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I think he is more aggressive as the game goes on, especially against the top players. I mean he wouldn't have reached three slam finals if he wasn't.

He needs to be more aggressive if he wants to actually win a grand slam rather than continue to be the runner up. And I'm not sure Murray has this in him. He just reverts to type, plays defensively and hopes for errors, forced and unforced from his opponent.

He has been thoroughly bum raped in those 3 slam finals, from Federer and Djokovic, largely because Murray wasn't at all aggressive and chose to be passive throughout. He won't win anything major any time soon if he continues to play major finals in this manner.

Have to agree again Whw, far too passive from Murray and he was in really shaky territory as late as 3-4 in the second set. He was playing far too many neutral balls with nothing on them, typically emanating from his forehand and getting eaten up for winners by Gimeno-Traver who really went for his shots. There are moments in rallies where the opportunity arises to take control of the point - where you know Fed-Nad-Djok would jump on it - but Murray waits far too long to step up the aggression. Sure he does it very well when he takes the initiative but most of the time he waits for players to miss, which doesn't always happen as we've seen several times before in other grand slams.

A less than convincing performance although the British media will have the usual **** over it.

Straussy was loving all that female attention on centre court (anyone watching Rezai - Williams will understand).

I watched bits of that match but must have missed this, what happened?

A 'cracking' performance in the end, according to one BBC man interviewing Murray post-match. I think that idiot needs to put things into perspective and realize that Murray was evidently playing against an injured player in those last two sets.

I want to see Murray win a Grand Slam but whilst Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are aorund, he simply won't, IMO. He's also got to be very wary of Soderling, Del Pot and a few others on grass. Raonic's serve looked downright frightful yesterday, also...

we shouldn't forget about Berdych either.

One of the reasons why I tipped Raonic for a deep run, though, as I said in this thread last week, I did revise that sentiment when it became clear that he would probably be facing Nadal in the 3rd round.

Do you take part in the Battle of the Boards competition? I've picked Raonic for the upset against Nadal, which might be a bit closer to reality if its raining and they play under the roof. No wind to affect Raonic's big serve.

Jus' sayin' I'll get a ton of points if it happens

With Wimbledon over it is back to the general tennis talk.

Am giving serious consideration to attending the ATP world finals in November, but i am just curious how the players qualify for this (Nadal and Djokovic have already qualified).

Also been looking at the rankings and between Del Potro in 18th and Monfils in 7th there is a gap of less than 1200 points. With Del Potro looking good again, does anybody else think that he may be able to get upto 7th by the end of August (2 Masters and the US Open during August).

With Wimbledon over it is back to the general tennis talk.

Am giving serious consideration to attending the ATP world finals in November, but i am just curious how the players qualify for this (Nadal and Djokovic have already qualified).

Also been looking at the rankings and between Del Potro in 18th and Monfils in 7th there is a gap of less than 1200 points. With Del Potro looking good again, does anybody else think that he may be able to get upto 7th by the end of August (2 Masters and the US Open during August).

With Wimbledon over it is back to the general tennis talk.

Am giving serious consideration to attending the ATP world finals in November, but i am just curious how the players qualify for this (Nadal and Djokovic have already qualified).
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