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Week 33 - ATP 1000 series - Cincinnati ($3,000,000) - USA - hard
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Once again, Murray is in Federer's half, but once again should have a reasonably easy path, at least until the quarter finals. Begins against either Dudi Sela or Nicolas Almagro, and then in round three one of Safin/Ginepri/Troicki/Stepanek, so you can't really see him not making the last eight. Pr...
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Week 33 - Cincinnati Masters (ATP 1000 Series) - R2: Andy vs Nicolás Almagro
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Almagro beat Sela 6-4 1-0 retired! He & Andy have met only once before, with Almagro emerging as the victor in four sets in the last 32 at Roland-Garros last year. Time for revenge, methinks, especially on what is arguably Andy's favourite surface... -- Edited by Stircrazy on Monday 17th of Aug...
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Rogers Cup - Final: Andy vs JMDP
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H-H is 3:1 to Andy, with JMDP winning their most recent encounter on clay in Madrid this year. Andy has saved a lot of break points in this tournament so far, and he's needed to because his 1st serve %age has not been great, as exemplified in his match against Tsonga where it was in the low 40's. Unless he ca...
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Rogers Cup - SF: Andy vs JWT
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A bit of a turn-up for the books, this! They've met only twice before & the honours are even: 1-1! Andy beat Jo-Wilfried in Metz in 2007, but JWT had his revenge big time at the Oz Open the following year, when he beat Andy in five (or was it four?) sets in the first round & went on to reach the final...
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Rogers Cup QF - Andy v Davydenko
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6pm UK time again. Are Sky bribing the tournament directors? H2H is 4 all, with Andy winning the last one on clay but Davydenko was just coming back from injury at the time. Of the 3 times they met in 2008, all on hard, Donkey won the last 2. . . Fingers and everything else firmly crossed.
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Rogers Cup - Round 3: Andy vs JCF
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So JCF the Qualifier it is....H2H is 2-0 to Murray both this year on grass and both in straights. (Queens then Wimby) Same again for me IMO. Presume its on Thursday.
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Rogers Cup - Round 2: Andy vs Jeremy Chardy
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Andy starts off on his quest to become world number 2 against Jeremy Chardy, who is currently ranked 36. This will be their first game on the senior circuit, Chardy is having a decent season, having won in Stuttgart and reaching the final in Johannesburg earlier this year. But he has not beaten anyone i...
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Week 32 - ATP 1000 series - Montrael ($3,000,000) - Canada - hard
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The return of Andy Murray to action after Wimbledon and he's ended up in what on first glance looks to be the toughest quarter of all, but the good news is that most of the dangerous floaters are in the other half of the quarter, so he'll only face one of them. Has a bye in round one, then either Yen-Tsun Lu or...
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What is Andy doing before US open ?
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Any thoughts anyone ? A bit out of touch, Tim
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Stupid stats question
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I would appreciate some help to understand something. I always understood winners could be defined as, a shot that wins the point without your opponent getting a racquet on the ball,an ace as the same but a serve. When winners include service winners you can't, I'm told just subtract aces to find a pic...
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Wimbledon - semi-final: Andy vs Andy Roddick
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The head-to-head is 6-2 in our Andy's favour. Andy last beat Rodders 4 & 2 in the Doha final earlier this year, Rodders beat him at Queen's last year, but only thanks to a walkover, &, of course, Andy famously beat Rodders in straight sets on his Wimbledon debut in 2006. I can't help feeling th...
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Wimbledon - Quarter Final : Andy vs Juan Carlos Ferrero
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JCF would have been happy Andy played so long but it could have been longer I suppose ! H2H is 1-0 to Andy after thrashing him at Queens. Should be much easier than against Stan but Ferrero is on form. Still Andy in 3 for me. Will be played on Wednesday....more than likely centre court late PM.
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Wimbledon - Round 4: Andy vs Stanislas Wawrinka
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Have just checked Monday's OOP and guess what Andy's match is scheduled for... ...3rd Match on Centre Court after Federer and Safina. Another 3 set victory I hope. I dare say I could get used to the sense of anti-climax that Andy currently brings to his matches as he hasn't really been tested at all sinc...
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Wimbledon - Round 3: Andy vs Viktor Troicki
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The pair have met twice before: in Round 1 in St Petersburg last year, when Andy beat Troicki by 3 & 3, & in the last 16 in Miami earlier this year, when Andy triumphed by 1 & on his way to the title. I can't imagine him failing to make it three out of three on Saturday...
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Wimbledon Round 2 - Andy vs. Ernests Gulbis
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3rd on Centre Court again...somehow I get the feeling that Murray will be 3rd on Centre Court for everyone of his matches, at least for the rounds where he can be. He's following Del Potro vs. Hewitt and Wozniaki vs. Kirilenko, so it could be a while before he gets on court, as both those matches could wel...
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Wimbledon R1 - Andy v Robert Kendrick
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3rd match on Centre Court, after Venus and Roddick. They have met 3 times before, with Andy winning all 3, but they haven't met since Miami 2007. I think Andy has improved a bit since then , I'm not sure Kendrick has - and after all he is now pushing 30. If Andy doesn't win this I'll eat my hat.
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The importance of mandatory events ...
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One of the most worrying things so far this year is that while Andy has been able to string wins together in the optional events (which might have lulled him into a false sense of security?), he's not really got anywhere in the events that matter most. The % of his total ranking points a player gains in the...
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Wimbledon Seeds
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Was looking for a Wimbledon tournament thread, but couldn't see it ( maybe too minor an event ). Anyway, I'll just post as re the seeds as a stand alone thread.. Seeds announced as : SINGLES SEEDS 1 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 2 Roger Federer (SUI) 3 Andy Murray (GBR) 4 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 5 Juan Martin del Po...
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Andy being anti English - NOT
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Andy was on a Radio 5 public forum about Wimbledon last night. He came across well from the bits I heard. One thing that did come up was that the Radio 5 guy said they still got loads of messages & calls from folk saying they wouldn't support Andy because they said he was anti English so he had to put i...
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BBC Strikes again!!!
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I know that Andy did not watch the final of the French Open but you would expect somebody at the BBC to have done so. The latest is a quote from the latest article on Andy http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8100932.stm "...Five-time Wimbledon champion and world number two Federer comes...
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Queens Final - Andy v James Blake
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Well Andy couldn't have really asked for a better draw than this! His first grass court final is against the number 6 seed James Blake, who is not having a very good season, but is a little dangerous on grass. The head to head is 1-0 to Blake! With the only match being back in 2006 on clay! It's pretty hard to...
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New single to be released to support Andy throughout the summer
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Hi all, Just to let you know about a new track to be released on 28th June, the people's song to support Andy at Wimbledon! The track named 'Volley Highway' is performed by Rock Salt & Nails, of the Shetlands. Please see the brief press release below for information. Do keep an eye on the Park Records...
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Queens SF - Andy v Juan Carlos Ferrero
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First up on Centre Court at 1pm. They have never played each other before; JCF was certainly playing very well today, but I can't see what he will have to bother Andy too much. . .
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Statistical oddities
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http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=144146
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Queens QF - Andy v Mardy Fish
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Yet again, Andy is second on the Centre Court. The two have met 3 times, with Mardy winning the first back in 2005, and Andy winning twice in 2006. All of them were on hard court. Should be a harder match than the first two, albeit likely to be very different as Mardy usually plays aggressively and is good...
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