wise wise words as per usual Rhymes,and well said­ Ronsenglish ,people go a bit too far with there their­ worship sometimes,we are very licky too have the crop­ of talent we have at the moment,even with some of their­ habits ! They are only human,just like you and me.

Why am I posting this rubbish I should be following the­ example of rhymes and carlos and talking about tennis.­ I support Andy Murray because he's a good tennis­ player, not the most handsome but good. Last year I­ supported Novak but his attitude and comments about­ Roddick upset me and frankly I thought he was pushing­ gamesmanship to its limits this turned me off. I've­ never been a fan of Roger Federa the person he always­ seemed aloof and arrogant I can't stand the way he­ disdainfully throws away his empty drinks bottles, but­ I have a hang-up about people who drop rubbish anyway.­ But I don't decry his ability on his day he is­ sublime and I hope can get back to his best and exhibit­ his marvelous skills once again. That leaves Rafa a­ great player but like Murray not exciting to watch lots­ of power and accuracy that lead to the occasional­ breathtaking shot. He comes across as a gentleman and­ sportsman, I wish he could stop some of his irritating­ habits. I think too many of his fans support the man­ and his pop star image, not his play

No person should be insulted on any site it's sad­ that so many people want to degrade the achievements of­ the top players because they think someone else is­ prettier or comes from a better country, national pride­ is great but bigotry should be ranked alongside­ paedophilia as a crime and the posts that are racist or­ insulting excluded from all sites.

Have to confess that I'm amongst those who expect­ Nadal to win practically everything on clay. Force of­ habit, I guess. But he is human and in three-set­ matches, he's had some tough encounters with­ Hewitt, Davydenko, Djoko and Fed in the last 2 years­ (not to mention the loss to Ferrero in Rome, where­ apparently he wasn't 100% fit). On clay, other­ players will provide an obstacle also: Almagro, Ferrer,­ Robredo, Verdasco...the Spanish contingent. Del Potro,­ Gonzalez and Andreev are others I expect to do well.­ And Gulbis got to the quarters of RG last year (I­ think), which kinda reinforces Wilanders point. I'm­ sure that Murray will be better on clay than last year.­ I'm just not sure by how much. As you say,­ it'll be interesting to see what happens. Cheers

Rhymes,with Corretja in his corner,i think he will be­ well aware,that running and being passive just wont cut­ it.One thing is for sure,if it comes down to­ conditioning,he will be ok,he looks in top­ shape.Everyone expects Nadal to win every clay court­ title he enters,but that is not always the case,the guy­ is human,and can have an off day,or have an injury,and­ if that happens ,it could be that only Roger would­ stand in Murrays way,and that would be very­ interesting,given the head to head and the fact that­ Roger is far more adept on clay than Andy.All said,a­ semi at the French would be a great result,really­ looking forward to see if he can rise to the challenge­ on the clay,

Carlos, I think it's a case of proceed with­ caution. Murray's got a lot of attributes wrt­ playing well on clay (the ones that you listed the­ other day) but there may be others he needs to acquire.­ Wilander commented last year that it was a­ misconception to assume that clay-court tennis is all­ about defending and said that if you set out your stall­ to defend, you end up running miles. If you look at­ some of the best claycourters of recent years (Courier,­ Muster, Kuertan, Moya, Costa, Nadal etc.), you can see­ what he was getting at. All of them, to a greater or­ lesser extent, were aggressive and tried to dominate­ with their forehands. It's ironic, but maybe Andy­ will actually have to be more aggressive on clay. Take­ care

barryjohnclarke please deal with reality rather than­ fantasies FFS, what's wrong with you man, show some­ respect or go and fantasize somewhere else, you little­ cretin.

Look at Venus Williams's new project. She is a­ young tennage star named Madison keys. Venus is her co­ coach along with John Evert. She is palyong doubles­ with her at the french open. Venus Found her while in­ Chicago. SHE IS HER COACH!!! WARCH EUROSPORT SHE WAS­ TALKING ABOUT HER!!

