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Tennis: US Open Round 4

Ash-sta — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:41:22 +0000

Murray bt Warwinka

6-1, 6-3, 6-3

Andy Murray has made a huge statement on this US Open beating the highly rated Stanislas Warwinka. Murray has been considered by many as the ‘outsider' to win this tournament, and with a performance like that he definitely has his chance to win a slam.

The big test for Andy Murray will be against del Porto, who is only 19 years old but has had a very long winning streak, and considered to be a future number 1. The furthest Murray has gotten to in a Grand Slam is the quarter final at Wimbledon this year where he got crushed by Nadal, so he will be extra determined to win here, and I think he just has enough experience to beat the giant del Porto. I can see it being a classic, going all the way to 5 sets.

Nadal bt Querrey

6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3

An unexpected struggle for Nadal in the 4^th round match up against the American Querrey, credit to the American to pushing all the way, but I just don't think Nadal likes hard court as much as he likes clay and grass, though in the last year he has made the effort to adapt his game to all conditions - he still has some work to do on hard if he wants to dominate on Hard.

Dropping a set isn't so bad, right now if I was to say my top 3 contenders I would say Federer, Murray, and Nadal, in no particular order. Nadal has a habit of losing concentration against the not so rated players, and it can occasionally affect his confidence. But, when he plays against the big players he has a habit of not letting them breath! He's is still the only player ever to make Federer look like he has no control over a match, on many occasions.

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Åsmund — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:02:24 +0000

Det har tatt sin tid, men jeg liker Andy Murray bedre og bedre. I natt så jeg første sett mot Wawrinka. Murray vant det 6-1. Skotten går som en mann med gangsperre mellom poengene, men så snart ballen er i spill, er Murray fantastisk rask og ikke minst uanstrengt på banen. Han går tlbake mye, og har slår hardt uten at det ser ut som han bruker krefter (se Nadal, Rafael). Murray er en elegant spiller som også er kanongod ved nettet.

Mot Wawrinka brukte han litt mye stoppballer i begynnelsen, men slapp unna likevel. Murray møter del Potro i kvartfinalen, og jeg tror skotten tar den kampen også. Vinneren av Murray-del Potro møter Fish eller Nadal.

Rafael Nadal tapte sitt første sett for turneringen mot Sam Querrey. Jeg fikk bare sett noen glimt av den kampen. Synes fortsatt Nadal spiller med for mye overskru for dette underlaget. Querrey ventet på at ballen skulle "komme ned", og spilte med stor risiko. Nadals neste motstander er Mardy Fish, som er i kjempeform og server godt. Med amerikansk publikum i ryggen, har Fish en viss sjanse, tror jeg. Samtidig vet nok Fish at dette er hans ene store sjanse til å gjøre noe stort i US Open, og det kan være stressende kunnskap.

Det er sjelden damefinalen spilles midtveis i den siste uke, men kvartfinalen mellom Venus og Serena er uten tvil kampen mellom de to beste damespillerne. Jeg så første sett av Venus sin seier mot Radwanska, og når Venus sine grunnslag treffer på den måten, er det lite noen kan gjøre.

De siste kvartfinalistene blir klare i dag. Federer møter Andreev, Djokovic spiller mot Robredo. Kveldskampen mellom Roddick og Gonzalez kan bli en klassiker. Mulig at jeg kikker innom den dersom dattera mi ikke sovner.

Sam-o-saurus!

kthanxbye — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:07:34 +0000

I think Sam Querrey looks like a dinosaur. Just the way his left hand goes when he hits that whippy forehand resembles a T-Rex. Samosaurus has had the U.S. Open of his life with a straight sets win over Ivo Karlovic earlier today. Next up for Samosaurus is Rafa Nadal, who beat Victor Troicki pretty handily in his third round match.

Federer v Querrey as it happened

tennisfreaks — Mon, 26 May 2008 23:13:22 +0000

French Open: Sunday 25 May to Sunday 8 June

French Open

First-round result:

R FEDERER Swi v S QUERREY USA

6-4 6-4 6-3

* denotes server

Third Set:

Federer 6-3 Querrey
Federer finishes things off with another break of serve when Querrey goes long with a backhand, and his day's work is done in one hour 35 minutes. Federer will play Kristof Vliegen or Albert Montanes next. I reckon he'll win too. Join us later for a bit of Rafael Nadal action.

1332: "Currently revising for finals on Iraqi Kurdistan and worrying about finding a job... How did you get your dream biscuit-eating tennis-watching job Piers?"
From anon, via text on 81111 (I know someone who knows someone, who fortunately didn't know me)

Federer 5-3 Querrey
News just in that French hope and one-time wonderkid Richard Gasquet has pulled out with a knee injury. He's not having the best of times, which is a shame, as anyone who saw his amazing Wimbledon win over Andy Roddick would agree. Back on Suzanne Lenglen and Federer holds from 30-30, taking the game with a second serve that leaps off the clay and forces the error.

