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Thanking you. :thumbup:

I'd love to see Federer win it again.

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Good job I'm not a betting man.

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Ahem. Since we're quoting ourselves and all....

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Very incisive. A bit like Mullers forehands down the line.

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So this makes Murray's march to the final a bit easier seeing as Nadal was on his side of the draw?

Konta to face Williams in the semi, commentators wetting their pants about a Brit woman doing well which is madness when you think how long (1978) it's been since a Wimbledon womens semi finalist was a Brit.
I hadn't heard of her though... Googled her.... Classic 'Brit', would fit in well in the old Strauss cricket side. Hungarian parents, born in Sydney, used to 'play' for Australia until given a British passport. The Empire was good for something eh.

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I don't think anything will be easy, it only matters if he gets to the semi final... but clearly, if you had the choice you'd maybe rather not play Nadal...

Meh - all a bit Daily Mail sentiment there.

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I was actually being positive about it. Grateful that people want to play for Britain and that we have the reach to attract these people. It's a good thing..... You know, upside, optimistic, upbeat, encouraging, constructive etc. But don't let that get in the way of stereotyping or having a pop or gently reminding the entire world you look down on it with disgust.

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I don't think she had any particular attachment to the UK. Was purely financial. She left Oz because her funding was cut.

Great she is representing Great Britain but in my eyes she is not British. Same as rugby players such as Ben Teo. Someone like Chris Froome is different as he has British parents.

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2 things - if that's what you meant, than great - I agree with that sentiment, so I apologise for my misunderstanding of your comment.

Though - if I happen to disagree with a comment doesn't mean that I am stereotyping, having a pop or "gently reminding the entire world you look down on it with disgust" - As far as I am aware I am allowed an opinion and I'm allowed to state it on this forum.

Perhaps you can stop having a pop at me everytime I post?

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I'm reminded of the Spitting Image announcement over the closing credits: Zola Budd completed the whatever marathon in 2 hours 57 minutes and 25 seconds which was 3 minutes and 30 seconds inside the qualifying time for a British passport....

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It's the way it's done, but nevermind.
I started this thread deliberately for you :(

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Never would have thought she was a Aussie, listening to her speak. Ever so posh, BBC announcers probably want to speak like her. Innit.

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I was loving the Chelsea Pensioners in the corner :thumbup:

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I had thought this tournament would feature the return of Djoko and if not then of Murray, with Fed obviously the other likelihood. All three have shown signs of brilliance but each seems to be carrying some kind of niggling injury. I think this will become more problematic as the fortnight deepens and the intensity increases. So now I'm tending to think this could be an opportunity for big-serving (grass suited) Raonic to finally break through or Cilic, with the apparently easier draw, to sneak in again like he did a couple of years ago at Flushing Meadows.

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You have confused your self here. Teo has an English mother, Nathan Hughes on the other hand didn't play for fiji and waited for citizenship, because 1 international game was 500quid for fiji, and for England its 25,000.


For the record she is not British in anyway, its kind of embarrassing celebrating her success as a British athlete. And my favorite Big Mo will be done for doping soon :rofl: