RG R2: Andy Murray (GBR) [10] vs José Acasuso (ARG)

john · Top national player

RE: RG R2: Andy Murray (GBR) [10] vs José Acasuso (ARG)

john · Top national player

Petchey says he thinks that's the best tennis Andy's ever played. He could be right

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Now THAT was more like it! That reminds me just why I started to support him.

Drew · May 28, 2008

What a win...a key win in the education of the young man !

In this form almagro will be worried.

helki · Futures qualifying

Madeline wrote:

Now THAT was more like it! That reminds me just why I started to support him.

And if he played like that more regularly I'd be his number 1 fan, too. wink Brilliant match from Murray, Acasuso didn't know what hit him. Pleased to see Andy not letting the odd controversy upset him during the match.

murrayman650 · ATP level

holy god that's brilliant

who's next

goldfish · Futures qualifying

A real pleasure to watch tonight. Just great to see that serve working so well plus all the drop shots, lobs, serve/volley and everything else he threw in. Very encouraging. Guess he really was recovering from illness in round 1. I DO like the attacking Andy. More, more, more please!

Drew · May 28, 2008

murrayman650 wrote:
holy god that's brilliant

who's next

Almagro

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

What a difference three days make...

What a transformation &, as has been said, a pleasure to watch - especially without the misfiring dropshots! wink

Perhaps the wise counsels of Alex Corretja are finally beginning to penetrate that thick skull of his! Let's have more of that on Friday (or whenever it is you will take on Almagro), Andy! biggrin

-- Edited by Stircrazy at 21:07, 2008-05-28

The Hoose · Satellite level

I had the pleasure of being courtside for what must rank as one of Andy's best clay court wins. I thought the game plan was excellent - he didn't want to let the match settle into a baseline battle so started aggressively, serve-volleying and throwing in plenty of drop shots. When Acasuso started playing badly in the second, Murray held back a bit and allowed his opponent's errors to flow, but at the first sign of Acasuso getting into a rhythm he started to mix it up again.

The service stats sum up the match pretty well - I think Andy served about nine aces to his opponent's zero, while Acasuso served about nine double faults to Andy's zero. Acasuso was woefully off his game but Andy was still excellent throughout and there were many memorable points - it was interesting to see Acasuso getting frustrated as much at Andy's great shots as he was at his own unforced errors.

PS - I saw no signs of Acasuso being injured. Andy was the one clutching his legs and stretching all the time, as he always does.

-- Edited by The Hoose at 21:47, 2008-05-28

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

An outstanding display from Andy Murray as he swept aside Jose Acasuso 6-4 6-0 6-4 to move into the third round where he will meet Nicolas Almagro.

Adopting an extremely aggressive approach, Murray started the match strongly, a superb half volley won him the opening point, an aggressive return got him to 15-30, a drop shot followed by a lob created two break points and a backhand return winner got him the early break.

Serving and volleying much of the time, Andy kept his argentinian opponent at bay, saving three break points as winners flew off the Murray racquet. Acasuso was also on top form in the opening set, striking huge forehands for outright winners, while keeping unforced errors to a minimum. But it was Murray who fired a double-handed backhand down the line for yet another winner to take the set 6-4.

Serving at 40-15 at the start of the second set, Jose's game went into near total collapse. A series of backhand unforced errors, combined with several double faults and he was soon down a double break. Murray continued as before, drop shot winners, perfectly judged lobs, fierce forehands, and crisp volleys into the open space as he stormed through the set 6-0.

Jose came through a tight game at the start of the third set and seemed competitive in the set until he imploded serving at 3-3. Two forehand unforced errors and two double faults gifting Andy the break. The final game was a struggle with Murray wasting two match points, then having to save two break points, before finally finding three unreturned first serves to finish the match.

A lot to admire in this performance from the british number one. He struck his forehand with far more power than in previous matches this year. His return game was aggressive, creating the pressure that produced double faults from Acasuso later in the match. The drop shots were hit and miss, but after one shocker, he would typically come up with a couple that were perfectly executed. Even his serving was excellent, 67% of first serves in play, 9 aces and 80% of first serve points won.

Drew · May 28, 2008

Thanks Kundalini !

Sums up his performance perfectly.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Posted on bt.net, thank you as always Kundalini.

wolf · Tennis legend

Stunning. Now I remember why I liked Andy's game, I've been struggling to remember why this year, with this moonballing imposter taking over. Performance was attacking, decisive, penetrating, and every element of his game was on fire. Simply a joy to watch.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Hell of a win for Murray today and shows why he does have the potential to be a top player, and hopefully he can bottle up this performance on the clay and produce it time and time again when he plays a top clay courter.

Hopes he keeps this up in the next round, but at least he's in the 3rd round and expunges the memories of the horrible first round performance for the time being, but also shows why he is so frustrating, given that we know he can produce performances like this