Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Savant]

Congratulations to Andy Murray on winning his first Grand Slam Tennis final on the fifth attempt.

When it got to 2 sets each with Novak Djokovic, I hoped you weren't going to bottle it again and you showed great mental strength to keep calm and focused to the end.

[Dave Chance]

Yay big breakthrough.

...still waiting on the only one that really matters (in his case)...

[Dave Chance]

NY fans still have a way to go yet-

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/good-andy-murray-ending-uk-76-year-major-hex-shame-new-york-fans-booing-novak-djokovic-article-1.1156412

Incredibly, when Djokovic required a medical timeout for a massage, down 2-5 in the fifth set, the crowd booed him. They jeered the man who would play 315 points, who had come back from two sets down and a 22-point tiebreaker loss, who had fought through the gusts of wind, who had limped after balls to keep rallies alive.

Ashe Stadium can be a classless joint.

It�s a terrible shame that American fans at the U.S. Open never seem able to embrace Djokovic as a personable champion. He smiles, he sings, he impersonates other athletes. He plays remarkable tennis and there is no quit in him anywhere. He applauds his opponent�s best shots. He says the right things on court after matches.

�I really tried my best,� Djokovic told the crowd on Monday, after he lost. �Thank you all for staying so late.�

Djokovic is a Serb, and Eastern Europeans have long faced a cultural bias at the Open dating back to Martina Navratilova and Ivan Lendl, maybe even to Ilie Nastase.

...the pattern persists, even without a Berlin Wall. Only the beautiful Russian women from Florida are crowd favorites. Jana Novotna, Hana Mandlikova and Svetlana Kuznetsova were all Grand Slam champs treated here with indifference.

Now Djokovic gets the cold shoulder, while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have the audience in their pockets.

[Seoulman69]

Always good to see a Scot do well. For a nation of 5 million people they sure do contribute a lot.