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Much has been written about the moody, temperamental and surly Scott Andy Murray.  Some of it by me.  Despite trying really hard I’ve found it really difficult to get behind him 100% - can’t quite put my finger on it but there is just something about him that makes him difficult to warm to.

However, for the first time this Wimbledon I sat down to watch him play last night.  And what a match.  He looked down and out when I turned the TV on and I almost turned it off again as I expected him to follow in the footsteps of Tiger Tim and go out with a whimper.

But miraculously he turned it around as I’m sure you know by now, eventually running out a winner in a 5 set 4 hour thriller.

In doing so, he not only turned around my opinion of him, but also that of many others watching on TV and everybody that was present on centre court.  As the comeback took shape, the noise levels rose, not only from the crowd but from Murray himself as the adrenalin started to flow properly.

His little outbursts have upset a minority, who don’t think it’s very “British” or very “Wimbledon” to rant and rave and look a little grumpy.  Most, if not all of these people have clearly never played sport at any level and don’t know what an adrenalin rush is.

Now personally, if he has to rant, rave, swear and look as dour as a dour thing, I don’t care if that’s what it takes to make him win.  We have had years of Brits, who have had personality, but lacked the stubborn bloody mindedness and mental strength to win a Grand Slam.  McEnroe, Connors were not saints, but they were winners.  Andy Murray is of that ilk.
So let’s stop being so “British” about the whole thing and get behind him for the rest of his career.