Andy Murray having to remind sports journalists (again) that women exist

Well if Kim is on here I'm sure she'd agree with me on other thing that bugs me about Wimbledon coverage. The slo mo replays of the crowd and supporters. The other day they played a slo mo of Kim who had obviously just blown out a sigh of relief and the replay made her lips flap like a fish for several seconds. Why do they do that? They make a brief roar of encouragement from Judy look like she's charging into battle when in reality it's a second's worth of punching the air celebrating a point won by your son/husband. BBC, sort this please, it's annoying and unflattering for anyone. As for Kim never smiling, I think she smiles a lot...she has EVERY reason to imo!

Can we get Andy on to do a MN webchat, do you reckon?

Giddy. She's definitely a mumsnetter

Well, if she is, I hope she shows him this thread and he comes on here to feel the luurve.

As a new mum it's very possible that Kim is a mumsnetter!

Datum. I hope they do too. Mumsnet seems to be very pro-Andy

Although funnily enough the worst crap I've heard about him has come from the DM (I challenged, they banned
Me) BBC sport Facebook comments and here on the Telly Addicts thread.

Even yesterday there was a comment from a prolific poster thread prefect that she didn't like Kim Murray as she never smiles. I mean WTAF

I hope someone on his PR team googles him and finds this thread.

Good ole Andy!

Sadly, without decent men like him on board there's very little chance of changing the status quo.

I'm particularly interested in this question and quote of Murray's.

On whether his growing family would be a "distraction".

Well, I mean, I've had a family the whole time I've been playing tennis, so yeah, I'll be fine dealing with that

It sounds like the sort of question that (some) men wish they could ask professional women in job interviews if they have children. The "how committed can you be to your job/the company if you have young DC who might get ill/have school holidays/take up some of your time and attention". It's quite unusual for a man to be asked this.

Now, was the journalist asking this because he thinks that Andy might have his sleep disturbed and be tired for training? Is there an assumption that, because he's a top tennis player, he should be exempt from having to deal with night waking, lest he be tired? Is his job just too important to be risked by unnecessary things like dealing with his own DC?

Which, if it is that, how ridiculous is that. I mean, it's important that train drivers aren't sleep deprived, or surgeons, or pilots, as concentration is crucial. But playing tennis isn't life or death. The suggestion that it might be an issue if he has babies and is tired, because tennis is such an Important Job, so maybe he should have considered this further, is ridiculous.

(ps I love Andy Murray, and think his response is spot on)

Thanks for the link OP. He comes across as being a true pro.

John Inverdale should have been sacked years ago.

It must be so annoying for the players. Dozens of presenters and journos asking the same stupid questions. Over and over again after every match.

I have watched the latest moody clip several times now. Somebody stop me! Hearing about Venus being fined for not doing an interview within an hour of her match sheds more light on the players moods now. They are legally bound to speak to press/media within one hour under the conditions of a grand slam apparently.

Birds what makes the LTA so bad? I've heard quite a bit of criticism but never really got to the bottom of it

Sue the lta is the lawn tennis association , it is basically responsible for tennis in the Uk. It governs development coaching etc, you can't really play tennis at any level without being a member of the lta. My experience of tennis for children in this country has not been good. Actually that's not fair, some of the local clubs are very good and basically run by volunteers. There appears from my point of view to be a complete lack of organisation and drive from the Lta . The Murray's are critical too . It is no coincidence in my view that the only champion we have managed to produce was trained abroad as his mum was so frustrated with UK tennis .

He's really grown on me over the past year or so actually. I find his 'grumpiness' quite amusing - that Christmas jumper picture made me howl I love a dry sense of humour.

Love Andy Murray -knew nothing about him but he's completely unwavering. And the way he challenges is so despairing I love it

Thanks eWhereYouLeftit It could well have been that quote.

Though you all might like this
mobile.twitter.com/andy_murray/status/548285821326217216?lang=en

Oh sorry green. As the mum of a ds who plays tennis, my view of the Lta is not a positive one. I get as grumpy as Murray about it sometimes

He genuinely gets it - he was talking about scheduling putting women on lesser courts as standard and how changing the timings could mean women could either play longer matches (and get more air time) or get placed on better courts (and get more air time).

I also loved Serena's response when she was asked why she wasn't smiling after winning. Grumpy tennis players are clearly the ones we love!