ATP San Jose 2007 QF - Murray v HT Lee

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

RE: ATP San Jose 2007 QF - Murray v HT Lee

stagger · Club Coach

good job on the commentary montana.

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

FANTASTIC !!!! Many many thanks Doug ! Mega Phew !!!

Rochelle · Lower Club Player

thanks for all that doug

i cant wait for the A-Rod match tomorrow. but MUrray will have to raise his game alot of he wants a chance of beating Roddick, but saying that Spadea took A-Rod to 3 sets today

im off to bed now before work

Thanks again

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

Andy being interviewed....

Andy gave credit to Lee for breaking him at 6-5 in the third....he also said it was a great match and Lee played really well....he pointed out that he felt tired and thanked the crowd for being so behind him even though he is not from here (the States).

For the Roddick match he feels he has to return well and it will be tough....also he doubts the crowd will be for him for that match...the crowd didn't laugh....they are from Northern California...went straight over their heads and didn't realize he was trying to be funny...if he said that in LA they would laugh and clap for him....lol

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

I am off to bed too...night all....shame you missed this on TV as it was just a great match.....

I have to get up in seven hours...the Chelsea game is on live at 8am my time....

scoobsuk · Club Coach

Well I guess a win is a win is a win.

Man, that wasn't that pretty, though.

It got a lot better towards the end - thankfully.

But 46% 1st serves in
34%/39% return points won - that's slightly worse than against Pless

Very little rhythm off the ground from Murray throughout the match - he really struggled at times especially getting 2nd serve returns into play. Lee played a good first set then took a nosedive in the second. Both struggled for large parts of set 3 with good points interspersed with a lot of UEs. It's a shame the stats don't show UEs because I think they were pretty high from both men.

Still, he got there in the end. Even so he should have served it out at 6-5 when he finally had the MP.

Too close for comfort - needs to play a good bit better against Roddick.

The good thing is he usually brings a big peformance to a big match.

Drew · Feb 17, 2007

Sounds like Andy is making friends again LOL

Thanks for the updates Doug and Rochelle !!! much appreciated this early on the weekend here in Perthshire !!!

Have a good sleep Doug !!

Drew · Feb 17, 2007

scoobsuk wrote:
Well I guess a win is a win is a win.

Man, that wasn't that pretty, though.

It got a lot better towards the end - thankfully.

But 46% 1st serves in
34%/39% return points won - that's slightly worse than against Pless

Very little rhythm off the ground from Murray throughout the match - he really struggled at times especially getting 2nd serve returns into play. Lee played a good first set then took a nosedive in the second. Both struggled for large parts of set 3 with good points interspersed with a lot of UEs. It's a shame the stats don't show UEs because I think they were pretty high from both men.

Still, he got there in the end. Even so he should have served it out at 6-5 when he finally had the MP.

Too close for comfort - needs to play a good bit better against Roddick.

The good thing is he usually brings a big peformance to a big match.
The good thing about Andys under par performance is that he never usually has two matches like that in a row....he also likes the big matches...repeat of last years semi...hope for the same result !

scoobsuk · Club Coach

He's a big match player and maybe he didn't think this was a big match - it certainly was flat intensity-wise at the start - that rose gradually throughout the match when he realised Lee wasn't going to roll over.

I'm sure he'll come out much sharper against Roddick.

I certainly hope so. I'd love to see the same result as last year and stamp his authority back on the American.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

All I can say is -Phew!

scoobsuk · Club Coach

That sums it up nicely

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Very many thanks to Doug for the commentary. I expected it to be all over by 6.30 and didn't set the alarm, so when I woke up at 7.30 I didn't hurry downstairs. It has been great reading it through from the start.

Maybe just as well I missed it, sounds like it would have done my blood pressure no good at all.

johnnylad · Tennis legend

A win is a win (again!)

Reckon he';; step it up and give Roddick a hard time. Not totally sure he'll win though!

Would anyone have predicted a Becker vs Karlovic semi form the bottom half???

I'd love to see a Murray vs Karlovic semi to see if Andy can live up to his "best returner of first serves on the tour" mantle

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Thanks for the commentary Doug, it was great to be able to read through the whole match and get a sense for what happened. Glad Andy came through even if he did need the full three sets.

As has been said I think Andy will step up a level for the Roddick match, I sure hope so!

I'd love to see a Murray-Karlovic final as well, partly to see show how good Andy's returns really are and partly because I like Karlovic and think it's about time he starts doing well again after a load of injuries last year.