Federer 4-3 Querrey
Entirely predictably, Federer breaks serve with an absolutely blistering forehand return and he's one game from victory. Querrey's fitness coach, Gil Reyes, looks unimpressed in the stands. He looks like he's seen some stuff in his time, old Gil.

Federer 3-3 Querrey
Buoyed by a sugar-coated biscuit, I'm now ready for a five-set thriller. Not sure Federer feels the same though and he continues to move serenely towards the finish line.

Federer 2-3 Querrey
Querrey holds. Apologies for the lack of detail on this game but someone has just opened a packet of chocolate biscuits and they're not going to hang around.

Federer 2-2 Querrey
Federer gets back on level terms and we're back to the traditional early-set atmosphere that's reminiscent of a library on a Bank holiday.

Federer 1-2 Querrey
A lingering shot over the top of the stands catches a glimpse of the top of the Eiffel Tower, and for a moment I think it's the Blackpool Tower. It's not though. Querrey holds.

Federer 1-1 Querrey
A few gasps from the crowd when Federer looks to have bunted a simple forehand long but it just catches the line, and he holds to love.

Federer 0-1 Querrey
A great forehand from Querrey is followed up with a woeful smash into the middle of the net, but he gets out of trouble when Federer comes up with one of his fairly regular mishit backhands.

Second Set:

Federer 6-4 Querrey
Squeaky bum time - as Sir Alex Ferguson would put it - for Federer at 0-30 but he digs deep to find some first serves and get back to 30-30. The Swiss then wins a lengthy baseline exchange and converts his first set point by hooking a forehand down the line. Nice.

Federer 5-4 Querrey
Big Sam keeps his spirits up with a big forehand winner and then produces another at set point down. A good hold.

Federer 5-3 Querrey
Querrey might hit the serve harder but Federer's placement is superb. One delivery leaves the flat-footed American swiping at fresh air, which is embarrassing enough if you're down the park. A sweeping cross-court forehand gives Federer the game.

Federer 4-3 Querrey
Querrey holds easily to keep himself alive in the set.

Federer 4-2 Querrey
Federer slides into to punch a backhand volley down the line but it squeaks wide. However, the Swiss finds a couple of big serves to take the game and he looks in total charge now. To fashion matters, and white appears to be the colour of choice among Parisian women this spring. Looks like a dentists' convention. Pretty dentists, mind.

1251: "Yay! BREAK from 0-40. That'll break Querrey's resolve, maybe. Oh I'm mean...."
undsoweiter on 606

Federer 3-2 Querrey
There we go - a Federer moment. He reaches out wide to get to a Querrey forehand and sends it fizzing back past the onrushing American to drop smack on the line. A burst of applause follows and, I think, the first whoop of the day. A really fine game goes to deuce, at which point Federer fires a forehand return winner down the line and Querrey follows up with a double fault. A key break of serve.

Federer 2-2 Querrey
Another simple hold for Federer and the atmosphere on Suzanne Lenglen at the moment n'existe pas. Or something. Absolute silence for the most part.

1241: "Federer will be aware that one poor service game could get him into a bit of a dogfight here."
Mark Petchey on BBCi

Federer 1-2 Querrey
Another nice backhand sends Federer scurrying fruitlessly behind the baseline and Querrey holds again.

Federer 1-1 Querrey
One flashing backhand winner down the line is a highlight for Querrey but Federer takes the game easily enough. There are considerably more people on Suzanne Lenglen court for this one than the emerging thriller between Robredo and Coria on Phillipe Chatrier. Who knows why?

Federer 0-1 Querrey
Querrey looks in trouble at 0-30 and does well to hold on.

First Set:

Federer 6-4 Querrey
After a few dodgy moments, Federer gets it right when it matters and holds serve comfortably to take the first set - it's been very much a loosener for the Swiss and he'll hope to step it up now.

Federer 5-4 Querrey
According to a well-known online encyclopedia, Querrey is "sometimes referred to as 'The New Todd Martin'." Hopefully this means he is tall and well-mannered, rather than destined for a career of near-misses and injuries. Either way, he comes through from 30-30 to hold and force Federer to serve out the set.

Federer 5-3 Querrey
Federer lets a lead slip but comes through from deuce with some decent serving. And Bolelli has finished off Baghdatis in three very easy sets, so no more from the grinning Cypriot in Paris this year.

Federer 4-3 Querrey
Scratchy stuff all round at the moment, although that's probably not surprising bearing in mind it's their first match and the weather isn't exactly great. Querrey holds under little pressure from Federer. Marcos Baghdatis is on the verge of defeat to Simone Bolelli on Court Two - nice for the Italian but a shame to see Baggy struggling.

