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Battle of Young Guns...who prevails ? [29 vote(s)]

Andy in 2 !
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Andy in 3 !
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Novak in 2 !
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Novak in 3 !
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Not sure I believe this !     WOW!!!!!!!

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updates from BBC for the end of the set:


Murray 5-1 Djokovic
Having pinned down Djokovic in his left-hand corner, Murray sweeps a forehand across to the opposite side for break point. The Serb pulls one point back but next point suffers his second consecutive break of serve.


Murray 6-1 Djokovic
With the momentum behind him and seemingly perfectly composed, Murray overcomes the blip of an unforced wide return to win the game 40-15, and with it the first set, sealing it with an ace.


By the way, that set lasted exactly 30mins.



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Madeline wrote:

Any bets how long before Djokovic's first injury break?


lol. That and he'll start bouncing the ball 5,000 times before each serve instead of only 4,000.


Djokovic serving at the start of the second


15-0
15-15
15-30
30-30
40-30
deuce
ad D.
deuce2 long game, whoever wins it that's good for Andy. (I'd still prefer him to break though!)


So far D has won only 56% of points on his 1st serve, and 20% on his 2nd.



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I'm going cross-eyed staring at the SB willing Andy to break again. . .

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ad Andy!


second serve


deuce.


ad D.



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Madeline wrote:

I'm going cross-eyed staring at the SB willing Andy to break again. . .


likewise. At this rate this game will last as long as the first set!


I've lost count of the number of deuces there's been.


double fault gives Andy another break point. Come on Lad. Madeline told you to break so you HAVE to!



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Damn!

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Djokovic is very close to Murray in both age and ranking, so for Murray to win the first set 6-1 is exceptional.


After 58 dueces and 87 minutes, the first game of the second set has been won by Djokovic  , but surely Murray will have several more chances to break in this set.



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Andy has Djokovic rattled though, I'm watching his first serve % plummet as the game progresses, he ended the second set at 77% first serves in, now on 57%...make that 55%, much longer and it'll be less than Murray's.


Djokovic finally holds. Hopefully Andy can stay concentrated and get a quick hold here.


That game took 14 mins, pretty much half the time it took for the whole of the first set!



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Oh well.

Important for Andy to have a good service game. Demoralise the Serb

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Stew_B wrote:


After 58 dueces and 87 minutes, the first game of the second set has been won by Djokovic  ,


Was it really only 58 deuces? It certainly felt like a lot more than that.

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20 points in that first game, is that 7 or 8 deuces ?

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Murray 0-1 Djokovic
After a string of unforced errors, by far the longest game so far eventually goes the way of Djokovic as he ends a run of five straight lost games by firing down a serve which almost knocks the racquet from Murray's hand


15-0
15-15

30-30. grr come on Andy we asked for a quick hold.


40-30.


game, that's better. 1-1. Now pile on the pressure.


looks like Andy's forgotten how to serve after recieving for so long, he only hit two first serves that game.



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WelshPhil wrote:

20 points in that first game, is that 7 or 8 deuces ?

7 I think, too many either way!

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looking good from Murray

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