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Murray to serve - 0-1

0-15 - Murray nets a bh
15-15 - Lu goes long with a groundstroke
15-30 - great fh return which hits the baseline and Murray can do nothing with it
30-30 - Lu goes for a big fh, but it's just wide
40-30 - Lu nets a bh dtl
Deuce - Murray was in control of the point but didn't kill it off, and then nets a bh on the defensive
Adv Lu - Lu plays a good approach shot and then hits a wonderful bh half-volley winner
Game Lu - average return, but Murray misses the tramlines with a bh

Lu leads 2-0

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And the rain may save Murray....

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To be perfectly honest, not being a rabid patriot, I won't be too upset if he loses, other than the ammunition it will hand to the Murray-haters.

To improve his ranking, as it counts as an optional, he would have to get at least to the semis, which would involve beating Nadal for the first time. If he gets to go to the US early and does well there it would be more important for Andy's personal benefit.

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Lu to serve - 2-0

30-15 - missed the first few points as I wasn't watching this stream
30-30 - much better aggressive play and a big fh winner
30-40 - bh-bh rally, and Lu goes long as Murray upped the pace
Game Murray - Lu nets a bh under not much pressure

Lu leads 2-1

Murray breaks back... and played a bit better there...

Calleri won 6-1, 6-1... hope that result will still be relevant though

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Murray to serve - 1-2

15-0 - good serve, and a good fh draws the error
30-0 - Lu hits a deep return, but goes way long with his bh
30-15 - good return and Murray leaning back puts the bh long
30-30 - huge fh's from Lu and a massive winner
30-40 - another poor approach from Murray and he nets the bh volley
Deuce - huge body serve
Adv Murray - nice fh approach and a good fh volley, his first good volley of the match
Deuce - way too passive and eventually his stretched bh goes long
Adv Lu - Murray's lob hits the baseline, but Lu hits the winner with the smash
Deuce - short return, and a big fh winner dtl from Murray
Adv Murray - unreturnable serve
Deuce - very short 2nd serve and Lu attacks with the fh, and then puts the second one away
Adv Lu - great touch volley from Lu, and Murray's pass on the run is just long
Deuce - a good approach from Murray and the bh volley is good enough as Lu can only net the pass
Adv Murray - Lu nets a bh
Deuce - Lu on the offensive again, gets to the net, and has an easy smash putaway
Adv Murray - unreturnable serve
Deuce - good return off a poor 2nd serve, and Murray's bh goes long
Adv Lu - Lu's bh hits the net and drops dead
Deuce - very passive from Murray, but Lu misses an easy bh volley with the whole court to play for
Adv Lu - fh winner from Lu
Deuce - long rally, and when Lu attacks, he nets the fh
Adv Murray - bh return is netted
Game Murray - return is wide

2-2

Huge game to win!!!

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phew.gif  That was a long, tense game.

The livestream now has a very loud swimming commentary. . . very strange and offputting. I still can't find the match on tv.

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Lu to serve - 2-2

0-15 - great fh from Murray draws the error from Lu
0-30 - short return, but Lu nets the fh
15-30 - s/v from Lu, but Murray hits another poor lob that Lu volleys away
30-30 - nice return and Lu's approach isn't great, but a huge shank on the fh
40-30 - Murray nets a 2nd serve return
Game Lu - return is netted

Lu leads 3-2

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andy loosk liek he is really struggling with the conditions?

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I've got the swimming commentary as well.... because I have it open in another window

Murray to serve - 2-3

15-0
30-0 (I was watching the swimming!)
40-0 - bh return is long
Game Murray - bh return is just long

3-3

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Lu to serve - 3-3

15-0 - short return, and a fh winner for Lu
30-0 - under no pressure, Murray's bh is wide
40-0 - bh return is netted
Game Lu - fh return is long

Lu leads 4-3

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A lot of the players are commenting that the balls are really flying. Andy seems to be having trouble with that, but Lu doesn't!

Come on, Andy, get used to the conditions and take over. . .

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Murray to serve - 3-4

0-15 - Murray mistimes a fh into the net
15-15 - Lu hits a big fh dtl, which goes long though
30-15 - Lu picks Murray's fh approach, but misses the bh pass
40-15 - very passive from Murray, but Lu nets a dropshot that he wouldn't have got to
Game Murray - unreturnable serve

4-4

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Madeline wrote:

To be perfectly honest, not being a rabid patriot, I won't be too upset if he loses, other than the ammunition it will hand to the Murray-haters.

To improve his ranking, as it counts as an optional, he would have to get at least to the semis, which would involve beating Nadal for the first time. If he gets to go to the US early and does well there it would be more important for Andy's personal benefit.



Ranking points are not the be all and end all of tennis you know.




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Lu to serve - 4-4

0-15 - good approach from Murray and he puts the fh volley away
0-30 - better point, and he finally hits a good lob, lobbing Lu off the bh side
0-40 - great fh return onto the baseline, and a bh from Lu is short of the net
15-40 - Murray nets a bh by the looks of it as the stream skips
30-40 - Lu s/v's, and hits a good fh volley which Murray can only lob long
Deuce - stream freezed
Adv Lu - Murray's return hits the line, but he drags down on a bh as he tries to attack and it hits the net
Deuce - Murray controls the rally and then Lu puts a bh wide
Adv Lu - s/v from Lu and a fh volley winner
Deuce - Lu plays too passively and Murray steps in and hits a fh winner
Adv Lu - Lu hits an overhead onto the back of the line, and Murray nets the bh pass
Deuce - DF
Adv Lu - s/v, but Murray's fh return is long
Deuce - Murray on the defensive, but Lu puts his fh wide
Adv Lu - very passive from Murray, and hits a nothing shot that Lu attacks, and Murray drgs the bh pass wide
Deuce - Lu nets a bh
Adv Murray - better return, and Lu goes long with a bh
Deuce - Lu s/v's and hits some great volleys, before putting a smash away
Adv Lu - Murray misses the return
Game Lu - long rally, and it looks like Murray went long

Lu leads 5-4

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Murray to serve - 4-5

15-0 - big serve, and a fh winner
15-15 - DF
15-30 - good play from Lu, and Murray nets a simple fh
15-40 - good serve, but the approach is woeful and Lu hits a fh passing winner - 2MP's
GSM Lu - return hits the line, and Murray nets the fh

Lu wins 7-6(5), 6-4

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