Week 18 - ATP Madrid Masters - Clay

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Week 18 - ATP Madrid Masters - Clay

wolf · Tennis legend

Simon is not the same player when his opponent takes the pace off the ball, I watched the first set and a half and Andy was just taking the pace off everything, junkballing at times and just making Simon come forward and dictate which he is just not comfortable doing.

seagull · Hall of fame

I wonder if Murray has been moved to main court as I think Del Potro has pulled out and won't play Nadal?

steven · Tennis legend

He has, due on at 6 pm BST

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Oh oh! First set down the pan after 54 minutes by 4-6... cry

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

He's in B-I-G trouble: *2-5 in the second... hmm

helki · Futures qualifying

4-6 2-6! disbelief

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Well he didn't exactly give Bellucci 'a run for his money' did he? I knew when he said that he was tempting fate.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh dear! I have just got in and seen this result. What went wrong this time?

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Madeline wrote:
Oh dear! I have just got in and seen this result. What went wrong this time?

Report on the Beeb site on a "ragged Murray" - & just as I was considering posting what I thought yesterday morning was an illuminating comment by OEM in his report on the Simon match in respect of any impending coaching appointment...

Andy Murray could appoint the greatest coach in the world - whoever that is - and would he suggest, on break point at 3-4 in the critical first set in a Masters on clay, to attempt a back-hand drop shot and follow it up with a vicious cross-court drive volley? It is why so many people want to work with the British No 1, yet he is as near to uncoachable as they come.

* Neil: if ever you happen to read this, that was a very continental/equally unEnglish (i.e. ungrammatical) sentence construction with the "suggest... to attempt"!

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Madeline wrote:
Oh dear! I have just got in and seen this result. What went wrong this time?
[...] an illuminating comment by OEM in his report on the Simon match in respect of any impending coaching appointment...
Andy Murray could appoint the greatest coach in the world - whoever that is - and would he suggest, on break point at 3-4 in the critical first set in a Masters on clay, to attempt a back-hand drop shot and follow it up with a vicious cross-court drive volley? It is why so many people want to work with the British No 1, yet he is as near to uncoachable as they come.

According to the Beeb, Andy is unlikely to appoint a new coach before Wimbledon. Mind you, that was the implication of OEM's article yesterday.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I see in the post-match interviews Andy was mentioning a bit of tentativeness with the elbow injury. I suppose that is understandable. I didn't see any of yesterday's match, but one thing I did notice in the match against Simon was that Team Murray were all looking a bit anxious. As Andy won I thought I had imagined it, but it would make sense if they knew the elbow still wasn't quite right.

steven · Tennis legend

Bellucci has just taken out Berdbrain, so seems to be in very good form this week.

indiana · Tennis legend

And the final between Nadal ( 38 successive clay wins ) and Djokovic ( 33 successive wins anywhere ) is over :

Nole wins 7 - 5 6 - 4

He moves to 32 - 0 for the year and 34 successive wins incl. last year's Davis Cup Final.

As Mardy Fish has tweeted :

If @djokernole wins a couple matches he could really get on a roll...

although in some ways I liked deepfriedlard's one better :

A titanic battle between two of tennis's greatest champions. Yes, i too am thrilled for Wayne Odesnik vs Donald Young.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 8th of May 2011 07:34:55 PM

Ratty · County player

It's a strange sport in some ways.

Djokovic made Nadal look terribly one-dimensional. He really kicked his butt. And yet he won 73 points to Nadal's 60. Like winning 7-6 in a football match.