Federer 4-2 Querrey
Federer holds serve to consolidate the break and finally get a bit of daylight. Talk in the office turns to The Apprentice - Michael has got to go, apparently.

Federer 3-2 Querrey
Querrey fights back from 0-40 to deuce but two points later, Federer wins a lengthy rally with some vicious sliced backhand forcing the error. He's back in front but it's inconsistent stuff so far.

Federer 2-2 Querrey
Federer doesn't make things easy for himself these days and a couple of errors hand Querrey a break point, but the Swiss takes charge with two fizzing forehands to see off the danger. Querrey then earns another with a fine forehand of his own and Federer promptly thumps one six feet long.

Federer 2-1 Querrey
Agassi's former coach Gil Reyes is in the crowd - apparently he works on Querrey's fitness training, which will be tested today if he plans to hang around a while. The American gets on the board with a solid hold.

Federer 2-0 Querrey
In no time at all Federer moves two games clear and it's a very smooth start from the top seed.

Federer 1-0 Querrey
Querrey has a thumping great serve which helps me not one bit in the opening game as Federer gets to three break points at 0-40. The American saves the first with a service winner before Federer shanks a backhand on the second, but the Swiss converts the third with a big forehand into the corner.

1159: Good morning everyone, I trust you're enjoying your Bank Holiday in traditional style by sitting in front of a screen while it buckets down outside. If you're fortunate enough to live somewhere other than the south of England I suggest you get outside and light the barbecue now, while there's still time.

You can surely leave this one in the safe hands of Roger Federer, the world number one, twice a runner-up in Paris and trying to win the title for the first time.

Sam Querrey is 20 years old, ranked 40 in the world, from Thousand Oaks, California, and stands a lofty 6ft 6in. Being American, he's supposed to be rubbish on clay, but he reached the quarter-finals in Monte Carlo recently leading some to suggest he might trouble Federer. Some, but not me.

Story from BBC SPORT

Last 8 Monte-Carlos

backhand — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:35:19 +0000

First of all. How many of you thought that Querrey would beat Gasquet when the score was 6-2 in the first? I didn't think he would. But now it seems like this might be his break on the ATP tour, or mini-break, ON CLAY! Good JOB!

Federer will have his first exam on clay, and it will be somewhat tougher to pass. I think of Nalbandian as an excellent clay player, and it cannot be easier for Federer on the slower stuff. I don't know, but Nalbandian lost only 1 game against another clay lover, Robredo, yesterday so.... ouch!

Djokovic defeated Murray quite fast, and will probably end Querrey's run. Errr? Yes he will...

Andreev is probably in ecstasy, first because he won yesterday's 50 match balls match, and second because the ATP tour finally hit the dirt. After a struggle in the first 3 months he seems more than qualified for the clay, and I think he will beat Davydenko today.

Ferrer vs. Nadal... Now this might be interesting, but Nadal still takes it in 2. Anything else would be a major, major shock.

So.. can we predict a couple of finalists?! No way... but I think that Djokovic and Nadal are most likely to reach it, based on a little h2h throughout the draw and some common sense. Nadal will of course take that match in 2 sets and be crowned Monte-Carlo dictator. But that's me....

Nadal mot resten

Åsmund — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:14:34 +0000

Dersom det var noen tvil, så er Rafael Nadal fortsatt the man på grus. Han har vunnet sine to kamper i Monte Carlo latterlig enkelt. I dag slo han Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-4, 6-1. I første runde fikk Mario Ancic tre game mot verdenstoeren.

Federer kom tilbake på sporet med en grei seier over Monfils, og Djokovic knuste Murray aldeles, 6-0, 6-4. Mest overraskende er at amerikaneren Sam Querrey er klar for kvartfinalen. Han har hittil slått Moya, Seppi og Gasquet, og det er tre solide grusspillere.

Dette er kvartfinalene i Monte Carlo:
Federer - Nalbandian
Djokovic - Querrey
Nadal - Ferrer
Davydenko - Andreev

Jeg er spent på om Ferrer klarer å gjøre noe mot Nadal. Han slo jo ut Nadal av US Open i fjor høst, så vidt jeg husker.

Un tifón en Monte-Carlo.

ivantricarico — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:09:17 +0000

David Nalbandián, sexto cabeza de serie, clasificó a los cuartos de final del Masters Series de Monte-Carlo tras arrasar por 6-1 6-0 al español. Tommy Robredo, en apenas una hora de juego. El tifón de Unquillo buscará las semifinales ante el número uno del mundo, Roger Federer.

El cordobés exigiendo un excelente y contundente tenis pasó por arriba al español, Tommy Robredo, para avanzar por segunda vez en su carrera a los cuartos de final del torneo monegasco. La primera y única vez que el argentino había avanzado a esta ronda fue en el 2004, cuando perdió con Guillermo Coria en sets corridos. Mañana no lo tendrá nada sencillo ante el monarca del tenis mundial, Roger Federer, cuyo historial está igualado en 8 victorias para cada uno. En polvo de ladrillo el unquillense ganó un match, contra dos del helvético.

