on the court for that one, especially seeing how wiped out he was afterwards. This could have turned ugly had he not finished it then and there. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/377 "2013-07-07T18:08:56Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > That last game was remarkable, and I have a sense that Murray left everything on the court for that one, especially seeing how wiped out he was afterwards. This could have turned ugly had he not finished it then and there. Disagree. Murray just kept going even after they were both tired. “Bring it, Novak. Oh, you can’t?” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/378 "2013-07-07T18:16:01Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > You know, I think that losing last years final was in retrospect the best thing that could have happened to Murray. It exposed his phycological issues and he had to deal them. Today, he was twice down a break in a set and rallied to win. The old Murray would have surrendered meekly, like last year. No this incarnation. Yeah, and winning both the Olympics and the US Open helped him a ton. And with this, the pressure is way off him now. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/379 "2013-07-07T18:54:28Z")
Murray will be the center of attention at Wimbledon for the rest of his career, but it’ll be a different kind of attention since he won’t be asked to save the nation from 80 years of calamity. On the other hand Laura Robson is eventually going to be the recipient of some of that same pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2013-thread/645410/380 "2013-07-07T20:09:25Z")
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