imoen wrote:

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Count Zero wrote:

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i saw what may have been a miss quote in todays sun, murray talking about his fittnes says he won 2 5 set DC matches, but i disintivylr remeber him losing the doubles - unless he blames jamie on that one

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I read his press conference on the US Open site and it wasn't a miss-quote as such, in that he did say those words but in the context, and he clarified it next sentence, he meant he's won 2 5set matches altogether, the DC one and the Gonzo one.

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He did mis-quote

don't you remember his debut win at the Us open last year against Andrei Pavel?

I'm predicting Andy to win in 4 sets, I think he'll have too much power for Davydenko who doesn't hit with that much pace. Davydenko does have a lot of consistency but Murray's variety troubled him at Indian Wells earlier this year when Davydenko won 6-3 in the 3rd and it could again.

Andy needs to serve like he did in sets 4 and 5 against Gonzo, getting a high percentage in and a lot of cheap points. His follow-up forehands were top draw in that match and they need to be again.

Davydenko has one of the weakest 2nd serves in the top 50, hopefully Andy can really step up the court and punish that.

From today's Times: "Dour Davydenko dismisses Murray defeat of Federer":

THERE IS much more to Nikolay Davydenko than meets the eye. The suggestion that the Russian’s girlfriend is Camille Nevière, the French model whose relationship with Marcos Baghdatis was highly tempestuous at best, is doing the rounds of Flushing Meadows. If it is true, one’s hat has to be doffed to the balding, bony, unpretentious world No 6.

Mischief may be in the air — it often is when the sport’s corridors are clogged at grand-slam tournaments — but Baghdatis played Davydenko once this year, losing in Key Biscayne, Florida, and, not too long after, he and Camille, the stepdaughter of Guillaume Payre, his coach, decided to split.

he pair had been a front-page item when the Cypriot reached the final of the Australian Open in January.

There has been no sign of Nevière in New York and Davydenko seemingly is coping well whatever the circumstances, for his route to a fourth-round meeting today with Andy Murray has been calculated — one set dropped, the fortune of the second round, when his opponent retired after only a set, and a third-round spanking handed out to an unseeded Pole.

Davydenko isn’t one for rib-ticklers. The No 7 seed, who defeated Murray in three sets in the Masters Series in Indian Wells in March, remains to be convinced that too much ought to be read into the Scot’s victory in Cincinnati over Roger Federer, the world No 1 and US Open champion. As locker-room lore would have it, no one believes that Federer was actually giving his all.

“We know already that Federer should have retired before Cincinnati because when he won the event in Toronto (the previous week), I heard from his girlfriend that he was not going to play Cincinnati, so I am surprised that he went there and not surprised that he lost, because when Federer wants to play, he doesn’t lose to anybody,” Davydenko said.

“Now I think Murray has to beat me to get to the quarterfinals and then maybe (Marat) Safin to play Federer in the semi-finals. If he beats Federer this time then, yes, he really is a player who can be a grand-slam champion. I am feeling great, I think the style of Murray suits me. I will try to play faster against him.”

To read the full article go to:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5205-2342632,00.html

mkkreuk wrote:

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i managed to leave school early so im just in time. I'll try to give commentary like i did for the last few matches....

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That'll be great mkkreuk

I would do it but 5live sports extra is on the tv in another room unfortunately.

Murray took the 1st game and D is serving at 30-15

murray serving at 1-1
15-0. Davydenko backhand goes wide
15-15. murray Backhand goes long
15-30 Murray nets a backhand
15-40 Murray doesnt do enough with a backhand in the middle of the court and davydenko finishes it off easily at the net
GAME. Miles long from murray and Davydenko breaks - poor game from andy. Davydenko leads 2-1

Oh dear.

I have actually never seen Davydenko play before. He seems to be a bit of a brick wall.
Nothing flashy, but solid.