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2012 USO Final: Murray vs Djokovic
invisibleman18
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Wow. Just wow. Still can't believe it happened. First time I've managed to get on here since the match. Usual story - it was an 8am start here so I recorded it while at work then watched when I got home last night and was up until past midnight.

Absolutely amazing. Thought he was gone after the 4th set and expected him to lose the 5th 6-1 or something. On match point I was on my feet and I wanted to jump around the room screaming as loud as I could and go absolutely beserk waking up the whole street. Instead I collapsed in a heap face first on the floor and cried. Andy Murray has now given me tears of joy 3 times in the last few months. Except the Wimbledon semi final and Olympic win were just watery eyes and a couple of tears, this was full on blubbering like a baby. I'm glad the girlfriend had got too tired and went to bed about half an hour earlier as she would not have been able to understand. lol

In that moment, suddenly it felt like all those years of hope and crushing disappointments were suddenly worth it. Especially for those of us who have been there with him since the beginning. Even the years of growing up with hope and then disappointment supporting Henman felt worth it to finally witness that Grand Slam win. It felt like that day in January 2006 when I went along to day 1 of the Auckland ATP event and sat by the practice court for an hour watching the next great British player practice just to get a chance to meet him while missing the first match on centre court was worth it. I assume it will feel very much the same if Arsenal ever win the league again in my lifetime - that all the years of pain and being laughed at were worth it for that moment. I've posted about my 4 big sporting lifetime dreams before and now number 2 can be crossed off. Technically it was always a British Wimbledon winner, but I think a Grand Slam counts enough!

It was a weird celebration from Murray because there wasn't really a celebration at all. You could literally see 76 years fall off his back. It was total shock, as if he couldn't believe it had happened and expected that any minute he'd be told it was all a mistake and he would have to give the trophy back. I'm not sure he even managed a smile when he was holding up the trophy. When he went over to his box I expected him to climb up and hug everyone and all that like they usually do and like he did at the Olympics. Instead he just wanted to know where his watch was. lol

I'm really glad it was Djokovic in the final. Logically we would have hoped for Ferrer to win that semi final as surely there's no way Murray would have lost to him. But you just know what would be said if he had won that 1st grand slam without having to play Federer, Nadal or Djokovic. So I really wanted it to be Djokovic for that reason but I'm sure there are still some people saying it somehow doesn't count because he didn't have to face Federer. I'm also going to write to the guy who presents the sports news on NZ's TV1 channel. After some report just before the tournament he said something along the lines of "you wouldn't bet against Federer" to which the other news presenter responded "I think Andy Murray might." His next response was "no, this is real tennis now not that Olympics nonsense." Any excuse for an anti-British comment.
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laundry
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OMG HE WON THE GRAND SLAM. It keeps hitting me now and again what actually happened.
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Kavanaugh
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I'm still pinching myself.  I don't know if anybody else has experienced this, but leaving my apartment for work yesterday morning the air around me somehow felt different ... like I was consciously walking out into a world where Andy Murray was a Grand Slam winner and it subtly changed something in the atmosphere.  Daft, maybe, but I infinitely prefer living in this world than the pre-Olympics and pre-Slam one Smile  I just feel very privileged that I've been there to witness the build-up and the eventual break-through - it feels like standing on the cusp of something massive, a real sea-change in the overall balance of power.

I'm so excited about the year ahead for him now, now that he can finally relax a bit and assume that Grand Slam and Gold Medal winner aura. Very Happy
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hugoagogo69
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Just seen on the bbc, Andy is on his way back home! Cue triumphant homecoming scenes!!

Wait until Friday when the Olympic victory parade takes place, in Glasgow. Can you imagine the reception Andy is going to get. Thank god i get the bbc Scotland channels on my sky box.
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TheMadHatter
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The moment Murray won the US Open (5 live radio coverage with Overend):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/19554424
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Bevc
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Alex, I can't believe that the TV1 guy said that blink it sounds like something along the lines of what someone was commenting about during the semi vs Berdych.  That Federer would find a way through to beat Berdych but we knew that he didn't Rolling Eyes
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Dave_G
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I agree with Kavanaugh, having trouble quoting on an iPad so I won't, but the minute Andy won, suddenly I was at work with a huge smile and feeling great. All the Aussies I work with had no idea how much it meant to me, as a Scot, to knows that Andy had just won the US Open.

I have spent the last two evenings watching YouTube and reading any and every news article I can find on the net.

