Hopman Cup

RBBOT · Futures qualifying

Hopman Cup

Peter too · Tennis legend

Laura lost 5-7 3-6
Andy Won 7-5 6-1
Andy/Laura lost 7-6(1) 6-7(6) 6-7(2)

philwrig · Hall of fame

Impressive from Laura in defeat, Andy well I just hope he hasn't overtrained and the reason for the fatigue was just the heat and humidity.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I suppose it WAS his second match of the day, in that heat and humidity. With not very much rest inbetween.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Apparently he overtrained yesterday in the 40c heat outside so hadn't much left in the tank for today. Sadly though I think it is further evidence that if we have similar conditions in Melbourne Andy will find it difficult in any long matches. Last year temperatures in Melbourne were relatively cool.

indiana · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:

Apparently he overtrained yesterday in the 40c heat outside so hadn't much left in the tank for today. Sadly though I think it is further evidence that if we have similar conditions in Melbourne Andy will find it difficult in any long matches. Last year temperatures in Melbourne were relatively cool.

Ah. I wasn't really worried if Andy had generally "overtrained" coming into the Hopman Cup since that is clearly much less important than The Aus Open, which is the real early season goal. If he then had the Hopman Cup matches and sensible tapered preparation the following week, no real problem.

I guess the concern is how much the amount of training was an issue here as against the heat itself.

gjr · Club Coach

Just watched a live interview with Andy and he's pretty relaxed.

He's trying to organize a five-a-side footy match with the players. Said Nole is playing and has commitment from the French and Italians. So I assume it's mixed but Ana's not playing.

:)

LordBrownof · Futures level

Any live streaming services for Robbo?

Julia Carrot · All-time great

http://www.livescorehunter.com/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=34735&tv_id=342&tid=4085&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=207

steven · Tennis legend

The rules about tiebreaks if teams win the same number of ties are on p4 of http://hopmancup.com/Media/Media-Guide

Currently (T = ties, M = matches, S = sets - they seem to work out the sets % as wins/losses rather than the more normal wins/total sets):

USA: T 2-0, M 5-1, S 11-5 (220.0%)
ITA: T 1-1, M 3-3, S 7-8 (87.5%)
GBR: T 0-1, M 1-2, S 3-4 (75.0%)
FRA: T 0-1, M 0-3, S 2-6 (33.3%)

What this means is that GB can only dislodge the US from the top tonight if they win all three matches against France in straight sets and I think winning tonight's tie by any margin tonight would keep them in the hunt, and almost any win would keep their fate in their own hands, except possibly two 2-1s and a 0-2, which I think might allow Italy to shut the door if they then beat France convincingly enough.

-- Edited by steven on Wednesday 5th of January 2011 09:18:29 AM

steven · Tennis legend

Junior H2H is 1-1, both in 2008. Mladenovic won 2 & 3 on clay in France (Istres) then Laura won 4&3 on grass at Roehampton.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Laura

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Yessss

And Laura manages to serve out the 2nd set - 1 set apiece smile

0-4 HELP
*0-5

and bagelled in the 3rd, what a shame cry

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gjr · Club Coach

Anyone just seen the point where the French guy jumped over the net almost into Andy?

What was he thinking?

Andy took it well but I think he's going to give him a good hiding tennis wise now.

gjr · Club Coach

Well he's not giving him a hiding he's playing very badly indeed.

Still winning (just) but Andy's playing poor.