Madrid Masters 1000 - QF - Andy vs Juan Martin Del Potro

Miriambee · Futures level

RE: Madrid Masters 1000 - QF - Andy vs Juan Martin Del Potro

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

Uh-oh - Andy broken to love. Andy needs to play better if he wants to win this.

wolf · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

wolf wrote:

Stircrazy wrote:

Anyone aware of a (free) live stream? Doesn't seem to be available on Channelsurfing...

You can register for free on http://www.betfair.com/ or http://www.bet365.com/home/default.asp? you will get all the Masters Series events on there as well as some regular tour events.

Thanks, wolf, but I was hoping for a site like Channelsurfing. I don't expect you to understand my reservations, but I'm just not prepared to register/disclose any kind of personal details on a betting site, not even for the chance to watch Andy play for free.

For what it's worth my name on there is Billy Bowden (if you watch cricket you'll know who he is) and I live in London so if you are willing to lie you don't have to actually give out any details.

The main ones to try and channelsurfing.net, atdhe.net and justintv. I tried atdhe.net and it didn't work for me so looks like justintv is the best bet, although I find the streams on there to be poor quality.

wolf · Tennis legend

Del Potro won the first set 7-6(4).

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

Andy's racquet took a bit of abuse towards the end of that set.

And now they're watering the court...

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

Seems like Andy threw the set away having played well to get to 5-2 up, but the commentators are saying that Del Potro's level has risen, so that could partially be why he's playing better now (I was watching the play-off semi-final penalty shoot-out instead of the latter part of the set)

Still think Murray can win this, but at the moment he doesn't look like he has a method to beat Del Potro other than just hoping he makes a lot of makes like he did at the start of the match.

-- Edited by ForeverDelayed on Friday 15th of May 2009 10:06:28 PM

steven · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:

wolf wrote:

Stircrazy wrote:

Anyone aware of a (free) live stream? Doesn't seem to be available on Channelsurfing...

You can register for free on http://www.betfair.com/ or http://www.bet365.com/home/default.asp? you will get all the Masters Series events on there as well as some regular tour events.

Thanks, wolf, but I was hoping for a site like Channelsurfing. I don't expect you to understand my reservations, but I'm just not prepared to register/disclose any kind of personal details on a betting site, not even for the chance to watch Andy play for free.

Probably quite sensible - bet365 keep sending me stuff through the post and it's getting quite tough to convince my gf that I'm not a secret gambling addict biggrin

The streams are good though!

mjd · Challenger qualifying

http://www.atdhe.net/7087/watch-atp-masters-madrid

English
No registering
No peer to peer
Good full screen

-- Edited by mjd on Friday 15th of May 2009 10:30:44 PM

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

5-2 down in the 2nd set now and it's not looking too good for Murray at the moment - Del Potro is just playing better than him, and Murray hasn't really looked like he has a plan to turn the match around.

And with Del Potro serving well, it's hard to see him getting broken.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

del Potro serving for match at 40-0 gives away 3 points for 40-40 inc DF
but finishes in style with big serve 7-6 6-3
He seemed much quicker about the court tonight than Andy

andyjmr · Intermediate Club Player

At the end Andy shouts "what have I got to do". Well lad, you've got to stop playing 6 feet behind the baseline the whole time.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I said at the start of the clay season I would be happy with quarter-finals for Andy - but I really didn't want him to lose to Delpo! cry

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

The better player won that match in the end, and it shows that even though Murray is improving on clay, he's still not at the level where he's able to win/challenge for the big events on the clay as there's far too many players who are just better on a clay court than he is.

Del Potro played a solid match, but he didn't play brilliantly, but Murray was a bit disappointing tonight - his tactics just weren't up to scratch and once Del Potro began to find his range, Murray didn't seem to have a method to beat him.

Still, another QF is a good effort on the clay for him, and if he can repeat that at the French Open, it will be a good result for him.

steven · Tennis legend

andyjmr wrote:
At the end Andy shouts "what have I got to do". Well lad, you've got to stop playing 6 feet behind the baseline the whole time.

Well said

daisy · County player

Humph!!!

Not a good loss if you know what I mean.
He knows he could have played better and he got totally frustrated at losing the first set at 5-3 up.
Props to Del Pot for going in with a game plan to beat Andy - and sticking to it.
The better man won on the day.

Onwards for now - but maybe upwards when he's no longer on clay!!!

-- Edited by daisy on Saturday 16th of May 2009 01:21:05 AM