Murray scolds mum for 'Deliciano' antics

"everyone knows­ that England is the­ devil."

Really?
I'm hoping then, that­ you've not taken advantage of living in a country­ of which you think so little?

Everyone with any sense­ of perspective and balance knows that England, like­ many European countries has brought a great deal­ that's good to the world as well as a great deal­ that's not.

The idea that Murray has issues on the­ court due to being under the yoke of his "English­ oppressors," is laughable.
The people of Scotland­ are free to choose to be "independent," at­ any time, which may well happen in the very near­ future, that is, if, they don't believe in a United­ Kingdom.
Scotland has been sending representatives to­ the U.K. parliament for many a year and some of our­ best known politicians and indeed leaders have come­ from both Scotland and Wales..

I'm not sure where­ there's any "oppression," in all of­ that..

As for Murray, I consider him to be British, as­ I do anyone who's born here in the U.K. or who­ chooses to be a British citizen. regardless of their­ "roots."
If he, or Scotland wish to be­ "free," I'd wish them well and totally­ support their decicions...should it happen, I'm­ pretty sure England wouldn't be sending troops over­ the border in order to quell the­ "uprising."
We could leave that sort of thing­ to people in countries and our own who have very skewed­ notions of "evil," or the "devil."

Some of the posts on this article, particularly the­ vile hatred people recreationally spout, really help­ explain why it is so difficult for any Brits to win­ Grand Slams. I wonder if any other countries treat­ their athletes with such disdain. It is almost­ expected in the UK each time we have a potential­ sporting champion these days. Seems to be a real­ ingrained class thing going on here about loving a­ trier and gallant loser but finding distasteful anyone­ who displays enthusiasm for winning. Do we secretly­ hanker for a return to the amateur era with the joy­ just being in the taking part and the rest of the world­ just understanding they are facing Brits who invented­ these games...?

IF I was a tennis player and had to put up with all the­ Middle Class Wimbledon Set I would be more DOUR than­ Murray

farouq, you are a fool. Firstly it's not the­ English crown, it was merged when James the 6th of­ Scotland also became James the 1st of England. Our­ Queen is Her Britannic Majesty, the Queen of England­ title is one of very many titles she holds, but far­ from the only one. Secondly, America did bow to our­ Crown for many years prior to The War of Independence,­ so the "never have" is also factually­ inaccurate. Your next inaccuracy is the use of, and­ spelling of "capitals". The CapitOl is in­ Washington DC, London is the capitAl city of the UK,­ capital letters also seem to be an issue for you.­ Generally speaking they are used for names, so­ "mr. murray" becomes "Mr Murray"­ and at the beginning of sentences, since your ludicrous­ little post isn't an email address. As to the­ tyrany of the evil imperialists that are our Royal­ family... well you're a little out of date my­ friend. These days they are a constitutional monarchy­ who rubber stamp acts of parliament and carry out­ ceremonial duties as required, and save us the expense­ and bother of having an elected Head of State. Not­ entirely modern or ideal, but then the alternatives­ aren't so great either. As to "scotch",­ it's a drink! Scottish people are­ "Scots", and any true one will refuse to­ answer to scotch and would likely as not teach you a­ bit about the use of the word "skirt" to­ describe their kilts. An item of traditional dress worn­ by very few Scots on a regular basis. Basically,­ judging by your own name, you're making a childish­ and irrelevant political point demonstrating your­ ignorant anti Englishness and are hoping to rally a bit­ of support from the very few genuinely anti English­ Scots. Learn a lesson matey, when the chips are down,­ all us Brits pull together and together we're­ pretty invincible. Now go and draw a picture of mummy­ and daddy and try and keep your colouring inside the­ lines like a good boy.

Come on Andy do your Magic and forget all the loser­ comments you are one hellava guy and to boot you are my­ namesake show the world what a MURRAY can do.

well thats it then!!!! andy wins in 3 sets!. looking­ forward to the next bile board.

Well said, james_nicholls. You are the voice of reason­ that stands out in sea of stupidity and xenophobia. Oh,­ and some really vile sexism. I think you're right­ that what was said was basically a dead pan joke and­ really didn't warrant all the bile we've seen­ here. Even a joke someone posted about "Come on­ Tim" was greeted with xenophobic venom. Andy­ Murray might not be the most likable player on the tour­ but even when he tries to make a joke some people seem­ to suffer a sense of humour loss and some of the­ ridiculous and moronic remarks on this thread are the­ result. Personally I'd love to see Andy Murray­ win and he can win it for Scotland if that is so­ important to him and his fellow Scots. But it won't­ affect my life one iota because it's just a sport.­ There are many more important issues to concern us than­ the nationality of a tennis player.

continued... considered patronizing, so we're­ damned if we do and if we don't. As I say, it's­ an individual sport and people should support the­ player not his flag. I personally like Murray, he's­ a mirserable git, which is probably why!

