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JonH comes home


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Stircrazy wrote:

Took him a while, but he got there in the end:

QF:  (1/WC) Andy Murray WR 125 defeated (6) Blaz Rola (SLO) WR 159 by 6-4 7-6(9) in two hours 19 minutes & 39 seconds

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SF:  (1/WC) Andy Murray WR 125 vs Mathias Bourgue (FRA) WR 213 (CH = 140 in April 2017)

 Andy played Bourgue once before, in French Open 2016, he won in 5 sets in a right old tussle. Bourgue clearly hasnt pressed on since then for whatever reason, so hopefully less difficult this time around !



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Andy started and has an early break. 2-0. marchenko awaits the winner in the final

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First set Andy 6-0. Andy in charge of this one but a glimmer of hope for Frenchman in the last game.

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SF:  (1/WC) Andy Murray WR 125 defeated Mathias Bourgue (FRA) WR 213 by 0 & 5  smile

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Final:  (1/WC) Andy Murray WR 125 vs Illya Marchenko (UKR) WR 212 (CH = 49 in September 2016)

If Andy wins that one, it will be his first title since the Antwerp ATP 250 at the end of the year before last! 



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Yes well done Andy. The odd sticky moment here and there (I wasnt paying full attention at the time but think he had to save a set point at *4-5??) but gets through well in the end. Lets hope he can seal a win tomorrow.

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JonH comes home


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Good stuff , well done Andy

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Great to see him back, these matches were just what was needed but he's still a grumpy old b*gg*r sometimes isn't he

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Shhh wrote:

Great to see him back, these matches were just what was needed but he's still a grumpy old b*gg*r sometimes isn't he

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Yes.



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Andy has played Marchenko twice , ironically both times at the Australian Open, and won in straight sets both times.

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Hoping to see Andy finally end his long standing Challenger title drought today wink



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Andy lost first 2-6 looks out of sorts getting overpowered by Marchenko

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Final:  Illya Marchenko (UKR) WR 212 defeated (1/WC) Andy Murray WR 125 by 2 & 4  cry



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A few ways to look at it. Match practice and he got plenty of that. Will see what happens next week but watching him is just not the same these days. I doubt he would manage best of 5 sets these days. Good to still see him out there though. Even a 40% Andy is still better than just about all of our mens players.


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Really disappointing to be honest, those who placed
Andy in the 50- 100 bracket , Id say his ranking from this weeks play seems realistic ie just outside the top 100. Hopefully another week of play will tighten him up.

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I think we also need to recognise that he is recovering from Covid too, we don't know how badly this might have affected him

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