I've always had GGL down as a better player on a hard court than a clay court and over the last couple of years, he has had more consistant results on hard courts than clay courts (and even this year, his best run on clay was at Houston which is almost a hard court anyway), other than of course his title in Kitzbuhl which was on the clay.

I guess the fact he is a not so well known Spaniard tends people to think that he's an out and out clay courter, which is definately not the case, and bizarrely enough, his best surface in terms of percentage of wins to matches played is on grass! (reached R32 of Wimbledon last year and has reached QF in Nottingham so can play on the surface)

That said, I can't see Murray having much, if any trouble with him. Maybe GGL could sneak a tiebreak if he puts down a load of massive serves for a set, but that's probably beyond him.

Murray to ease into the last eight here with a straight sets win.

(And looking further ahead, if he does get past GGL and then Lopez/Fish, his semi-final opponent would be either Steve Darcis (who Monfils gave a walkover to, who has won 1 ATP match all year before this event), or Juan Carlos Ferrero or Xavier Malisse, who must be loving the fact that the draw has opened up and they can roll back the years and have a good run at a big-ish event)

-- Edited by ForeverDelayed on Thursday 11th of June 2009 12:41:23 AM

Andy's on the scoreboard, so about to start.

Muzzabear breaks!

*5-4

Fantastic forehand to clinch the set. Also liked the 2nd serve aimed at the body at 30-30

Backhand on fire as Andy breaks. One superb backhand pass down the line, a backhand return winner and a fierce backhand crosscourt to gain the break.

Nee bother hinney.