AO09 R4 WWW: Murray vs. Verdasco

two extremely in-form players, Murray goes to this match undefeated in this year and Verdasco is finally in a form true to his ranking and talent, first big match for Murray,

I say Murray in 4.

Nando in 5 :rocker2:

Murray in 4

GOAT in 4.

Murray in 3.

Just look at there H2H ...

http://www.atpworldtour.com/3/en/players/headtohead/default.asp?playernum1=MC10&playernum2=V306

Nando is hot atm, but similar to Meltzer today 1st set crucial if Murray loses it will be a tough 4 or 5 set victory for Murray.

But if Murray wins it expect Nando to get a couple more games then he gave Sexy.

Nando in 5 :rocker2:

:lol:

You never stop hoping eh? ;)

:lol:

You never stop hoping eh? ;)

never :p

Murray to burn Verdasco in 3.

verdasco is in imperious form and will tear murray limb from limb

No chance for Verdasco to win 3 sets, but he will keep it relatively close I think. Muzza in 4

I'd say Muz in 4. If he grabs the first set, could be 3.

Murray in 5 :D:D:D

Lefty-killa Murray will win comfortably. Nadal is the only southpaw to ever beat him on the main tour.

Alessio di Mauro in the Barletta Challenger in summer 2005 was his last defeat to anyone else.

If Nando brings his a-game he might sneak a set

Murray in 4 probably. Verdasco is hitting the ball well enough take a set and make another one really close I think. I just hope this match is better than the one these two played at the AO in 2007, a match that turned out to be one of the ugliest matches played all of that year.

It's a tricky match because depends on the conditions. If the match is playing in night session, Verdasco will lose. However the Spaniard has a good chance to win it in day session.

I didnt see much of the Nando vs Stepanek match but he must have played some awesome tennis to give Crapanek two bagels. Do you think he can upset Murray?

No

Pretty easy for Murray

Murray in 4, can't see Verdasco winning this tbh. But i could see a tight match here.

I'm starting to get the feeling this will be much straight forward win for Murray, dunno why.

at least check before posting if a thread has been made already

http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?p=8062815

This thread was before mine? I honestly didnt see it.

murray in 4. 7-6, 6-1,2-6,6-2

Murray in 3, maybe 4. Depends which Verdasco shows up.

Murray. 5.

Verdasco 4.

Verdasco in 4.

Vamoos!

Murray in 3 with losing less than 8 games. I'd say 6-3,6-0,6-4

Nando in 5! :p
VAMOS NANDO, CON UN PAR DE COJONES!! :rocker2:

Nando in 5! :p
VAMOS NANDO, CON UN PAR DE COJONES!! :rocker2:

What do you mean? :aplot: Somethin' like 4-6 6-0 3-6 7-6 6-0? ;)

voted muzza in 5, but im hopin for a win in 3. i think nando is a serious threat

What do you mean? :aplot: Somethin' like 4-6 6-0 3-6 7-6 6-0? ;)

:lol:

Cojones = balls (not the tennis ones :haha: ) in spanish ;)

Fernando in 5. He's on fire

Serious threat this nando - muzza will need to be at his best

:lol:

Cojones = balls (not the tennis ones :haha: ) in spanish ;)

I know but I wanted to suggest you a new meaning of this word. You can associate "0" with a ball, can't you? ;) :p

Verdasco may be more confident but he's still the same impatient, combustible player.

Murray will annoy him as usual and frustrate the errors out of him. Murray in 4.

Murray in 5 unfortunately,but anyway, Vamos Fernando! :)

see sig :angel:

It's a tricky match because depends on the conditions. If the match is playing in night session, Verdasco will lose. However the Spaniard has a good chance to win it in day session.

:lol:

They are scheduled to play fourth match on Hisense Arena, it means the match probably will start under the sun and finish under the lights, so I don't know what to expect :shrug:

I know but I wanted to suggest you a new meaning of this word. You can associate "0" with a ball, can't you? ;) :p

:lol:
my bad, sorry, it was after staying awake all night long while biting my nails on Roger's match, so I was a bit brain dead at the time :o :lol:

i simply dont have faith in verdasco regardless of who he is playing. murray will take him seriously and will win in three sets.

Muzza in straight sets! (hopefully).
Seriously though, i've noticed his get out of trouble weapon, that deep backhand slice down the middle...totally resets the point. I love that guy (no homo) :p

:lol:
my bad, sorry, it was after staying awake all night long while biting my nails on Roger's match, so I was a bit brain dead at the time :o :lol:

Anyway it's good to know thanks to your post new word in Spanish :)

FO 2008 Verdasco put on an anti-fight vs Nadal. Same thing today we hill fail under the pressure.

Muzza in straight sets! (hopefully).
Seriously though, i've noticed his get out of trouble weapon, that deep backhand slice down the middle...totally resets the point. I love that guy (no homo) :p

Vamos Nando :hearts:

Murray in three.

I see Murray's success is turning some people into fans of all three of his rivals. :lol: Good job Andy lad.

Verdasco is a perfect match up for him, wonder if it will be as ugly and scrappy as that win two years ago in the burning heat.

I don't see what could Verdasco do to trouble Murray.

Easy 3 sets win for the favourite to title.

