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Queens R2 - Andy v Andreas Seppi
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The match is second on Centre Court tomorrow, play starting at 12.30 so probably somewhere around 1.30 to 2pm. The H2H is 1 all. Andy won the last match at Rotterdam this year, on indoor hard - but it was close, 7-6(4) 7-5. Seppi won their first match back in 2006, on grass at Nottingham - 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1....
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Debate: is Andy good enough to win Wimbledon this year?
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So is Andy good enough on grass to win Wimbledon this year? And where does he need to improve if he is to be competitive? I would be surprised if he won it this year as his game doesn't appear to be at the necessary level.Gets broken too often due to careless service games and a vulnerable 2nd deliveryAlarm...
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Arvind Parmar on Sky Poker, 11th June, 8pm
(Preview)
Hi all, Former Davis Cup player Arvind Parmar will be appearing as a guest on Sky Poker's live show, The Five-00, tomorrow night from 8pm onwards. Tune in to Sky channel 865 or watch it live online at skypoker.com as Arvind, aka 'leftydeal', joins Michelle Orpe and Trevor Harris in the Sky studio...
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Week 23 - ATP 250, London/Queens Club
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London/Queen's Club 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 OUT 2 Murray, Andy GBR 4 3 Roddick, Andy USA 6 4 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 5 Monfils, Gael FRA 9 6 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 11 OUT 7 Cilic, Marin CRO 15 8 Blake, James USA 16 9 Nalbandian, David ARG 18 OUT 10 Safin, Marat RUS 20 11 Gasquet, Richard FRA 23 OUT 12 Karlovic, Ivo CRO...
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Weeks 21/22 - Roland Garros
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Roland Garros Main Draw 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 5 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 5 6 Roddick, Andy USA 6 7 Simon, Gilles FRA 7 8 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 8 9 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 9 10 Monfils, Gael FRA 10 11 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 11 12 Ferrer, David...
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Messaging about Andy Murray
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As some folk know I was travelling for 2 to 3 months, and away from this forum for longer. I have noticed ( and it was also remarked on to me by a good contributor that has been around all the time ) that this "Andy Murray message board" has come to have much less discussion about Andy Murray an...
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2009 French Open (Roland-Garros) - QF: Andy vs Fernando Gonzalez
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(Preview)
Fernando has won titles on clay, reached the final of a Masters event on the surface, and in recent years a high percentage of his losses have been against Rafa, Fed or Novak. At Roland Garros he has twice reached the QF previously. Gonzalez is clearly a good player on the surface but not necessarily so i...
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2009 French Open (Roland-Garros) - R4: Andy vs Marin Cilic
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Uncharted territory for the Cincinnati Kid: the fourth round of the French Open! Andy leads the head-to head in this one 2-0 (grass in the Davis Cup in 2007 [five sets! ] & the Madrid Masters last year, when it was still being played on hard courts). OK, I was wrong about today's match, but Tipsy...
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2009 French Open (Roland-Garros) - R3: Andy vs Janko Tipsarevic
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(Preview)
Honours are even in the head-to-head: 2-2, though none on clay (3 times on hard courts & once on grass), with Andy winning the most recent, the St Petersburg QF last year. I feared for his chances of beating Starace today. I'm even more apprehensive about this one...! I'm going to stick out my n...
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2009 French Open (Roland-Garros) - R2: Andy vs Potito Starace
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Second round for Andy, who is likely to play on Wednesday. Starace won his opening match by retirement after losing a set. He is currently ranked 104 and has never played Andy. Its pretty hard to see past a straight sets victory for Andy ehre.
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2009 French Open (Roland-Garros) - R1: Andy vs Juan Ignacio Chela
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Tomorrow's draw is out & Andy's will be the fourth & final match on Court Lenglen, after two women's matches & one men's singles. The head-to-head stands at 3-1 to Andy, the one win for Chela being in the 2006 AO, but none of the matches was played on the dirt. Quite a demanding opener fo...
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Guinot-Mary Cohr Masters
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Andy taking part in this exhibition, Rafa, Roger and a few other top names there too for a some extra practice. Andy is currently playing Mathieu on Eurosport 2. -- Edited by The Shedman on Wednesday 20th of May 2009 12:48:54 PM
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Madrid Masters 1000 - QF - Andy vs Juan Martin Del Potro
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Andy takes on Potty who he leads 3 - in head to head. Most recent win was in Miami in the Semis. Potty is at his highest ranking of 5. They have only ever played once on clay, Andy won, but Potty did have to retire last year in Rome. Will be close, but hopefully Andy can do it, Potty will be tired after 3 hours of...
