15-0. Yet another unreturnable serve. 30-0. Unreturnable serve AGAIN! 40-0. ACE. GAME. Powerful backhand forces Haas deep and he can barely get a racket on the ball.
15-0. Forehand goes long. 30-0. Andy attempts at running backhand pass put it goes well wide. 40-0. Unreturnable serve. GAME. Andy can't get the ball back in.
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15-0. Excellent drop shot. He's been very restrained in using that shot and that is precisely why it worke. 30-0. Beautiful lob - that was really nice. 40-0. Unreturnable serve. GAME. ACE out wide.
Playing his best tennis right here. Great to watch
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Haas is serving at 2-4 down in the second, with new balls.
15-0. Unreturnable serve. 30-0. Carbon copy of the previous set. 30-15. MAGNIFICENT drop shot. Tommy challenges but it was definitely in. 30-30. Haas' head looks to have dropped. Murray comfortably lobs him. Haas has come into the net, a lot, but it just isn't working. 40-30. Unreturnable serve. GAME unreturnable serve.
15-0. BBC didnt show the first point as they cut away to the other courts for a round up. 15-15. Murray backhand goes long. 15-30. Murray comes up to the net but it's a weak drop shot, allowing the German to rip the forehand winner. 30-30. Haas tries to block the serve back in, but it floats long leading to a yelp in German from Haas. 40-30. Awful backhand error from Haas which flies a few dozen metres wide! DEUCE. Finally the chip and charge works for Haas. His volley catches the line nicely. Advantage Haas. Double fault. Andy challenges but it was marginally wide. DEUCE. EXCELLENT ACE out wide. 133MPH. Advantage Haas. Dreadful mis-hit from Andy. GAME. Andy really should have won that point. Some beautiful hitting, an excellent pick up from Haas but Murray hits it into the net.
15-0. Andy tries to lob again but it' s a comfortable smash for Haas. 30-0. Excellent drop shot from Haas and Andy slips. No damage done though. 40-0. Forehand goes long. Bad few points for Andy. GAME. Service return goes long.
Oh dear, what's most worrying is how passive he got in that Haas service game after being broken. Wake up Andy!
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15-0. Haas backhand goes long. 30-0. Excellent hands at the net but he put himself in unnecessary trouble with another weak drop shot. 40-0. Murray hits another drop shot, but thankfully it's a better one and Haas can't get it back in. GAME. Unreturnable serve.