Doha QF: Andy v Sergiy Stakhovsky

wolf · Tennis legend

Doha QF: Andy v Sergiy Stakhovsky

DavidC · Tennis legend

It's the 4th match, so should be early evening GMT

Drew · Jan 8, 2009

Typical...Nadal gets stuffed in the other half of the draw....Fed is 6-2 5-5 v PK but at least PK has broken back in the second set...!

steven · Tennis legend

Kohli has 3 set points at *6-3 in the 2nd set tiebreak, then managed to spectacularly choke and lose the next 5 points. I don't think of him as the German Gasquet for nothing! LOL

Muzza up next.

wolf · Tennis legend

They trade breaks and it is 2-2. Andy broken from 40-0 up. If Kohlschreiber is the poor mans Gasquet then Stakhovsky is the poor mans Kohlschreiber!

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Live video stream -
http://www.justin.tv/albaeage2

Andy warned for receiving instruction from coach.
But that really stired him into life

-- Edited by mjd at 18:57, 2009-01-08

wolf · Tennis legend

Andy breaks at 4-4 and then serves the set out 6-4, bailing himself out with some big serving including two aces from 0-30 down.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Umpire did Andy a good turn there - it 'got him wild' and he then took 10 of next 12 points to win the first set.

steven · Tennis legend

mjd wrote:
Andy warned for receiving instruction from coach.
But that really stired him into life

And was he getting instruction from Miles? Doesn't seem very Andy to me, usually he just bawls them out and they sit there stony-faced!

wolf · Tennis legend

Andy said all Miles said was 'come on' while the umpire disagreed and said he saw Miles' lips move and say a few more things.

Andy leads 6-4, 4-0* and some really good tennis is being played at times.

-- Edited by wolf at 19:17, 2009-01-08

steven · Tennis legend

Stakh must be livid with ump for making Muzza angry ... that's 7 or 8 games in a row he's won since isn't it?

mjd · Challenger qualifying

Andy broken and misses bagel 5-1

wolf · Tennis legend

7 games yeah, but I think Stakh might have been the one who said that Miles was giving advice. Not completely sure about that as I wasn't really watching it but I thought I heard the commentator say that and Andy said 'come on' after a Stakh double fault suggesting he wasn't very happy with him.

Andy was broken at *5-0 (surprise, surprise) and Stakh holds for 5-2.

Count Zero · Tennis legend

looks like no love lost here, shaping nicely for a feisty DC tie.

wolf · Tennis legend

Andy wins 6-4, 6-2; was a even match until 4-4 but then Andy got pumped up, there were some loose shots from Stakh and then there was only one winner.