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GameSetAndMath said:Kieran said:GameSetAndMath said:No, there is no love here. May be you misunderstood my favorite comment. He is certainly not my favorite. I would rather have him lose. I meant he is the favorite to win the tourney.
There is some love because he would be easier for Fed to beat than Novak, in the finals.
Oh I know what you meant, and Darth also installed Andy as his favourite to win it, and while I can see some logic in it, I can't see much. I certainly don't know what you're basing it on...
The logic is fairly simple. Murray had his back op in fall 2013, he needed time to recover and produce results again. Until the end of USO of last year, he sucked. But, he started producing results after USO of last year since his month long camp in China in the fall. He had been quite consistent in Slams over the last three years. He reached QF or better of every slam he played for the last 3 years. After getting married, he seems more content and have added titles on Clay as well. His main problem is fading away when playing with Novak. Even in that area he has shown improvement as evidenced by his 5 set affair at RG. Finally, even though Novak has 2 Wimby titles and Andy has only one, I think Andy is a better grass court player than Novak (based on what I have seen from both of them over the years). Finally, there will not be too much pressure on Andy as Perry's Ghost has already been slain.
Rafa has not done well for about 4/5 years there now. Fed has not won a GS for almost 3 years now. Raonic would be too angry or not at all angry to win. I actually think Cilic would have a good showing here. Stan's lack of athleticism/movement would be exposed in the lawns. Grigor is not ready for big stage yet. So, who do we have left.
ANDY MURRAY.
I would agree with almost all of that but my conclusion from the same information is that Novak is the clear favourite...