Aberdeen Cup - Murray v Rusedski Part 2

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

RE: Aberdeen Cup - Murray v Rusedski Part 2

Drew · Nov 26, 2006

Am misses easy drop and pays for it greg breaks back 3-2

Drew · Nov 26, 2006

Am misses easy drop and pays for it greg breaks back 3-2

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Madeline wrote:

Is anybody else having trouble with the livestream? My picture keeps freezing while the sound is ok, so you get two blokes standing still while there is the sound of thundering feet and balls being whacked.

Yep, I'm getting that too. Stopping and restarting the livestream seems to work.

Greg serving.

0-15, trademark return winner for Murray.

15-15, Andy goes long.

15-30, a good rally but Greg gets tight and doesn't open his shoulders, sending the abll into the net.

30-30, Andy goes out off a deep volley from Greg.

30-40, some hard hitting from Andy and Greg nets. Greg thinks Andy's last shot was out so he's having a chat with the crowd about it. getting some laughs.

deuce, ace. that seve was huge.

ad England, so was that one.

game Greg. and that one.

3-3

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Andy serving:

15-0, he shows he can serve big too

30-0, and again (greg got his racket to it, but went long)

40-0, Greg nets the return.

40-15, Andy goes wide on the bh down the line, still thinking in doubles maybe?

game, wide serve followed by cross-court winner.

4-3 Andy.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Greg to serve with new balls.

0-40, ok no idea what happened there, for a moment I lost both sound and picture.

15-40, Greg sends Andy back and forth and gets the winner in teh end,

game AM, Greg error.

5-3 Andy serves for set.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Andy serving for set:

15-0, Andy plays counter-puncher game, waiting for Greg to make a move, which he does. and goes long.

15-15, Andy hits a lob, it's not deep enough so Greg gets there and sends in starght at Andy#s feet, he can't get it back.

30-15, Greg plays a successful between the legs shot only to net 'the easy one' later in teh rally, he falls over in disgust much to the delight of the crowd.

40-15, good volley winner from Andy.

game. Andy unleashes the power on a bh cross-court winner, Greg is standing ready for it but can only watch as it speeds past.

first set AM 63.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

That was a blistering backhand to take that set!

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Greg to serve first second set:

15-0, return out

30-0, Andy can't get to the serve

40-0, that one he sends into the crowd as he ducks to avoid being knocked out.

game, another return not in play.

1-0 Greg.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Andy to serve:

15-0, Greg nets the body serve.

15-15, Andy nets his fh down the line.

30-15, Greg nets a fh.

40-15, Greg nets the return.

game. Greg's return winner isn't in the lines.

1-1

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Greg plays the old trick of handing his racquet to a ballgirl - never fails to please the crowd!

(I bet that will be one proud girl who can say she had a knock with AM!)

-- Edited by Madeline at 21:27, 2006-11-26

Sheddie · administrator

Apart from that sloppy game early in the 1st set when he gave the break straight back to Greg it sounds as though it's been pretty high quality stuff from Andy.

Is he getting more first serves in then usual Bethan ?

I'm surprised that Greg isn't chip-charging apart from on a few occasions given that the court's so fast, would you say that's because of the quality of Andy's serving Bethan or maybe Greg is wary of the legendary Murray passing shots.

It sounds as though the difference between them is that Andy's so much more consistent from the baseline and has more ways to hurt Greg off his groundstrokes.
Greg making too many errors at the moment. Is he serve-volleying ?

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Greg to serve:

He swaps places with the ball boy/girl (can't tell which on my picture). and that poor ball boy isn't sure what to do. PLays the point with andy, lobs him but goes long. The ball person gets a cheer every time they hit it back, they do pretty well actually!

15-0, Andy nets
15-15, Greg nets.

15-30, Greg goes wide.

30-30, ace

andy does some football skills with the tennis ball, before kicking it to the ball kid.

30-40, passing winner from Andy.

deuce, winner from Greg, ANdy is on the wrong side of court so can do nothing

ad Greg, a lucky net cord turns a simple groundstroke into a drop shot that ANdy can't reach

game. a couple of shots that ANdy shouldn't have been able to reach, but in the end Greg smashes the volley winner and he really can't get it back.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

ultimateshedman wrote:

Apart from that sloppy game early in the 1st set when he gave the break straight back to Greg it sounds as though it's been pretty high quality stuff from Andy.

It has indeed. He's not one to take an exhibition match lightly!

Is he getting more first serves in then usual Bethan ?

Not really, I'd guess it's around 50%

I'm surprised that Greg isn't chip-charging apart from on a few occasions given that the court's so fast, would you say that's because of the quality of Andy's serving Bethan or maybe Greg is wary of the legendary Murray passing shots.

The latter I think.

It sounds as though the difference between them is that Andy's so much more consistent from the baseline and has more ways to hurt Greg off his groundstrokes.

You've got it about right there.

Greg making too many errors at the moment. Is he serve-volleying ?

yes too many errors, but most forced. Not really serve-volleying much, less thatn 50% I think.

Andy serving:

0-15,

0-30,

0-40, df.

15-40, winner from ANdy.

30-40, greg nets.

deuce. stunning running fh down the line from our favourite player.

ad Greg, Andy nets.

deuce, netted return.

ad AM, ace

game, netted return off body serve.

2-2.

Sheddie · administrator

Madeline wrote:

Greg plays the old trick of handing his racquet to a ballgirl - never fails to please the crowd!

(I bet that will be one proud girl who can say she had a knock with AM!)

-- Edited by Madeline at 21:27, 2006-11-26

Lol, I remember Greg did that in the ATP Battersea final in 1999 against Richard Kraijcek. Greg lost in 3 sets, it was in the 3rd set and some guys in the crowd shouted out "C'mon Greg, get more returns in play" which was very unfair as Kraijcek was serving huge ! Greg shouted back, "I'm trying my best" and then said to the ballgirl, "here you have a go" and handed his racket to her. Everyone was laughing even the umpire as it's 3-3 in the 3rd and something like 30-15 on Kraijcek's serve and a rather bemused Krajicek found himself having service box rallies with the ballgirl while Greg stood at the back of the court joking with the crowd. Even funnier was the fact that Greg made no attempt to get his racket back and I think Kraijcek was too embarassed to say anything and after about 10min the umpire told Greg to stop being silly and get on with it.