Love that he looks so happy.  

Rafa carried some sort of voodoo curse this tournament.

From Rafa all the way to Murray, every single victor from that string of matches lost in the next round.

What?!

I take his losses quite hard, i try not to, i convince myself not to, but it never works I'm sure i'll be back when Andy is back playing. It gets so bad that i was actually hoping that maybe Novak was feeling charitable, but i felt disgusted at the thought thankfully lol. I don't want Andy getting "gifts".

But Novak has really turned into Mr. Unforgiving in his pursuit of greatness. He mentioned that he was friends with Andy in his speech, but i get the feeling that that friendship only goes one way these days. I don't begrudge Novak winning, but there is a hell of a lot of good fortune involved with his success that annoys me somewhat.

Andy having surgery when their H2H was only 11-8. Federer declining with age, and Nadal aswell. He's taken advantage of a very nice window of opportunity and compare that luck with Andy's who has never faced a non Big 3 player in the final, and yeah it frustrates me.

It does every Andy true fan but if he can keep trying so can we.   Sounds crap I know but he looks so happy going home and he is such a stubborn son of a gun he'll keep going until he does it.  I'll keep hurting and crying with him until he does and I truly believe he will.  Please keep posting.   

Feel happy now - everything in perspective

2 weeks of sleep deprivation catching up on us all

 

It's so much fun being an Andy fan.... Not sure how much more i can take of this, i feel so gutted that he promises so much then falls short when it matters. These losses are hard to take. There was a perfect narrative at play here, nearly going home due to his Father in-law, Kim's pregnancy, the prospect of the Davis cup doing for Murray what it did for Novak. But alas, life doesn't always have fairy tale endings. For Novak the story just keeps getting better and better. I'd like to know what Andy has done to deserve such repeated heartbreak.

This will probably be my last post on here for a while. I don't often post as it is but i like to keep a track of Andy's career, just don't think i can cope anymore with the constant disappointments.

And by disappointments i don't mean my own, i mean his.

Aww Gnome please don't feel like that, understandable though it is, I cry every time he does. He will be disappointed and a bit crushed but he has such a lot to look forward to, going home, the birth of his child and that will certainly make up for any disappointment he feels now.    It will certainly put things into perspective for him and I think he will come back stronger than ever.    Please keep posting as being selfish  I enjoy your posts.   

what a generic response

What an ignorant supercilious response.

Great post MA.

oh dear, silly me, I thought I was on an Andy Murray fan forum not one full of Andy bashers - my mistake but one I won't make again.

That's not fair.

Neither is writing him off.  Agreed he is under more stress than normal but that doesn't mean he can't do it.

Go Connor!  If you are on the court you have a chance. Just ask Roberta Vinci!

Exactly!

Raonic has improved but so has Andy.  He wants this slam and will do the best he can to get it.  Given the family stress he has been under the past few days he has hung in there so can't see him quitting or giving up without trying his best now.   He's a fighter and I'm behind him 100 per cent.  Go get him Andy!

Christ, did a thief come and take optimism away?

Well said Connor.   Fair weather supporters need not watch.

Loved John Mac's intro - he really knows how special Andy is.  So proud he won it

Haven't got on here since the weekend. Actually got coverage here so I managed to watch the whole thing. Absolutely awesome, still can't believe it. Never expected to see Britain win the Davis Cup in my lifetime!

I didn't either and I'm so happy for Andy - such passion and determination.  No way was he going to lose that match!