GOOD OLD ANDY WORLD NUMBER ONE AFTER WITHDRAWAL??!!

[Reg]

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COME ON TIM!!

[Lou Grant]

Twelve years and only 4 different world no.1s in that time - that's some golden era of tennis for the men.

Going to be a strange landscape in 3 or 4 years from now.

[AlcoholBrazil]

That Number One Ranking Trophy feels almost as good as Arsene Wenger's Fourth Place Trophy. Well Done Andy . What a Year.
And some credit to Mrs Djokovic is due.

[kevin04]

Well done to him.

A great achievement and a top dude.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Awful wee fella

[deisegirl]

Awful wee fella

[Bad Blue 2000]

By default-I don't think that counts.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Only there because that rat nadal got his bloodbags busted, sneering elvis turned 50 and djok is in therapy after being savagely bummed by boom boom boris in a boom cupboard

[delboy1983]

Ah yes the guy he destroyed in 3 sets to win his 2nd Wimbledon defaulted.Can you blame him.
Oh and Murray has won his 6th ATP of the year in Paris to go with Wimbledon and a 2nd Olympic gold.
What a season ,what a player but snipers will always snipe.

[mark]

Maybe his 650 million fans worldwide will make him happier.

[deisegirl]

Maybe his 650 million fans worldwide will make him happier.

He only needs del

[delboy1983]

Year-end ranking:

2003 - 540
2004 - 411
2005 - 64
2006 - 17
2007 - 11
2008 - 4
2009 - 4
2010 - 4
2011 - 4
2012 - 3
2013 - 4
2014 - 6
2015 - 2
2016 - 1

13 yrs to get there in the most talented era of men's tennis ever

[Steve Hunt]

Well done to him.

A great achievement

Not a huge fan, but cannot disagree.

Fair play to him.

[Steve Hunt]

in the most talented era of men's tennis ever

Personally, I'd say the Borg/McEnroe/Connors era was the best, Del.

But it is all subjective, I guess.

[Zambo]

in the most talented era of men's tennis ever

Personally, I'd say the Borg/McEnroe/Connors era was the best, Del.

But it is all subjective, I guess.

Agree, you had some players with personalities then. Djokovic and Murray are a pair of boring cunts.

[Lou Grant]

in the most talented era of men's tennis ever

Personally, I'd say the Borg/McEnroe/Connors era was the best, Del.

But it is all subjective, I guess.

Del said most talented, and he is correct.

Of course the era you reference had more 'characters' and they were great players too, but this current era of the 'big 4' is without doubt the most talented to all be at the top of their game at the same time and Fed will probably go down as the greatest ever.

That's the distinction and I'm sure our tennis(man) expert would agree.

Murray is a Marmite sportsman - I love him and also think he is great to watch because of some of the amazing shots he is able to make. Added to which he freely gives his time and support to the other British players (men and women), which will hopefully lead to some sort of legacy when he retires even though I doubt there will be anyone to match his level for generations if ever.

[delboy1983]

Well said Lou

[Steve Hunt]

in the most talented era of men's tennis ever

Personally, I'd say the Borg/McEnroe/Connors era was the best, Del.

But it is all subjective, I guess.

Of course the era you reference had more 'characters' and they were great players too, but this current era of the 'big 4' is without doubt the most talented to all be at the top of their game .

I suspect the likes of Borg, Conners & Mac would have risen to the challenge were they playing today, Lou.

But we will never know. You can only be the best in the era you play in.

[delboy1983]

Does any sport have characters any more ,certainly in tennis the single mindedness and work ethic to get tothe very top precludes that.
Football a la George Best
Rugby a la David Campese
Motor Racing a la Ayrton Senna
Cricket a la Ian Botham.
A lot of people bemoan the lack of entertaining characters in Sport nowadays but should you want to see them in Tennis you would need to watch Mansour Bahrami v Henri Leconte .
Me I'll stick to marveling at the power skill and athleticism of Federer Nadal Djokovic and Andy Murray

[Zambo]

Me I'll stick to marveling at the power skill and athleticism of Federer Nadal Djokovic and Andy Murray

With those mentioned from the past you had the best of both. What we have now, is baseline monotony for much of the time with girlie two handed backhands, players wanting a towel after every point, and a selection of 4 or 5 balls every time they serve when they are all the same. It's just delaying tactics

[Lou Grant]

Does any sport have characters any more ,certainly in tennis the single mindedness and work ethic to get tothe very top precludes that.

Kyrgios may challenge that notion. He's a 'nasty' character, but definitely a character, and also in pure tennis terms he is a joy to watch. No reason he couldn't become a genuine top player, but we shall see.