ATP San Jose 2007 : Singles Final : Murray v Karlovic

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

RE: ATP San Jose 2007 : Singles Final : Murray v Karlovic

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Ivo serving at 7-6 3-4,

0-15,
15-15,
30-15, Ace 15
30-30,
40-30,
Deuce,
Adv Ivo, Ace 16
4-4

Niall · Pro player

Andymonium wrote:

how i smurray having this tuff holds
ivo cant even keep a rally going
is murray hitting a ton of unforced errors?

Yes and missing first serves. Also Andy isn't doing enough to mix up his second serve, it is generally bowled in to the Karlovic bh and the big Croat is used to running round those and swinging with the fh. It's a wild swing but if he finds the court he is odds on for the point.

4-4

Excellent returning game from Andy got it to deuce, then the big serve took over.

-- Edited by Niall at 00:37, 2007-02-19

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Andy at 4-4...

15-0,
30-0,
30-15, Double fault 1
30-30,
40-30,
5-4

aria81 · Club Coach

Okay, c'mon Andy - easy hold here.

How can Karlovic serve that hard and not have any double faults in the match? It is unreal.

Andy just has the first DF of the match and then gets passed to make it 30-30. I don't know what he's doing differently in the serve now but it's not working.

40-30 and then holds on after a good first serve is sent long by Ivo.

Now break.

steven · Tennis legend

This commentator has been pre-programmed, I'm sure.

At 30-30, it's always "Andy Murray better be careful" etc

Niall · Pro player

5-4

Andy look to be digging a hole there going from 30-0 to 30-30 but he closed out the game well.

steven · Tennis legend

aria81 wrote:
How can Karlovic serve that hard and not have any double faults in the match? It is unreal.

I think his height is the key. We'd all find it easier to get the ball over the net and down fast if we were that tall!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Ivo at 7-6 4-5,

15-0,
30-0, Ace 17
30-15,
30-30,
30-40, come on Andy, take the set!
Beauty

Andy takes set 2 6-4

aria81 · Club Coach

Break point! Take it please, Andy. Great shot to get it up.

Ivo better not fire down a bomb here. Andy breaks him to take the second set after Ivo serves and volleys on a 2nd serve!!

Great job Andy.

steven · Tennis legend

Woo hoo! Punching the air again

(that's me, not Andy!)

steven · Tennis legend

Come to think of it, it's not often that someone wins 4 points in a row against the Karlovic serve!

Ghosting · Lower Club Player

Karlovic, Ancic, Ljubicic, Ivanisevic, ...
How many aces?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I'm so tense, I'm shaking, and my neck aches!

Good job, Andy, another set like that please (well preferably without getting broken yourself)

Niall · Pro player

6-4

Brilliant shot making from Andy. He passed Karlovic with a cross court fh at 15-30. Then at 30-30 he hit a banana fh with topspin arround Karlovic from a defensive position.

On set point Karlovic missed his first serve. He went at the Murray bh with his second, a dangerous tactic as Andy got the ball low at Karlovic's feet and smashed a fh winner down the line.

That's the kind of quality you need to break this guy on this court.