The only way is up, further up, for Andy now, and I can't wait till the AO. Tickets on sale next month!
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mackym
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You little beauty. Never had a doubt... Smile
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Earmuffs
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The fact that Andy won keeps catching me off guard at the oddest moments and I just have to smile. People have been looking at me funny for the past few days.
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Earmuffs
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So I've been wondering: now that Andy's won a Slam, will some of the negativity here go away?  Has it always been borne out of a desire to see that Grand Slam or just a defense mechanism in general?  Think
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Quote from: invisibleman18 on September 11, 2012, 11:34 pm
Wow. Just wow. Still can't believe it happened. First time I've managed to get on here since the match. Usual story - it was an 8am start here so I recorded it while at work then watched when I got home last night and was up until past midnight.

Absolutely amazing. Thought he was gone after the 4th set and expected him to lose the 5th 6-1 or something. On match point I was on my feet and I wanted to jump around the room screaming as loud as I could and go absolutely beserk waking up the whole street. Instead I collapsed in a heap face first on the floor and cried. Andy Murray has now given me tears of joy 3 times in the last few months. Except the Wimbledon semi final and Olympic win were just watery eyes and a couple of tears, this was full on blubbering like a baby. I'm glad the girlfriend had got too tired and went to bed about half an hour earlier as she would not have been able to understand. lol

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I'm really glad it was Djokovic in the final. Logically we would have hoped for Ferrer to win that semi final as surely there's no way Murray would have lost to him. But you just know what would be said if he had won that 1st grand slam without having to play Federer, Nadal or Djokovic. So I really wanted it to be Djokovic for that reason but I'm sure there are still some people saying it somehow doesn't count because he didn't have to face Federer. I'm also going to write to the guy who presents the sports news on NZ's TV1 channel. After some report just before the tournament he said something along the lines of "you wouldn't bet against Federer" to which the other news presenter responded "I think Andy Murray might." His next response was "no, this is real tennis now not that Olympics nonsense." Any excuse for an anti-British comment.
What a great post invisibleman. I felt exactly the same. I cried and cried. I couldn't cry when my Mother died, as she'd been so ready to go and had zero quality of life, but this time I felt like every pent up moment and emotion since 2004 came out. :p I'm just glad only the dogs were around to witness it!

I dont know why I've stayed away from this forum for so long, it's lovely to read from all the posters who were here back in the day, staring at scoreboards through the night as there was no TV coverage. Every up and down, every bump in the road, every disappointment over those years has all been worth it. And it all came welling to the surface as that magic moment came.

Very Happy Just let anyone say "it's just a game" I'll knock their block off.

Is Bev still around btw?
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Apollo
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This is Andy in Central Park, and Andy with the Today show....and even Bagpipes  I took this off Twitter, and Andy looked very nice for his interview.

How did Andy Murray spend the day after winning the US Open?  Watch as we tag along to find out....this from ATPWorldTour  youtube.com/watch?v=4KwRyx... #ATP

Also, Justin Gimelstob tweeted Ivan Lendl just clinched Coach of the Year!
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Apollo
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TennisReporters said that Andy said that his win "takes away notion that British players choke"  He also said that his biggest emotion was relief cause if he lost would have been bad.  Asked if he felt exaltation:  "I don't know what that means"
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Caz
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Quote from: Apollo on September 12, 2012, 09:54 pm
TennisReporters said that Andy said that his win "takes away notion that British players choke"  He also said that his biggest emotion was relief cause if he lost would have been bad.  Asked if he felt exaltation:  "I don't know what that means"
Awww......'Course he wouldn't know what it means........Fed would know though! He's an expert!
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Ruthie
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I just love the modesty with which Andy has reacted to what is such a momentous achievement.
Loved your post invisibleman - but re your point about had he faced Ferrer in the final, remember that Fed, Nole and Rafa all beat lesser players in their maiden slam.  So Andy has in a way done better than they did even if it's taken him longer.
When I woke up this morning the first thing I thought was yes Andy is a slam champion and I feel happy, happy, happy.   yay  yay  yay

Just listened to Overend's commentary as Andy won - practically sobbing again but in rather a public place so held it together. 
Feel so sorry for Andy that he had to worry about wretched watch to fulfil his commitment to his sponsors rather than just drink in the wonder of the moment.  Still a minor blip.  Lovely to see him looking so relaxed and happy in interviews I found on bbc website.  And glad he's going to take a week's holiday now though starting to train again in a week already sounds tough. 
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