ATP Miami - R3 : Kendrick v Murray

Keith · Intermediate Club Player

ATP Miami - R3 : Kendrick v Murray

Sheddie · administrator

Murray is returning the Kendrick serve superbly...Kendrick is hardly serve-volleying, whenever he does he's usually lost the point ! He's looking to follow up the serve with a big 2nd shot and control the point that way. Going for broke really on the 2nd shot with fh or bh a lot of the time. Murray is content to play very passively from the baseline, in the end that should pay off for him through Kendrick errors

Sheddie · administrator

Kendrick appears to have taken a comfort break.....grrr I've got to go in 45min

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Andy breaks for 4-2!

Keith · Intermediate Club Player

Break for Andy
4-2
Don't want complacency, but I'm very calm at the moment.

Sheddie · administrator

Kendrick serving:

15-0: dropshot, lob volley, dropshot combo wins K the pt

15-15: df

15-30

15-40: wild fh long from K

Game: ditto

4-2

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

andy holds and leads 5-2

dougie · Club Coach

alot of errors comign from kendrick.... andy not having to do very much but remian consistent and he should win this comfortably

Sheddie · administrator

Murray serving:

15-0: Brilliant fh cross-court pass

15-15: long rally, M nets with fh

30-15: great bh return cross-court from K, M gets it but his fh slice is veryshort. K attacks net but doesn't do nearly rnough with backhand approach it's obligingly straight at Murray who slams a forehand winner past him

30-30: dropshot just wide from M

40-30: K nets fh and swings racket in frustration

Game: Good serve down the T, K sends fh return long

5-2

Keith · Intermediate Club Player

Agree with Sheddie, Kendrick doesn't look good serve-vollleying.

......Stop Press......

Olivier Rochus has pulled out due to injury. Rafa Nadal through to next round.

......

5-3 Murray

-- Edited by Keith at 18:08, 2007-03-25

Sheddie · administrator

Kendrick serving:

Bright sunshine in Miami today, looks v hot

15-0: big serve out wide, M fh return wide

30-0: M miscues fh return wide, going dtl

40-0: M nets bh

Game: M fh return just wide, going cross-court

5-3

Keith · Intermediate Club Player

6-3 in 36 mins.
All is well.

Sheddie · administrator

M serving: 15-0: hard return from K, great pickup from M and K eventually goes long with a fh in the rally

15-15: K sneaks into net, good bh volley into corner...M puts up great defensive lob. K improvises well with fh volley dropshot

30-15: K fh return long

40-15: ace out wide

Game: Good serve out wide, big fh into opposite corner, K nets bh

6-3, 0-0

johnnylad · Tennis legend

Set 1 to Muzza!

Sheddie · administrator

Kendrick serving:

0-15: df

15-15: M fh return long

30-15: Good serve, fh dtl. M defensive lob is long

40-15: big serve down the T, M fh return is long

Game: K serve-volleys, M return goes wide

6-3, 0-1