AO Round 1 : Murray v Tsonga

Montana Doug · Futures qualifying

AO Round 1 : Murray v Tsonga

stagger · Club Coach

it's going to 5 if he's going to win, and he is 5 love up in the third, and your pick is out the window montana

stagger · Club Coach

...and wraps up a bagel third. interesting match. will it go the distance?

stagger · Club Coach

i reckon it will stagger. remember what nick cave once said;
'it's late, but it aint never'

stagger · Club Coach

'That doesn't stop our friend 'Ali' from banging out some more unreturnable serves to hold but he is not moving around the court quite so comfortably now. Floating like a butterfly? Hardly.'

from chris bevan's live coverage referring to tsonga's dodgy left leg. 1-1 in the 4th.

stagger · Club Coach

i wonder what happened to his leg. i cant understand the chinese commentary (apart from any references to beer or hot chicks, but they dont about that kind of thing often). but i do know that the boy just saved 2 break points, which is good but also bad.

stagger · Club Coach

going with serve this set. it's a good match; he's looking MUCH better now...moving well, lots of aggression. and 'atonement' won at the 'amish' awards.

stagger · Club Coach

It's a rare day that i do the commentary eh? make the most of it. you'll have to wait 12 months for the next one, it's the only one they show here.

stagger · Club Coach

...and he roars like a skinny lion as he holds a not-particularly close serve to move ahead. 3-2

stagger · Club Coach

"I am not buying Tsonga's injury too much - and I am sure Murray isn't either."
BBC Sport's John Lloyd in Melbourne
(from the BBC website.)

3-3

stagger · Club Coach

it's a very tight set, a few games ago i was confident of a murray win, but now there really isn't much between them. anybody's match i reckon.

stagger · Club Coach

and overand is back on duty for radio 5! about damn time overand. oh man 2 break points on the boy's serve.

stagger · Club Coach

...and back to duece. overand thinks he will go through if he takes this set. me too.

stagger · Club Coach

another break point....

stagger · Club Coach

****. that's 4-5 with tsonga serving for it.