Just a short one. I'm not that bitter, but life is unfair. Take the Australian Open, won by Novak Djokovic in just under 6 hours. It sounds amazing, 6 hours of hardcore, nail biting tennis, but the truth is, well, it wasn't.
At 2-1 in sets to Djokovic all the comments from the tennis pundits (and public) are highlighting just how average the match is. I kid you not, there were no comments about it being a high quality match. Then suddenly, the report afterwards claiming it was '5-set epic', then John Lloyd saying it was 'Djokovics greatest ever match'!!! How can it go from dull to the greatest in 2 sets??
6 hours sounds impressive, but remember 5 and a half hours of it are resting periods for either a towel, a drink, a change of ends, a choice of balls, come to think of it, anything they like really. It takes forever to serve because they miss once, then go through the motions again.......
My point of slight bitterness isn't that SCOTLANDS Andy Murray once again gets to a semi-final of an open, once again failing to live up to any potential. In the meantime in NY, considered a 'squash major' is the US Open, more correctly called the Tournament of Champions, there was a more important battle going on.
The final was contested not only by two ENGLISH men: These men are one and two in the World, plus this final would decide which one would top the rankings next month. Four English men made it through to the quarter finals, yes, thats half of the people left. The depth right now in ENGLISH squash, not bloody Scottish, is amazing. It's a true 'golden era' for England in squash right now. Guess what? A useless Scot gets more coverage for not even making a final, than the 2 best in the World, from England in a sport that doesn't require you to take breaks every 30 seconds, once some poor kid has just given you a choice of balls to hit.
The names are now (again) World number 1 Nick Matthew and former (last month) World number 1 James Willstrop. Forget Andy Murray, check out a real sport, with real athletes and real home grown talents.
At 2-1 in sets to Djokovic all the comments from the tennis pundits (and public) are highlighting just how average the match is. I kid you not, there were no comments about it being a high quality match. Then suddenly, the report afterwards claiming it was '5-set epic', then John Lloyd saying it was 'Djokovics greatest ever match'!!! How can it go from dull to the greatest in 2 sets??
6 hours sounds impressive, but remember 5 and a half hours of it are resting periods for either a towel, a drink, a change of ends, a choice of balls, come to think of it, anything they like really. It takes forever to serve because they miss once, then go through the motions again.......
My point of slight bitterness isn't that SCOTLANDS Andy Murray once again gets to a semi-final of an open, once again failing to live up to any potential. In the meantime in NY, considered a 'squash major' is the US Open, more correctly called the Tournament of Champions, there was a more important battle going on.
The final was contested not only by two ENGLISH men: These men are one and two in the World, plus this final would decide which one would top the rankings next month. Four English men made it through to the quarter finals, yes, thats half of the people left. The depth right now in ENGLISH squash, not bloody Scottish, is amazing. It's a true 'golden era' for England in squash right now. Guess what? A useless Scot gets more coverage for not even making a final, than the 2 best in the World, from England in a sport that doesn't require you to take breaks every 30 seconds, once some poor kid has just given you a choice of balls to hit.
The names are now (again) World number 1 Nick Matthew and former (last month) World number 1 James Willstrop. Forget Andy Murray, check out a real sport, with real athletes and real home grown talents.
