That might have been a tough match, had Melzer been prepared to grit his teeth and fight but it's like Andy put him in a submission hold early and he just didn't want to fight out of it and let the referee count him out.
Awful from him.
Andy looked very good - but then - he has looked very good - but has had virtually no opposition.
If anything now I'm a bit worried that he's in the QFs a bit undercooked in terms of battle-hardness.
I thought it was quite a poor quality match. I did fall asleep at the start of the third though so maybe it got better. Think Andy will need to up his game for Dolgopolov!
I will take it. He should have enough in the tank from week 1 for the dropped set not to matter. Dolgo is a handful. Really happy he is in the sfs after my doom predictions. I hope he wins it but he is supposed to lose to nadal so it wouldn't be a terrible loss. Still, Andy win it anyway
Well well well maybe lady luck is finally on Murrays side avoiding Soderling was massive, avoiding Nadal even more massive.
Not underestimating Ferrer cos he aint exactly Andy's favorite oppeanent, but on hard Andy should have it covered, although Im not counting my chickens just yet.
I'm not going to get too over excited :lol: I'll wait and see how he does in his semi before making any judgment about who/how he will play in the final
Of course I dream that he wins but bracing myself for the worst.
Andy won't play that way against Pics - he played the junk route against Dolgo because he really didn't have much choice, trying to out-power and out-aggressive Delpo would have been a really bad idea. Tsonga and Soderling tried that and they're already back in Europe planning their spring.
No, Andy will play the right way against David but I don't expect an easy match at all, it's a match Andy should win but could lose. He beat David 62 62 at the WTFs but I refuse to take much comfort in that
Problem with Pics is whilst I don't think he will beat Andy, he's capable of taking him to 4-5 hours and a loooooooong match, leaving him a bit goosed for Nole.
I agree Djokovic for my money has been the best player consistently over past 2 weeks, he should be favourite no matter who comes through the other semi.
But you know those dumb assess in the press will be putting the pressure on Murray now. They are thick if they think Djokovic isnt the favorite for the title seeing as he's the only one in the final and he only one with a GS to his name.
But you know those dumb assess in the press will be putting the pressure on Murray now. They are thick if they think Djokovic isnt the favorite for the title seeing as he's the only one in the final and he only one with a GS to his name.
See this is why I'm mad that Scotland wasn't able to win their independence from Great Britian. Why couldn't Andy be Irish? That way their long Slam drought would be GB's problem and there would be less pressure.
Well Andy will need to step up then and win comfortably - he's got the tools - if he doesn't, then it's really his own problem. If Djokovic can take down Federer in straight sets, Andy should be able to do the same to Pics. He's dropped 1 set this tournament and spent not much over 10 hours on court to this point, he should have it in the tank even if Pics extends him a bit.
Andy has to show what he's made of here, the stakes just got higher, he doesn't have the "lost to the GOAT" argument anymore if he makes the final and then doesn't perform.
Well Andy will need to step up then and win comfortably - he's got the tools - if he doesn't, then it's really his own problem. If Djokovic can take down Federer in straight sets, Andy should be able to do the same to Pics. He's dropped 1 set this tournament and spent not much over 10 hours on court to this point, he should have it in the tank even if Pics extends him a bit.
Andy has to show what he's made of here, the stakes just got higher, he doesn't have the "lost to the GOAT" argument anymore if he makes the final and then doesn't perform.
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