Week 42 - ATP World Tour 250 - Vienna, Austria - Hard (AM)

steven · Tennis legend

Week 42 - ATP World Tour 250 - Vienna, Austria - Hard (AM)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Fingers firmly crossed.

philwrig · Hall of fame

A potential banana skin for such a weak tournament.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

I've followed Pospisil closely since his Rogers Cup semi-final and he's quickly become one of my favourite players. He has a lovely serve and also some great groundstrokes when they're on form, but if Murray is playing well then he should have enough to beat an on-form Pospisil.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy takes the first set 6-4. As you say, Beefy, Pospisil has a good-looking game, but he needs to learn a bit of patience. If he does he could be a real force.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

I definitely agree, Madeline. I suppose he hasn't been on the ATP Tour full-time for long and so may be experimenting with his game or figuring out how far he can push it.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Second set *3-2 for Andy.

I love the ballkids' fishing-nets.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Well he DID have a break - 3 all.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

But eventually breaks again and will now serve for the match.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Makes it 6-4 6-4.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

philwrig wrote:
A potential banana skin for such a weak tournament.

Banana skin duly avoided smile

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

That was a solid win for Andy. He should definitely be looking at the final now as every other seed in the bottom half has fallen.

TMH · Futures qualifying

An in-form Bellucci or Troicki are still a threat though. Lord knows what's happened to Bellucci over the last 12 months but Troicki is obviously very under-ranked.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Let's get past Struff before we begin to worry about anybody else!

steven · Tennis legend

L16: (2/WC) Andy Murray WR 11 beat Vasek Pospisil (CAN) WR 44 (CH 25 in Jan) by 4 & 4

QF: (2/WC) Andy Murray WR 11 v Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) WR 52 (= CH)

I was amazed to find that Struff was now ranked so high but it turns out that he reached the semis in Metz last month, hence the career high. His last singles match against a Brit was also against a Scot - he beat Jamie Baker in 2012. The only Brit who has beaten him in singles before was Dan Cox, who won 2 & 2 in Cremona in 2011.

-- Edited by steven on Friday 17th of October 2014 11:34:52 AM