Doha:- A Murray v T Johansson

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

RE: Doha:- A Murray v T Johansson

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Davedenko ? that will be a tough one ! ?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

timmoore46 wrote:

Livestream worked well . . .

Really? It took me several attempts to get on at all, then it froze for a couple of minutes 2 or 3 times, plus a few short freezes. Ah well, I had no trouble yesterday.

Jack · Intermediate Club Player

Fantastic match to watch and a fabulous performance from Andy

steven · Tennis legend

"A bagel a day keeps the taxi (to the airport) away"

(though I'm sure someone can come up with something better!)

I didn't get to watch this, but from the stats it looks like it was a much better performance - very un-Murray-like serving stats in the 1st set (and I mean that in a good way!) and it looks like he just blew ToJo (a former GS champion, no less) away in the 2nd.

Of course, he hasn't played anyone really high-ranked yet, but you can't ask much more than three wins against top 100 players with a bagel in each match. However, playing against the Undertaker tomorrow (if he gets past the Blogster) will be a much better test of quite how much he has improved his strength and serving over the break.

-- Edited by steven at 17:32, 2008-01-03

johnnylad · Tennis legend

unless the Undertaker throws the match

Well done Muzza! Crackin win imo, and looking forward to tomorrow!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

great win, thanks for the scores, I was midway to York (uni) during this match so no chance of following it. That's what I love about this board!!

Hope this serve stays, sounds like a major weapon!!

Looking forward to the match tomorrow, another bagel please Andy

wolf · Tennis legend

Anyone (who watched it) fancy doing a report on this match for the bt.net site? I didn't watch it and can't be bothered to do it.

Drew · Jan 3, 2008

Not surprised by the score....Andy has to many options for him.

I think Andy will make the final.......

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

wolf wrote:

Anyone (who watched it) fancy doing a report on this match for the bt.net site? I didn't watch it and can't be bothered to do it.

If nobody else volunteers, I will do one tomorrow morning, I am about to go out now to do our shopping (24hr Tesco!).

It would be better if somebody who knows more about tennis could do it but I'll fluff something out if nobody else does!

johnnylad · Tennis legend

You know more about tennis than you think, Madeline!

deacrt · Junior player

The great thing about coming home for Christmas is getting to watch Eurosport smile

, so I did get to watch the match. In the first set, Murray was quite passive, often purposely prolonging the points, but he gave away no easy points and Johansson had to produce great tennis to keep holding his serve. Andy was rarely troubled on serve, producing a great number of aces down the tee in both service boxes. Andy made some spectacular retrievals, and made Johansson look foolish with some deft lobs as Johansson relentlessly came forward. Johansson really had to produce a high quality of tennis to get to the tiebreak, and Murray got a set's advantage despite losing a couple of points on serve in the tiebreak.

Murray started to press alittle more in the 2nd set, and you could tell Johansson was mentally and physically tired from having to produce such a high quality in the first set. Andy came up with some more aggressive returns, and the second set was over in a flash, just in time for tea!

I saw a few games of Davydenko, and I think this match is very winnable for Andy if he keeps serving well. Davydenko serves mostly to the backhand which favours Andy well. Last year in the same round Andy won in three I think so I'm hoping for a straight sets win!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Darn it if I had read the above post before I did the report on bt.net I would have pinched some of it!