Week 43 - ATP 500 - Swiss Indoors - Basel, Switzerland (indoor hard)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Week 43 - ATP 500 - Swiss Indoors - Basel, Switzerland (indoor hard)

wolf · Tennis legend

Jamie and Mike win 10-6 in the MTB. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: (4) Jamie Murray & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 36 (18+18) defeated Alexander Bublik & Adrian Mannarino (KAZ/FRA) CR 503 (222+281) by 4-6 7-6(3) [10-6]

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QF: (4) Jamie Murray & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 36 (18+18) vs (LL) Nikola Cacic & Victor Vlad Cornea (SRB/ROUJ) CR 140 (74+66)

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Battling win , they were as good as out in set 2!

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Back to the main stuff and Andy is a break down 1-4 moaning away to the umpire on the change of ends. All about the distance of the towel box to the court. He says the match will take 10 hours at this ratewell it is you playing Andy

I like it when he moans and groans usually means he finds inspiration and hits the ball harder. We shall see.

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Break down 2-1 now final set, not looking likely for any Murray miracles. Seems to have chucked it a bit lots of drop shots now

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

L16: Tomás Martín Etcheverry (ARG) WR 32 defeated Andy Murray WR 40 by 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2

scottie1 · Futures level

Murray finds it hard to string consecutive wins now at this level.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thats a real blow. Im not sure how Andy turns this around and it must be hard to keep on giving so much and getting so little. Hard to see how he wont make next season his final one, maybe get to the US Open and call it a day?

Jaggy1876 · Grand Slam Champion

Its weird because he looks as fit as he has done in years and some of the shots are still there. I wonder if its just a case of the game changing in the last 4 or 5 years and his style doesnt fit. He always seems to just about get there then fall short. The key game was the one with all the BPs in the second set, 15 minute game. I reckon he breaks back there hed have won.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

QF: (4) Jamie Murray & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 36 (18+18) defeated (LL) Nikola Cacic & Victor Vlad Cornea (SRB/ROUJ) CR 140 (74+66) by 6-2 7-6(2)

indiana · Tennis legend

Jaggy1876 wrote:
Its weird because he looks as fit as he has done in years and some of the shots are still there. I wonder if its just a case of the game changing in the last 4 or 5 years and his style doesnt fit. He always seems to just about get there then fall short. The key game was the one with all the BPs in the second set, 15 minute game. I reckon he breaks back there hed have won.

It's just not there consistently enough to truly threaten. I'd say that it's very much more about Andy regressing enough compared to what he was rather than the game in general changing and leaving him behind.

Got to admire him so much all the same.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

SF: Hugo Nys & Jan Zielinski (MON/POL) CR 45 (22+23) vs (4) Jamie Murray & Michael Venus (NZL) CR 36 (18+18)

N & Z beat Dodig & Krajicek (1) in three..

wolf · Tennis legend

The teams ranked 6-11 in the live race plus the 13th placed pair are the 7 teams still left in this week with Lammons/Withrow overtaking Jamie & Mike moving into 8th as they are already in the final in Vienna. None of the teams can move into top 7 this week.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

wolf wrote:
The teams ranked 6-11 in the live race plus the 13th placed pair are the 7 teams still left in this week with Lammons/Withrow overtaking Jamie & Mike moving into 8th as they are already in the final in Vienna. None of the teams can move into top 7 this week.

those semis in basle and Vienna are stacked and make for some big matches in the race. Big day in doubles.