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Some info on the opposition:

Safin is currently ranked 151 in doubles [he peaked at 71 in 2002]. However, the reason why his ranking is so low is because he plays doubles so infrequently. If he played on a regular basis I'm sure he'd be in the top 50. This year, his ATP doubles highlights are making the semis of Estoril and Halle and the quarters of Cincinatti. He's never played before with Lopez prior to this tournament.

Lopez plays doubles a lot more regularly, quite a few times with Nadal. He's not played so much this year as his ranking has dropped to 119. His highest was 37 in 2004. His best result this year has been reaching the Estoril semis with Verdasco. He and Verdasco also won a match in the Aussie Open. He and Nadal lost in rd1 of Queens to Auckland and Delgado. He's struggling form-wise at the moment, he got thrashed in rd1 by Srichaphan.

The match is 5th on court 1 at approximately midday.



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Match is about to get underway, the Murrays are serving first

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pretty hot stuff from the murray bro's so far.  5-1 up in the first set, serving for the set now.

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and thats the set in little over quarter of an hour! only 5 points dropped on serve and 3 of them were double faults!

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1st set 6-1

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goldenboy wrote:

and thats the set in little over quarter of an hour! only 5 points dropped on serve and 3 of them were double faults!

Thats a remarkable feat from the Lads !!!!

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Wow, this is amazing stuff from the Murrays, they're totally thrashing Safin and Lopez.

S/L opening the 2nd set:

0-15

15-15

15-30

15-40 !!!

Game

M/M lead 6-1, 1-0


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safin/lopez being blown off court! keep it up lads! 2-0 2nd set

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goldenboy wrote:

and thats the set in little over quarter of an hour! only 5 points dropped on serve and 3 of them were double faults!


and they've broken Safin and Lopez 3 times out of 4 on fast indoor courts, considering how big Safin and Lopez's serves are, that's pretty impressive.

M/M serving:

15-0

30-0

40-0

40-15

40-30

Game 6-1, 2-0

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3-0 to the Scots...this will be over in 20mins

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It's now 3-0. The Murrays have broken to 30



I wonder if Safin or Lopez are ill/injured ?

I think we can safely say that the Murrays are in the semis and Jamie is a top 100 player now

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UltimateBoggoFan wrote:

It's now 3-0. The Murrays have broken to 30



I wonder if Safin or Lopez are ill/injured ?

I think we can safely say that the Murrays are in the semis and Jamie is a top 100 player now

You jinx.....15-40 2 BP for Safin !!!

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M/M serving:

15-0

15-15: double fault

15-30

30-30

30-40

deuce

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Back to deuce...nope they are broken....thanks David for a timely JINX !!!

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Ad S/L

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3-1

Oops, I shouldn't have said that the match was over

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