Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Andy Murray

Having just returned from a traumatic movie preview, I found myself watching Wimbledon for the first time. It should have been the news, but the Centa Court Thrilla between the Snarling Scot and the Silent Swiss over-ran. My first question is: does nobody volley any more? Was volleying banned at some crunch meeting of the tennis authorities? If so, I think they should reconvene. I, for one, always liked a good volley. My second question is: Andy Murray, better with/better without? He's better than Henman, of course, in that he appears to be conscious. Also I like the fact that he is very, as we used to say, untogether, threatening at any moment to dissolve in screaming anguish. On the other hand ... well, no I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, Murray - better with.
Posted by Bryan Appleyard at 5:43 am

13 comments:

  1. jaydeeaitchJune 30, 2009 6:48 am

    He's actually a snarling Brit at the moment. He'll become a snarling Scot if and when he loses.

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  2. Ian russellJune 30, 2009 7:51 am

    I haven't the slightest clue. Do people still watch this stuff? Oh, he's definitely a Scot, he's a bloody whinger. If they find fifty pence they complain it wasn't a pound. It's the same conditions for the other guy, mate.

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  3. BritJune 30, 2009 8:29 am

    Definitely better with - I like him, he's nasty.

    Re: Save the Volley, yes a good volley was fun now and again but these days they all return too well for that. Personally I think they way they ping it around from the baseline is a great improvement on the old days of ace-ace-doublefault-ace-doublefault-ace-game, every set decided on tie-break. That was virtually unwatchable.

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  4. SeanJune 30, 2009 8:36 am

    Yep, with.

    Henman is more Cliff Richard, Murray is more Ozzy Osborne.

    Even if Henman had won Wimbledon, (which would have pleased a lot of mums and grannies as well as Cliff Richard) It would never be as good as Murray effinkg and blinding his way to the championship in front of the Queen.

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  5. SpongebobJune 30, 2009 8:55 am

    What is it about tennis? Why are they in thrall to it? I tuned in to watch the weather forecast and saw orgasmic delight emanating from my TV set when Murray beat some guy I'd never heard of. And they've got a roof now - big deal. I wish the Lions v Boks had had the recognition it deserved instead of this poncey stuff.

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  6. Gareth WilliamsJune 30, 2009 9:41 am

    What I like about Murray is he's like the caricature scotsman: peely-wally, wild hair, brooding look, short temper, knobbly knees. You would have no difficulty in distinguishing a Murray with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.

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  7. maltyJune 30, 2009 10:33 am

    Actually Gaw, Murray is probably closer in appearance to a Bigg Market plonker than the average porridge scoffing twenty something who today is more likely found snowboarding in the French alps than belting a little ball at a spotty Swiss.
    Tennis is about as interesting as watching the onset of gas gangrene.
    Murray's mater is very definitely Scottish, looking as she does, well hard.

    Whadaya mean Bryan, engineers have poor dress sense and seventies style offices, mine was firmly in the fifties and the clobber was pure M&S.

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  8. SeanJune 30, 2009 11:33 am

    Gaw, ive never seen as Glaswegian with a tennis racket before, but ive seen a few with baseball bats, which seems to suggest to me he is very un-Scottish.

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  9. MarkJune 30, 2009 11:39 am

    I only caught the last two sets, having not realized that tennis ran so late, like the trains. The endless shots of the crowd - fat grannies, bonkers-looking folk and Ewan McGregor, mostly - made me root for the Swiss chap. I thought he put up a tough and creditable fight considering the crowd was so hostile towards him.

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  10. BritJune 30, 2009 12:11 pm

    Tennis fans are definitely the most irritating. Henman Hill, ugh.

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  11. Tom P.June 30, 2009 5:15 pm

    I stopped watching tennis after Chris Evert retired. There didn't seem to be much of a reason to watch it after that.

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  12. ChrisJune 30, 2009 5:17 pm

    Sean - the new craze in Glasgow is golf clubs. Baseball bats are kind of passe now.

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  13. Abdominoplasti operasyonuJuly 03, 2009 2:49 pm

    Henman is better.. no doubt..

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