Rhymes,im sure there are many things we dissagree on,we­ just havnt found them yet,Plenty of time for that­ though my friend ! We just seem to be on the same page­ more often than not,which prob reflects a healthy love­ of the game,and an understanding of the way it should­ be played.Do you see a clay court title for Andy ? I­ dont think its out of the question.

barryjohnclarke try to leave the weed alone before­ commenting on here. john evert is madison's coach­ at his academy in boca raton. venus lives not too far­ away and does some mentoring to all the kids training­ at the academy. how on earth does that make venus the­ coach of this girl?

why are we so concerned about Murray winning miami?­ This is a small trophy. many players have won it. Nadal­ won recently and not much was said about it. why this­ so call english/scottish/welish/n.ireland thing. all­ right murray won miami masters.. good thing he did and­ that is why he is in his office palying well. Let­ 's go off it now.. there are surprises in atp and­ wta tours. this is evident in azarenka and murray win.­ tales of the unexpected. period

Madison Keys IS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD

Look at the WTA SECTION VENUS WILLIAMS IS COACHING A­ NEW GIRLS. She is called Madison Keys she beat the­ world number 81

thks for the support rhymes, its all good though i have­ no problems with people letting a little steam off at­ my expense especially when they are as astute and wise­ as alcock and sanchez. keep up the good work guys i­ await with baited breath for your further contributions­ of wisdom. brgds

Wait, I like Andy, he has improved a lot since last­ summer, but lets face it, Djokovic, err Chokovic, is­ turning into another Safin, Roddick. Conditioning -­ Murray was just hitting back, waiting for another error­ from "I don't care" Novak.

Wrt Andy on clay, Corretja (who's gonna be helping­ him again) said last year that his biggest problem was­ related to movement more than strokes. It's hard to­ believe that somebody like Murray could have­ difficulties with movement, but it's true that­ moving on clay is very different to moving on hard. If­ you take one step too many (as is the temptation for­ natural hard or grass-court players), you ain't­ coming back any time today. Once again (This is getting­ monotonous. We'll have to find something to­ disagree on), I agree with Carlos in that Murray has­ the kind of game that should adapt well to clay and he­ and his team have had the good sense to get one of the­ best in to advise them. Corretja was a great player, he­ also seems like a really nice guy and I suspect he fits­ in very perfectly with the Murray team. I'm really­ looking forward to seeing how things pan out. Cheers

ralph r goes back a long way on this site and has­ posted some of the best comments I've read here. He­ doesn't deserve to be insulted in this way. And­ that's a fact. Cheers

Do you all realise that he has beaten all the top­ players,and very glad to be born in Scotland thank you­ very much..His conditioning is second to none,i rate­ him the second best player without a doubt at this­ moment,he has got all the tools to be number 1 in no­ more than 2 years,if you had a poll with all the best­ players asking them who they thought is the 2 top dogs­ now,it would be Nadal and Murray.And please keep out­ the anti sentiment of Scotland..

ola,comment 88,no ,quite right, we shouldnt expect Andy­ to win the French this year,by surprising us i only­ mean that he could go deep into the tournament,maybe­ the semis,which would be a big step up for him on the­ clay.I very much doubt that Roger or Rafa will want him­ in their half of the draw.If you look at his game­ though,consistent groundstrokes,unbelievable defence­ and clever dropshots,it all adds up to a game suited to­ clay,his style of play is not a million miles away from­ Rafa`s.

Unfortunately, 'intelligent' tennis reminds me­ of the guys in my club who slice and dice everyball in­ search of accurate ball placement as opposed to­ agressive winner making shots. It robs the game of its­ beauty. Murrays greatest strength is his retrieval­ ability. i like the way he can change the pace of shots­ mid rally but mostly its about running everyball down,­ especially when playing against players with greater­ weapons and firepower. fair play to him anyway...not­ easy beating having better head to head over federer so­ he must be doing something well.