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*~* Challenger Tournaments Thread *~*

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#1 ·
This thread is for all the Challenger tournaments that Andy plays in so we don't have 100's of Tournament threads!!!

Week beginning 11th July Andy plays in...

APTOS, CA. USA (Hard Court)

He has been given a WC and this is his part of the draw



Lets go ANDY!!! :worship:
 
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#208 ·
A code violation? :eek: What a naughty, naughty boy! :rolls:

Congrats Andy!! Let's take home the title today!

:banana:
 
#212 ·
CMON!!! :woohoo:
 
#214 ·
Petcheys talking on Sky :D....did he or didnt he?!?
 
#215 ·
HE DID!!! and hes about to fly over to cinci with Andy now! :woohoo: AWESOME!!!
 
#220 ·
:bounce: Congrats Andy!!!
 
#221 ·
Well done to Andrew.
 
#222 ·
From the official site....

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Andy Murray looked relatively relaxed and cool-tempered today, as he took his 2nd Challenger title over Alejandro Falla 7-6(3),6-3. The match started out quick as both players held serve easily in their first 2 attempts, losing only 1 point each on their own serve through 3-2, Falla. In the next game, Falla struck first as Murray hit his first double fault to get behind 15-30. “The concentration is shocking” Murray yelled out. On Falla’s 3rd break point chance, he came up with a cross-court winner on the run to go up 4-2. Murray had displayed a temper early in his matches all week, but that 6th game was really the only game where he was obviously upset and talking a lot. Murray stormed right back, breaking Falla and in the process winning 11 straight points (15-0, 5-4 Murray on his serve). In that first set tiebreak, Murray came up with multiple cross-court winners on the run to get a 4-0 lead and then eventually one more forehand winner for the set.

In the 2nd set, both players again held serves relatively easy. In the 8th game at 4-3, Murray broke as Falla hit errors on the last 2 points. Murray closed it out with 2 serves that were un-returnable in the final game. “It was pretty tough today, I had to play 2 matches yesterday and it was really hot. Alejandro doesn’t make too many mistakes and I had to do a lot of running, but today I’m very happy that I managed to win,” said Murray commenting on the match.

Now on to the commentary. What did we witness today? There were still some locals who are tennis player or just athletics fans and well, they missed it. It is underlined by that one situation in the 6th game. Murray double faults, he comments on his concentration... ends up losing the game, but then he goes on to break back and then some, winning the next 11 points. 11 points in a row, not too typical. Now, you can also point out that after that 11th point, he ended up losing his service game. Pretty safe to say that in losing his concentration a bit again (he double faulted), it shows that he felt he could turn it on when he wanted to and was in control... he sold us on the idea. He seemed almost casual at times chasing down the balls, and that flat backhand flicker... won him alot of points.

Andy has a temper and even can be dramatic (when he pulled at his hamstring on that one point early in the match), but to see him channel that into winning the points he needed to, was impressive. Recall that he was down 5-1 in that tiebreak with Harsh Mankad... sure Harsh choked, but Andy certainly could have bagged it... he could have used the couple of days rest. Andy could have a good sense of humor too, he hinted at the possibility in his commentary to himself, that most fans couldn't hear. It was humorous when he gave his thumbs up when he'd hit an error. Ability to be intense. Another look at this guy was when he went over and hugged his coach... that tells a bit of his story too. No player has ever come to Binghamton starting out their pro career like Andy... not even most of the top guys in the world have started their 1st 8 or 9 tournaments like this... 3rd round of his 1st Grand slam. Also have to mention the British enthusiasm. Andy's highlights were on the BBC website... our key folks involved had alot of attention from Great Britain, even just the fans from there. They said the energy was addictive and one of us even wanted to move to Scotland. This website had almost double the traffic this year. Do a search on Andy Murray & tennis and you'll see alot.
As they say, "Brilliant". The British are coming, eh? (One of our early headlines on the main draw) Well they came, and conquered, and now its off to the Masters Series. See the quotes from Murray all the way at the bottom, after the doubs.

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#223 ·
timmoore46 said:
From the official site....

“The concentration is shocking” Murray yelled out.
HILARIOUS!!! sounds like me :haha: :haha: :haha:

timmoore46 said:
As they say, "Brilliant". The British are coming, eh? (One of our early headlines on the main draw) Well they came, and conquered, and now its off to the Masters Series.
:banana: Andy flying the flag for us :D
 
#226 ·
Long time ago,

MONS MAIN DRAW


(1) Olivier Rochus (wc-Bel) vs Oliver Marach (Oos)
Arvind Parmar (Gbr) vs Teimiraz Gabashvili (Rus)
Lukasz Kubot (Pol) vs Frederic Niemeyer (Can)
Jean-René Lisnard (Fra) vs (5) Daniele Bracciali (Ita)
(3) Christophe Rochus (Bel) vs Simon Greul (Dui)
Q. vs Q.
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) vs Michael Berrer (Dui)
Marc Gicquel (Fra) vs (6) Jerome Haehnel (Fra)
(8) Dick Norman (Bel) vs Kristof Vliegen (Bel)
George Bastl (Zwi) vs Steve Darcis (wc-Bel)
Nicolas Mahut (Fra) vs Nicolas Devilder (Fra)
Q. vs (4) Ivo Karlovic (Kro)
(7) Andy Murray (Gbr) vs Ivo Heuberger (Zwi)
Gregory Carraz (Fra) vs Antony Dupuis (Fra)
Julien Benneteau (Fra) vs Q.
Stefan Wauters (wc-Bel) vs (2) Xavier Malisse (wc-Bel)

Andy to play another swiss guy in round 2:p
And then Carraz or Dupuis, both he played in Newport, won against Carraz and lost to Dupuis.
 
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