TMS Madrid : Rd3 : Murray v Djokovic

Drew · Oct 18, 2006

TMS Madrid : Rd3 : Murray v Djokovic

Drew · Oct 18, 2006

Just a reminder of their rise up the rankings this year....graph by Niall....

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

Drew wrote:

Just a reminder of their rise up the rankings this year....graph by Niall....

The loser of this match will be ranked 17th whilst the winner will be 16th...

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

oh and ive gone for andy in 2...

yesyesbadboy · Lower Club Player

i read the interview on madrid masters website and its quotes andy as saying that he thinks hes on outside court

SO NO TV, THIS MATCH HAS TO BE ON SHOW COURT COULD BE A CLASSIC

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Any one know if the match is tomorrow? OOP doesn't seem to be out yet. : (

Michael · Pro player

Yes all last 16 matches are tomorrow.

yesyesbadboy · Lower Club Player

well i dont think this one is on tomorrow on tv, it has to be on televised court i mean u look at the line ups:

Roddick Berdych- defo on telly

Henman Nalban

Muray djokovic-

johansson gonzo

safin-bag viglen

federer soderling

nadal haas- has to be on telly i think haas will win that one

robredo ginepri

out of these i say 6 matches during day 3 in morn/after

3 in evening- so out of the six murrays is def one to be seen on tell

will sky push for this i know they can force the tourn to put it on telly like at usopen matches so hopefully they will

tomorrow evening would be sick

yesyesbadboy · Lower Club Player

YESYESBADBOY, the oop has come out sick mate, andy is on last in the evening session tomorrow so he is on after hass nadal at 8 madrid time so on about 830 around that

http://www.tennis-masters-madrid.com/pdf/ordendejuego/19/OP.pdf

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

OOP is out. Andy/Novak is last match on the main court; second-last match (Haas/Nadal) is "not before" 8pm (7pm UK) so Andy about 9 perhaps

Edit - snap, badboy, we both posted at the same time!

-- Edited by Madeline at 22:51, 2006-10-18

aria81 · Club Coach

I have no idea how this will go. Djokovic is a bit hot and cold - I've seen him play brilliantly but also really badly before. Big serve, great mover and has a wee bit more power than Andy but Andy has better touch, a better return and a wee bit more variety. It's pretty evenly matched.

Djoko's been in good form and killed Gasquet (surprisingly) but I think this is a better match up for Andy than a matchup with Gasquet. Should be a good one. I'll go for Andy in 3.

yesyesbadboy · Lower Club Player

yeh madeline how did that work out as it says u posted before but it my post was posted before

anyway dosen't matter i live with my mum and have a free house for 2 weeks . booye planty of drink smoke and watch the game boooye come one andy boy, i only saw djokovic agaisnt mardy fish in us open and mardy gave him a tight game so andy should do em-

VSandhi20 · Futures qualifying

Cant wait for this match either!

This 'duel' should be a great contest. As we know, Djokovic's serve can be boring to look at!

(like the paint drying!) Isnt Djokovic like Safin? Taking out the serve motion, hes got an powerful baseline game, i like his forehand. Thoughs murrays much better in terms of placement. I think the way murray can win this match, is by serve and volleying every now and then, Djokovic is mainly uncomfortable around the net, but as he showed in glasgow against rusedski at the DC, he can do good volleys. i think murray will win in 2, if he can beat ljubo with a big serve and then he can whip djokovic for fun!! However, i think it will be close, they both good friends and i think both players coaches would say that is nothing when you're on the court! GO ANDY!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

I'm looking forward to this match, just wish I could watch it! I've gone for Andy in 3. He's been playing down his chances in the press saying Djokovic is the slight favourite and it always encourages me when he does that!

Come on Andy!

GC77 · County player

I travelled up from Granada to Madrid yesterday to watch the tennis, and have to say that Djokovic was the most impressive player all day - his final set against Gasquet was unbelievable - he couldn´t miss and was hitting incredible winners from all over the court.

However, I believe Murray can step up his level quite a bit from yesterday - I thought he played very well in the 1st set, but after he lost his serve at the start of the second his timing wasn´t quite there. And his first serve percentage seemed pretty low compared to the first round (although maybe that was just the impression at the time). His serve action HAS changed slightly - he is trying to get his elbow a touch higher on set up, and is accelerating further through the ball (he had one serve at 216km/h (135mph) that I noticed) than he did at Wimbledon - he seems a lot happier with it now.

When I have time (probably Sunday), I´ll try and write about yesterday. Managed to see most of the top players on the practice courts, and caught some of all the games during the day (as well as all of the Murray match of course).