I wonder what the odda are on Andy making it to Shanghai: I reckon its doable if he wins and does well in Madrid  and Paris plus gets a good fifth result either here in Moscow or in Basel.

I'm not sure about the wisdom of playing in Basel though. If he does play that week, that will make 5 consecutive weeks of tournaments which is not what the Dr would order when you are returning from injury....

Anyway, if he stays healthy he shoul dhave a good week this week, there is nobody he can't beat......

Andy isn't playing Basel, he has entered St Petersburg that week. So Moscow-Madrid-St Petersburg-Paris, after playing Metz last week, 5 weeks in a row.

Reckon they think he needs the match practice? Or just trying to get the ranking as high as possible for the AO seedings?

Anyway, I hope he wins today, but I won't be too disappointed if he goes out in the quarters here - I don't want him worn out before Madrid Masters. A much more important tournament.

2 all second set in the match before. . .

http://212.248.21.226/ - live webcam - court 1

Not very good as you can't see the person serving at the far end until they move further up the court but better than nothing perhaps

2 all. Tipsy seems to be holding a little easier than Andy.

3 all. This is most confusing, the webcam is ahead of the scoreboard, Andy started serving the next game before the sb showed the end of the last.

Andy is broken. Tipsy to serve at *4-3

WAKE UP ANDY! IT IS AFTERNOON!

-- Edited by Madeline at 13:17, 2007-10-11