I agree with you, bunch of morons in this thread berating Robson.
Olympic Tennis
- Thread starter Mad old tory
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I agree with you, bunch of morons in this thread berating Robson.
This. A million times this. The form book said it should have been 6-0 6-0.
Soldato
The other way to look at it is that who else is there in Team GB that's good enough to replace her? And with no one else, we wouldn't even be in the competition to get a silver medal.
Caporegime
Sorry, but Laura was utter tosh there. Baltacha/Watson both better players.
Man of Honour
For an 18 year old playing in her first major finals and a man who only played a major final less than a couple of hours before I'd say they did not too shabby.
Laura Robson has a lot of potential and hopefully this experience will stand her in good stead for the future, it's also got the makings of a promising mixed doubles pairing with a bit more practice and experience to build upon.
I don't think any mixed doubles matches are ever 5 sets are they?
I haven't got a clue, but it would mean they can afford to lose a set or two and still have the time to get their game together and take the win. You could see how tight it was. 10-8 on the tight break, if it was best of 5 it would simply be 2-1 to Belarus, rather than them getting the gold.
Yeah but from the way they were starting to dominate the court, it could have easily turned into 3 - 1 after that.
Disagree, Watson might be better but I think they're all fairly similar levels. The other consideration is Murray and Robson have played mixed doubles before so that probably helped.
Murray has turned me from a hater to a lover. His Wimbledon reaction was touching but most importantly ,he is going for more and more winners. Hopefully he follows Djokovic's improvement curve.
He used to drive me nuts with his constant counter punches and lack of creative aggression but slowly he is trying to hit more unexpected winners during rallies. Bravo. Much more interesting to watch.
He sung the English national anthem, double bravo.
He mentored Robson superbly and the pair of them performed more than the sum of their parts. He is a dreadful volleyer and she is inconsistent; this tournament was an impressive series of performance. Triple bravo.
Robson is a lovely player. She is not the finished product but she has the potential to do seriously well in the future if she can keep improving.
He used to drive me nuts with his constant counter punches and lack of creative aggression but slowly he is trying to hit more unexpected winners during rallies. Bravo. Much more interesting to watch.
He sung the English national anthem, double bravo.
He mentored Robson superbly and the pair of them performed more than the sum of their parts. He is a dreadful volleyer and she is inconsistent; this tournament was an impressive series of performance. Triple bravo.
Robson is a lovely player. She is not the finished product but she has the potential to do seriously well in the future if she can keep improving.
Soldato
Murray played fantastically today. I am not a tennis fan but loved his singles match today. Well done that man
I would say he is the best player in the world at the moment. Tiredness or not from fed, the amount of power murray was getting off his forehand I havent seen from him before. He was consistently hitting the baseline with some awesome shots to boot.
Hopefully he can build on this and get his first major. Well played son.
Hopefully he can build on this and get his first major. Well played son.