USO R1 - Murray v Kendrick

Andymonium · Satellite level

RE: USO R1 - Murray v Kendrick

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Im hoping kendrick has hit a purple patch and that he wont be able to sustain it for too long...

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Thats a bit better...... anyone got any stats? or any ideas as to whats going on here?

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Thank goodness, a relatively easy service hold for Andy there.

NOW BREAK!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Andy holds for the first time in too long. 2-1.

Hopefully he can take heart from it and regain the momentum.

ltbobby · Social player

Im watching the match, and Andy after playing fairly aggressively has just started to put the ball back in play. he looks a bit too relaxed! Kendrick has really started hittig powerful groundstrokes though and he's really improved. he hardly made an error in 2nd set at all. i cant work Andy out. he had his opponent and sort of let him go without much of a struggle!
Andy seemd really pumped up in set one, but looked flat straight away in set 2? weird

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

timmoore46 wrote:

Thats a bit better...... anyone got any stats? or any ideas as to whats going on here?

I've got the stats on the scoreboard but I can't work anything out from them. Kendrick is hitting more winners and more ues than Andy but the difference isn't that huge, Andy is serving at 46% first serves in, but that's normal for him. The only thing I can think is that his serve has no weight to it. The one thing the stats do say is that he isn't winning as many points on the return as normal. Though I can't tell why. Sorry.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

thanks for that ltbobby, good to hear from someone watching the match, please give updates if you can, they would be greatly appreciated.

Andymonium · Satellite level

they just put murray on tv for 2 points
one what a good winner
2nd was a double fault
ends up with a break point
lost it
another break point
lost it
another bp
got it
2-2

for the hsort time i saw him he looked fine...no injury just really down on himself

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Madeline wrote:

Thank goodness, a relatively easy service hold for Andy there.

NOW BREAK!

He took his time over it but obeyed me in the end!

2 all. NOW HOLD THEN BREAK!

ltbobby · Social player

andy is missing a lot of backhands down the line at the mo, ad kendrick is usingthe crowd and is really pumped up now! andy shouldve kept him down when he had him. andy played a bit sloppy in the first game of second set, and that gave kendrick huge hope. AS i say that Andy just broke back. But his 2nd serves are getting demolished!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

phew he gets the break back.

Now HOLD! (and Kendrick, realise that you should have lost by now and fade away completely please)

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Fantastic! At least Andy has rejoined the match! Mega Phew!!!!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

This is something I think Brad will be able to work on with Andy, he seems to struggle being the favourite, he rarely has a starighforward match against someone he should beat, he is at his best as the underdog. And to be fair to him, it's only recently that he's started being the favourite. I'm sure that he'll sort this out, and in the meantime we just have to pray for Andy to get terrible draws at every tournament!

he struggles on serve again, but takes it.

ltbobby · Social player

kendricks forehands are killing andys 2nd serve....looks embarrassing. for some reason andy is not hitting hard but is just slicing defensively. ive not seen anyone treat andys 2nd serve as ruthlessly as this since he played james blake! Andy looking more pumped up now thoug and holds for 3-2! (just)