Madeline wrote:

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Very hard one to call. On paper Djoko should do it, he has a much easier draw, had a straightforward quarter-final and a day's rest while Andy had a gruelling match and an injury. You have to wonder if Andy has enough left in the tank.

Even if he doesn't win this, I will not be too downhearted (disappointed, hell yeah) as I'm sure his time will come against Nole.

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 You really have to expect Djokovic to win this match given the circumstances but I'm sure that Andy will put up a good fight.

THINK DJOKOVIC WILL WIN BUT FANTASTIC WEEK FOR ANDY.

Radio Tennis http://www.radiotennis.com/ has audio coverage (i.e. Ken) of the semis tonight.

Also, I've just found out something which won't help tonight but might be very useful in future for those of us without Sky.

If you download the TVU player from http://www.tvunetworks.com/downloads/player.htm you can get live streaming of the Tennis Channel - I've tried it and it works well.

The Tennis Channel doesn't have the rights to show IW, unfortunately (I guess there's an outside chance that one of the other channels on there will), but we could have watched wall to wall coverage of Las Vegas, for example, if we'd known about this back then and it has coverage of some of the early rounds in Miami.

Also, those who follow the British juniors might be interested in this, on the TC at 5 pm our time today - Superset Championships : British Under 21

andyjmr wrote:

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I reckon Andy will win a 3rd set TB 14-12, with blisters on both feet, blood dripping from a leg wound, his shoulder heavily strapped, vomit all over the place, and Brad scowling at him for trying a drop-shot on match point.

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 Not to mention Andy berating himself for not executing it inch perfect

Drew wrote:

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Why so many pessimists ? The injury ?

Andy has been quoted as saying he is not worried about his ankle.....a fit or 90% fit andy imo has more than enough to beat Novak....Ferrer was woeful yesterday....and with Fed going out he has been lucky.....Andy has beaten 2 top 10 guys to get here...I can see him dropping the first set but he will win this !!!!

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Don't get me wrong I think Andy can still win this match I just think that the circumstances make Novak the favourite. They are both in great form and if Andy is fully fit it should be a great match but if Andy is even 10% off full fitnes it will be very difficult to beat someone playing as well as Novak.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr you'd think Duckboy would put in some extra effort on a hard court in front of a home crowd and with no Fed lying in wait in the Final!