Great Britain could use a sporting break. Sure, England appears in good shape for World Cup qualifying, but it doesn't look like Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland will be joining them in South Africa. The Olympics weren't a rousing success, and don't even get us started on the embarassment of losing to the Netherlands in cricket -- mostly because we don't understand cricket.
Enter Andy Murray, the lanky lad from Lancashire (Scotland, actually, but we like alliteration). He may not be the most emotive bloke, but he still shows more fire than the statue of Fred Perry, right, the last British man to win Wimbledon -- all the way back in 1936.
Murray is SportsNation's heavy favorite to beat Juan Carlos Ferrero in the quarterfinals. The 'Nation also thinks he'd be a more fitting winner on his home turf than even Colin Montgomerie in the British Open.
- 96 percent: Roger Federer over Ivo Karlovic.
- 88 percent: Andy Roddick over Lleyton Hewitt.
- 85 percent: Andy Murray over Juan Carlos Ferrero.
- 70 percent: Novak Djokovic over Tommy Haas.
- Federer still the clear choice to win it all.
“Roddick and Ivo are two totally different beasts. Roddick serves very fast, but Federer's always been able to get a good read on him, and he just blocks them back. Most matches between the two, Roger actually out-aces Andy. Karlovic on the other hand is so tall that the trajectory on his serve is different than any other player on tour. By the time the ball bounces and reaches the opponent, many times it's simply too high to realistically get a racket on it. At that point it almost doesn't matter how well you read it.
” -- wmarcello
“I personally don't find anything appealing about [Murray] - on or off court other than his amazing talent - which COULD still be getting better; I'm happy for the UK but - not my cup a tea!
” -- GHVentura
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