Week 32: Binghampton

c'mon Andy:)

Unofficially (as always), from a buddy at the tourney today:
Murray leads Bogomolov: 6-4, 3-2 (on serve)

Evidently, Bogomolov led 3-0 (double break) in the first and broke a third time later in the set. But Murray broke a fourth time for 6-4.

Thanks ustennis. :)

ustennis, you are a hero!!!!!!!

I've passed the word round!

Murray def. Bogomolov: 6-4, 6-4
I heard the applause in the background during the call, so I am going to go ahead and call this official...unless my buddy is messing with me...which is not the case.
So, at least Murray should have only a moderate length match under his belt before playing Baker later. Not ideal for him, but it could have been much worse I suppose.

Thanx, US Tennis. One down, One to go..

Many, many thanks!!!!!

:worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:

Tim

Woo hoo! :D

Thanks ustennis. :yeah:

The first semi looks like a good match too. Falla and Reynolds. Alejandro looks to be on the way back much to my delight but Reynolds is hot at the moment so will probably get through, perhaps in 3, in my opinion.

When is the match v Baker?

Immediately after the conclusion of Falla vs Reynolds.

No, it looks like it has been given a "not before 3:00" start.

Ok, thanks. Is the 6-4 6-4 result official?

congrats Andy:D but his serve:smash:

Its encouraging that he can still pull out the win though

Evidently, Bogomolov led 3-0 (double break) in the first and broke a third time later in the set. But Murray broke a fourth time for 6-4.

Read that three times and still trying to make sense of it :scratch:

So Alex broke Murray three times and then Murray came back to break Alex three times and then a fourth for the set?

Yes andy :D
bye bye bogo :bigwave:

Read that three times and still trying to make sense of it :scratch:

So Alex broke Murray three times and then Murray came back to break Alex three times and then a fourth for the set?

e was leading 4-0, served and got broken 4 times, 4-6 :worship:

Read that three times and still trying to make sense of it :scratch:

So Alex broke Murray three times and then Murray came back to break Alex three times and then a fourth for the set?

Bogomolov broke twice to start the match. I simply do not know the chronology of the additional breaks, but when it was all said and done, it was 6-4 Murray. In total for the set, Bogomolov broke 3 times and Murray 4.

it doesn't matter, main thing is he won!!!!

ANDY :yeah: :bounce:

Is Murray's match due to start soon?

Has the Reynolds-Falla match finished yet?

Murray - Bogomolov, Jr. 6-4,6-4
Falla - Reynolds 6-3,3-6,7-6(1)

Murray - Baker not yet started due to rain delay

:rain:

Rain is good, gives Andy more time to rest!..

no, it's not good!

He needs to rest for the final;) if he could finish it yet, he could have more rest.

One game at a time, he needs to win the semi before the final is even in contemplation!

Either way he can handle it!! He could do with one free day though before he plays at cincy!

Has it stopped raining yet?

This message has just been posted on the official Binghampton website

Murray-Baker .. Rain delay as of 4:15p. Rain has stopped and clearing courts... restart between 5:15 and 5:30 at this point. We will attempt to keep updated.

Quote from Binghampton site:

Murray-Baker .. Rain delay as of 4:15p. Rain has stopped and clearing courts... restart between 5:15 and 5:30 at this point. We will attempt to keep updated.

Might be time for 2 sets

well its about 4.35 local time so we will have a bit to wait yet!...

Now both the singles and the doubles match are sheduled to start at 5:15pm

any news?

Does anyone know whats happening with the match? Has it stopped raining?

OK but that is well passed or am I an hour out?

The website still says singles and doubles will restart at 5:15pm, what time is it there now?

6:21pm

Ok. Thanks

who won? Reynolds or Falla?

they will be playing, but its a challenger, unless you have someone there info is slow coming through!

come on andy!

it must be over, I feel:)

Falla bt Reynolds 6-3,3-6,7-6(1)

Murray on next?

The info will have to come in at some point, so I`ll just sit tight for a bit

Murray on next?

Murray's match was due to start at 5.15pm local time so I assume they have been playing for over an hour now.

ok, thx

aww come on, let's be having an update from someone somewhere!!!!

The result has just been posted on the Binghampton website

Murray bt Baker 6-2, 6-3

:bigclap: Vamos! :bigclap:

yep just got it, great wind andy!!!!!!!

Excellent news! :D Well done Andy :banana:
I really like both players in the final so I hope it goes close but Murray just squeaks it.

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ANDY:hug: my friend:bounce: is it official?

win even!!!!

:worship:

It's on the tournament website so yes, I guess that means it's official. :)

:) :worship:

now he earned some points:D go and win your 2nd challenger:cool: good luck!

btw when will the final start?

So if he wins the tournament (let's be positive), can he make it in the top 130 or not??...

