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RE: Weeks 3/4 - Australian Open - R5: Andy vs Rafael Nadal (ESP)


Boggo and Murray at the same time - hard decision!

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Nadal saves 4bp to hold for 6-5*.

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Gutted that Murray didn't break then!

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Murray has 5 set points!

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Andy takes the 2nd set 7-6(2).

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Andy leads 1-0* 15-15 and Nadal has called a trainer for his right knee - the same one he injured last year.

Can't see Nadal winning three sets in a row if he's not fully fit.

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And murray breaks, will Nadal continue now?

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Mikeduke wrote:

And murray breaks, will Nadal continue now?




I remember these two played in the Rotterdam final last year and Nadal continued to the end when he could hardly move.

I would like to think Nadal is the kind of guy who would give Andy his moment of victory.

He doesn't look to badly injured anyway, 30-30 on Andy's serve.



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rafa bags it!

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disappointing end to the match, but really from rafa's perspective its the start of the season and ot point killing him self.

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All over

Murray wins by retirement!

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Darn, was enjoying that. Well done Andy - he was definitely on top. His stats so far this slam are excellent.

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Andy wins 6-3 7-6(2) 3-0 ret

Good win for Murray, Nadal said he didn't feel the injury until the second set, so you can't say it was totally down to the injury, and the visible signs of the injury were only clear going into the third.

Murray played so well because he was going for his shots but also mixing it up. 8 and a half out of 10 for that performance.

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Liking Andy's interviews this tournament - more smiles, relaxed, joking - must be good for his image.

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He might have looked a bit depressed at the end, deprived of his moment of victory, but I thought Andy played exceptionally well today - mixing up aggression and defence, just the way I've always wanted him to play, because it maximises all the things that are good about his game. biggrin

I was also hugely impressed by the way that, like Rafa usually does, Andy played every point 'on its own,' hence the recoveries from 0-40 down, etc. smile

The fact that Andy still hasn't lost a set, Cilic has played three 5-setters and the bottom half semi-final winner gets an extra day off before the Final could potentially all work in Andy's favour now - the slight worry is that he hasn't had a bad match yet and even in this form, it seems unlikely he won't have one, the question is can he get through it if it comes?

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