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Match presumably to be played on Thursday.  They've met only once before, in the QF at Nottingham in 2006, so on grass, when Seppi ran out the winner 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1.  A dangerous opponent, so not to be underestimated, which I'm sure Andy will not do, but surely one now well within his undoubted talents to overcome - though possibly not before he's taken to three...

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And if he does, his possible selection of quarter-final opponents has changed. According to tomorrow's OOP Korolev is playing Gicquel, so it looks as though Soderling has pulled out, making the player from that section Gicquel/Korolev/Gasquet/Mathieu. Gasquet has just won the first set against Mathieu 6-3.

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PHM just levelled it 1 set all 7-6(4) in the second.

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Seppi is one of those players who appears to have very little to their game yet seemingly have the ability to have a decent ranking and can trouble good players, but I'd be surprised if Murray lost this as I just don't really see what Seppi has to hurt him.

Murray should be able to come through this in straight sets without too much difficulty, although may be a bit tougher than today's match.

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Madeline wrote:
Gasquet has just won the first set against Mathieu 6-3.
That must be a GEM of a match! wink Imagine the scene in the 3rd set as the chokes mount up:

RG: "Eh bah dis donc, c'est a toi le match!"
PHM: "Mais non, vieux pote, c'est toi qui dois gagner, j'insiste!"
RG: "Non, non, je ne veux pas te battre, voila je t'offre ce point"
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Right on cue - PHM serves for the match and goes down 15-30, levels to deuce.......

..... and wins it. 3-6, 7-6, 6-3.




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steven wrote:

 

Madeline wrote:
Gasquet has just won the first set against Mathieu 6-3.
That must be a GEM of a match! wink Imagine the scene in the 3rd set as the chokes mount up:

RG: "Eh bah dis donc, c'est a toi le match!"
PHM: "Mais non, vieux pote, c'est toi qui dois gagner, j'insiste!"
RG: "Non, non, je ne veux pas te battre, voila je t'offre ce point"
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And the first seed has bitten the dust (Söderling (8) doesn't count, as he withdrew with a lower back problem early enough for Marc Gicquel to be allowed in as a lucky loser!), significantly in Andy's half of the draw, though the other quarter:  David Ferrer (6), beaten 2-6 6-3 2-6 by Mikhail Youzhny!

*  I see Michael Llodra has done for Karlo in three tie-break-less sets in the top half of the draw... disbelief

-- Edited by Stircrazy at 15:42, 2009-02-11

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Stircrazy wrote:

[...] Söderling (8) doesn't count, as he withdrew with a lower back problem early enough for Marc Gicquel to be allowed in as a lucky loser! [...]

Gicquel certainly made the most of his LL status:  he's just beaten Korolev, who qualified by right, 3-6 6-3 6-2!  I expect PHM to see him off in the next round, though.



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Not before 2.30pm local time. (1.30pm here)

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Grrrr! I'm out in the afternoon, and I don't know how to set the computer in advance to record a livestream - I don't think it is possible.

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yippee.gif  It's blowing a blizzard outside and the hospital have cancelled the clinic I was supposed to go to!  So I can watch Andy instead.

Make it worth my while, Andy, Seppi is a tricky customer, but not as good as you if you don't play silly beggars.

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Stircrazy wrote:

Gicquel certainly made the most of his LL status:  he's just beaten Korolev, who qualified by right, 3-6 6-3 6-2!  I expect PHM to see him off in the next round, though.


Oops! redface.gif Got that a bit wrong:  Gicquel in two (4 & 3), so he'll be next up for Andy, if he survives the encounter with Seppi!  Good job I don't indulge in "pick 'ems"! ashamed

*  Interestingly, in the other quarter, Ancic has done for Gilles Simon (4) by 6-4 3-6 6-3, which means Andy's the only seed left in the bottom half!  They're dropping like flies down there!  He'd better beware...



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Great start - Holds to love and then breaks! 2-0

-- Edited by seagull at 14:42, 2009-02-12

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Only to give the break back with a double fault!!

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