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[deb]

But that's the idea though, isn't it? When you know you are provoked you don't want to take the bait. If he was asked in the PC, then he could have easily said that 'she's entitled to her opinion' and moved on. This is now bigger news than it should have been. Andy still doesn't have the mindset he desperately needs. Clearly he reads everything when he should be totally isolating himself from everything. Why should Andy take VW's words so seriously and get upset in the process? How's that helpful when he should be completely single minded and focus on what's more important?

To be honest, I don't get people. It's like they have nothing better going on in their life and they seem too hung up on insignificant things as if there's no tomorrow and by that I mean everyone in general not just Virginia Wade.

And Andy should be a bit more professional than that and not bother with the things that don’t matter one way or the other. He also needed to take the match professionally and moved on quickly right after the match as if it was just another day and just another match despite the injury. You want to lay it low. Players get injured before, during and after all the time and they all have to play through all those moments and Andy’s not an isolated incident. Much worse have happened before. 

Andy was told at the press conference what V.W had said, and was asked his reaction..

[Emma Jean]

Let me put this way, Virginia Wade should not be taken this seriously. The comment is only insulting when you yourself believe you are a drama queen but if you are not, then you have nothing to worry about. An idiot would say only idiotic things by nature but if you take him/her seriously it  then strictly becomes your problem. If you consider the source then it’s nothing really earth shattering.

[Murray Magic]

Wade needs to aplogise for her behaviour it was appalling and ex English player should be supporting English players not running them down. She should lose her job. Andy was angered by her comments. Totally un necessary.

Andy is Scottish, not English, maybe you have just inadvertently uncovered why VW appears to dislike him so much. 

[Iluvandy]

You still don't get it. I am not a known/famous figure therefore; you don't know how I would have handled the press if I were. The bigger the news Andy makes, the worse it will get for him, unfortunately. The fact that people are still talking about VW is mind numbing for me especially when there's a Grand Slam going on and Andy is still in the tournament. I mean how much chaos does one really need?

Nothing bothers your enemy the most when you choose to ignore them. Andy clearly hasn't learned to play his cards right.

But we know how you handled MW.,    You went off in the huff.     Andy is entitled to defend himself and I think he was very restrained in his reply.     He could have
said "I don't pay any attention to a silly old bag like Wade".       

[IonaRed]

Look at the reaction of Wade at around 43 seconds.



It still annoys me - horrible woman.

[ljs]

i agree Elena , very restrained and professional imo , something that VW was NOT .

[Aileen]

If anyone, djokovic is the drama queen. How many times has he had something in his eye, or dropped to the floor looking like he is on his last legs and then all of a sudden come back and won the match!

djokovic reminds me of an american wrestler....fake, fake fake,come back and win

I agree, and if you watched the Davis Cup match he played in straight after the USO, then you'll remember how he suddenly collapsed to the ground with a scream of agony because of his back (I think when he was getting beaten) yet after a few minutes of lying there like he was dying, was able to walk off the court upright and unaided.  Yes he did have a slight tear in a muscle, which he'd picked up at the USO yet still managed to win it - but this wasn't being a drama queen??



  Love all those emails!  And well done Tessie for getting the despicable John Lloyd into yours.

This was the sarcastic take on Ms Wade's comments in today's Scotsman -

As he was hobbling to his remarkable victory on Thursday, Wade, the 1977 Wimbledon champion, was informing the nation, via Eurosport, that Murray’s behaviour was simply not on. It was not the done thing for a chap to call for the trainer, limp around the baseline and then win.

Indeed - how DARE he!