USO R3 - Murray v Melzer

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: USO R3 - Murray v Melzer

Salmon · Tennis legend

This is the third time Andy is winning after being 0-2 down, which is very impressive for a 21 year old.

According to Neely on MTF, the record is shared by Becker and Krickstein, who both did it 10 times in their career, out of the 39 times they had been 0-2 down.

Although Kevin Curren's record is more impressive, given that he won 6 matches out of the 14 where he had been 0-2 down.

goldfish · Futures qualifying

Given that Andy really should have won the 1st set, that he went 2 sets down, that he was totally rattled by what was happening, he showed that he is so much better at controlling his on court behaviour and directing his energy into winning, not wasting it on pointless ranting and raving. One or two angry moments and discussions with the umpire but nothing unreasonable.

only 29 unforced errors - I think there were about 71 winners

Player of the day on the US Open website

Like the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who won three gold medals and set three world records at the Beijing Olympics and followed each victory by posing as though he were shooting an arrow into the sky, tennis player Andy Murray busted a move of his own on Saturday after he came back from two sets down to beat Juergen Melzer in the third round.

Murray pulled back the right sleeve of his white polo shirt and flexed his sun-deprived biceps muscle.

Whether the move will catch on is debatable, but it has been an undeniably great year for the great Scot. Murray entered the US Open with his highest Grand Slam ranking (No. 6) after defeating Roger Federer in Dubai in March, reaching his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon in July, and beating Novak Djokovic in Cincinnati in August.

On Saturday, however, it looked like the 21-year-old Murray might crash out to the 48th-ranked Austrian Melzer after Murray sunk to a two-set deficit before rallying back and winning the last three sets to take the match 6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-3. By advancing to the fourth round, he ties his best result at the US Open. He was also in the Round of 16 in 2006.

Murrays next opponent will be Stanislas Wawrinka, who, like Murray, was two sets down on Saturday before beating Flavio Cipolla (ranked No. 142 in the world) in five sets. Murray has the historical edge on Wawrinka, the No. 10 seed. He has beaten the Swiss player three of the four times they have met on hard courts.

Murray has said he loves New York, and New York has been good to Murray. In 2004, he won the US Open boys championship at age 17.

He was psyched then, but now, apparently, hes pumped.