Off Topic Murray's done one...

Got to admire his determination to become the best in an era when he had to compete against three of the game's all time greats. He had years of consistently reaching semi finals in grand slams behind these three. Most would have settled for that but he pushed himself even harder until the slams arrived and then he got to No 1. Cruelly that is when his injury woes started at a point when I think he would have dominated and got the rewards for his hard work, as the other three were all struggling.

Btw hIs anti English quip which he was pilloried for was actually a response to banter against him re Scotland's performance.

 

Can't compare the two. Prior to the 'open' era, tournaments were either amateur or professional. Top players were split between the two, so Perry probably never actually competed against all the best.

The fact that he also held the world table tennis title is a remarkable feat, but don't you think it devalues the standards at that time?
Sounds like he was a bit of a successful serial shagger too, having flings with Marlene Dietrecht, Jean Harlow, Bette Davis and other prominent actresses.
All while starting his clothing company.
Bloody hell OLM, many would see you as a success achieving the latter, not sure you can compete with that though?

 

I have to Ask~ew ... who would you rate as your all time wiff~waff player?
& your ultimate shagger?

 

And he invented pear cider anarl.

Remarkable.

 

There is an English woman who won Wimbledon 7 times. Would have won it more but WW1interupted her career at its peak, but still returned to get to the first two finals after WW1 where she lost to the first non English woman to win it who in turn won it 6 times. The youngest ever player to win the women's title, and who won it 5 times, was English. The oldest player to win the women's title at Wimbledon was English, and also won it 5 times. Thing is nobody, including myself, could name them without googling.

 

a)Jan-ove Waldner
b) If your talking about quality, then you need look no further (only my right hand knows that)

 

She'll ha' bin called Lottie, or Lettuce or Prudence or summat.


They all were.

 

Think it was Lettuce ernie. It's where the famous shake your lettuce quote comes from.
After winning the first set Lettuce started to break down with a severe case of the conniptions.
The umpire had to March down and a swift slap and a good shaking and she was right as rain.

 

The youngest ever winner actually was called Lottie. The oldest was Charlotte and the 7 times winner Dorothea.

 

It was only played by the upper classes then who gently tapped it over the net to each other

 

Which is why it is ridiculous comparing previous generations. Fred Perry was good at the time but it was still ana amateur game, though he took a hard faced, professional approach to it. Can't compare then with the competition Murray has faced and won titles against.

 

Totally agree !

 

Humourless git

 

In 20 years time someone will be saying the same about Murray then? The game moves on! Footy, golf etc.

 

In 20 years time it will still.be professional. In Perry's time it wasn't.

 

Well said

 

It’s such a sexy game that surely they’d both be the same person wouldn’t they?!

 

Lost his first round game. Is this the end?

 

Brazil gets away with being a bit of a gobshite when he's talking about football. When he's talking about anything else, he doesn't. Beachball-headed ****er.

 

Murray has been a legend. To have won three slams in an era which saw him going toe-to-toe with the likes of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal, was an incredible achievement. I'd like to see him bow out at Wimbledon, but not if it means he's just there to make up the numbers, which could be the case right now.

His supposedly 'dour' personality means **** all; besides, nobody who actually who knows him personally has a bad word to say about him.