I mean, at some point, he was on levels close to the big 3, and sometimes he ranked even below the top 100. Well, one way to find out!
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The injuries may have ended his time as #1 and taken some Slams from him, but he is leaving a different legacy now. A true fighter and inspiration
To many long matches
@@malcolmnorman5694i can’t believe it’s an actual complaint that he’s playing long, dramatic matches. how is that not entertaining (and not inspiring that he wins many of them)!!!
I agree. His legacy is becoming stronger with what is quite simply an incredible comeback from an "uncomebackable" injury and surgery...returning into the Top 50 in the world nothing short of miraculous...and a dangerous wildcard for Wimbledon 23...is it possible for him to go deep...shorter rallies...grass guile...all round game.. With Andy...every chance he could pull off a miracle... Maybe his swansong? I hope not.. The Tour will be a lesser entity without him.. Tough to write this man off.. A legend..
Injuries never ended anything for Murray. He was never able to become number "One" before injuries. And he only managed to become number One quite late and only once ini his all career... by luck and only as many weeks as Alcaraz at 19 already managed to be. So... get real. Murray was "average " good. Never exceptional. And never close to the big 3.
@@paulobastos1774 people never accept it
This man at his prime was consistently making deep slam runs and going toe-to-toe against the Big 3 in their prime. If he was in his prime now, I firmly believe he would wipe the floor with the Next Gen.
I mean of course. He’s past his prime now and still beat many nextgens in Qatar
Deep slam runs? He has 11 slam finals. This is more than deep runs
Attention tennis casuals! This is why they called it the "Big 4" back in 2011. Murray shared the top 4 spots in tennis with Fed, Novak and Nadal during that period of time. Show some respect to Andy.
Great video! I think some people forget how good Murray was. It’s so inspiring that he’s still playing and this year he’s had some absolutely amazing matches. It’s fair to say he’s definitely not the same as he was in terms of his level of tennis but I say it doesn’t matter as long as he’s still playing.
Totally!
I see him battling like a warrior in every match What more can you ask for as a fan!
@@Phurngirathaana exactly! Truly inspirational.
Both Andy murray and Stan wawrinka had amazing primes they both deprived djokovic of 4 grand slam titles and Nadal of 1, let's thank them for making the GOAT debate way more interesting
exactly
Andy's career is way more impressive, let's just be real. Just because Stan has the same number of slams, he's nowhere near on Andy's level when it comes to other tennis feats.
@@M.L.official True but Stan has more of a variety when it comes to slams won and all three of his slams were against world no. 1
Murray also deprived Nadal of a Grand Slam title and the non-calendar Golden Slam by defeating Nadal at the 2008 US Open. Nadal would have definitely defeated Federer at the US Open final of that year. Nadal would have won this semifinal against everybody else with the exception of Novak Djokovic.
Both of them got serious injuries in 2016 and 2017
Andy was so tough . Remember when he easily beat Novak 2013. in W. final 3-0 . They have similar style , defend first - then attack ! Great respect - i'm glad he's came back . We in Serbia never had a bad word even in our thoughts for Andy Murry .
IMO the back injury in late 2013 was more crucial than the hip injury in 2017. Before 2014 he was a player who could sometimes threaten the big 3 on a major stage. After 2013, he pretty much became the big 3’s punching bag. It cost him his prime years in his mid to late 20s and it cost him a chance at multiple majors between 2014 and 2016. It definitely cost him his best chance at winning the AO in 2014 due to Djokovic losing in the QF and Nadal being hobbled throughout the tournament. I also think he would have had a shot at winning Wimbledon 2014 and 2015. As good of a player as he was, to me his strokes, specifically his serve and forehand, always looked clunky so I’m not surprised that a part of his body broke down as he entered his 30s.
People forget the back injury. Struck down twice in his prime
Murray a very talented player the mental aspect let him down, 2016 had his hip which broke down. Now he is leaving a different kind of legacy one of passion and commitment
I would love to see Murray again in some " Grand Slam " finals , but unfortunately it would be very hard .
Murray was a good player in his prime
Good ? he is one of the greatest ever he is in the top 20.
Understatement of the year
Good player 🤡 Tomas Berdych was a good player 🤣 ANDY WAS AN ELITE PLAYER
No chance top 20. Laughable
@@CountMackulaName me 19 other men in the Open Era that have had a better career. I’ll wait
You talk about the way he hit his shots softer but but he could be rather aggressive depending on the match or opponent. In that early victory over Nadal at the US Open he hit the ball anything but softly. Lots of dominant aggressive ball striking in that match.
Man seeing what he is doing right now,he could have a deep run at Wimbledon and maybe historically win it again after 10 years last in 2013 defeating djokovic…… excited!!!😊
You do realise he won it in 2016 as well
I agree. Serve and volleying more this year. Wimbledon def a target.
@@buffaloprufrock854 You cant serve and volley and when a slam any more.
Sir Andy, we salute you!
