johnnylad wrote: This Hamburg scoreboard sucks. Call themselves a Master Series Tournament? I loathe it. With a deep and deadly loathing. (and I'm not too fond of "You have recently posted a comment. Please wait a moment before trying to post again either"
30-30: Blake smashes a return down the line, Murray's speed enables him to get that one back into court but Blake is at the net and he powers away the smash.
Murray wins the next two points to take the game. The first time he's held serve since early in the first set. He holds his arms aloft in triumph. LOL !!
I really didn't expect that. What do people think. Was he just outplayed or did he under perform. How good was Blake? How do you rate his chances in Paris?
Blake was excellent - his returning game was top drawer but, Andy HAS to be able to protect his serve better. He couldn't do that, he was just blown off the court by the pace and power of Blake and it was a pretty convincing beating sadly.
I just feel bad for him - his returning game is so good but his serve is killing him.
johnnylad wrote: I really didn't expect that. What do people think. Was he just outplayed or did he under perform. How good was Blake? How do you rate his chances in Paris?
Been checking other boards where people were watching, the general impression is that Blake was playing brilliantly, Andy not bad but not good enough.
Heck, Blake is a top 10 player, the no 5 seed, ok not known for playing well on clay but recently nearly all the claycourters seem to have been doing badly while those not renowned for liking the red stuff have been doing remarkably well.