Week 35 - US Open

Julia Carrot · All-time great

RE: Week 35 - US Open

EddietheEagle · County player

Genuine mental grit shown by Murray in stepping up with huge forehand power to hit Tsonga off when he had to forge his way back into contention. Brilliant end to set, 7-5 Murray.

Don't see any drop off in Tsonga's power.

steven · Tennis legend

Andy almost certainly keeps himself in the top 10 with his first win against a top 10 player since last year's Wimbledon Final and makes it 22 wins in a row against Frenchmen in slams

L16: (8) Andy Murray WR 9 beat (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) WR 10 (CH 5 in 2012) by 7-5 7-5 6-4

QF: (8) Andy Murray WR 9 v (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) WR 1

They have only met once before at the US Open, in the final in 2012 ... and we all know what happened then

EddietheEagle · County player

Tough, tough match. Huge, sustained resilience. A great win after his long top-10 drought.

RJA · Hall of fame

Best performance we have seen from Andy in ages. Probably only the QF at Rome has been better this year. Not sure he has enough to beat Nole but he has probably achieved what could have reasonably been expected here and anything else will be a bonus.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

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.

1 - tick

2 - tick

3 - tick

4 - hopefully, another tick biggrin biggrin biggrin

indiana · Tennis legend

Very good !

Now, it's about time he was beating a top 9 player again :)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

He needs to beat a top 1 player next. . .

indiana · Tennis legend

That'll do :)

Oakland2002 · All-time great

Great game, thoroughly enjoyed Andy's tennis and the battle.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Very impressive - thought Andy played some excellent, more aggressive tennis just at the right moments.

AliBlahBlah · All-time great

Muzz vs. Nole is the late night match tomorrow on Ashe; unfortunately for many fans back here, or even worse for Nole's fans in Serbia.
Get the coffee in.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

AliBlahBlah wrote:
Muzz vs. Nole is the late night match tomorrow on Ashe; unfortunately for many fans back here, or even worse for Nole's fans in Serbia.
Get the coffee in.

Can't say I'm surprised although I was holding onto some hope - there's just no way I can justify staying up for this one so Andy will simply have to win so I can watch him again at the weekend when work won't get in the way

Julia Carrot · All-time great

The timing is a pain for us but probably good for Andy. Cooler anyway.

philwrig · Hall of fame

If Nole plays his best, I would take a 4 set loss for Andy, anything more would be something quite sensational.