Memphis 07 QF - Murray v Koubek

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Memphis 07 QF - Murray v Koubek

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Andy in two for me, Koubek really shouldn't be any trouble. I wouldn't be surprised if it took three though, knowing Andy!

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Any thoughts on when it starts? 9.30pm GMT ?

Salmon · Tennis legend

Or near about there.

Andy to win in a comfortable two setter.

Drew · Feb 23, 2007

Is there any live streams for this tonight ?

GC77 · County player

Nobody seems to have been able to find any live streams.

I half thought Eurosport might have picked this match up as there isn't any live sport on, and they are covering the semis and the final, but it doesn't appear so (i'll still check at 9.30 just in case!!).

Sheddie · administrator

Koubek's a leftie clay-courter, currently ranked 73 but he reached no 20 in 2000. He's best known for his Roland McDonald grunge style outfits than his success on court.

He defeated erratic German Simon Greul 6-3, 7-6 in rd1 and then was too wily for upcoming Russian youngster Evgeny Korolev (who'd beaten 8th seed Robby Ginepri) in rd2, winning 7-6, 6-2.

After Chennai, he lost in rd1 of Sydney and the AO. Made a challenger semi in the States before losing in rd2 of Zagreb

His big weapon is his speed around the court and has a big forehand but his problem is consistency. He will hit some massive winners but will mix those in with a lot of errors.

Andy will surely be too consistent for him tonight

Sheddie · administrator

I think Koubek's last match against a Brit was against Mackin in Basel 2005. Mackin won in 3 sets

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

And before that, he beat both Tim AND Greg in that disastrous Davis Cup match in Sep 2004

Sheddie · administrator

Yeah, painful memories

To be honest though, Tim just didn't turn up against Koubek in that first rubber, one of his worst Davis Cup matches, it'd been raining all morning and the clay was really damp and slow and he just couldn't string a rally together, looked unfocused and was struggling to time anything. It was almost exactly like his match against Arazi in the first rubber of the Morrocco tie the year before.

Then in the final rubber, Greg had really bad blisters but Bates still picked him instead of Murray or Boggo

Sheddie · administrator

Speaking ahead of the match Andy said "I would love to win my next match. My longest win streak last year was seven and I'd like to go one better and put myself in a position where I have a chance of winning a tournament."

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

On the scoreboard, Andy to serve first.

alansk · Junior player

ultimateshedman wrote:

I think Koubek's last match against a Brit was against Mackin in Basel 2005. Mackin won in 3 sets

Didn't he beat Henman at Zagreb '06

Sheddie · administrator

Andy serving:

0-15

2nd serve....15-15

30-15

40-15

2nd serve....40-30

Game

1-0

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

That seemed a very long game - or am I being uber-impatient?