Week 9 - ATP 500 - Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai (hard)

indiana · Tennis legend

Week 9 - ATP 500 - Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai (hard)

Bob in Spain · Tennis legend

Andy wins, 7-5 6-1

Does that 2nd set qualify as a chicken baguette ?

indiana · Tennis legend

SF: (1) Andy Murray WR 1 beat (7) Lucas Pouille (FRA) WR 15 (=CH) 7-5 6-1

F: (1) Andy Murray WR 1 vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) WR 35 (CH 7 back in April 2009, now age 33)

H2H to Andy 12-1. Last meeting was Andy in 3 sets in the L32 of last year's Paris Masters. Verdasco's win was in 5 sets in the L16 of the 2009 Australian Open.

TMH · Futures qualifying

That H2H is surprisingly one-sided, given how tight their matches often seem to be. Verdasco is one of those players who always seems to cause Mr Murray lots of problems.

Vandenburg · Futures level

Fiasco is the stereotype of a Latin Hispanic Mediterranean player.

Can hit the ball hard- check
Monster forehand - check
Gets upset from time to time losing his temper- check

No brains- check
No tactical thinking or game plan-check

-- Edited by Vandenburg on Saturday 4th of March 2017 01:58:25 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

And Andy's the in his first tournament back after his lay-off:

Final: (1) Andy Murray WR 1 defeated Fernando Verdasco (ESP) WR 35 by 3 & 2 smile

Jan · Hall of fame

Well done Andy

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

René Denfeld @Renestance 2h2 hours ago

There was something in the air tonight
His shots sailed wide
Fernando
They were missing to the left and right
On either side
Fernando

Jan · Hall of fame

Coup Droit wrote:

René Denfeld @Renestance 2h2 hours ago

There was something in the air tonight
His shots sailed wide
Fernando
They were missing to the left and right
On either side
Fernando

very good!