AMS Round 4 - Murray v Mathieu

aria81 · Club Coach

AMS Round 4 - Murray v Mathieu

steven · Tennis legend

Scoreboard dead, Andy alive - I'd rather have it this way round, I must admit!

RobC · All-time great

Is it me or has Mathieu's grunt degenerated from just a gentle "Unh" into a "Unh-uh"...into "F--k Me!"

- have a listen - he definitely seems to be inviting Andy into carnal acts

Sheddie · administrator

Mathieu serving:

0-15: M mis hits fh long

0-30: bh return winner dtl

15-30: Good serve, M fh return into net

15-40: double fault

Game and 2nd set: Absolutely incredible retrieving from Andy, M hit so many shots which looked like clean winners. Andy ends the rally with a brilliant trademark bh winner dtl

Salmon · Tennis legend

See, I told you that he would come back.

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

timmoore46 wrote:

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I haven't seen so many members online for a long time now.

That's good but what a cr*p match so far ! Grrrrr.... Looks like Andy might pull it together for the 2nd set ?

Phew! LOL

Sheddie · administrator

This is amazing turnaround from Andy, he's a totally different player to a few games ago !!!!

Salmon · Tennis legend

steven wrote:

Scoreboard dead,

Change your browser, it may work again. I was using Opera (my fav), it stopped working - then I switched to Firefox, where it stopped working after some time - now I am using IE (I hate it) and it's working again.

Sheddie · administrator

He seemed to have come on court with the wrong game plan, just playing pretty passive, not doing much and hoping for the errors. Problem is that Mathieu's no Kendrick, he's too good for that, he can dominate the rallies on a consistent basis and in the end it was Andy getting frustrated into the errors. Luckily he seems to have become more aggressive just in time

Sheddie · administrator

Andy serving:

15-0: Good serve, forehand winner into same corner

30-0: M nets going for bh dtl

40-0: ace out wide

Game: ace out wide

Andy's serve from midway through the 2nd set onwards hs been great, really saved him from losing 2 and 3...got some big serves in on crucial pts

Sheddie · administrator

2-6, 7-5, 1-0

Mathieu serving:

15-0: Good serve, big bh into opposite corner, Andy gets there but defensive slice floats wide

15-15: bh winner dtl - brilliant shot !

15-30: M fh wide

15-40: M bh into net...getting v frustrated now

Game: Mathieu attacks net, brilliant recovery shot from Andy, M forced into playing tricky half volley...he does well with it but Andy gets to the drop shot and puts it away

2-6, 7-5, 2-0

Salmon · Tennis legend

He isn't losing this. He is fast becoming the three set king of the Tour. The last time he lost a three setter after losing the first set was back in Nottingham against Seppi.

aria81 · Club Coach

It's amazing how different he looks now. Very, very impressive display. I'd like a double break here though just to be sure.

Sheddie · administrator

Andy serving:

15-0

30-0: M bh wide

30-15: A sends bh dtl long

40-15: M controls rally but sends bh long

40-30: quality return, right at Ady's feet, he can only net

Deuce: big return dtl from M, A scrambles and puts up lob but nets after M's smash

Ad Andy: Controls pt, big bh cross-court followed by fh winner cross-court

Game: Big serve, M gets it back but Andy puts short bh away

2-6, 7-5, 3-0

Drew · Mar 27, 2007

Been watching the stream on bwin which is some 10 mins behind the livescore/action and all I can say is what a gutsy fightback from Andy...really mature keeping the ball in play and let PHM get all worked up....I noticed when Andy hit a forehand netcord and it bounced on his side PHM made a fist and shouted out....next point the same happend to PHM and Andy did the same to let him know he was angry at what he had done. At the end of the game PHM complained to the Ump...sorry what a prat !

Anyway go Murray at 3-0 Final set !!!