Andy's competitors Weeks 3 and 4: Aussie Open

RobC · All-time great

RE: Andy's competitors Weeks 3 and 4: Aussie Open

RobC · All-time great

Safin takes the second set. Querrey wins the tiebreak Ancic is walking away with it

Stepanek 7-6 6-4 0-6 4-6 3*-3* Ferrer (Go Duckman!!)
Querrey 4 -6 7-6 1-3* Robredo
Safin 6-7 6-2 3*-1 Roddick
Hrbaty 3-6 2-6 1-4* Ancic

RobC · All-time great

Ferrer wins and overtakes Andy. Andy's back down to WR16 Ancic takes his match too

Robredo takes the third set off Querrey

Stepanek 7-6 6-4 0-6 4-6 3-6 Ferrer
Querrey 4 -6 7-6 2-6 0-0* Robredo
Safin 6-7 6-2 3-2* Roddick
Hrbaty 3-6 2-6 1-6 Ancic

RobC · All-time great

Roddick and Robredo both get breaks . Robredo serving for the match. Roddick for the set

Querrey 4 -6 7-6 2-6 1-5* Robredo
Safin 6-7 6-2 4-5* Roddick :furious

RobC · All-time great

Robredo wins. Roddick takes the third set

Querrey 4 -6 7-6 2-6 1-6 Robredo
Safin 6-7 6-2 4-6 0*-0 Roddick

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Roddick won in 4 sets.

Drat it all the wrong people have won, Djokovic, Ferrer (that was a short time in Radek's fan club for me!), Gasquet. I think I may have to resign from the coven, my magic spells seem to be fading. I wonder if I forgot to renew my subscription to the Witches' Union?

RobC · All-time great

I blame Aria's lustful feelings towards Novak. Obviously put a positive vibe into the pin- work

Anyway, no- one went beyond Andy's reach last night, so he'll just have to win tonight to overtake Gasquet & Ferrer again, and then beat Nadal, while Djokovic loses to Federer, to overtake Djoko.

So pins into Chela tonight (and no lustful thoughts, please!)

Also into Berdych, please. If he loses to Tursunov tonight, then Andy overtakes if he gets to the quarters.

We need Haas (vs Mayer) to go out this round or next, and Nalbandian (vs Grosjean) to go out tonight if Andy's to overtake by reaching the semis.

Looking behind our boy, it'd be nice to lose Hewitt's hot breath down the back of our necks. He's playing Gonzalez.

imoen · Admin: Moderator+Tennis Legend

Ok, I'll try and make sure my pins work this evening. I have no mixed loyalties anymore, everything is going to help Andy!

Plus we want Tursunov to win and I like him.

We just need Andy to help us out by winning!

steven · Tennis legend

RobC wrote:
Stepanek 7-6 6-4 0-6 4-6 3*-3* Ferrer (Go Duckman!!)

Judging by this, I seem to have inadvertently turned the Count into Andy Roddick's father. Don't tell Martina!

aria81 · Club Coach

RobC wrote:
I blame Aria's lustful feelings towards Novak. Obviously put a positive vibe into the pin- work

Mea culpa - never mind, Fed will take care of business there. I thought he had got over his DC issues with Djoko, but looking at his press conference where he was well, pretty dismissive, of Djokovic and what he had said after his match ('it's easy to say that', 'he's not beat me before', 'usually when I beat someone twice I know how to do it' etc) makes me think that he might dish out a lesson,

Hopefully Andy can help his own cause in the morning and it will be good to get a couple of the others out.

RobC · All-time great

steven wrote:
RobC wrote:
Stepanek 7-6 6-4 0-6 4-6 3*-3* Ferrer (Go Duckman!!)
Judging by this, I seem to have inadvertently turned the Count into Andy Roddick's father. Don't tell Martina!

I'd forgotten roddick was "Duckboy"

Happycynic · Pro player

Is this AO beating any unofficial records for ties going with seeding? Aside Lubo an Bag, there aren't many surprises to date. Hopefully, this continues for one more round...

RobC · All-time great

Still all going with rankings (albeit in 5 sets): Nalby wins. Andy now needs to reach the semis to overtake him.

RobC · All-time great

Gonzo's 5-1 up against Hewitt

RobC · All-time great

Gonzalez took the first two sets 2 & 2 . Hewitt is holding his own in the third set: 6-5*.