Andrew :D

yup, but he'll fall down next week cause of the futures titles...:mad:

I'm not sure, I think I worked it out as he'd be low 130s, but other players in that region have done well this week I think. We'll have to wait and see I guess. Let's focus on the great achievement of winning the two matches in just the one day for now and hope his stamina lasts against Alejandro.

yup, but he'll fall down next week cause of the futures titles...:mad:

Only very slightly, they're only 10 or 12 points a title.

good night my friends:)

hopefully he won't play longer those challengers, I can't live without SB, so c'mon Cincy;)

10 points are in his rankings about 5 places. but he covered it up with the QF. Now he can earn some points:p

lets go andy lets go!

now i can go to sleeeeeeep!

One thing is for sure, He'll take the week before the US Open off;):p

FU, 16-Aug-04, O, Clay , Draw: 32


R32 Puentes, German (ESP ) 0 6-3 6-1
R16 Esquerdo, Ivan (ESP ) 0 2-6 4-6

Isn't it only about 2 points or something that'll come off for this (next week of last year) anyway?

Ah well, it doesn't matter for now, I'm overjoyed he's won through to the championship match today. Good night!

Andy for live:cool:


see y'all tomorrow, the win is ours:)

yeah defo bedtime for me too!....great way to end the day!

In fact the relevant tournament is Spain F17


FU, 2-Aug-04, O, Clay , Draw: 32


R32 Lopez Jaen, Miguel Angel (ESP ) 0 6-3 6-4
R16 Barberan-Miguel, Sergio (ESP ) 0 6-0 6-0
Q Vargas-Aboy, Alejandro (ESP ) 0 6-2 7-6(6)
S Manzarbeitia-Ugate, Arkaitz (ESP ) 0 6-2 6-1
W Baldellou, Toni (ESP ) 0 6-2 6-4

Don't forget Futures results are delayed one week before they are added to the ranking.

In fact the relevant tournament is Spain F17


FU, 2-Aug-04, O, Clay , Draw: 32


R32 Lopez Jaen, Miguel Angel (ESP ) 0 6-3 6-4
R16 Barberan-Miguel, Sergio (ESP ) 0 6-0 6-0
Q Vargas-Aboy, Alejandro (ESP ) 0 6-2 7-6(6)
S Manzarbeitia-Ugate, Arkaitz (ESP ) 0 6-2 6-1
W Baldellou, Toni (ESP ) 0 6-2 6-4

Don't forget Futures results are delayed one week before they are added to the ranking.

Oh I didn't know they were delayed. Thanks for enlightening me :worship:

Andy currently has 291 ranking points. He will lose 12 points from his futures win last year giving him 279.

But by reaching the final he is guarenteed to add 35 points giving him 314 which should bump his ranking up to roughly 138. :yeah:

If he wins tomorrow that is another 15 points giving Andy 329 and a ranking of roughly 133. :yeah: :yeah:

The main thing is that this is another step towards Murray's long term goal of about 425 ranking points which should be good enough for Andy to break into the top hundred.

Murray takes care of another american deadbeat :D

Thanks Niall :yeah:
The main benefit from me getting it wrong was finding Manzarbeitia-Ugate, Arkaitz (ESP ). I want to steal his absolutely fantastic name :D

Great result for Andy. :worship: Hopefully he'll be able to win tomorrow as well. I think the WC for Cincy has given him a wee shot in the arm. :cool:

One thing is for sure, He'll take the week before the US Open off;):p

They spoke with Petchey and Andy via a telephone link-up on Sky Sports the other day... Mark said that if Andy gets a wildcard into the US Open then he'll go to the New Haven qualifying at the end of next week. But he certainly won't play a challenger that week no.

Quote from official site

Andy Murray got a bit of luck today as he won both matches to get to the final. In his first match with Bogomolov, Jr. the heat was brutal as they engaged in long rallies throughout the match. This match was full of service breaks, 7 total in the first set. In the 10th game, on match point, the players exchanged a great rally where Murray was dictating and pushing Bogomolov, Jr. side to side and then finally he put up a lob. With Murray right on the net, he had to scramble a couple of steps to his backhand side but came up with the winner overhead crosscourt to end it. Great athleticism in that point all around. Both players were exhausted, as demonstrated by Bogomolov, Jr. sitting in a official’s chair prior to match point to catch his breath. Also in that final game, Murray almost came up with another brilliant down the line running backhand, like he did with Mankad to save match point in that 2nd round match. Today's 1st match lasted 1:40 minutes.


In the 2nd semifinal, talk about luck for Andy. It started thundering just as Brian was digging out his racket on centre court. The rain came and the players wouldn't get back out until 5pm. Brian must have been shaking his head quite a bit because no doubt he had the edge if they had started 2 hours earlier. Some tough breaks in tennis, but that was potentially a big one. If Baker had won this one, that US Open wild card would have looked good.

