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We're laughing...
Murray's change has been based on hard work in the gym - he's bulked up - and his outrageous fitness. He got into that Super-Sauna Yoga stuff (technical term) where you strike alarming poses whilst looking like Sweder 20 minutes into a run on a hot day. Roddick is dangerous but most pundits agree his game matches up well for Murray - big serve where cute returns can work against him - yet we should remember this is sport; nothing is certain.
The other thing that strikes me about Murray is his even demeanour off the court. Listened to an interview with one of his class mates - the current Miss Scotland. She said he's the same as he ever was (if only she'd said it twice in succession ... a great David Byrne moment) and hasn't changed a bit. There's a whiff of IF in that, triumph & disaster and all that, and it bodes well. That's not to say Murray wouldn't chuck his Granny under a bus to win; he just deals with the inevitable bad bounces with an impressive equinimity. Also follow him on Twitter - his character shines through, as does his humility (in publicly thanking Pizza Express in Wimbledon Village for re-firing the ovens after his late-night epic) and his wickedly dry sense of humour.
On 'other slams' the perceived wisdom is he has a cracking chance at the US Open. He's made the final once already and his Mac-like countenance endears him to the NY crowd. Of course on that occasion he was gunned down by the Swiss Grand Fromage ...
Bottom line is Rafa and Woger are at their peak and won't last forever.
Of course we said that about Henman and Sampras. Then along came Goran, and Woger ...
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
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