What happened? He was #1 for 41 weeks until getting injured and having his hip replaced. He has been climbing back up the ladder ever since.
if i wasn't a fan of Djokovic, I would have loved to see Andy without the injury. Obviously, there is absolutely no doubt in mind he would have won more slams (how many is hard to say) had he continued to play without injury in 2017 onwards. Would have made the slam race very interesting. Pretty tragic career.
you said he reached number 3 in 2009, but he also reached number 2 the same year! Also, how can you not mention his Wimbledon titles, especially the first one?!
Frankly, I think Andy just became happy with his life outside of tennis. His big goal was to win Wimbledon and once that happened, I think he was ready to move on. He's been playing since he was 3 years old and I think he wants spend time with Kim and their Children.
I enjoy his tenacity both on and off court. Shame he is not competing again in the French Open 2023.
Warrior!!!!
Prime example why ppl should hold off on the Alcaraz "future GOAT" hype. You don't know the future. Ppl couldn't stop putting Murray in with the Big 3 at one point "The Big 4" they called it. Didn't last, did it? Still, he's probably the greatest British player of all time. 3 Slams, 41 weeks at #1, 2 Gold Medals is quite a career to behold so he has no reason to be ashamed. He did well (for a while)
Man if he hadn't grinded his hip into dust during the second half of that spectacular 2016, he'd probably gone on and win the next first half of 2017. Roger wouldn't have won AO17 nor the sunshine double.
Big Murray fan, but it wasn't the injuries that prevented him from reaching Big 3 level success.
Murray has no shoe contract!😮
He rich AF
Andy Murry was his own greatest enemy. He knew that he was doing untold damage to his hip for a long time but he sacrificed the rest of his career to become world number one, something no other British player as ever done.😢
Can we say olympic gold medals count as grand slams please?
Not close to the Big 3: he matched them back then. That's why we called them "Big 4" before his injuries.
If Murray stayed fit it, Fed would've been uncatchable in slams.
The Hip resurfacing is not encouraged because of metal poisoning.
Maybe its to draining to stay aggressive
bye bye uncle andy tnks for the last bet win
Cortisone injections He had too many,,, He has not added to his game,,, Poor second serve and still passive. In the amazon documentary his surgeon said he he could destroy the hip after surgery,,,,
Novak may be the GOAT. But there is only one Murray, c'mon!
he got injured that's all, and also he was never near the big 3 tbh
He was still an elite player regardless if he wasn’t as good the big 3
His win/loss ratio and titles other then GS were up there with the big 3. He just didn't get as many slams which was because he met a member of the big 3 in every one and it's much harder to win a final against a goat who's already won 10+ (something Novak/Roger/Rafa never had to do for their first slams). By 2016 that was no longer a problem. If he'd stayed fit he'd have have been favourite for every wimbledon and second favourite behind Novak for US/Assy and 3rd favorate for RG. He would have cost Novak a lot of GS.
Murray was never at the same level as the big 3 (just for starters)... That's what the british press was constantly pumping around... Get real. You can never (never because it's impossible) to compare Murray with just a few months as number One (only 41 weeks), and a humble 3 Grand Slam winner... with any of the other top Big 3. Mainly because any of the other Big 3 have more than 20 Grand Slam titles (compared with the 3 from Murray..) and each of them was more than 200 weeks as number One ATP (Djokovic even beyond 300 weeks) To compare Murray with the big 3 (or even to try to suggest it) is just a UK delusional addiction (very common in the islands where they give "Sir" titles to everyone blowing their own trumpets all the time):) Poor Murray at the bottom of the Grand Slam winners list... At the bottom of the list of permanence as number One with just 41 weeks (Even 19 years old Alcaraz already has 20 weeks as number One). Murray at the "same" level as any of the big 3??? (maybe among the folks at his local pub).🤣 As a plus Murray (despite all the nationalistic fuzz in the UK) was always a ungraceful player with a sturdy lumberjack physique and heavy legs (in the end he got heavily injured of course)... (and not to mention that he was always a bit of a spoiled brat mama boy with a "Sir" title)
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@@oo0024 Oh.... so nice. Thank you honey :) which kindergarten are in? :)
@@paulobastos1774 3 slams 11 finals n1 in the world 2 Olympic in the big three er… ops fab 4 era.
@@fabioferri4805 ahahah Ups!!...:) Murray got to be number One (only once in his life time) by luck... while the big 3 were injured recovering. As soon as they got back into competition... poor Murray never sniffed "number One" position ever again... "3 Grand Slam finals" against more than 20 from any of the Big 3 (poor Murray has 14 other players ahead of him in the list with more than just 3 Grand Slas...) And "tonto" Murray is at the bottom of the list as "number One"... quite a few more with more weeks as number "One" than poor Murray (but of course that they're not from poor UK braggart land) Yes... can be a "fab" many more than Murray "era".🤣 I guess that you want to force reality like that guy that comes to the pub and announces his friends all cocky "Hey guys... I finished the race in 4th!!!" (and one of his friends replies smiling).... "Yes. We know. There were only 4 running and you actually came last into the finish line 4 hours later!"🤣🤣🤣🤣 Wanna try again to cheer up poor lonely braggart Murray?...🤣
@@paulobastos1774 now you feal better, go and spread your word all over the world. I don’t want to loose time with someone who doesn’t not know anything about tennis
2017 Quarters against Querry the last match from Murray🇭🇷🫣😔