Andy Murray missing the French Open???

Iona16

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I'm not expecting to hear anything until Tuesday/Wednesday.

I read a few articles about the possibility of Murray missing RG and there were comments from Andy's mum and Novak. I have to say that Andy fans were quite annoyed by Novak's comments. I think you can probably see why.

Murray's mother, Judy, reckons he "needs to be cautious". Novak Djokovic offers a tougher assessment. "I've had many occasions in my career when I didn't feel well, when I was injured, and I played all the way through."

"I always like to give my maximum in every match and every tournament that I play. It can be the right thing or the wrong thing to do according to the various opinions of different people, but it is the way I've been taught and brought up in this sport. That's the way I've played all my life. I just like to compete, regardless of which tournament it is."

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/tennis/murray-mulls-over-french-dilemma.21104791
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/may/18/andy-murray-french-open-wimbledon
 

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Iona16 said:
Novak Djokovic offers a tougher assessment. "I've had many occasions in my career when I didn't feel well, when I was injured, and I played all the way through."

"I always like to give my maximum in every match and every tournament that I play. It can be the right thing or the wrong thing to do according to the various opinions of different people, but it is the way I've been taught and brought up in this sport. That's the way I've played all my life. I just like to compete, regardless of which tournament it is."

Iona, you didn't finish the Novak quote. Here's the rest of it:

"Um, yah, there's also matches where it was too hard to go on. Once I had a runny nose and I was losing and I wondered was it worth it. Another match, I was better player - okay, I was losing - and I had a speck of dust on my tongue and had to retire. One other day it was too warm for tennis. And I remember I felt a little chilly once and I was losing and I didn't want to do permanent harm. Once I quit because my heart was broken and I didn't want to die out there. My mammy looked so sad..."
 

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^ thanks for filling in the missing bits here. didn't quite seem right before :)
 

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Kieran said:
Iona16 said:
Novak Djokovic offers a tougher assessment. "I've had many occasions in my career when I didn't feel well, when I was injured, and I played all the way through."

"I always like to give my maximum in every match and every tournament that I play. It can be the right thing or the wrong thing to do according to the various opinions of different people, but it is the way I've been taught and brought up in this sport. That's the way I've played all my life. I just like to compete, regardless of which tournament it is."

Iona, you didn't finish the Novak quote. Here's the rest of it:

"Um, yah, there's also matches where it was too hard to go on. Once I had a runny nose and I was losing and I wondered was it worth it. Another match, I was better player - okay, I was losing - and I had a speck of dust on my tongue and had to retire. One other day it was too warm for tennis. And I remember I felt a little chilly once and I was losing and I didn't want to do permanent harm. Once I quit because my heart was broken and I didn't want to die out there. My mammy looked so sad..."

:D:D:D:D
 

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Broken_Shoelace said:
Kieran said:
Iona16 said:
Novak Djokovic offers a tougher assessment. "I've had many occasions in my career when I didn't feel well, when I was injured, and I played all the way through."

"I always like to give my maximum in every match and every tournament that I play. It can be the right thing or the wrong thing to do according to the various opinions of different people, but it is the way I've been taught and brought up in this sport. That's the way I've played all my life. I just like to compete, regardless of which tournament it is."

Iona, you didn't finish the Novak quote. Here's the rest of it:

"Um, yah, there's also matches where it was too hard to go on. Once I had a runny nose and I was losing and I wondered was it worth it. Another match, I was better player - okay, I was losing - and I had a speck of dust on my tongue and had to retire. One other day it was too warm for tennis. And I remember I felt a little chilly once and I was losing and I didn't want to do permanent harm. Once I quit because my heart was broken and I didn't want to die out there. My mammy looked so sad..."

:D:D:D:D

:p:p:p:p:p
 

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Too funny, Kieran! It's awfully rich of Novak to say that.
 

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Murray withdrew. Djoke has been very lucky to get Ferrer on his side in recent months. I hope Fed gets Ferrer this time.