US Open - R3 - Andy vs. Taylor Dent

Sheddie · administrator

RE: US Open - R3 - Andy vs. Taylor Dent

Sheddie · administrator

2 hrs sleep now.....not looking forward to work in a few hours. Lots of coffee needed !!!!

Mikeduke · County player

GSM Andy wins 6-3 6-2 6-2, not really sure that we could have expected a better result.

Although once again his service % is pretty low.

Well played Andy. Cillic Next!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy

I don't mind his service % being low if it was because he was really going for it and getting cheap points when it was in? I haven't checked the match stats yet to get an idea if that was the case.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Very impressive 9/10.
Cilic is playing better but should be taken in 3/4 sets.
Still worried about Del Potro.
But Nadal is really struggling.

indiana · Tennis legend

Seems to have been a really good solid performancer with which Andy was very happy with.

He was particularly pleased with his returning and limiting Dent to 2 aces and evidently getting 90% back into play just shows what wonderful anticipation he has, particularly against big servers, basically to me best in the world in this department. It's not surprising that Dent got a little bit down about someone doing that to hisd serve.

Overall stats were :

Arthur Ashe Stadium - Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.

Taylor Dent USA

3

2

Match Completed

Andy Murray GBR (2)

6

Match Statistics

Serve Statistics


Elapsed Time by Set:	31	30	29


Match Summary
	Dent^(USA)	Murray^(GBR)


1st Serve %	43 of 70 = 61 %	32 of 68 = 47 %

Aces	2	7

Double Faults	2	1

Unforced Errors	27	13

Winning % on 1st Serve	25 of 43 = 58 %	29 of 32 = 91 %

Winning % on 2nd Serve	11 of 27 = 41 %	22 of 36 = 61 %

Winners (Including Service)	18	39

Receiving Points Won	17 of 68 = 25 %	34 of 70 = 49 %

Break Point Conversions	1 of 2 = 50 %	6 of 11 = 55 %

Net Approaches	35 of 61 = 57 %	6 of 15 = 40 %

Total Points Won	53	85

Fastest Serve Speed	145 MPH	133 MPH

Average 1st Serve Speed	120 MPH	118 MPH

Average 2nd Serve Speed	102 MPH	83 MPH

I'll kind of let him off on serve this time, percentage was very variable over the 3 sets : 45% ( 12 / 27 ), 79% ( 15 / 19 ) and 23% ( 5 / 22 ). Come the third set he was basically in control, maybe even trying a few things on serve and still only dropped 5 points on serve. Seems he was generally going for it. Still like to see a consistent higher level v Cilic.

angry1 · Lower Club Player

indiana wrote:

Seems to have been a really good solid performancer with which Andy was very happy with.

He was particularly pleased with his returning and limiting Dent to 2 aces and evidently getting 90% back into play just shows what wonderful anticipation he has, particularly against big servers, basically to me best in the world in this department. It's not surprising that Dent got a little bit down about someone doing that to hisd serve.

Overall stats were :

Arthur Ashe Stadium - Men's Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Taylor Dent USA 3 2 2
Match Completed
Andy Murray GBR (2) 6 6 6
Match Statistics Serve Statistics
Elapsed Time by Set: 31 30 29

Match Summary
Dent^(USA) Murray^(GBR)
1st Serve %
43 of 70 = 61 %
32 of 68 = 47 %
Aces
2
7
Double Faults
2
1
Unforced Errors
27
13
Winning % on 1st Serve
25 of 43 = 58 %
29 of 32 = 91 %
Winning % on 2nd Serve
11 of 27 = 41 %
22 of 36 = 61 %
Winners (Including Service)
18
39
Receiving Points Won
17 of 68 = 25 %
34 of 70 = 49 %
Break Point Conversions
1 of 2 = 50 %
6 of 11 = 55 %
Net Approaches
35 of 61 = 57 %
6 of 15 = 40 %
Total Points Won
53
85
Fastest Serve Speed
145 MPH
133 MPH
Average 1st Serve Speed
120 MPH
118 MPH
Average 2nd Serve Speed
102 MPH
83 MPH

I'll kind of let him off on serve this time, percentage was very variable over the 3 sets : 45% ( 12 / 27 ), 79% ( 15 / 19 ) and 23% ( 5 / 22 ). Come the third set he was basically in control, maybe even trying a few things on serve and still only dropped 5 points on serve. Seems he was generally going for it. Still like to see a consistent higher level v Cilic.

I love that Andy won a higher % with his 83mph 2nd serve than Dent did with his 120mph 1st.37 mph on average seems a big gap to close.

His return shot on Dent's serve was ridiculously good,Dent made some great volleys and Andy missed quite a few put aways and he still broke regularly.

ForeverDelayed · Grand Slam Champion

As straightforward as it was ever going to be, and Dent was never really going to trouble him, so good to see Andy get through in straight sets and play a decent match.

Del Potro and Nadal aren't looking that good in this tournament as well so his chances are improving (if Kiefer has served well, or Almagro had a brain, Nadal would already be out, so Murray definately should beat him the way he's playing)