A semi against Berdy could be interesting! Though Berdy has a toughish first round against Janowicz. Not a match I will be watching, I don't much like either of them.
-- Edited by Madeline on Friday 6th of February 2015 10:30:11 PM
Was wondering this the other day - when was the last time Andy played a Brit in a competitve match. My guess would be Tim Henman - seem to recall them playing in an ATP in Bangkok once upon a time?!
Basel 2005 I think, but I haven't checked. I just remember being torn between supporting Tim, who I had followed for years, and this exciting new youngster: as the match went on I found myself rooting more and more for the youngster and have been an Andy fan ever since.
Edit - yes, that was the first time they played, Bankok 2006 the last, with Toronto and Cinci 06 inbetween.
-- Edited by Madeline on Saturday 7th of February 2015 11:19:53 AM
Ah, these later occasions after the Basel match had been erased from my memory, with now just vague recall of their meeting in one of these North American Masters.
Yes, hopefully! If Andy is playing AO-level tennis then he should definitely be improving on last year's result (QF loss to Cilic I believe). Fair play to Mahut for qualifying too; it was one of those awful draws for potential qualifiers. It's also interesting to note that presuming all would stay the same, if Ward had stayed and qualified then we would indeed have had a match between the two.