IRELAND’S JAMES MCGEE has fallen at the final hurdle in his bid to qualify for the Australian Open.
The Castleknock native was beaten 7-6 3-6 6-3 by Australia’s Blake Mott in Melbourne.
It was looking promising at one point for McGee, with the Dubliner 5-2 up in the first set, however Mott recovered well, winning a succession of games before prevailing in a tie-breaker.
The match then took another interesting turn, as McGee stepped up his game to take the second set 6-3.
However, it wasn’t to be for the Irish athlete — ranked 204 in the world — as Mott won the final set convincingly by 6-3.
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Zlatan doesn’t do every game that’s his problem and makes him miles behind Messi and Ronaldo. Still one of the greatest in the game right now tho..
He’s more successful than both…
So is John O Shea over Steven Gerrard..
The amount of abuse O’Shea gets is shocking!! You don’t play over 400 games for Manchester United by being a poor player!
Who said he was poor? Im just stating a fact like you did above
John o Shea should’ve been sent off the other night
Yeah maybe but Poland should had player sent off for sure for horrible ( Keane like on Halland) tackle on one of our lads.
Zlatan is slated in Ireland from all the Eamonn Dunphy fanboys! I’ve had the privilege of seeing him up close and he is nothing short of sensational. He has incredible technique for a big man and after (the now drunk) Adriano he probably has the most powerful shot in recent football
I was in Stockholm in March for the Sweden game, and while he was generally quiet, the way he moved and the sheer strength of the man is frightening!
Still, he’s no Gary Breen.
Joey, I wouldn’t take any heed of what Dunphys been saying over the years, people who use “sneachta” talk absolute shite. Sure didn’t he once say that Michel Platini was a “good” player but not a “great” player and that Ronaldo (Christiano) was a “one trick pony”.
John OShea is a ball of shite.
Philip is obviously a Liverpool fan
lol, O’Shea is still more successful than Gerrard or any other Lfc player since the Premier League was formed, FACT !!!
And you need your sheets changed again Paul ! Wee wee???
1Golden Maverick, I could be wrong and your comment could be aimed at Philip above, but if its aimed at me I’d like to advise you that I am not the infamous pauljohnson, you can check back as far as you possibly can and verify this for yourself especially in threads relating to my favourite team, Man Utd.
No not aimed at you Niall , it’s you know who …
sorry mate, I guess “you know who” has dropped “breaking good”, probably gone to visit that hillarious psychiatrist chap, lol
So what if he has more trophies than Gerrard. Fair play to him, he’s still shite tho. And will you stop bringing up that mongo, PJ On every single article. Much appreciated