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andyjmr


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H-H is 3:1 to Andy, with JMDP winning their most recent encounter on clay in Madrid this year.

Andy has saved a lot of break points in this tournament so far, and he's needed to because his 1st serve %age has not been great, as exemplified in his match against Tsonga where it was in the low 40's. Unless he can find his 1st serve, or adopts a more aggressive strategy, I think he'll struggle against an opponent who fashioned 7 break points against the Roddick serve... how many chances will he have against the Murray serve?!

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6.30 pm UK time. Darn it I'll have to rearrange or cut short my weekly phone call to our daughter.

This lad worries me, he has become a real threat to any player. I hope Andy can find his serve to get a few cheap points. Apart from that, I wonder if we will see a lot of slices, getting low being one of the big fella's weaker points.

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There's just something about Del Potro that makes his game very dull to watch, but it is very effective all the same and he's becoming a threat on hard and clay courts.

Will be interesting to see whether he's improved enough to beat Murray on a hard court though and he must be getting tired having played a lot of tennis in the last couple of weeks.

As long as Murray serves well, I'd fancy him to win the match as I think he's still a better player than Del Potro, but if he does serve at around 40%, then you'd expect Del Potro to be able to return the serve a lot better than Tsonga did yesterday.

Murray to get the win in three sets I think.

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Is the final 3 or 5 sets

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 Its really not as bad as they say :)
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1st set goes to Potro. Andy had a golden opportunity to break midway through that set, but in truth they both made quite a few unforced errors.

Potro is serving well now, but how much gas has he got left in the tank?

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Best of 3 set final.

Murray will need to go to 3 sets now having lost the first set 7-6(4).

Neither man is playing that well, but the level got better as the set went on. Just the one minibreak in the tiebreak and it came at 4-4 when Del Potro attacked a weak Murray second serve.

Del Potro looks tired and he had to win that set really to have a chance. Murray can win this but he's got to raise his game a bit if he is to do so.

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Murray breaks in the opening game of set two.

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Back on serve - Andy rattled there for a minute.

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Another chance for Andy in game 3 ...   he couldn't take it.  Kevin the Teenager making a brief appearance there - Andy needs to stay patient and focussed.

-- Edited by andyjmr on Sunday 16th of August 2009 07:46:28 PM

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Just not happening for Murray today with Del Potro serving well under pressure.

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Potty having an injury time out at 6-5 to himself in the 2nd set. Gamesmanship?

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andy 5-6 delp
DelP calls on the trainer for shoulder treatment on Andys serve!
Andy has a word or two with the Umpire,

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TB time again...

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AM AN MB UP IN TB :)

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Please post tb pts !

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