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Andy lost the first set by 4-6, but appears to have steadied the ship in taking the second by 6-2.  Into a decider...



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Andy digs himself out of the hole:

L16:  (1) Andy Murray WR 2 defeated Gilles Simon (FRA) WR 24 by 4-6 6-2 6-2

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QF:  (1) Andy Murray WR 2 vs John Isner (USA) WR 27 (CH = 9 in April 2012)

"Big Bad John" has never beaten Andy in six encounters since their first in the L16 of the AO in 2010.  They've met once this year, Andy beating him in straight sets in the L16 at Roland-Garros (7-6(9) 6-4 6-3).  I suppose there's a first time for everything...



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Unforced errors count at 58 for Murray and 55 for Simon. Not a match to be remembered...

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Guess Andy can't keep the quality up every day when the Isner match will be his 60th since the beginning of May, won 54, lost 5. The guy's doing so well.

Part of me wouldn't have minded an early exit here before next week's Paris Masters. But now he's in the QF he may as well lump up as many more points as possible here before going on to Paris.

90 points so far here and the race gap to Novak is now 825 points.

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Stircrazy wrote:

QF:  (1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 6 (4+2) defeated (Q) Guillermo Durán & Mariusz Fyrstenberg (ARG/POL) CR 119 (56+63) by 7-6(5) 6-4

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SF:  (1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 6 (4+2) vs Oliver Marach & Fabrice Martin (AUT)/FRA) CR 76 (36+40)

Messrs Marach & Martin despatched the third seeds, los López, by 5 & 3 earlier.

 this win puts Jamie and Bruno top of the doubles race,  chance to build a small lead if they can win in Vienna 



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Unfortunately

SF: Oliver Marach & Fabrice Martin (AUT/FRA) CR 76 (36+40) defeated (1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 6 (4+2) 1-6 6-3 [11-9]  cry



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Unfortunately

SF: Oliver Marach & Fabrice Martin (AUT/FRA) CR 76 (36+40) defeated (1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 6 (4+2) 1-6 6-3 [11-9]  cry

That's a bitter blow!  bleh 



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Yes, Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares could have done with the extra cushion to their top status. But, they were playing a team to whom the win probably meant as much or more: that win brings Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin very close to (and potentially able to reach) 10th place in the race, and means that they have at least some shot of qualifying as alternates (or, I think, though it's highly unlikely, as main draw) for the World Tour Finals.

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Blink and you'll miss it. Andy takes the first set of Isner 6-1

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Oh oh!  Injury break... 



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Oh oh!  Injury break... 

 Isner has a very nasty blister on his right-hand.



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Another one!  Andy leads him by 3-0 in the second set.



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And BBJ still can't get the better of Andy:

QF:  (1) Andy Murray WR 2 defeated John Isner (USA) WR 27 by 1 & 3 in just under an hour & a quarter

I guess the time taken to polish off BBJ makes up for the two hours & 41 minutes he spent on court against Simon.  There was a third injury break at the end of the seventh game of the second set.

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And it's a familiar foe in the semi-final:

SF:  (1) Andy Murray WR 2 vs (5) David Ferrer (ESP) WR 19 (CH = 3 in July 2013)

Ferrer's the defending champion, but Andy beat him in three (5-7 6-2 7-5) to take the title in 2014!

Head-to-head:  14-6 in Andy's favour.  He hasn't beaten Andy since the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters two years ago, while Andy has already beaten him twice this year, in the quarter-finals of the AO (6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2) & more recently in the semi-finals in Beijing (2 & 3). 



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Ferrer has withdrawn so Murray is straight through to the final where he will face Karlovic or Tsonga, who are into a deciding set.

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Cheers David, Andy has been playing a lot of matches and hopefully quite a few more to come. Hope nothing serious though.

Tsonga breaks for *4-2 in the final set.

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