Weeks 10-11 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells CA, USA (AM) - Hard

steven · Tennis legend

Weeks 10-11 - ATP Masters 1000 - Indian Wells CA, USA (AM) - Hard

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Eek.

indiana · Tennis legend

Lovely.

Not just QF an issue ( although it'll do ! ), but seeded 5-8, you are seeded to meet one of seeds 9-12 rather than 13-16 in the last 16.

Rafa got any twinges ?

Spectator · All-time great

Well, the route until the fourth round looks all right ... (sigh)

Not such a problem here - it's Miami, where this kind of route makes defending points nearly impossible that's worrying me.

-- Edited by Spectator on Wednesday 5th of March 2014 07:18:01 AM

indiana · Tennis legend

Not wamting to be argumentative ( moi ? :) ), but surely we at least look at more of an overview and taking IW and Miami together and Andy's defense of 1180 points that draw is a problem.

Actually, maybe particularly so because a really good tournament here could get him into the top 4 seeds for Miami, thus eliminating the chances of such a draw there.

steven · Tennis legend

I agree with your first point but won't Miami seedings be based on the current rankings (in the sense that seedings for week N are usually based on the rankings at the start of week N - 1 even if updated rankings come out before the draw is made)

indiana · Tennis legend

I know what you mean generally, but I did understand that IW and Miami with their very late starts were different, certainly for the MD seeds.

And they have used this Monday's rankings for IW, eg. Andy being seeded above JMDP and Dimitov up to no 15 seed.

steven · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
I know what you mean generally, but I did understand that IW and Miami with their very late starts were different, certainly for the MD seeds.

And they have used this Monday's rankings for IW, eg. Andy being seeded above JMDP and Dimitov up to no 15 seed.

Ah, ok - I should have studied the pdf of the IW draw more carefully! I do think that's a better way to do it, I'd just (wrongly, no doubt) remembered the opposite being the case in the past.

steven · Tennis legend

Dusan Lajovic has won the 1st set of the match that will decide Andy's opponent in R2.

steven · Tennis legend

Rosol recovered to win in 3:

L64: (5) Andy Murray WR 6 v Lukas Rosol (CZE) WR 47 (CH 33 last May)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Hmm. Let us hope that Rosol doesn't play another blinder, like when he knocked Rafa out Wimbledon. He doesn't seem to have played like that since - here's hoping his next flash of brilliance doesn't happen here.

steven · Tennis legend

The first 20 points all went with serve (3 love holds for Andy, 2 for Rosol) before Any took Rosol to deuce only for the Czech to get the first break in the next game. Andy broke back immediately only for Rosol to rebreak and serve for the set ... 30-30

steven · Tennis legend

Rosol took the 1st set 6-4 and has now broken again at the start of the 2nd ... but Andy breaks back again.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy has always been a bit vulnerable to a ball-basher having a good day. Rosol may be hit-and-miss but unfortunately for Andy he is hitting more than missing.

steven · Tennis legend

Andy wins 4 of the last 5 games in the 2nd set to take Rosol into a decider

4-6 6-3