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Do you think it's bad sportsmanship to publicly cry if you lose in the final?

Asked by harple (10448points) July 9th, 2012

At Wimbledon yesterday, the first Brit to make it to a final for 73 years lost. In the interviews afterwards, still on court, Brit player Andy Murray became very emotional and took some time to thank the crowd etc.

Today on the radio there was much discussion about whether it was self-indulgent and unsportsman-like.

What’s your opinion? Should he have swallowed his emotion, and allowed the focus to be entirely on the winner, Roger Federer, or given the circumstances was he justified in expressing his emotion in front of a home crowd? Should the BBC have indulged it?

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