USO QF - Andy v Del Potro

Count Zero · Tennis legend

RE: USO QF - Andy v Del Potro

Count Zero · Tennis legend

thats it!!!!!!

andy's slice was so close to going out tho.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

At last.

I hope Andy feels better than I do.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Hooray! Nice to see Andy and JM getting on at the end.

Andymonium · Satellite level

i had a feeling about that! hes got such a clutch return game.
BRILLIANT!!!

The Hoose · Satellite level

If Andy plays like that against Nadal, he won't win a point... but let's just enjoy the moment. First grand slam semi. biggrin

-- Edited by The Hoose at 00:44, 2008-09-04

Drew · Sep 3, 2008

What torture...but well done andy.
Nice touch at the end between them both.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

2 days off now at least

wolf · Tennis legend

Well done to Andy on getting through to his first slam semi, but if he plays like that against Nadal he will get demolished.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

i want to sleep but i'm too pumped.

Happycynic · Pro player

He will win a point. He just won't come very near the match.

Del P is destined top 10 and 5 wards methinks. Credit to Andry for coming through, even if it wasn't the quality of the last round.

First GS semi. Could well be world top 4 in the last 4. Interesting...

Not sure I'll sleep either....

-- Edited by Happycynic at 00:46, 2008-09-04

The Hoose · Satellite level

Brave effort by Del Potro, considering he was all over the place physically. I don't see how he could have played a fifth set.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

To give Andy his due, I don't think he will play like that against Nadal. Apart from the last Wimbledon he usually ups his level to play Rafa.

Of course, if it's against Mardy Fish, with all the crowd at his back. . .

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

A very tactical display, based on the assumption, which I must admit I shared, that Del Potro wouldn't last a long match. As the match went deep into the fourth it looked like Andy was the more exhausted player and JMDP was able to keep going, dominating the play with his brutal groundstrokes.

Thought Andy played well in the tiebreaks and I did enjoy the drop shot then lob combination but otherwise a poor display. Just couldn't seem to execute, especially on the backhand, and his serving was shocking; the percentage might have been ok had he been going for it but the lack of penetration and extraordinary number of double faults, usually at the worst possible moments, made the match a lot closer than it should have been. A bit fortunate that JMDP handed Andy the break back twice in the fourth set, but I suppose Andy had generously donated his own service with error after error.

Surprised that Andy didn't do more with his return of serve. He clearly struggled with JMDP's second serve and was unable to attack it.

Glad he got through but it was Del Potro who won my admiration for his display.

Hope Andy can forget about that display, especially the near total collapse in the third set that continued into early stages of the fourth. The tennis he produced against Wawrinka was slam winning quality and that's what he needs to focus on. Each match is different; who would have believed Andy could play that badly after such a superb display in the previous round.

-- Edited by kundalini at 01:39, 2008-09-04

steven · Tennis legend

Perhaps it wasn't a bad thing though - it's probably only Rafa who can keep up that kind of intensity for three matches in a row and I think if Andy had played like he did against Wawrinka, he'd be emotionally spent by the weekend, much as he was after the intensity of the Dammit match at Wimby.

In case people aren't aware, Andy has reached as many slam QFs as Fed had by the time he was the same age ... and Fed didn't reach his first slam semi until he was about 6 months older than Andy is now (he went on to win the title though - that was Wimby 2002) - he didn't break into the top four until he was three months older than Andy is now either!

Also, at the age Andy is now, Tigger had won just two matches in slams, both against players ranked outside the top 100, and was still half a year away from his heroics against Kafelnikov!