TMS Paris Round 3: Murray v Hrbaty

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

RE: TMS Paris Round 3: Murray v Hrbaty

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Slightly better - Andy *2 - 4 having broken back to love.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Andy claws back from 0-40 to hold for 3-4. Still a break down, though. They are both "serving like women", it would seem.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Terrible start from Andy, but it looks like he might be beginning to turn it around (I hope so!) Pretty impressive to hold from 0-40 down, pretty stupid to let it go to 0-40 down though!

Andy has served 4 double faults in 4 service games, that's rubbish. A first serve of 41% (Hrbaty's isn't much better at 47%).

The only stat where Andy comes out top at the moment is the points won on return of second serve, with Andy at 83% and H at 68%. (He has also saved 70% of break points to Hrbaty's 33% but that's because Hrbaty has only faced 3 and Andy has faced 10 so not really comparable)

On the plus side, Andy now has another break point as H just served his second double fault of the game and the match.

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

4-4!!!!!!!

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Yay, Andy breaks to level at 4-4.

NOW HOLD!!!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Yay! Back on serve with 4-4. Come on Andy, two more games and you have the first set. HOLD!

Is anyone watching this? What are they both playing like? Is Andy being outplayed or is he playing really badly?

timmoore46 · Admin:moderator + Club Coach

Did you delete a post there? *LOL*

I couldn't get away this that comment without being slaughtered on the spot ! Regardless if it were true or not!

mkkreuk · Admin:Moderator + ATP qualifying

imoen wrote:

The only stat where Andy comes out top at the moment is the points won on return of second serve, with Andy at 83% and H at 68%. (He has also saved 70% of break points to Hrbaty's 33% but that's because Hrbaty has only faced 3 and Andy has faced 10 so not really comparable)

Thats not actually true. The fact that Hrbaty has only faced three break pts and he has faced 10 is a testament to Andy's effective conversion of break pts and ability to save break points rather than give up when down 0-40 rather than his (relative) inability to get break pt opportunities. murray has broken comfortably a couple of times now.

-- Edited by mkkreuk at 19:52, 2006-11-02