Weeks 35-36: US Open (men's main draw) - hard

Armchair · County player

RE: Weeks 35-36: US Open (men's main draw) - hard

RJA · Hall of fame

4-1* in the second and Andy is playing much, much better

RJA · Hall of fame

Andy cruising now

7-6(2), 6-2

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Very straight-forward.

RJA · Hall of fame

Pretty comfortable in the end

7-6(2), 6-2, 6-2

Armchair · County player

Bless you Andy, last night following Dan left me a bit challenged after only a few hours sleep.
A nice quick win is what's needed !

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

He seemed to be struggling a bit with the heat and humidity, but even so won quite comfortably after the first set.

indiana · Tennis legend

Denis Istomin next for Andy. He beat Seppi in 5 sets.

Winner plays Berdych or Wawrinka in the QF.

Maybe New York could arrange another gale force wind if Andy meats Tomas again.

indiana · Tennis legend

Andy's US Open thread is on page 5.

Dan's ( nicely renamed from "not AM" ) has 32 !

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

indiana wrote:
Andy's US Open thread is on page 5.

Dan's ( nicely renamed from "not AM" ) has 32 !

That sums up this board in a nutshell really, for all we're called the "Andrew Murray message board" it's always been about the players you can't follow easily elsewhere, and that's what's so good about it I think.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Well, when it started it was almost entirely about Andy, and that was because in those days it was just about impossible to follow him anywhere else!

Spectator · All-time great

Well, so much for Mr Haas. But Mr Wawrinka has potential .... (then again, I'm not so sure that meeting Mr Wawrinka is that much better than meeting Mr Berdych) ...

Interesting question for the schedulers tomorrow. Murray/Istomin scarcely compelling for the media. Djokovic/Granollers slightly better. But most interesting matches almost certainly Wawrinka/Berdych and Youzhny/Hewitt. So what do they do? Boot the world no 1 off Ashe? Boot the defending champion off Ashe onto a court he doesn't like (cf comments in press conference after L Mayer) again? Don't envy them this one.

korriban · Challenger level

The scorelines in Berdych's matches suggest he's playing as well as or perhaps the best he's ever played, literally pulverising the opposition. I know on his day Wawrinka is a tricky opponent for Andy, but Andy can be and often IS completely overpowered by a confident Berdych. I'd take Wawrinka every time. In fact I feel more confident when Andy plays Nole than when he plays Berdych.

Good luck Stan!

philwrig · Hall of fame

Humidity will hopefully come down after the thunderstorms pass through today.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Totally agree why don't Djokers/Rafa/Roger take a turn on Louis Armstrong??

Hope we'll be calling Center court Andy Murray court one day

Edit- I missed it, they have put Fed on Armstrong. Maybe that's why he's down 0-2. Go Robbo!

-- Edited by Helen40 on Monday 2nd of September 2013 11:22:25 PM