St Petersburg SF: Andy vs Fernando Verdasco

Happycynic · Pro player

RE: St Petersburg SF: Andy vs Fernando Verdasco

Happycynic · Pro player

4-3* AM holds easily

Happycynic · Pro player

5*-3 AM breaks to 30 to serve for the match

Happycynic · Pro player

6-0 6-3 AM finishes off with an easy serve out.

FV only turned up in set 2, and served 7 double faults in 7 service games.

Time for a rest before tomorrow. Good not to get too tired.

Hope it won't make him relax if they meet again in Paris.....

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Ea-sy!

First serve wasn't up to scratch but easy nevertheless.

Edit - I have just checked and he got 60% first serves. . . just about every time I saw him serve it went into the net. The stream must have kept freezing each time he got one in

-- Edited by Madeline at 15:46, 2008-10-25

Mikeduke · County player

Nice result, the opposite of the other semi final (which was 6-3 6-0) and a qualifier in the final!

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

A Win is a Win ! Well done Andy !

Got Bwin livestream to work and had to switch OS from my beloved Linux to M$ Vista to get the video streaminng up.

My life long revulsion of most of M$ stuff was fully justified when it downloaded a load of updates and then restarted the computer automatically, allowing me to rejoin the livestream after it was all over !

A plague upon the architects of Vista ! A rank amateur attempt at an OS !

Grrrr..... felt a lot better after that rant *LOL*

furious

-- Edited by timmoore46 at 15:51, 2008-10-25

indiana · Tennis legend

Actually Madeline, every time I seemed to look at the scoreboard when Andy was serving, it seemed to say second serve smile

I guess, it is just it doesn't actually say 1st serve in, and he was slipping them in when I wasn't concentrating !

Anyway, general stats :

5 aces, I double fault

60% first serves in

65% of service points won, 59% of return points won ( service did overtake return in the end ! )

5 / 10 BPs won, Verdasco won 1/ 2

Total points won 66 to 40

Count Zero · Tennis legend

golubev in the final is certainly unexpected. really should be a win for andy here. Gol will probably be quite tired too. but andy must stay focused.

indiana · Tennis legend

To be fair though, it is a match between two potential world no 1's.

Steven has pointed out how Andy leads the way from after Wimbledon, so if he can keep pace with everyone from now till a full year is up then he will be ranked no 1.

Well, I would point out that Golubev leads the way if you start the year from the start of this week's tournaments. With his 10 pooints for qualifying he is currently on 185 points more than anyone in the world. So if he keeps pace with everyone from now till a full year is up i.e. up to the start of these tournaments next year, then he too would be world no 1

Count Zero · Tennis legend

lol good one

steven · Tennis legend

LOL and if Boggo keeps pace with everyone for the next year, he'll be at least equal world no. 1 in a year and a week.

Same for Rob Dee of course!

Andy's top of the world looking back almost four months though, that's why it's worth tracking his assault on the top three over the next year and not Golubev's.

indiana · Tennis legend

Ha ha, just messing Steven smile

I do actually think it is a very significant statistic about Andy. Hold his own for just another 8 months or so and he is number 1. Well really Paris, the Master Cup plus the first 6 months of next year.

DUSTY DICK · Club Coach

Another good display from Andy. Should be title no5 tomorrow.