TMS Madrid : Rd3 : Murray v Djokovic

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

RE: TMS Madrid : Rd3 : Murray v Djokovic

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

timmoore46 wrote:

30 all... is there hope????

Not yet........................

Stew_B · Intermediate Club Player

A comfortable hold for Murray, winning the game to love. A break would be great here.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Murray 0-2 Djokovic

A change of shirt does not bring much of a change of fortune for Murray, who can clearly be heard saying "play the way you were" to himself. A drop shot looks to be a winner but Djokovic races into put it into the empty half of the court for Advantage. After a long rally, Murray nets to give Djokovic a clear lead. His game is going to pieces.

Murray 0-3 Djokovic
All the momentum is with Djokovic as he wins his fifth game on the bounce.

The next few updates. Not nice reading.

But Andy finally gets his name on the board as it were, holding to move to 1-3. Is this the start of something? I certainly hope so.

0-15...15-15...30-15

dougie · Club Coach

novak serving;

0-15

15-15

30-15

40-15

game 4-1... lets hope noval starts to feel the tension

Keith · Intermediate Club Player

NOW Andy!

dougie · Club Coach

40-0

either improved serving or djokovic is saving himself for serving

4-2 break murray break!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Murray 1-3 Djokovic
Murray pulls back one game to stem the tide but has yet to show any signs that he can really turn the match around.

Murray 1-4 Djokovic
All the Serb needs to do now is hold his nerve, which he shows every likelihood of doing, and the match and a place in the last eight is his. Murray's inner fire seems to have gone.

Come on Andy, you've come back from this situation before, you can do it again. Preferably this evening.

*4-2 D serving. It's now or never time Andy.

Niall · Pro player

It is pretty grim for Andy right now.

After playing brilliantly for 2 matches and 1 set he had a dip in form, got frustrated, got really frustrated and currently he reminds me of the pre-Brad Andy Murray. He has lost confidence in his ability to hit a winner so his rallying has become really passive.

dougie · Club Coach

djokovic serving;

15-0

30-0

40-0 murrays returning must be off

game 5-2...murray serving to stay in match!!

-- Edited by dougie at 23:04, 2006-10-19

Niall · Pro player

5-2 Djokovic

More errors from Andy, more cries of anguish and dissapointment. If Andy is going to re discover his form it's now or never.

dougie · Club Coach

murray serving;

15-0

30-0

30-15

40-15

game, 5-3...djokovic serving for match...lets hope he cracks under pressure!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Murray 2-4 Djokovic
Murray holds his second consecutive service game to love. Having overcome the slump of losing five games in a row, is he about to stage an unlikely comeback?

Murray 2-5 Djokovic
Or maybe not. Djokovic does exactly what he has to do, nothing particularly showy or spectacular, just focusing on his immediate target of winning the game to move closer to victory. He does - if he can break Murray in the next game, it is all over

Thanks Niall, are you watching?

Andy holds again and forces Djokovic to serve for it. Please Choke. (Djokovic not Andy, I want him to regain his form)

Stew_B · Intermediate Club Player

This is the last chance for Andy to break to stay in the match... it's now or never.

Niall · Pro player

5-3 Djok

A couple of good winners at the net for Andy and a couple of sloppy errors from the Serb.

Andy will never lose confidence in his ability to pick out angles at the net.