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Madrid Masters 1000 - L16 - Andy vs Tommy Robredo
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Robredo leads the head-to-head 2-1 (he beat Andy in the last 32 in Las Vegas in 2006 & in the Metz final in 2007), but Andy has the last laugh so far, having beaten Tommy in the last 32 at Indian Wells on his way to the final earlier this year. Ain't gonna be easy on clay, though...
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Madrid Masters 1000 - Andy v Bolelli
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Tomorrow, 5th match on the second court (Arantxa Sanchez Vicario), with the third not before 1.15 local time. Best guess - late afternoon sometime! Andy has played Superbol once before, oddly enough in Madrid when it was on hard and Andy ended up winning the tournament. Bolelli retired when being th...
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Week 19 - Madrid Masters 1000
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Masters 1000 Madrid, Spain - Original Cut-off: 45 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 6 Roddick, Andy USA 6 7 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 7 8 Simon, Gilles FRA 8 9 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 9 10 Monfils, Gael FRA 10 OUT 11 Tsonga, Jo-Wi...
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Rome R2: Andy v Juan Monaco
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Juan Monaco beat Kiefer in the opening round, having come through qualifying. Andy won their previous encounter in Miami but it was something of a struggle 4-6 6-3 6-2. In that match the difference between the players was Murray's dominance of Monaco's 2nd serve. Monaco has a good record on clay, win...
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2009 Madrid Masters Question
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The 2009 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open is being played on indoor clay this year. For the past eight years it has been played on hard court. Murray won this last year (on hard). Does this mean he is going to have to defend his hard court title on clay? If so hes going to lose a bunch of points -- Edited by Andymon...
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Murray punished for missing Indianapolis
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Pulling out of Indianapolis has proved costly for Murray on the ranking point front. The ATP seem to have ruled that he must count zero points from Indianapolis as one of his 'other 5' tournaments.
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Andy's New Tax Bill....
(Preview)
Extract from times online piece today... 'As something out of the ordinary, Murray visited 10 Downing Street last week with David Beckham, on behalf of Malaria No More, a charity of which they are patrons. One wondered if he had had the temerity to ask Gordon Brown, his fellow Scot, about the new 50 per...
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Week 17 - Rome Entry List
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Rome Main Draw 1 Nadal, Rafael ESP 1 2 Federer, Roger SUI 2 3 Djokovic, Novak SRB 3 4 Murray, Andy GBR 4 5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS 5 6 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG 6 7 Roddick, Andy USA 7 OUT 8 Simon, Gilles FRA 8 9 Monfils, Gael FRA 9 OUT 10 Verdasco, Fernando ESP 10 11 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA 11 12 Ferrer, David ES...
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Monte-Carlo SF: Andy (4) vs Rafa (1)
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(Preview)
The head-to-head is 2-6 in Rafa's favour & given the surface, I can't see it being anything other than 2-7, come the end of this match! Rafa in straight sets. That said, I'd give just about anything to be proved wrong...
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Monte-Carlo QF: Andy vs Nikolay Davydenko
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Things look to get a lot harder for Murray this round. The head to head is 4 - 3 in the favour of Davydenko but they haven't played this year. Murray lost the last two matches, including the masters cup semi final. They are on last after all the other quarter finals (1st quarter final on at the moment) Andy'...
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Monte-Carlo R3: Andy vs Fabio Fognini
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The seeds are having a pretty torrid time of it down on the Mediterranean coast this week: Fognini's just seen off Marin Cilic (14) by 2 & 0, so he's Andy's opponent in the third round! Andy had better watch out, too: he & Fognini have met only once before, in the last 32 of the Canadian Master...
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Monte Carlo R2: Andy v Victor Hanescu
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(Preview)
Hanescu had a comfortable 6-2 6-3 win over Alberto Martin in the opening round. He's very tall (6'6) and is currently ranked 35 which is a career high for him. His one title was won on the clay at Gstaad and he also made the final at Bucharest. He typically get a very high first serve percentage (average 70...
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