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L16: (8) Andy Murray WR 9 v (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) WR 10 (CH 5 in 2012)

H2H 10-3 (9-3 in seniors, 9-2 on main tour) but Tsonga won the last meeting in Canada earlier this month.

Andy is 21-0 against French players in slams since Tsonga beat him at the 2008 Aus Open.


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Muzz given the prime Labor Day afternoon slot on Ashe, 3rd after 16:00 UK.

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Two women's matches before. Any guesses what time Andy might start? Maybe 7 or 8 pm here?

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Women are unpredictable beings :)

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Of the last 16 in this year's men's US OPen, the average age is spot on 27

There are three over 30 (Fed, Kolhschreiber and Robredo) and no teenagers (although one under 21, Thiem).

there are 3 Frenchmen, 2 Swiss and 2 Spaniards.

More clearly, there are only 2 non-Europeans.

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A win for Andy is important tonight.

1 To stop Tsonga overtaking him in the rankings, and increase his chances of getting to the WTF

2 To break the duck of not beating a top 10 player this year

3 To carry on his streak of reaching at least Slam quarter-finals, increasing it to 15

4 and last but not least, for his own self-confidence.

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What about a win being important to keep him on track for the US Open title? Does no one fancy his chances? Personally, I think he's there or thereabouts.

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I don't like looking too far ahead! One match at a time.

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I think that this is the least likely major win for Murray in the past few years.

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Oh, I think I'd still put it ahead of this year's French Open ( even though he did really well to reach the SF ) or virtually any French Open.

I'd make the Tsonga match about 50/50, pretty much related to Madeline's points.

Andy hasn't beaten a top 10 player since he won Wimbledon ( and Tsonga is in decent form ), but for some time he has comparatively performed better in Slams than other tournaments and appeared generally more focussed.

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Madeline wrote:

A win for Andy is important tonight.

1 To stop Tsonga overtaking him in the rankings, and increase his chances of getting to the WTF

2 To break the duck of not beating a top 10 player this year

3 To carry on his streak of reaching at least Slam quarter-finals, increasing it to 15

4 and last but not least, for his own self-confidence.

All in all I think this is a huge match for Andy. If he loses he will be at least 355 points off 8th place in the race, and probably closer to 500. That is a lot of points to make up in the last couple of months unless he wins Shanghai or Paris.



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Serena finally makes it to a Slam QF in 2014...

...and so it will shortly be Andy time.

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7-5 Murray, great first set. Tsonga looks to me like he's lost weight.

Murray playing better when he moves Tsonga around with variety rather than constantly directing play into Tsonga's backhand
allowing Tsonga to stay put while moving Murray around. Interesting match tactically.

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Anyone else watching this and thinking maybe Andy heard about Tsonga saying his weight of shot had reduced this year?

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Woohoo, rapt Murray won the second set

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