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indiana


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L16: (1) Andy Murray WR 1 beat Gerald Melzer (AUT) WR 68 (=CH) 7-6(6) 7-5

Just broken once in the second set and second serve stats improved to 6/11. In fact overall most stats, such as total points won, BP opportunities, points conducted on each other's serve, were pretty strongly in favour of Andy, but still need to get the games and sets on the board. And he did just about enough there.

QF: (1) Andy Murray WR 1 vs Nicolas Almagro (ESP) WR 45 (CH 9 in May 2011)

H2H : 4-1 to Andy, last match an Andy 3 set win at the 2014 Madrid Masters on clay.

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I remember Andy getting smashed through by Almagro at the French open. That was a tough one to watch, but it was also nearly 10 years ago


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thegingerlightbulb wrote:

I remember Andy getting smashed through by Almagro at the French open. That was a tough one to watch, but it was also nearly 10 years ago

& on clay... wink



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It just shows the depth of the game in Spain that have players like Almagro playing at such a high level for so long that most sports journalists let alone Wimbledon regulars would not know existed. Andy would now give him a good game on clay but would be a very dangerous QF draw on the dirt.

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Novak and Andy both 4 months off their 30th birthday everyone else left is well over 30 going up to Stepanek at 38. I wonder if this is the oldest average age of any ATP quarter final tournament. It surely has to be?

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Oakland2002 wrote:

It just shows the depth of the game in Spain that have players like Almagro playing at such a high level for so long that most sports journalists let alone Wimbledon regulars would not know existed. Andy would now give him a good game on clay but would be a very dangerous QF draw on the dirt.

 Sorry?



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I think Oakland's referring to the fact that historically Spain's roster of talent is so deep that they can have someone playing at the top level for about a decade - and yet if you asked people to name Spanish players, they might well not know he even existed (I'd hope sports journalists would. A little less sanguine re: the great Wimbledon public) Someone from this country with a record like Almagro's (13 singles titles, career high in top 10 etc) would be highly regarded, and rightly so.

The worrying thing for Spain might be that while they still have 9 players in the top 50, the only one of those under 29 is our friend Pablo Carreno Busta. France is in a similar position: six in the top 50, but only two (Pouille and Paire) under 30.

True, more than half (27) of the top 50 players are 30+. But there are also very few Spanish players in the 50-100 category (one, GGL) and very few in the 100 - 150, as well. Of the 57 U25 players in the top 200 ratings, those countries that have multiple players include Australia (5), Germany (2), the US (12), Russia (3), Argentina (4), Japan (2), Korea (2), Serbia (2), France (4), Czechs (2), Belgians (3), Italians (3) etc ... but there's only one Spaniard.

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SF:  Jérémy Chardy & Fabrice Martin (FRA/FRA) CR 142 (105+37) defeated (1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 7 (4+3) by 7-6(3) 7-6(6)  bleh



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Not the end of the world. They've got a few matches under their belts before Aus which is the main thing.



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Could be worse. Herbert and Mahut were knocked out by Thanasi Kokkinakis (who hasn't played competitively in yonks) and Jordan Thompson. Ah, the start of the year. More to the point, Andy Murray has overcome an early break and is now on serve 5-4 in the 1st set with Almagro to serve.



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Andy comes through 7-6 7-5

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Since Andy opened with a 6-0 that's three 7-6s and two 7-5s so not exactly blasting through, but getting court time anyway and getting the job done from 5-5 in each set.

27 wins in a row ...

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QF:  (1) Andy Murray WR 1 defeated Nicolás Almagro (ESP) WR 45 by 7-6(4) 7-5

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SF:  (1) Andy Murray WR 1 vs (3) Tomas Berdych (CZE) WR 10 (CH = 4 in May 2015)

The head-to-head is 10-6 in Andy's favour, with Andy having won the last six, most recently in the QF of the Paris Masters by 7-6(9) 7-5 last November.



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Stircrazy wrote:

SF:  Jérémy Chardy & Fabrice Martin (FRA/FRA) CR 142 (105+37) defeated (1) Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares (BRA) CR 7 (4+3) by 7-6(3) 7-6(6)  bleh

Chardy & Martin have just taken the title by beating the third seeds, Pospisil (Vasek) & Ugly Mug, by 6-4 7-6(3)...



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Novak in trouble against Verdasco....

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