Andy Murray is dividing opinion with his supposed histrionics at the French Open.
Andy Murray may upset some with his groans and grimaces, but the Scot is understandably looking after himself after the start of a career-defining few months
The French Open's website reads "heroic Murray overcomes painful back injury to win", but not everyone was so impressed with the Scot's display on day five of the French Open.
It made for strange viewing as the world number four went from barely being able to move to hitting sliding winners in his comeback win over Jarkko Nieminen.
Virginia Wade was among those to criticise Murray's behaviour, labelling him a "drama queen" as she sympathised with the Finn.
It was hard not to feel for the 30-year-old, who was clearly perplexed at what was going on at the other side of the net, one minute receiving dolly serves and the next having winners smashed past him.
From Murray's perspective, however, it was a case of managing a painful and worrying problem at the start of one of the most important periods of his career.
While winning the French Open looks like mission impossible given the back problems, the surface and the draw, Wimbledon and the Olympics present the chance for the Scot to fulfil his undoubted potential.
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At 25, Murray has the opportunity to turn his career from one of missed opportunities to saving British tennis from its current state of bleakness.
The Scot was able to practice freely on Friday and should be fine to face Santiago Giraldo in the third round, but all eyes will be watching and waiting for winces on Saturday.
The concern is that while Murray may be able to beat the likes of Nieminen and Giraldo at 50 per cent, David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal, his scheduled quarter and semi-final opponents, will be ruthless with a wounded opponent.
While Murray admits he is surprised to even still be in the tournament, the other tops seeds have cruised through with comfort.
It is increasingly difficult to look past Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer lifting the trophy, having shared all of the Masters and major titles on clay since 2005.
If one of those three does win it we will have a significant bit of history made, with Nadal going for a record seventh title at Roland Garros, Djokovic looking to become the first male player since the 1960s to hold all four majors and Federer chasing a 17th slam.
While Murray's hopes of being the first British player since Wade to win a slam may look less likely, eclipsing the former Wimbledon winner's record would serve as the perfect response to the criticism.