So they start at 5, and Murray broke right away for a 2-0 lead. In the ensuing game, on Murray’s serve and game point, the chair overruled a Murray volley on the far side of the court that was initially ruled in. Murray went to his chair and sat in disbelief. Talk about emotion on the court like John McEnroe... Andy was entertaining with his talking and body language and continual evil eye on the ball marks. In the next game, the chair umpire again overruled when Baker’s 1st serve to the ad court was called out. Murray argued the over-rule and continued to demonstrate his frustration for the next few points and Baker won the game for a 3-1 Murray advantage. At this point, you wondered if we were headed for a similar match to the Mankad one... lots of frustration and distraction for Murray. At 4-1, love-40 Murray again disagreed with a call and got a code violation warning for audible obscenity after approaching the chair. The crowd starting getting behind Baker. Maybe that is a difference in Murray, because he put it aside and broke again in the 7th game, when Baker put 2 relatively easy backhands into the net... that's when you knew Baker wasn't having an "on day".


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:banana: ANDY!!! :woohoo:

Taylor Dent had better watch out next week ;)

Doubles final starts at 12:00 pm

followed by:

Murray Vs. Falla

Should be interesting. I don't see Murray losing this match but by the looks of things, Falla has been fighting like crazy all week.

Falla is a decent player, and so it will indeed be a good match for Murray! He should win though!!

Come on Andy!

What time do we reckon Andy will be on court?

Should be around 7pm, assuming the doubles started on time and there's no more rain! :)

The Binghampton Press & Sun-Bulletin has a good report of yesterday's matches.

http://www.pressconnects.com/today/sports/stories/sp081405s184494.shtml

"I don't care," Murray said. "I played in Israel in Davis Cup and there was about 5,000 people there and they were screaming during the points when we were throwing the ball up and booing us when we won points. I don't really care. I was just saying what I felt and I think it's better to do that than lie to yourself when the umpire's being pretty bad." :haha:

Good for him ;)

Any news of the Double?

Any news... at all?

Murray won 1st set 7-6

yep on the website 7-6 to Andy first set...come on, finish it off!!!!!

official? IF so, go for the baggle:)

:banana:

:)

soon I'll have to write Binghampton in my avatar:);)

where is it on the website could you please post the link

is that on the tournament website?

http://biz.stny.com/tennischallenger/

Thanks

Where's the live info on there then?

there is no 'live' info, it is just updated at the end of a match, or as here, after the first set!

CMON ANDY :woohoo:

there is no 'live' info, it is just updated at the end of a match, or as here, after the first set!

yeah but i cant see anything about this match on there?!

i cant see any info on the final from that link

I was thinking that, but I didnt want to say anything in case it was jst me being thick!

Go to http://www.stevegtennis.com/, select Binghamton and the front page should give score in headline. That's all.

do we know the score of the tiebreak? i can never get on that site its always too slow

You know as much as we know except that Montgomery/Philips won the doubles 6-3 6-2

You know as much as we know except that Montgomery/Philips won the doubles 6-3 6-2

how did u find out this result

it's on the site.

It's on the same page as the Murray score.

the site is a bit quirky...the link i posted can be erratic! for instance the hyperlink i posted is the same as the one on the stevegtennis site and yet that one works and the one i posted obviously didn't!

got it but its adifferent page what has came up all the other time i have went to it

at least for cincy there is a nice scoreboard with live scores!!!!

I'm told Andy won. I'm checking my source.

how reliable is your source

Hope you are right!

:clap2:

oh, great:) thx:p

Not sure. awaiting confirmation. But he appears convinced.

:woohoo: Well he better be!!!!

Is your source at the match?

In the states.

ooooooooooohhhh, I can't wait:fiery:

I updated my avatar, so please, official!!!

Shyscots Statman says "No Sweat". He is sure of the result is "100% accurate"

its official

heard it from petchey himself on sky sports telephone linkup

:woohoo:

Great stuff!!!!!! Nice way to head off to Cincy!

Well done Andy!!!

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

what was the score in the second set??

score?

6-3

HE WON!!!!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D

Well done Andrew :D

Andrew Murray you are the man!!!!

Murray Falla 7-6(3),6-3 (http://biz.stny.com/tennischallenger)

Murray Falla 7-6(3),6-3

2nd set 6 2

Murray won

yay, any pics?

sorry 6 3 = typo

well done muzza,all the best in Cincinati and come on Flintoff and the boys!!!!!!!!

Well done Andy :D

Well done Andy! :banana:
I've had a hellish time these last 30 or so hours spent missing connections and waiting during flight delays back to the UK, so have only just discovered the result.
Good luck in Cincy!

:worship: Murray :worship:

As usual Arthur Sherman was there for the
Binghampton Press & Sun-Bulletin (http://www.pressconnects.com/today/sports/stories/sp081505s184623.shtml) :yeah:

:) beter luck next time DUDI! :)