Really don't think Andy should accept anything less than 4R, and only if it is against Jerzy; Raonic is a great player, but I'd be more confident for some reason.
Edit: Never mind that, Jerzy was eliminated I see!
-- Edited by BeefyDeedz on Saturday 8th of March 2014 10:32:03 PM
L32: (5) Andy Murray WR 6 v Jiri Vesely (CZE) WR 77 (= CH)
Between them, these two have featured in all* of the US Open boys' singles finals won by Brits.
* two
He'd better buck up his ideas, then: he broke Vesely in his opening service game & then again in the third, only to be broken twice himself, the second time when he was serving for the first set! He then proceeded to lose the tie-break by 2-7.
Very, very poor. An excellent chance to defend some more points here, and he isn't going to climb back up the rankings without winning matches like this. And it's not even the other guy's excellence, because Andy has been baaaaaad.
To be a little bit fair Vesely looks like a very awkward customer ( great defence/anticipation/deceptively good movement for a big man), that said Andy is still having a shocker.
One of the worst matches I have seen at this level for a long, long time. There is absolutely nothing positive to take from it. Andy only got through because Vesely's frankly hideous choking.
The only worse thing than the tennis was listening to Mark Petchey talk some of the most palpable nonsense in the history of sports broadcasting.
-- Edited by RJA on Monday 10th of March 2014 09:18:37 PM