peasy23 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just finished watching Resurfacing. I was amazed at the level of access the film makers were given, especially as Andy has always kept his children out of the public eye. Lesser men would have chucked it long ago, or gone for the metal hip and just thought they would take it easy from then on. Andy was on the One Show last week and admitted that this was a very different documentary from the original intention. Filming was only supposed to be for a few months to film his recovery and return after the first hip op, but that didn't go at all to plan. He said if they had known what was going to happen months down the line then he almost certainly wouldn't have let them film it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 One thing I found strange was how long it took for Andy or his team to even discuss the hip replacement. Even months after his first operation, and then after all the pain reducing measures he'd taken, he could still barely walk and there was still nobody saying "I think you need a hip replacement". It seemed to be Andy himself who looked into it and then convinced himself that was what he needed to do. Is that solely because so much could go wrong with a hip replacement that nobody wanted to suggest it? Just feel he could've saved himself a few months of pain at least if he'd perhaps been pushed towards the hip replacement a little earlier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, The Moonster said: One thing I found strange was how long it took for Andy or his team to even discuss the hip replacement. Even months after his first operation, and then after all the pain reducing measures he'd taken, he could still barely walk and there was still nobody saying "I think you need a hip replacement". It seemed to be Andy himself who looked into it and then convinced himself that was what he needed to do. Is that solely because so much could go wrong with a hip replacement that nobody wanted to suggest it? Just feel he could've saved himself a few months of pain at least if he'd perhaps been pushed towards the hip replacement a little earlier. I think it was always viewed as an option for once he was done playing, to improve his quality of life post tennis. I think that's why it took so long to go for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron2000 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 One thing I found strange was how long it took for Andy or his team to even discuss the hip replacement. Even months after his first operation, and then after all the pain reducing measures he'd taken, he could still barely walk and there was still nobody saying "I think you need a hip replacement". It seemed to be Andy himself who looked into it and then convinced himself that was what he needed to do. Is that solely because so much could go wrong with a hip replacement that nobody wanted to suggest it? Just feel he could've saved himself a few months of pain at least if he'd perhaps been pushed towards the hip replacement a little earlier.I think it was presumed that having the Hip replaced/resurfaced would restrict his movement far too much to compete professionally again. Only a small number of surgeons were willing to suggest it could work, however, other may not have wanted to gamble with their reputation. I think the idea really grew in Andy’s mind when Bob Brian proved he could return to high-level doubles, pain free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Watching a documentary on BBC Alba just now on Elena Baltacha. Really fascinating and good to see Sergei senior and junior. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Watching a documentary on BBC Alba just now on Elena Baltacha. Really fascinating and good to see Sergei senior and junior. Young Sergei had a spell at Petershill, he was plagued with injuries but he was a smashing big guy, and when he was fit he was a cracking player. I'm going for the tears and snotters double and watching Doddie Weir after this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Very hard to watch at the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Very hard to watch at the end. You just wonder how much more she could have achieved in her playing career if she hadn't had to put up with that liver complaint, she certainly wasn't lacking in competitive spirit. An absolute tragedy, 30 is no age at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Murray out of Australian Open. Disappointing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Sensationalist headlines - he wasn't even in the Australian Open to start with. Once he pulled out of the ATP Cup he was never playing best of five straight in. I can only echo what others have said above - the documentaries on both Murray and Baltacha were fantastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 When he only played once at the Davis Cup it was obvious something wasn't right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Dan Evans in a nail biter right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Crazy that this was allowed to go ahead tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Crazy that this was allowed to go ahead tbh. As a few folk have mentioned in the replies, that's gross negligence from the organisers. The daily air quality report was very poor, with the advice not to exercise outdoors, yet they thought going ahead wuth the qualifiers was a good idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Murray may need another operation on his hip. He admits to being pessimistic about his future - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/51637714 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Just call it a day, no one wants to see him slogging about with guys he would have swatted aside in his prime, and he doesn't need the cash. Have whatever hip surgery he needs to live as a "normal" 30-odd year old bloke and decide what's the next stage of his life, coaching / punditry / something outside tennis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFCDannyFTH Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Sharapova announced her retirement. Single-handedly responsible for a pandemic of tennis elbow in men around the world, she'll be missed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Murray coming back and winning Queen's doubles and then European Open were great moments. No shame in calling it a day if he has to. He gave it a great go and it wasn't guaranteed that he'd ever come back even close to where he was. Performing in an era with 3 GOATs and coming out with the level of success he's had is nothing short of spectacular. What a man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Pub League Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 22 hours ago, AFCDannyFTH said: Sharapova announced her retirement. Single-handedly responsible for a pandemic of tennis elbow in men around the world, she'll be missed. Funny that she was never the same after her drugs cheat ban. #tainted 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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