Madeline wrote:

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I can't see there being a way back from 1-5 down. Not against somebody with Tim's experience.

Oh dear, all those points! Andy better get himself together for Tokyo.

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Do the Bangkok points drop off this week or next week ?

UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

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Do the Bangkok points drop off this week or next week ?

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This week. He'll drop to 19th if he loses today.

GSM Henman

6-4, 6-2

Bit of a disaster points-wise for Andy but although I'm very disappointed for him, I'm also happy for Henman as he's been playing well all summer but since Queens his draws have been horrendous.

Final BBC comments:

Murray 4-6 2-6 Henman
There is still plenty of fight from Murray and a forehand pass down the line shows what he is capable of - shame he did not do more of that earlier. Henman is not fazed and a sublime drop shot completes an impressive and deserved victory.

Murray 4-6 2-5 Henman
Murray has no trouble in holding his serve. Henman could be saving himself for the next game where he will serve for the match.

Madeline wrote:

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Oh dear, Andy

Well done, Tim.

I was going to tell Andy to get himself off to Tokyo and get acclimatised, but he has to stay to play doubles, doesn't he.

I blame the Davis Cup, honestly. I said before the match I was worried about the change from slow clay to fast carpet, with little time even to get there let alone get acclimatised.

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It's good that he's playing doubles, should get him more used to the courts ahead of Tokyo where he could do with a good run to reclaim some of those lost Bangkok points. Also he's defending qf pts from Mons next week.

I agree, going from clay to indoor acrylic was always going to be really difficult especially against someone like Tim. Andy wasn't going to be able to rally his way into the match [like he could have done v a clay-courter]; and get used to the courts through hitting lots of balls, the points were always going to be short and sharp with both players being aggressive and Tim mixing things up and putting Andy under pressure with net approaches.

watched the last set (i though it was going to start at half 10!). henman played really well, he deserve the win for this time only! murray will be annoyed with himself in giving more effort in the 2nd set.

on SS2, chris bailey said that he caught a flight from budapest or frankfurt before landing in thailand YESTERDAY!

i think the boggo-henman match will be interesting, imo i would like boggo to win so he can show what he really capable of to make the top 100.

one word-agressive. henman was dictating play, while murray was on the defence. henman played well to his standards, but murray made quite a few mistakes and was getting frustrated as the match came to a close. murray made a decent passing shot from a chip and charge from henman, but other than that murray was not at his best. Come next monday, he will have enough to get used to the tokyo surface, is that surface fast like bangkok?