Week 9 - ATP 500 - ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

RE: Week 9 - ATP 500 - ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands (indoor hard)

flamingowings · All-time great

JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (WC) Andy Murray WR 123 vs (4) Andrey Rublev (RUS) WR 8 (= CH)
Andy won 6-3 6-0 6-2 when he played Rublev the only time. Melbourne 2017. just saying.

Different times...

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
L16: (WC) Andy Murray WR 123 vs (4) Andrey Rublev (RUS) WR 8 (= CH)
Andy won 6-3 6-0 6-2 when he played Rublev the only time. Melbourne 2017. just saying.
Different times...

Oh yes.

stevemcqueen · Futures qualifying

Bob in Spain wrote:
No Brits in this one, but this rally is worth a watch.

twitter.com/TennisTV/status/1366710271209791489

Millman vs De Minaur.

Thank you for highlighting this BiS, this rally will surely be in the running for rally of the year! Why don't we have a formal "Rally of the Year" competition? It would be so easy to get sponsors and it would engage with people who don't normally have much interest in tennis.

brittak · Pro player

Decent quality match but Andy has just lost the first set *5-7

Tennpar · Strong Club Player

Andy playing good. Quite a bit of chat & 1 smashed racket. 1st set 5-7. Had break points to take it to a tie break..

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Good to see Andy angry again !

Armchair · County player

Andy is hitting heavy & well but reactions are just a millisecond slower & in a competitive match that won't cut it.
But it was a tight first set so here's hoping...

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (4) Andrey Rublev (RUS) WR 8 defeated (WC) Andy Murray WR 123 by 5 & 2 hmm

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

But that isnt bad as a result. Improvement ?

See Medvedev and Zverev are out in round one, Rublev will possibly win this

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Cam getting spanked though

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Karen Khachanov (RUS) WR 21 defeated (Q) Cameron Norrie WR 65 by 2 & 2

junior · Intermediate Club Player

big boy Rublev imparting some smacky bum bum

indiana · Tennis legend

junior wrote:
big boy Rublev imparting some smacky bum bum

Made big progress but now need to really do it in Slams - consistent but yet to make a Slam SF.

Vandenburg · Futures level

indiana wrote:
junior wrote:
big boy Rublev imparting some smacky bum bum
Made big progress but now need to really do it in Slams - consistent but yet to make a Slam SF.

Peak Andy would have been a terrible match up for Rublev.

Both Rublev and Khanchanov, represent the modern millennial tennis player, they just want to stand at the back of the court and bash it harder than you and win. It is almost like, Tennis will turn into a generation of Verdasco like players. A player with a bit of variation, and they have no idea what to do, they cannot think.