Week 43 - ATP 500 - Vienna, Austria (indoor hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 43 - ATP 500 - Vienna, Austria (indoor hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Jings, who'ed have thunk, after that little fun it actually ended up going to a TB. Jo won it 8-6

TMH · Futures qualifying

Saved an MP down *5-6 in the 'breaker. Was a mini-break down early on but recovered it with a brilliant lob.

Think I'd prefer Tsonga in truth.

airsmashers · County player

Andy has just beaten Melzer in a champions tie break set 10-6

-- Edited by airsmashers on Saturday 29th of October 2016 03:18:25 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Andy Murray WR 2 "defeated" (5) David Ferrer (ESP) WR 19 by a walkover

*****

Final: (1) Andy Murray WR 2 vs (6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) WR 15 (CH = 5 in February 2012)

The head-to-head is 13-3 in Andy's favour, with Andy winning the last four, including a bruising quarter-final victory (7-6(10) 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1) on his way to reclaiming the Wimbledon title & JWT not having beaten him since the quarter-final of the Canadian Masters in 2014.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Spectator wrote:
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.

Marach & Martin have just lost out to the fourth seeds, Kubot & Melo (who beat the Bryans (2) in their semi), 11-13 in the CTB. Martin will be in Paris this week, playing alongside Gilles Simon, while Melo is the sixth seed in partnership with Vasek Pospisil.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Murray takes the first set 6-3 courtesy of an early break and has just broken Tsonga immediately in set two.

Tsonga fairly erratic, Murray just solid without really having to be spectacular asides from that backhand down the line to break just now.

TMH · Futures qualifying

Murray squanders three break points at 3-1 and then pays the price two games later. Now serving to stay in the set at *4-5.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Andy's the . smile

Final: (1) Andy Murray WR 2 defeated (6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) WR 15 by 6-3 7-6(6)

TMH · Futures qualifying

Tsonga was playing some brilliant stuff in the second half of that set, Murray did well to weather it and a stunning get at 6-6 to earn a second Championship point.

His serve went completely awol in that second set, at sub 20% for much of it.

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

My excitement over Andy possibly closing in on the Nº1 ranking has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I put him at Nº1 in my 2016 predictions - honest it isn't. wink

Yet another title in the bag. This is becoming wonderfully monotonous.

Jan · Hall of fame

again!!

indiana · Tennis legend

Yay, 3 titles in a row, well done that man

And the race ( which is after next week going to merge with the rankings ) gap is down to 415 points.

With 1,000 points to next week's winner ( though the gap between winner and runner up being potentially slightly annoyingly 'just' 400 points outside help vs Novak is required ) we will have for the first time a week when our Andy could go WR 1 !!!