Is this a story that's worth this amount of­ xenophobia and ire? His Mum has made a fairly obvious­ but no doubt amusing to her pun on a handsome guys­ name. Her nororiously dour son is possibly­ underwhelemed, possibly was joking in a dead pan manner­ and the reporter missed the joke, either way, hardly­ important. As to AM's nationality... there's no­ legal dispute, he's British and his country of­ birth is Scotland.. Some sports seem to avoid this­ nonsense. For example golf has no problem with putting­ a players nationality down as their country of birth,­ Rory McIllroy was recently heralded as the second­ successive Northern Irish winner of the US Open in most­ press without suddenly becoming "British"­ upon victory. There's a tendency for the smaller­ home nations to be sensitive. If on Sunday AM lifts the­ championship at Wimbledom, I'm willing to bet that­ the commentry talks about his Scottishness, and his­ links with the Dunblane tragedy and so on and so­ forth... but the first mention of him being the first­ Briton in seventy odd years will have the bloggers,­ posters and callers clogging up all networks moaning­ about how he's suddenly a Brit now he's won. So­ let's get this straight. AM has upset English­ people, who will make up the majority of the crowd at­ Wimbledom for obvious reasons, by making unwise­ comments in the past. However, before you get all hot­ under the collar about "anti-Scottishness"..­ remember this, if there were five Scots guys in the­ world top twenty, and AM was one, and there was a big­ world event taking place this week in Edinburgh... the­ majority of the crowd would support somebody other than­ AM, because he simply doesn't have a winning­ personality and is single minded enough to not really­ care too much about changing it. So don't make­ assumptions about the English hating Scots, it's an­ individual sport and other guys are preferred. England­ supporting the "plucky jock" would be

I am not surprised at all this anti scot stuff. the LTA­ spend millions in england to get a decent tennis­ player,and out of the backwoods comes a kid who learned­ in a court in dunblane and his mum had the sense to­ whip him off to SPAIN the min it was obvious he had­ talent..well done mum!. and another thing that pisses­ the english off is the top lady is also a scot.! where­ do all these millions go??. why cant a nation of­ 65million produce any class players. T. henman was a­ great player, flew the flag for the brits for many­ years. rusedski also did this although he was canadian.­ these idiots that pick tiny details about murray (hair,­ needs a shave..temper..rude..must smile­ more..arrogant??...dear me! how desperate are you to­ make fools of yourselves!. for a small nation of only­ 5million people we hold our end up in the world of­ sport, why dont you give all these asians and blacks a­ chance to get into tennis, most of your other sports­ rely on them, the future is black for england..spend­ some money on them.

Isnt the British no3 stilll Fred Perry,lagging just­ behind Tim Henman?
Oh wait a minute-
How could I forget­ Jeremy"Master"Bates,Buster Mottram and man in­ drag Jo Durie!!
All @#$% the lot of them!!

Oh that ANDY IS SO VILE TO HIS MUM! He's not to old­ for a slap! Brat!

TART!!!!!!!!!!!

No surprises that some of the english are slagging off­ murray because hes a scot , its hard to take seeing as­ the last Brit to win wimbledon was english but when was­ that !!
Did he win as many tennis comps as murray ?? eh­ no. so why when something good is happenin for british­ tennis do we still have these anti scottish idiots­ talking absolute rubbish again!!

yes he is scottish­ and proud of it but he is also british too which is­ unusual as most scots , irish , welsh and funnily­ enough some english dont even class themselves as­ british anymore!!

its ironic if he wins he will be­ called a british champion but if he loses they will say­ he was a scottish player .......

he is the only brit­ player that has any hope of winning wimbledon for the­ next 10 years , i dont see any top english tennis­ players coming through the ranks that are as good , do­ you !!! i rest my case :)

to 617 Elena Baltacha is more Scottish than­ British..... listen to her accent though she is about­ as Britissh as Greg Rusedski

To 617...... Jamie Murray .... ha ha ha