I take Andy to win in 2 fairly tight sets.

Then it's Verdasco or Shuettler in the semis.

And then the Davydenko / Youzhny / Cilic / Safin half  has err become Hanescu, 2 qualifiers and a wildcard.

( Russia's remaining hopes rest with Michail Elgin ( ranked 145th ) in the one quarter final not on Centre Court )

That sonds like being a potential final that Andy might as well try and make !!

indiana wrote:

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Then it's Verdasco or Shuettler in the semis.

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Verdasco has just beaten Schüttler by 5 & 2!

Not been watching but

Andy held to 15

then:

0-40
15-40
30-40
40-40
40-A
break 2-0

30-15
held-30 for 3-0*

15-0 ur
15-15 M bh cc then bh dtl winner
30-15 long rally T agg bh cc forces error
40-15 T agg after serve and M bh pass net
40-30 M bh ret winner
T holds after M error *3-1

15-0 M bh winner after super play
15-15 M careless drive volley straight to T who passes
15-30 M bh wide
15-40 M easy fh ue long
30-40 T fh ue net
40-40 ace
A- M weak smash straight to T but pass is wide
40-40 T fh winner cc
A- ur
40-40 T agg ret
A- ue
holds ace 4-1*

-- Edited by kundalini at 17:06, 2008-10-24

-- Edited by kundalini at 17:16, 2008-10-24

My stream has gone

score currently

T serving 1-4

30-15
40-15
T holds 2-4*

0-15
0-30
15-30
15-40 M careless bh ue long
30-40 2nd serve ur
40-40 M agg fhs cc then dtl after serve, finishing with a smash
40-A
broken - looked like a df 4-3*

15-0
30-0 ace
30-15 M agg bh cc forces error
30-30 T fh ue long
40-30 stream gone again
holds M agg bh ue long 4-4

0-15 T stunning bh dtl winner
15-15 M clever tight angled drop after T pass appeared to clip net
30-15 ace
40-15 T fh ue net
holds ue 5-4*

T serving

40-0
holds 5-5


Seemed fairly close match. T aggressive during the rallies and especially against 2nd serve. The stream is breaking up all the time and is barely watchable so I'm giving up I'm afraid. Sorry.


-- Edited by kundalini at 17:36, 2008-10-24

Andy takes first set after tiebreak 7-6(5). I saw two of the points in the tiebreak but both players seem to be losing their temper, frustrated by wild errors.

Andy could easily lose this match. He needs a high first serve percentage and lots of unreturneds/aces if he's to hold serve consistently against T.

Might watch for a few moments before I go out:

T serving at the start of 2nd set

0-15 df
0-30 stunning fh cc pass winner from M
30-30
40-30 M agg, then volley but not good enough and T bh pass winner dtl
40-40 M attacks T lob is long
A- ace I guess
40-40 T aggressive fh cc is just wide
A- T agg fh forces error
40-40 T annoyed so his bh must have been error
A- M pass is just wide
40-40 M draws T to net and he nets bh
40-A T's bh is long (?)
40-40 ace (challenge shows it just clipped the line)
A- T fh winner
40-40 M attacks net, nice volley then smash
A- ace/ur ??
T holds ur

M serving *0-1

-- Edited by kundalini at 18:16, 2008-10-24

Andy breaks for *2-1.

5 - 5