Murray beats Federer

[Asterix]

in the 1st round of the Dubai Open - well done to the chap.

[ewenm]

Wow! He's more inconsistent (at the moment) than a Labour politician but extremely good when on form.

[Asterix]

Yup - he played a stormer - destoyed Federer in a few of the games. If he can play like that all teh time then he'll actually achieve some excellent results.

[stimmers]

Asterix said:

in the 1st round of the Dubai Open - well done to the chap.

Really good to hear. Its time he started to compete better in Tournaments, so this is cracking news.

[BigMansZetec]

Thats is impressive, had to read it twice when I saw it up on BBC Sport.

If gets some consistency going in tournaments he will soon become a major force.

[hornetrider]

Sour grapes from the Fed:

Guardian interview said:

"I don't think he has changed his game a whole lot since the first time I played him and I really thought he would have done," said Federer. "He is going to have to grind it very hard in the next few years if he is going to play this way. He stands way behind the court. You have to do a lot of running and he tends to wait for the mistakes of his opponent.

"I gave him the mistakes but overall, in a 15-year career, you want to look to win a point more often, rather than wait for the other guy to miss. Who knows, he might surprise us all."

[derestrictor]

Effing result!

Shame he's a Jockanese rebel who hates The Realm of St George.

[central]

derestrictor said:

Effing result!

Shame he's a Jockanese rebel who hates The Realm of St George.

[jollygreen]

derestrictor said:

Effing result!

Shame he's a Jockanese rebel who hates The Realm of St George.

Yep, he's a bawbag. I'm a Scot but have no time whatsopever for the anti-english bottom-feeders you find so many of up here

[Asterix]

..and now he's got through to the last 8!!!