Weeks 21-22 - Roland Garros men's main draw (Andy)

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: Weeks 21-22 - Roland Garros men's main draw (Andy)

RJA · Hall of fame

Andy is 4th match tomorrow on Philippe Chatrier.

Chances are the rest of his matches up until the SF (if he gets there) will be on Lenglen as from R2 onwards he will be playing on the same days as Nadal and Djokovic (Thur, Sat, Mon, Wed).

indiana · Tennis legend

Though, of course, Djokovic and Nadal take up at most one spot on the QF schedule :)

RJA · Hall of fame

indiana wrote:
Though, of course, Djokovic and Nadal take up at most one spot on the QF schedule :)

Yes but they play half of the QF's on Chatrier and half on Lenglen. Obviously Nadal v Djokovic would be on Chatrier while Murray would be on Lenglen.

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

Is Lenglen the rather tight court? Or is that court one?

indiana · Tennis legend

Ah, I am kind of forgetting that like Wimbledon ( and unlike the US and Aussie Opens ), they don't do night sessions, do they ...

TMH · Futures qualifying

L128: (3) Andy Murray WR 3 defeated Facundo Arguello (ARG) WR 137 by 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

Sousa and Pospisil play tomorrow.

-- Edited by TMH on Monday 25th of May 2015 05:51:07 PM

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Didn't get on here to congratulate Andy as I was too busy watching Kyle! Onward. . .

BeefyDeedz · Pro player

L64: (3) Andy Murray WR 3 v Joao Sousa (POR) WR 44 (CH 35 July 2014)

H2H: Murray 5 - 0 Sousa, all five on hard, twice in 2015 (6-1, 6-1, 7-5 AO; 6-0, 6-2 Dubai).

Sousa beat Pospisil 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-1.

TMH · Futures qualifying

I think Sousa tends to prefer the clay so might be a bit more competitive in this one.

Spectator · All-time great

Finalist last week in Geneva ... suggests he's quite happy on clay.

-- Edited by Spectator on Tuesday 26th of May 2015 03:55:52 PM

savva0122 · Intermediate Club Player

Andy shouldn't be too concerned though.

RJA · Hall of fame

Until last week Sousa had a pretty terrible record on clay so I wouldn't read too much into one deep run in a tournament that had a pretty weak field.

wimdledont · Challenger level

It just got mildly interesting, with Sousa breaking Murray, for JS 3-6, 5*-3 AM...

BradMarx90 · County player

Sousa took the second 6-4 after Murray broke back but couldn't hold.

The third is looking tight - I'm worried about Murray's comments about last year, saying that he couldn't finish games quickly enough in the opening stages of the slam and by the time he faced up to Nadal he was exhausted. On the sort of form he's in I think he go far again but he needs to avoid dropping sets - especially as Nadal, Federer and Nishikori et al are sailing through right now.

...as I write, Murray just broke for *4-3 in the third.