Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Good first set, but after losing the game at 4-5 in the 2nd set I knew he would collapse. Hard luck, but still I thought 2015 will be a horrible year for him, but he managed to reach his first Masters QF. And now Clay Season is coming
It was a great tournament for Domi, he just need to be more composed when he gets broken in the final set. Good luck on Clay :inlove:
And - of course - congrats to Andy for winning convincingly
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Carbon copy of Nole-Dolgo tbh. Shotmaker starts out well, plays great tennis, brick wall at the other end stays solid enough to grind him down into the dust at the conclusion of it all.
Pyrrhic victory unless Kei comes up with something special.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
'great tournament, great tournament'. Andy is not just one of the greatest players, he's even a bigger gentleman. Keep on winning Masters and Slams, veteran.
Murray returned aggressively and exploited Thiem's court positioning by taking the ball early when he could. He's looked solid this week and I think he'll put up a better challenge should he face Djokovic on Sunday.
Thiem really has to improve that return. It's so easy for opponents to hit the open space when he doesn't hit it to a perfect length. He should definitely try to develop a Federer-like chip return off the backhand. He never really put any pressure on Murray's serve and was gifted the breaks. Anyway, a great week overall and hopefully he can do some damage on the clay.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Good start from Thiem but Murray was too solid in the end. That returning game at 2-1 in set 3 was impressive (apart from 2 shocking backhands into the net)
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Entertaining match. I'd imagine Thiem will have a Wawrinka like career where he looks amazing and can beat anyone on his day but they are few and far between. He has a terrible ROS as do all the young guys - a serve dominated era is coming.
Entertaining match. I'd imagine Thiem will have a Wawrinka like career where he looks amazing and can beat anyone on his day but they are few and far between. He has a terrible ROS as do all the young guys - a serve dominated era is coming.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Last set was ruthless from Murray, liked it very much. The two before were garbage. If he did tweak the shoulder and that caused those 2 DFs leading to the break, that's unfortunate, but those were two weak sets regardless. There was a small window where Thiem might've won that match. Andy got his shit together just in time there.
Dominic such a talent, clearly still raw and will need to develop in areas, certainly his return. I hope he keeps progressing. Classy exchange at the net from the two.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Thiem simply outplayed Murray in the first set. Murraytards making excuses as usual. Murray came back strong though and played too dominant in the decider.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Easy enough end to the match, but not a great performance from Murray. Low intensity in the first set, and he really gifted the break back to Thiem in set 2, but it was mainly Thiem gifting him a few points that allowed him to get the breaks in that set.
Seemed to up his game to start the third though and after getting the lead Thiem was done. Thiem was very good in the first set. It's going to be tough without better returning though, he was holding his own well in the rallies but only really got involved in Murray's service games when he threw in a stinker.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Young player disappoints again and again and again and again. There are no positives to draw from Thiem fans. If Thiem was to be any force in the future, he should be beating the Andy Murrays of the world in these kind of matches.
Young player disappoints again and again and again and again. There are no positives to draw from Thiem fans. If Thiem was to be any force in the future, he should be beating the Andy Murrays of the world in these kind of matches.
Especially when Murray was not playing too well.... Well, Isner schooling the young guns and now this .... I think it's time for tennis to stop being a serious sport
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Thiem is looking great! He just needs to believe more that he could contend with top players.
Game is there, tactics is good could be improve, focus in the first set is superb.
Next time they meet- Thiem will definitely take it to another level.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Thiem isn't great when the ball is coming to him at pace which surely explain is poor ROS. Bresnik hasn't been able to sort out Gulbis problems in that regard, doubt he will do any better with Thiem.
that backhand was just amazing. Great first set today from Domi... it's a shame he couldn't get it done, but in the end Murray was best. Still, brilliant tournament and hopefully, that's the form issues done with. Casablanca next wouldn't be bad to ride this week into a first title.
Re: Andy '501' Murray def Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
It went like I thought it might. Great first set from Thiem.
The returning from Murray in set three was fantastic, and it was only a matter time before Thiem cracked under the sustained pressure.
Bjorkman needs to get to work on Andy's serve. It's a liability at times and a huge problem against the very best.
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