ANOTHER Wimbledon and another disappointment for British tennis. No doubt the anti-Murray fan club will say . . . another failure. I beg to differ, how can a man who has contested three grand slam finals and three Wimbledon semi-finals be classified as a failure? Instead he should be praised for his achievements, as should Tim Henman before him.
The tag of best British player since Fred Perry is also unfair. To compare Fred Perry's career to that of Andy Murray is to compare chalk with cheese. It was easier to win in Perry's era as the depth of talent of today did not exist, only a handful of players contesting Wimbledon compared to the modern era where any of the top hundred are separated by a whisker.
Don't get me wrong, Fred Perry was a fantastic sportsman but his was a time of long trousers and wooden rackets and not the vicious game of today.
To those people who dislike Andy Murray for his appearance and demeanour, he may not be the pin-up boy that Fred Perry was or be as articulate as some of his contemporaries, but anyone who witnessed his post match interview on Saturday saw a measured, rational and realistic response to his defeat which, despite his sometimes Eeyorish attitude, showed what a nice young man he is .
So let's support him in his quest to win a slam and continue to be the best British player of the modern era.
Tony Rushbrooke