2009 French Open (Roland-Garros) - R2: Andy vs Potito Starace

The Hoose · Satellite level

RE: 2009 French Open (Roland-Garros) - R2: Andy vs Potito Starace

The Hoose · Satellite level

Starace holds easily for 1-1, and Murray's immediately in trouble at 0-30 in the next game.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Murray making lots of errors, slips to 15-40, but two forays to the net gets it back to deuce. He's now won 11/14 at the net. But a great drop shot from Starace brings another break point - again Murray makes it to the net to return to deuce. Starace turns up the heat in the next rally, to earn his sixth break point of the set - this time it's a half-volley that digs Murray out of trouble.

No respite, as Starace dominates the next rally, smashing his way to another break point. Murray once again ends up at the net, but Starace defends well, before finding the line with a winner. Murray broken and trails 1-2*.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Murray tries to fight back but Starace holds to 15. Murray trails *1-3.

The Hoose · Satellite level

Muzza's head is down as he slides to 0-30. Will a change of racket help? He's very lucky not to double fault next point, and a bad unforced error on the following point leaves him at 15-40. Starace makes the pass and Murray's thrown this set away. He trails 1-4*.

murrayman650 · ATP level

Murray Broken 2-1 Starce

15-0
15-15
30-15
40-15
3-1

0-15
0-30
15-30
15-40
4-1

The Hoose · Satellite level

Starace's tightened up his own game this set but the scoreline is mainly down to Murray playing badly. Starace holds to 30 and Murray trails *1-5.

I'll leave the comms to Murrayman for a bit...

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-15
30-15
40-30
5-1 Starace

15-0
30-0
40-0
5-2

murrayman650 · ATP level

15-0
30-0 Murray Error
40-0 Passing winner 3 set points
40-15 2 set points
40-30 UE
40-40
Adv Starace

6-2 Starace

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

That second set from Murray was very strange - Starace is probably playing as well as he has this season, but Murray just didn't play that well at all. You could understand if it was a first set and he hadn't woken up yet, but having won that set (which I didn't see), you'd expect him to go on and win the match.

Still don't see him losing this match, but it's not going to be as easy as we had hoped it would be.

murrayman650 · ATP level

Murray Serving
30-30
40-30
1-0

Lopez wins First set 7-6 (10-8) on Tiebreak

15-15
30-15
30-30
40-30
1-1

15-0
15-15
15-30
30-30
30-40
2-1 (murray Broken)

murrayman650 · ATP level

Maybe Murray want 5 sets to practise over

15-0
30-0
40-0
3-1

15-15
15-30
15-40 (This Isin't funny Murray)
30-40
4-1 Starace

Alright Murray you are the Number 3 seed, and I suggest you start playing like one rather than playing like Boggo( No offence to Boggo Fans)

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

4-1 down in the second set now... this is just poor from Murray. He's making far too many errors and his groundstrokes just don't look to have anything on them. Length is too short, no pace in the shot, and the variety that Murray usually plays with is just non-existant.

mjd · Challenger qualifying

broken again 1-4* - I hope that banana works quickly!

Count Zero · Tennis legend

slightly ironic performance so far considering murrays comments reported in the press today, about the other brits not sustaining their lvl of performance.