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RE: Week 16 - Monte Carlo Masters 1000 - Red Clay


Good win today. Saw a bit of it on Spanish TV.

I am hoping he has a good run of form in the next few weeks. I have tickets for semis and final in Barcelona next week and also 3 days in Madrid the following week. Signs are good that he is on form. Let's hope I haven't just given him the commentators curse !!



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a real pleasure to watch that match!

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R3:  (3) Andy Murray WR 4 vs Julien Benneteau (FRA) WR 31

The head-to-head is 2-0 in Andy's favour, but it's three years since they last met & neither was a straight-sets win:  Wimbledon in 4 in 2006 & Cinci in three in 2009!



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Stircrazy wrote:

R3:  (3) Andy Murray WR 4 vs Julien Benneteau (FRA) WR 31

The head-to-head is 2-0 in Andy's favour, but it's three years since they last met & neither was a straight-sets win:  Wimbledon in 4 in 2006 & Cinci in three in 2009!


Blimey!  Must be a bit of a "slug-fest" going on on the devil dirt:  they've been going for an hour &  minutes & they're only in the eleventh game, with the score in the first set standing at *5-5 30-0 to Andy!  Unfortunately, however, there's been an injury break.  hmm



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Benneteau was getting inside Andy's head with some quality drop shots and Andy showed some great defence but was a bit too passive at times and made a few uncharacteristic errors.

Benny went over on his ankle in the same place Monaco did a couple of days ago, replay was pretty nasty. Tried to play on but clear he couldn't continue.

Andy wins 6-5 ret.

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Benneteau eventually retired trailing 6-5 on serve.

Nishkori and Berdych are 1 set all.

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Very nasty-looking injury for Benny, just watching the replay made me feel sick. The match was good to watch before it happened, Andy certainly not at his best (that first-serve % again!) and seemed pretty grumpy at the start. I think he still doesn't care for early starts, but probably had to agree to it because of playing doubles later. The Frenchman was playing very well, but I think Andy would have worn him down eventually.

Very nice gesture from Andy when Benneteau was receiving treatment just after the fall, running over with a couple of ice-bags.



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I find it really weird Andy playing the first matches of the round. It always seems like he is playing last, or at least on the last day possible.

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Berdych beats Nishikori 6-4 in the 3rd.

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Andy on the skids & Berd-brain about to make the semis?  7-6(4) 2-6 *1-3 cry



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* 3 - 5   cry.

Last chance saloon.  Stats suggest Berdych well deserves to win. 



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That's it!  Curtains!  Andy loses by 7-6(4) 2-6 3-6.  Never looked like threatening Berd-brain's service in the deciding set & was always chasing the match:  he was lucky to take the first set into a tie-break! disbelief



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Only saw the last few games - one nice backhand down the line at 15-30 in the final game - it was said in commentary that he hadnt used it enough. 

It used to be such a feature of his game - I get the feeling we havent seen it as much lately.



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Berdy definitely the better player today.

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Berdy just looked a winner, surprised he lost the first set really.

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