Oh no. Lu played well but Andy was shocking. Too defensive and when he tried to attack he overplayed the net approach.

well that was crap, i don't think andy would even play this if he thought he could get away with not getting canned by the press.

I'm so glad I wasn't able to watch this match - sounds like the Mandy Muppet version of AM at its worst.

Lu played well, one of the best matches of his career, but that isn't why he won the match.

Murray was shocking throughout really and showed nothing of the form that won him the Cincinatti title... think the first set against Moya performance as being the glimpses that Murray occasionally showed as his best stuff, with the majority of it being one of the worst matches of his career.

The 2nd serve was a liability today, and I don't know how many points he won on it, but if it's above 30% I'd be surprised, and it would be reflect poorly on just how bad it was. Everything was landing in the middle of the service box, which not a lot of pace, and sets it up nicely for the opponent to attack - it has to be improved or he will be killed by good returners, and if he serves like this, he won't win the US Open (or even reach the QF's)

The groundstrokes were passive and had nothing on them... he just put the ball into the middle of the court and waited for Lu to miss, which he didn't more often than not... if he's going to play like that, then there has to be more depth on them and get them close to the baseline.

His volleying was as poor as I've seen it, and he struggled with passing shots and lobs, usually something he excels at.

I'm struggling to think of something good about the performance... maybe the recovery in the tiebreak, only to blow it with a double fault. (but will give him for time to prepare for the US Open)

Don't know what it was about it, but he was never there at all, so maybe he was struggling with the conditions, or was having a bad day, but it's not a performance that he should try to repeat.

EDIT: And the BBC commentary should be fired for claiming that Lu has the potential to reach the top 10 - he'll make the top 50 if he's lucky, and he's ranked as high as he is mainly because he is carrying 7 challenger finals at the moment, and has beaten 1 player ranked in the top 100 this year, that being Vincent Spadea (he beat Reynolds as well, but he wasn't top 100 then)

EDIT: Seeing Sue Barker trying to hype the coverage of the tennis match was 9interesting... she surely knows he played horribly and lost, but is hyping at as his soaring up the rankings and having a great chance of a medal

-- Edited by ForeverDelayed at 12:43, 2008-08-11

-- Edited by ForeverDelayed at 12:48, 2008-08-11

I didn't catch the names of the BBC commentators for this match

Chris Bradnam and Sam Smith