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indiana


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steven wrote:

 

Celebratory garlic bread all round when they do that wink

Btw, they say Muzz served 5 aces in one game. What on earth is he doing getting taken to deuce in a game he's served at least 4 aces in?! doh

 

It was rather strange, probably moreso if you just read it.  But I don't recall Andy did a lot really wrong  in that game.  Just ERV had got a bit more confidence in his game ( partly helped by being still in the game and having played quite a few decent rallies ) really went for quite a few shots which came off.  Andy in a spot of bother really went for his serve, it came off, went for another and then for the rest of that game was in a psyche just to show off his serve. When it went in it was tending to be an ace, even had one ace with a swinging second serve !

But it was just essentially a game of really good play by ERV not getting its reward because this Andy guy was hanging on with big serves.  Quite amusing in a way because it was so out of character with the match as a whole, when as I said earlier Andy had been going more for accuracy with his serve in the match and being hugely successful in his serve games with little threat, indeed very few points at all being won by ERV on return.

But no, Andy's game, although as I said he didn't play great in sets 2 & 3, wasn't suddenly unravelling in that game. It was just a kinda weird game.



-- Edited by indiana on Friday 20th of January 2012 04:37:04 PM

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And with regard to the 5-ace game, if my memory isn't letting me down, he was well down on the serve and got out of trouble with the aces.

 

Edit - just checked murrayman's scoring, he was 0-30 down at first then got level, 30-40, several deuces. The aces kept getting him out of the mire.



-- Edited by Madeline on Thursday 19th of January 2012 09:46:07 PM

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The Beeb reported on Andy's frog bashing streak in their article

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johnnylad wrote:

The Beeb reported on Andy's frog bashing streak in their article

They don't follow me on Twitter for nothing, you know wink

(but of course they missed out the "his last ..." which is needed to make the stat make sense)



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It's only a matter of time before they start using GEMs and Muppets!



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SMC1809 wrote:

It's only a matter of time before they start using GEMs and Muppets!

Celebratory garlic bread all round when they do that wink

Btw, they say Muzz served 5 aces in one game. What on earth is he doing getting taken to deuce in a game he's served at least 4 aces in?! doh



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That's what I thought...

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Has anyone watched the vid on that page http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/16606071.stm all the way through? I've tried it twice and it goes bonkers soon after 1:20.



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steven wrote:

Has anyone watched the vid on that page http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/16606071.stm all the way through? I've tried it twice and it goes bonkers soon after 1:20.

 Yes, I watched it earlier and it was fine then, but it goes pear-shaped now as you say. The transcript below is pretty much exactly what was on the video, if I remember rightly, so you haven't missed anything.



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steven wrote:

Has anyone watched the vid on that page http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/16606071.stm all the way through? I've tried it twice and it goes bonkers soon after 1:20.

 yes it did that for me too



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I've got to say, Doglopolov against Tomic is one of the best matches in terms of entertainment I have watched in a long time. Superb stuff

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Wow, the crowd for tomorrow's evening session on Hisense are in for a treat.

After the support act warm-up of Murray (who?) v Llodra, the main event is comedy doubles with Cash & Ivanisevic v Bahrami & Pioline. My sides are already splitting in anticipation...

Awesome stuff!

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Oh the tension is killing me.....

Will Bahrami - in mock disgust - give his racket to a ballgirl and make her play a point?

And will he do his legendary "double swing" on his serve?

Or will he catch the ball in his pocket, and pretend he doesn't know where it's gone?

One thing is certain: the audience - all ten of them - will be in fits...

(yeah, yeah, yeah, here I go again .... just humour the loon, it's not much to ask...)



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It's no good Ratty, we can see through you. We know that you love Bahrami smile



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Send on the clowns. Not much has changed since Shakespeare!


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