WIMBLEDON 2012

juuuuust sneaked that approach in, that would've been 'uge

Murray is at least Federer-esque when it comes to Hawkeye today

It was closed the whole time iirc. Though before that, the last time benneteau beat him was on indoor hard court. xposts

Niiiice FH slice Fed

Such awful challenging Andy

murray looks drained as fuck right now

rip

jesus that was good

That approach shot was just...not good enough at all. Fed is playing at a really high level rn though.

Wow what a missed opportunity

Oh andy that miss. Fed was really lucky there.

David Cameron can #HMD

Nell Diamond was right tbh

Too few FHs like that today Andy

these imbeciles interjecting are not going to help murray

banking on the support of the crowd is helpful, having to listen to some screaming shithead before a close point really isn't

some of the idiots seem to be competing with each other

Federer taking his FH ridiculously early

not like this man

fed's twee collapse after winning c/d

dud obv

probably gonna lose it on a double fault now

what are the chances fed gets broken here? i wouldn't put it past him at this stage

Murray kind of needs to channel Djokovic right now (spoiler: he won't)

:D :D :D yessss!!!

Would Murray have challenged that forehand pass if he'd had any left?

I think Federer is in shock.

Congrats Fed, that was great

NUMBER ONE. Beautiful. Now get a Gold and retire.

good for fed

The Sampras record falls :D

Murray's fate was sealed the minute the roof was closed tbh. Federer was irresistible after that.

Such sad faces. I'm so sorry, Britons.

(I know I'm like one of the few ppl cheering against Murray here but fwiw, I'm not against him winning one of these eventually. just not here and not when Federer was so close to breaking Sampras' record.)

Oh god tears

Ah this is heartbreaking

Combination boo and hoo

;_;

oh shit, Kipling

Here comes the bad guy

"treated those impostors brilliant"?

aw murray :(

NUMBER ONE. Beautiful. Now get a Gold and retire.

― Michael Jones, Sunday, July 8, 2012 5:17 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

2016?

Ha!

Love his kids, btw.

Gotta love how Lendl still has no damn expression on his face whatsoever.

I sensed a little sorrow from Lendl

Poor Andy :(

Why were people surprised at him showing emotion? Helloooooo, AO 2010 final? This has happened before.

hello

Someone pointed out that all of the Big Three got to face someone not in their league to win their first Slams - Philippoussis, Puerta, Tsonga - whereas Murray has had to face Federer or Djokovic in all of his finals so far...

and two of them had to go through Federer in their semis to get there. I dunno, it's not really their fault the draw opened up for them that way, just like it's not Murray's fault he happens to be playing in a time with three bona fide GOAT contenders. (and lest anyone forget, Del Potro broke through against Fed despite a 0-6 losing record against him. And beat Nadal in the semis.)

all you guys who are like "as soon as the roof came on it was all over" don't forget that Fed had already turned it up about eight notches, to the point where the BBC commentators were like "Andy could sure use a break right now" and "surely this is the last point before they stop play - COME ON, COME ON" as if even just a respite from play would somehow turn the momentum around for their boy

and then it was like

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/Denied2.gif

Someone pointed out that all of the Big Three got to face someone not in their league to win their first Slams - Philippoussis, Puerta, Tsonga - whereas Murray has had to face Federer or Djokovic in all of his finals so far...

― bitch I'm on the 242 (lex pretend), Sunday, July 8, 2012 1:36 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep - murray's a pretty great player and would probably have 3 or 4 grand slams by now if he hadn't happened to play during the primes of 3 of the best players ever. he's obviously not on their level, but he's probably a cut above anyone else from the last 5 years