Cincinnati Masters 2008 R3 - Murray v Tursunov.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Cincinnati Masters 2008 R3 - Murray v Tursunov.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Second on Grandstand, with the first (unfinished) match starting at 12.15 (5.15 here). That match, Davydenko v Moya, has already finished the first set so Andy's match may not be very much later.

Schedulers baffle me. They put an unfinished match on first - fine. But then the poor winner only gets one match rest before they have to come out and play again. I bet whoever wins is hoping Andy's match goes to 3 sets

-- Edited by Madeline at 10:42, 2008-07-31

Drew · Jul 31, 2008

Andy has the tools to take apart DT.
The h2h shows that.
Andy in 2 (7-5 6-4)

RJA · Hall of fame

I always think that Andy has way to much guile to lose to Tursunov so unless it's a real bad day at the office I expect a fairly comfortable win.

indiana · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:

Schedulers baffle me. They put an unfinished match on first - fine. But then the poor winner only gets one match rest before they have to come out and play again. I bet whoever wins is hoping Andy's match goes to 3 sets

I would guess the schedule is to keep next round opponents playing around the same time, i.e. Murray / Tursunov v Davydenko / Moya / Andreev and Nadal / Haas v Lapentti / Verdasco.

But I did think the "Revised Schedule" ( the original schedule was done before a few matches were completed ), might have switched matches. All it really seems to have done for the singles is to shunt Soderling V Kohlschreibere out to Court 3 to be replaced by the unfinished match.

Anyway, I hope the Davydenko v Moya match doesn't go another 2 long sets and then the winner of that come through against Andreev after 3 long sets. That would be a shame if they ended up facing Murray the next day after that

Anyway, Andy to win in 2 sets.

indiana · Tennis legend

Moya just beaten Davydenko 7-6 4-6 6-2, so Andy playing Tursunov shortly.

The wimnner plays the following match on court, Moya ( again ! ) v Andreev.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Not much of a chance for Moya then, especially given that Andreev has been serving seriously well this week.

Murray has a nice run to the semi's now that the Donkey is out, as there's no-one who he shouldn't beat easily, and with Federer not in the best form, a chance of a first final (watch him mess it up and lose today now)

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Tursunov to serve - 0-0

15-0 - Murray puts a fh way long as he goes for a winner
30-0 - fh return is netted
30-15 - T drags a bh wide
30-30- lovely bh dtl winner from Murray after a decent return
30-40 - DF
Game Murray - short fh return, and Tursunov nets a fh

Murray leads 1-0

Can't ask for a better start than that!

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Murray to serve - 1-0

15-0 - Ace (believe Murray given a time violation!!!)
30-0 - fh return is long
30-15 - horrible fh from Murray barely reaches the net
40-15 - bh return is way long off a good 2nd serve
Game Murray - Murray gets a lucky netcord, and then has an easy putaway fh

Murray leads 2-0

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Tursunov to serve - 0-2

15-0 - Tursunov smashes the ball away after shanked return
15-15 - T nets a bh after rally
30-15 - Murray nets fh return
40-15 - Murray overhits a fh after a great return
Game Tursunov - bh return goes long

Murray leads 2-1

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Murray to serve - 2-1

0-15 - Murray fh dtl goes wide
0-30 - Murray always on the defensive and he nets a bh pass
15-30 - unreturnable serve out wide (Jamie Murray seen in the crowd)
30-30 - Murray on defensive after a good return, but T puts a fh long
40-30 - big serve and T nets a bh return
Deuce - Murray nets a fh pass, but was never in the point after a great return
Adv T - short return and Murray has an easy putaway, but finds T's racket and he puts it in the open court
Deuce - Turusnov has a chance after a massive bh, but he nets the fh approach (passive Andy)
Adv M - bh return is long
Game Murray - moonballs from Murray, but Tursunov nets the fh

Murray leads 3-1

murrayman650 · ATP level

30-30
40-40
adv tursnov
40-40
adv murray
3-1 murray

15-0
30-0
40-0
3-2

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Tursunov to serve - 1-3

15-0 - big fh approach from Tursunov and then a lovely drop volley
30-0 - Ace
40-0 - Murray nets a fh during the rally
Game Tursunov - Ace

Murray leads 3-2

indiana · Tennis legend

By the way, ATP Masters Series Live TV coverage isn't that live.

You can normally see the score, a point or 2 further on on the ATP site live scores ( if you are getting over ananxious smile

),

I'm going to try to resist this.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Murray to serve - 3-2

15-0 - bh from Turusnov goes long during rally
15-15 - DF (2nd serve barely reached the net)
15-30 - great defence by Murray but he nets a bh as he tries to attack crosscourt
15-40 - big return from Tursunov and Murray nets a bh
30-40 - 2nd serve fh return is long
Game Tursunov - Murray nets a bh

3-3

Pretty poor match so far from both players