A Feather was not responsible for Andy Murray losing the Aussie Open Tennis Final

After going AWOL for a year' s holiday, the Blogathonrunner has returned to the sporting arena and clearly the sporting press has gone completely bonkers in my absence. It appears today the word "feather" is appearing in sporting news but unfortunately it is not followed by the word "weight".

Yes Andy Murray's defeat to Novak Djokovic is being put down in part to a feather, but ladies and gentlemen I'm here to defend the humble feather and the fact it is no more responsible for Murray's defeat, than Shane Warne, Dame Edna Everage or that crazy dressed lunatic Victoria Azarenka is going out with.

Let's present the facts:

1) A tennis match contains more than one point.

Although female players particularly like to give the impression that a tennis match lasts for about only two minutes, matches do tend to contain more than one point. As far as I'm aware the feather was partially responsible for Andy Murray serving a double fault in the second set tie break, but someone show me the evidence it was responsible for Murray losing the 138 points that resulted him being defeated by Djokovic.

2) Some player called Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic.  He's not bad is he. He probably gets more balls back than your common domestic dog. That's  when it gets more and more frustrating for the player on the opposing side of the net. Yesterday Murray thought he was in control of several points during the match, but every ball seemed to come back saying "not good enough". The fact is Djokovic performance wise was the better player on the day. He is the number one in the world for a reason and I doubt he has needed to employ a feather to help defeat opponents.

3) Murray has seriously ugly and painful feet

 Oh that's an image that cannot be deleted from the memory quickly. Melbourne heat and running around against Federer for a few hours, as we now know does not contribute to happy feet. In fact it's more like sad, blister ridden iodined feet. Sadly unlike feathers, blisters tend not to fly away as quick they as they arrive on your feet. When you play Djokovic, you need to be able to run and run and run again. Ouch!

4) When you're not in the zone, you notice idiots in the crowd.  Oh and feathers.

Let's face it a feather is such a small inanimate object it would be difficult to find one if you were deliberately looking for it. When your concentration is broken however you begin to notice the most ridiculous of things, probably like Victoria Azarenka' s crazy dressed boyfriend in the crowd. When you're tired like Murray undoubtedly was,  a Feather as it just so happened can be magnified by 200% and your faults start to get magnified about 200% more.

5) It's A Feather For Heaven's Sake!

You would think the way the press are going on, Murray succumbed to a feather rather than Djokovic. Let me tell you the feather may have played a supporting role in his defeat, but Murray was beaten by one thing and one thing alone yesterday and that was fella that goes by the name of Djokovic.