Didn't see the match but excellent news   

The draw certainly opened up for him but you can only beat who's in front of you and these were players who came through instead of main guys so have presumably generally been in some form.

However Andy has played, his stats have been really good all week, well other than his traditional first serve % which hasn't got above 54% after his first match.

After only giving up 8 points on serve, that was only 10 against Monaco including clearly at least 4 in the game he was broken ( only second break against him in the week ). Only gave up 2 in the second set !

I woiuld imagine that this must be pretty much the smoothest progress Andy has ever had to a Masters final.

Great by the way to hear about that tremendous defensive point.  That's what he's got in his locker that that can set him apart.  The thing is to have it there when needed, not to generally over-rely on more basic defensive play.

Happycynic wrote:

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Can't help but be irritated by journos who keep citing tournaments won; the playing field for this metric has changed since the introduction of mandatory Master's tournaments for the top 30 -12 of the 18 tournaments a top 30 person enters will have all top 30 players in them. Only in 6 tournaments will the fields be a bit weaker - and here the ranking points are lower, and for players like Andy they are usually used as warm up events for the Master's, not to be taken too seriously (and certainly not to exhaust oneself in, lest the big points go missing the week after).

Thus, top players actually win fewer tournaments now. But the wins when they happen are more significant, as they are beating all the best, not (as in previous times) some of the best.

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Good point. Out of the last 9 tournaments Andy has won 5 of them have been Masters Series events.

Or to put it another way does anyone seriously believe that Jimmy Connors 107 titles means that he has achieved more in the game that Roger Federer and his 63 titles.

-- Edited by RJA on Saturday 16th of October 2010 05:22:57 PM

Madeline wrote:

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So, it's 9.30 in the morning again. I hope it's Toronto Andy and not AO Andy that comes out to play.

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Well its nice weather , about 25 deg,  but I think it was hotter than that in Toronto.  He seems to cope with  physical heat better than alot of players, due to his Miami training.  However, dealing with mental heat seems to be where he needs more training.  maybe he should take up meditation   (actually that is a serious suggestion   )

-- Edited by Julia Carrot on Sunday 17th of October 2010 07:21:04 AM

First set 6-3 to Andy with 2 breaks of serve. . .

Anybody got an emoticon of a wet dishcloth? That's what I feel like!

Now, Andy, no second-set walkabout!

(I'm speechless!)

Fantastic stuff from the Muzzanator today - the first time Fed has taken less than 9 games off him, and he barely got half that number!

Fed must be nostalgic for the days when Andy couldn't beat him in Finals!

Fab from Andy today. What was so pleasing was the way he recovered in every service game in which he was down. Great attitude throughout the match.

Terrific win and very encouraging. Just hope a new coach doesn't confuse him. Has Annacone done this to Fed?