Verdasco will be thrashed by Murray. He doesn't have a chance.

What's this I hear about Murray suffering a touch of the flu? Is he trying to psyche his opponents out?

Murray is a sore winner in Oz

Not even a spot of flu seems capable of putting Andy Murray off his quest to become the first British male singles grand slam winner in 73 years. "Murray's 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 victory [over Jurgen Melzer] put him through into the fourth round, which equalled his longest ever run on a draw-sheet at Melbourne Park, and set up Monday's meeting with Fernando Verdasco, of Spain," writes Mark Hodgkinson in the Sunday Telegraph. "And what made the quality of Murray's tennis all the more impressive was that he spent much of Friday in his hotel room after complaining of a sore throat, a sore head and 'just generally not feeling that great'."

What's this I hear about Murray suffering a touch of the flu? Is he trying to psyche his opponents out?



I didn't watch the match. But supposedly he had a cold sore on his face somewhere that proved he had the flu.

i wish that spot on the side of Muzza's lip would go away already

man flu - life threatening illness and still giving the bagel to melzer :worship:

Verdasco in 4, with the way he's playing and in this shape i think he could burn Murray.

i wish that spot on the side of Muzza's lip would go away already

It's a pretty ugly cold sore.

Nando in 4 sets!!!

It's a tricky match because depends on the conditions. If the match is playing in night session, Verdasco will lose. However the Spaniard has a good chance to win it in day session.

why would a day session suit Verdasco?

Murray is the much fitter player.

Murray beat Verdasco in straight sets 2 years ago in a searing heat day session.

Murray in 4 probably. Verdasco is hitting the ball well enough take a set and make another one really close I think. I just hope this match is better than the one these two played at the AO in 2007, a match that turned out to be one of the ugliest matches played all of that year.

Agreed, the AO match was poor, but the one in Dubai '08 almost made me vomit with boredom. Murray v. Verdasco matches really are the apex of stultification in the men's game. If every top-level match-up played out like theirs, there would be more batches of tumbleweed in the Rod Laver Arena than spectators.

Fernando has a dream, a recurrent dream, in which rallies last no more than six shots and always end with a winner from him, preferably on the forehand side. Murray sets out to thwart Verdasco's dreams with yawnsome soft-balling and the odd flash of counter-punching brilliance. The Spaniard obliges with a succession of freakishly bad misses and embarassing attempts on the simplest of put-aways; he's usually a comically frustrated, angry figure at the end of these enocounters.

Fortunately, Fernando seems to be bringing a bit more in 2009, and if he cuts out those silly errors he may just force Murray to turn up and PLAY. If we get proactive tactics on both sides of the net, this could be the first enjoyable match they play against one another.

Murray in a moderately exciting four sets.

I've started a thread for this match in the Current Tournaments forum and invite anyone interested in real-time commentary to go there.

No prediction from me, but a worry that Muzza will start too slow as he often does and give away the first set.

Interesting match to see and hopefully the better player will win. Strike that. Come on Nando!

Nando in 5! :p
VAMOS NANDO, CON UN PAR DE COJONES!! :rocker2:

What do you mean? :aplot: Somethin' like 4-6 6-0 3-6 7-6 6-0? ;)

2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4

MrsFedex, we predicted it :hug: Different scoreline but the same setup of winning sets :bounce:


It's a tricky match because depends on the conditions. If the match is playing in night session, Verdasco will lose. However the Spaniard has a good chance to win it in day session.

why would a day session suit Verdasco?

Murray is the much fitter player.

Two things Henry:

1) Murray played all matches this year in night session (excluding a joke against Pavel), Verdsco has played all matches this year in day session, so the new conditions are always a challenge, it was a challenge for Murray...

2) As I said earlier in one of threads, Verdasco has been playing from the baseline the best tennis I've seen since Marcelo Rios in 1998 (he was No. 1 then), Murray has had some infection, so obviously he should have been phisically affected by Verdasco's groundstroke game which require amazing run across the whole court, and he was, especially after tense 6th game of the final set (therefore he lost his serve in the next game)

And Murray hasn't been fitter than Nando since the Spaniard worked out the off-season with Gil Reyes in Las Vegas :yeah:

Murray. 5.:smash:Crazy....:smash:
I was sure about 5!! But, honestly, I believe in Andy's victory:o:confused:

:smash:Crazy....:smash:
I was sure about 5!! But, honestly, I believe in Andy's victory:o:confused:

Are you Sabrina Salerno?

2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4

MrsFedex, we predicted it :hug: Different scoreline but the same setup of winning sets :bounce:





Two things Henry:

1) Murray played all matches this year in night session (excluding a joke against Pavel), Verdsco has played all matches this year in day session, so the new conditions are always a challenge, it was a challenge for Murray...

2) As I said earlier in one of threads, Verdasco has been playing from the baseline the best tennis I've seen since Marcelo Rios in 1998 (he was No. 1 then), Murray has had some infection, so obviously he should have been phisically affected by Verdasco's groundstroke game which require amazing run across the whole court, and he was, especially after tense 6th game of the final set (therefore he lost his serve in the next game)

YAY! :woohoo:

Any one more who voted for Verdasco in 5 want to wank over their fluky correct prediction?

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