Para enfrentar a Roger Federer, David tuvo que eliminar a Robredo. El primer set se lo llevó el pupilo de Martín Jaite, en sólo 32 minutos de juego. Nalbandian quebró en el cuarto y sexto game, para con su saque definir el set. Pese al marcador, el español jugó bien, lo que demuestra que el cordobés jugó un tenis brillante.

El segundo set, Robredo desapareció y el "Gringo" lo liquidó en 28 minutos con un 6-0, quebrando en tres oportunidades. Con este triunfo, Nalbandian estiró el historial a su favor con cuatro victorias contra dos derrotas. El ibérico había lo había vencido en Monte-Carlo 2006 y Sopot 2001, mientras que la raqueta número uno de nuestro país se vio victorioso en Palermo 2001, Montreal 2002 y el Australian Open 2006.

Otro dato a favor de Nalbandian es que Robredo es especialista en canchas lentas y que a David le cuesta mucho jugar sobre estas superficies, no obstante siempre consigue buenos resultados.

Otro que ganó en forma contundente fue el serbio, Novak Djokovic, que venció por 6-0 6-4 al británico, Andy Murray, y de esta forma enfrentará al estadounidense, Sam Querrey, que derrotó al francés, Richard Gasquet, por 2-6 6-4 6-3, precisamente el ganador de este match se medirá con el ganador de Nalbandian y Federer por un lugar en la final.

Por el otro lado del cuadro, Igor Andreev le ganó a Nicolás Almagro 7-5 4-6 6-4 y jugará en cuartos de final ante su compatriota, Nikolay Davydenko, que derrotó al alemán, Philipp Kohlschreiber, por 3-6 7-5 6-2.

En tanto, Rafael Nadal eliminó a Juan Carlos Ferrero, al derrotarlo por, 6-4 6-1. El próximo rival del mallorquín será su compatriota, David Ferrer que arrasó con Tipsarevic por 6-4 6-0.

ORDEN DE JUEGO DEL VIERNES:

COURT CENTRAL Comienza 5:30 am de Argentina.
I Andreev (RUS) vs [4] N Davydenko (RUS)
[1] R Federer (SUI) vs [6] D Nalbandian (ARG) Aproximadamente 7:30 am (Hora de Argentina)
[5] D Ferrer (ESP) vs [2] R Nadal (ESP)
[3] N Djokovic (SRB) vs S Querrey (USA),

Shaky #1

backhand — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:35:47 +0000

What the heck is happening to Federer? Is that mono stuff over or not?! I understood that worst case scenario was that it could affect his physical condition for months. I've never seen Federer sweat the way he did yesterday, in probably the coolest condition of the season, so far. He will not win this tournament, and I will be surprised to see if he can take down the fast and furious Monfils. Monfils surely must be a bigger threat the Ramirez-Hidalgo. The reason for his loss, as far as I can observe, was his unforced errors. 1st serve was nothing out of the ordinary, but too low if he wants to beat the best guys. Everything on the baseline failed and his mental game was close to failing too. You got to give him some credit for getting the match after being 4 points away from defeat in not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 games! Wow! Good luck Fed!

Nadal looked a hell of a lot better! Ancic is not a clay monster, but if his serve is working well and he can manage to get some fast and easy points, he should be able to pull something against Nadal. Nadal wasn't too interested and did his job perfectly as quickly as possible and wore down the big Ancic before he knew it. 6-0, 6-3! BigFed... watch out!

Djokovic also got a serving machine in Ljubicic. This was actually a home derby between Monte Carlo residents, where Djokovic came out victorious. 6-3, 6-3 is a good start for Novak. Murray is next, who defeated Volandri a lot easier than I though possible. I think Murray has improved his clay game, with the improved "maturity" and fitness. Could be an upset. Murray had enough weapons to send Novak home.

I would also like to give PatMac a message.... If Sam Querrey beats Gasquet today... You have to play him in Spain! I don't know what the American has done to beat Moya and Seppi on clay, but with a win over Gasquet today he will be the biggest headline of the clay season.

Querrey d. Moya 6-3, 1-6, 6-3!!

backhand — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:43:55 +0000

Are you kiddin' me?!

Now is this a clear sign that Moya should seriously consider retiring, or was it just a Querrey-perfection? Hope some of you saw this one, because no offense to Querrey, but he isn't the safest bet on a slow Monte-Carlo dirt surface. You cannot possibly argue that serve was too important. 49% 1st serves, winning 76% is just below average for a good server. Isn't Moya a perfect example of a great forehand?! How the hell did he lose this?!

Anyway... more on day 1 later.