Some notes on Andy Murray

• I hardly know anyone who likes him, yet the BBC this year is acting like the country is in love with Andy Murray. This is definitely incorrect and it's a bit embarrassing to be honest. Some of the ridiculous questions Sue Barker asks the other pundits are cringeworthy. Example, to John McEnroe: "how do they regard Andy Murray in the US?"...... what an idiotic question. Imagine it the other way round, an American presenter asking Tim Henman what the UK thinks of Andy Roddick. It's just a meaningless, trivial and stupid thing to ask. What is she expecting him to reply? Mac always looks as though he's struggling to think of a diplomatic answer, when inside his head he is obviously thinking something along the lines of what I've written above. In this case he replied that in the States they show Andy Roddick on primetime, but Murray definitely gets featured. What a waste of time for everybody watching, and for John McEnroe. Why not ask him something proper instead of that crap?
• Why is there such abundant footage this year of Murray's mum? Who gives a shit about her? I find her more annoying than I do Andy himself. Get her off my bloody screen. Unless.... they start showing footage of her when Andy has lost a big point, rather than her doing that gut-wrenching cheer she always does when his opponent nets a volley
• Is anyone else thinking that Murray hasn't really done much to impress in this tournament? Yes, of course he has played well to get this far. But Wawrinka, an average opponent, took him to five sets. Wawrinka also had a number of break points (can't remember the actual total but it was over ten) - if Murray is struggling to hold his serve against this kind of opponent than how is he going to stand a hope of facing up to Federer? I also found it laughable that as soon as Wawrinka started to play well, the commentators all started saying that he had the best single-handed backhand in the world. Come on - REALLY? Yes, it was very very good. But is it seriously better than Federer's? Or Gasquet's? I doubt anyone who saw Gasquet destroy Roddick in last year's tournament would say that Wawrinka has the better backhand. On the day, Wawrinka let himself down by not taking his chances on the huge amount of break points he had. If this was against a better opponent, Murray could have been gone in straight sets. Likewise today against Ferrero - yes Murray won in three, but he was struggling out there in the first two sets. The third set was a breeze because Ferrero gave up the ghost and was putting in shitty second serves which Murray could hammer back with interest. Hopefully Roddick will give Murray his first true test.