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[paxton]

well done murry Congrats good luck for the future

[Johnny Handsome]

so he was clearly not happy about playing under the roof, knew they had to be a reason why he came out so flat.

[Joe]

Which is strange, considering Murray is arguably the best player out there when it comes to playing indoors.

Listen to this muppet, sums up some of the stuffed shirts that are in British tennis for me.

http://www.skysports.com/video/clips/0,23791,12611_5407039,00.html

'Wimbledon once again leading the way'. Is that so? Considering it is the second GS to have stadia with a roof, and the third of the GSs to play well into the night.

And dismissing Murray's reservations on the roof as 'player talk'. 

I'm not even going to follow that link, I've almost reached saturation point with the number of clueless muppets and Murray haters over the last week and a bit.

His complaints about the roof do seem a little odd, but I think he's speaking genuinely because he got the win. If he'd lost, then it could be seen as an excuse, but he won and still decided to voice these opinions.
When you go into a tournament expecting it to be outdoors, I guess a sudden unexpected shift to indoors will take some adjustment. Doesn't account for the way he dipped in the 4th set though, as he looked to have adjusted by that point. I pray to Science that he gets his head together again today, don't want a repeat of the Nadal match last year when he was mentally shattered. He's dealt with the physical side over the last 12 months, now we'll see if he's really got his brain sorted.

[KitKat]

Stan is a very good player, top 10 on a good day, he said he played one of his best matches and he still came up short.  I thought the humidity was supposed to be controlled when the roof was on, I can't remember the last time I saw Andy so wet, did you see him toss his used T-shirt into the audience at the end I don't know that I would have wanted to catch that one.  At least he might have an advantage over the next player he has under the roof.  His serve wasn't firing the way it was in the first few matches but everyones allowed an off day hopefully full service will be resumed in the next few matches. 

[janscribe]

I'm not even going to follow that link, I've almost reached saturation point with the number of clueless muppets and Murray haters over the last week and a bit.

His complaints about the roof do seem a little odd, but I think he's speaking genuinely because he got the win. If he'd lost, then it could be seen as an excuse, but he won and still decided to voice these opinions.
When you go into a tournament expecting it to be outdoors, I guess a sudden unexpected shift to indoors will take some adjustment. Doesn't account for the way he dipped in the 4th set though, as he looked to have adjusted by that point. I pray to Science that he gets his head together again today, don't want a repeat of the Nadal match last year when he was mentally shattered. He's dealt with the physical side over the last 12 months, now we'll see if he's really got his brain sorted.

  In his own comments does he not give the reasons for his reservations concerning the roof. He said it made the balls very very heavy and affected his serve on occasion. Also how humid it was, that he felt he'd come out of a bath. He's used to playing in heat and the Yoga accimatises him to most heat-ridden conditions. He just wasn't expecting to play and indoor match on grass and it took him time to get used to it. Stan didn't seem to be affected though. The fact that Andy won eventually says a lot for his powers of recovery, even if he wasn't playing his best.

[Allan]

Jeez!! I'm still tired from that.   Andy came out on top though.

I just want to know y there was an on-court interview after the match.

Any special reasons?

I think they felt it was more appropriate to do it by the side of the court rather than in a room on the way back to the locker room. It's a good idea though.

A side question - does the roof have to be closed for the floodlights to be used?

I'm sure the floodlights are part of the roof's structure so they can't be used seperately, which is a shame.

Just added the post-match comments to the report - seems Andy really wasn't happy about the roof, wanted a bit more notice. Not sure how much more notice could have been given though... did he assume that they would reopen the roof after the Safina-Mauresmo match?

He probably did. The dip in the 4th was probably a concentration/focus lapse. 

[tonight]

I was annoyed at the BBC with the interview, its unfair to single his matches out like that for oncourt interviews, especially since that has only ever happened on finals! He was shattered and they made him talk THEN??

I was sort of confused when seeing that on-court interview.
As far as I remembered, the officials broke their own tradition for only one time to honour Agassi.

Agassi's last Wimbledon match.

So last night was pretty weird. better hav good reasons.

[janscribe]

As far as the lighting goes - in one of the Telegraph interviews today it states ....appeared to struggle with the spotlights suspended in the roof that illuminate the court'. Later in this article Ian Ritchie, All England Club Chief Exec, stated asa reason for leaving the roof closed: 'We had a forecast of 70% chance of rain and thunderstorms and we had a 6.30 pm start meaning there was a chance the match might run in to light problems.' It looks as though the lights are integral with the roof and so can only operate when the roof is closed.