Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte Carlo (Clay)

murrayman650 · ATP level

RE: Week 16 - ATP Masters 1000 - Monte Carlo (Clay)

RJA · Hall of fame

RJA wrote:
After a lively start Andy's forehand has deserted him.

Correction. Every aspect of his game has deserted him.

murrayman650 · ATP level

2nd set

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murrayman650 · ATP level

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RJA · Hall of fame

Saves a break point and holds for 2-2*

Hopefully a turning point

murrayman650 · ATP level

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adv Murray

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murrayman650 · ATP level

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murrayman650 · ATP level

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GSM Wawrinika 6-1 6-2

Well that was Awful

RJA · Hall of fame

Staggeringly poor performance from Andy. Backhand was okay but everything else was rubbish. Hardly got any cheap points on serve and his forehand produced numerous unforced errors and was frequently too short in rallies giving Stan the initiative. 6-1, 6-2 was reflective of the match.

philwrig · Hall of fame

Well there you go I did think it would be very tough today. Clay is clearly Stan's best surface, whilst clay is clearly not Andy's, coupled with the fact that they always have tough matches on other surfaces and also the H2H record on clay this for me was always going to be very tough.

Saying that Andy didn't turn up today and made it far too easy, I doubt the result would have been any different even if he had but still not very good.

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

Very disappointing. Definitely needs to play at barcelona and get matches under his belt.

korriban · Challenger level

Andy summed it up quite well in his Press Conference. The 5 imperatives for ball striking on clay - are to serve well, then hit groundstrokes with power, with spin, deep and over the net. He did the opposite on all 5!!

There's a point when you play so extraordinarily badly, but you know you're a good player, that it's probably very easy to just forget about it, have a laugh, and move on. I hope today was one of those days.

If I'm Nadal looking at the opposition, not sure I'd be too scared!!!!!!!

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Disappointing, but not surprising.

Wait for the Barcelona WC.

indiana · Tennis legend

I had been doing pretty well at predicting Andy's season until today. Got that one slightly wrong !

Yes, me thinks a visit to Barcelona might be on the cards.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

I missed this match owing to a domestic emergency. Maybe it's just as well! I was going to watch it on "catch-up", but it would be better not to bother, by the sound of it.