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[lashurst]

Yeah, Linda.
There are some diabolical writers at BR.

Ohhh I see now, you were having a subtle go at our Nigel eh?
You little devil you! 

[*Sparkle*]

Murray to appear on BBC Superstars -

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I watched some of the Xmas programme, and was thinking Andy would have done well - and enjoyed trying some other sports. Would love to have seen him doing the 100meters against Mo Farah!

I too watched this and spent a lot of it thinking Andy would be brilliant, but it just wasn't feasible for him due to scheduling and risk of injury.  With the reported move abroad it became a bit more likely, but having it in the Summer around Wimbledon time and it was a non-starter IMO.

Simon Cambers, who is a journalist for ATP and WTA events seems to have it confirmed as not true.

https://twitter.com/scambers73/status/286878301681774592

I imagine it's one of those things where someone in the PR department for the show wants to drum up a bit of interest amongst the public as well as potential participants, so decided to start a rumour about a big name star to attract attention, and maybe even hope that it would come true.

[flowerpower]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1465138-can-andy-murray-beat-roger-federer-when-it-counts

[Sabine]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/dont-expect-cartwheels-from-andy-murray-if-he-wins-the-australian-open/story-fndkzym4-1226547301249

Love this article...

Love the headline

[johnkiernan35]

Murray wants the time violation adjusted to 30 seconds.  I agree

[Milly87]

Murray wants the time violation adjusted to 30 seconds.  I agree

Agreed, would also like to see more discretion in how it's applied..shouldn't get a time violation if they're changing racquet coz a string broke etc.

[teejay1]

The one thing Andy did say about the 25 seconds rule is that he doesn't think extended rallies should be taken into consideration. He believes players should be fit enough to deal with that. I thought that was an interesting point, especially when you look at how long the rallies can be when Andy is playing someone like Djokovic.

I'd like to see them do away with the idea of having 25 seconds for regular tournaments, and if memory serves, it's 20 in the majors. I think the time allowed between points should be the same across the board, that way there would be no confusion and no argument.

In general I'm pleased that the rules are going to be applied more strictly, to all players. That said, it does need to be done in a way that is sensible. Warning someone for having to change a racquet due to a broken string seems ridiculous to me.