OLYMPICS - SINGLES R1: Andy sees off Stan the Man 6'3, 6'3

[Sallydaisy]

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Andy Murray opens his Olympic bid with a R1 match against Stanislas Wawrinka.

Muzzah has an 6-4 H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367) against the 27yr old Swiss player who won the Doubles Gold medal in Beijing with partner Roger Federer.

Andy and Stan have met on grass once before - at Wimbledon 2009 so the H2H there is 1-0.
It was the British player who came out the winner on that occasion after a marathon 5 set match which ended being the first match played under the new roof. A couple of Andy's earlier losses to Stan came on clay; no surprise given the Swiss learned/trained on that surface. On Hard courts Andy leads 5-2 but one of the losses came at the USO Grand Slam in 2010 in the R32.

Wawrinka lost in R128 at Wimbledon 2012, going out in 5 sets to Jurgen Melzer.
That has been his ONLY grass court match this season .....

Day and time of the match is to be confirmed.
Not yet sure if they split into halves and if so it might be Federers half first i.e. on Saturday and Djokovic's half 2nd i.e. on Sunday - which is when Andy will probably play.
There is no 'middle' Sunday at the Olympics tennis event.






Year
Tournament & City
Surface
Round
Winner & Score


2011
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Shanghai.aspx)
Shanghai, China
Hard
R16
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2010
US Open (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/US-Open.aspx)
NY, U.S.A.
Hard
R32
Wawrinka, Stanislas (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Stanislas-Wawrinka.aspx)
6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2009
Wimbledon (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Wimbledon.aspx)
Great Britain
Grass
R16
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2008
US Open (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/US-Open.aspx)
NY, U.S.A.
Hard
R16
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
6-1, 6-3, 6-3 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2008
ATP Masters Series Canada (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Toronto.aspx)
Toronto, Canada
Hard
R16
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
6-2, 0-6, 6-4 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2008
ATP Masters Series Rome (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Rome.aspx)
Italy
Clay
R32
Wawrinka, Stanislas (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Stanislas-Wawrinka.aspx)
6-2, 7-6(5) Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2008
Marseille (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Marseille.aspx)
France
Hard
R16
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
3-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2008
Doha (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Doha.aspx)
Qatar
Hard
F
Murray, Andy (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Andy-Murray.aspx)
6-4, 4-6, 6-2 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2006
ATP Masters Series Miami (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Miami.aspx)
FL, U.S.A.
Hard
R128
Wawrinka, Stanislas (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Stanislas-Wawrinka.aspx)
7-5, 3-6, 6-4 Stats (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)


2005
SUI vs. GBR WG PO (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=W367#)
Geneva, Switzerland
Clay
RR
Wawrinka, Stanislas (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Stanislas-Wawrinka.aspx)
6-3, 7-6(5), 6-4

[cazza99]

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes

Paul Annacone,The Fed's coach, wearing Swiss Olympic team shirt, helping Severin Luthi put @stanwawrinka through his paces. Great team-work

[Helen40]

Are the men's games best of three or five sets? Has the last set in the final set got a TB?
Is the ad scoring in the dubs? And is the last 'set' a championship TB?

[davech]

Mens singles: Best of three, except for the final. No TB in final set.
Doubles: Last set is a CTB. Not sure about advantage rule - I assume they are playing advantage as I haven't seen anything to the contrary.

[Sallydaisy]

This is from the ITF Rulebook (http://2012.itftennis.com/media/111275/111275.pdf) for the Olympic Tennis Event.

Scoring System
All matches shall be the best of three sets except for the men's singles final which shall be the best of five sets. The Tie-Break shall operate in every set except the fifth set in the men's singles final and the third set in the other matches (except mixed doubles), when an advantage set shall be played. In the mixed doubles the third set shall be played as a match tie-break (10 points).

[LC the fan]

Not the easiest draw for Andy, but he seems to thrive when he knows he has to concentrate from the word Go

And maybe that flag was heavy for Stan and 3 hours standing around may have taken their toll

GO Andy GO ALL THE WAY

[Sallydaisy]

Andy v Stan is the 2nd match on Centre Court at approx 13.30 Sunday 29th July.
They follow Goerges v Radwanska which begins at 12noon.

OOP is now up on the ITF website. (http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/schedule/daily-schedule.aspx?d=2)

[Jan]

ooh good should be home from church!!

[Reef]

Right, a good massage, a hug from Big Bro (not your fault Andy) and hopefully ready to go!

[LC the fan]

I just hope that the disappointment from today will not get to Andy tomorrow. He played so well and - hate to say it but - well, it was Jamie who was the weaker of the team. Andy was so animated on court and I just hope that he will be even more determined to get the gold in the singles - although I have the feeling that the doubles was his secret dream.
Ah well :sad: I've shed my tears - onward to tomorrow and a medal :clap:

[rouges]

Andy v Stan is the 2nd match on Centre Court at approx 13.30 Sunday 29th July.
They follow Goerges v Radwanska which begins at 12noon.

OOP is now up on the ITF website. (http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/schedule/daily-schedule.aspx?d=2)

Thanks Sally for OOP

[ljs]

8:30am for me , not sure I will see it , hopefully he comes thru !!!!!

[lynne]

The Very Best of Luck Andy!!!!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[Golden Lady]

All the best Andy. :thumbup:

So glad he had the match yesterday, even though they didn't win, it has to be of help to him today.

[LC the fan]

For the first time ever I think I am going to choose to miss an Andy match. I just cant bear to watch if things go wrong for him - he would be devastated.
I've never felt this way but better to miss the match and hear that he has won than sit wringing my hands scared that he will go out in the first round - not sure that he would ever recover.

Of course I wont last out, I'll have to have a peep at the score :sofa:

Come on Andy :gold:

[clancy]

I've made the same decision! I'm feeling very down and fragile for several reasons; my elder dog has been diagnosed with cancer over the last week ..... really needed a bit of cheer yesterday and of course didn't get it; I think I would cut my throat if I had to watch him go out today; just feel that everything that can go wrong is doing so right now so no great hopes for today. Sorry to be such a wet blanket and I hope he has massive support (not even sure about that in this miserable country) and I truly wish him all the luck in the world because he deserves far more than he gets but I'm in bits today .....

[cazza99]

:grouphug: for your dog clancy.

At least Andy should have a much better crowd behind him than at the Wimbledon grand slam

[Jane]

Wishing you all the very best of luck, Andy:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:: )

[Linda]

clancy - so sorry about your dog :grouphug:

Of course yesterday was a very disappointing day for us Brits but I'm sure today will be much better!

[RoastLamb]

Hugs Clancy!!! Sorry about your dog.

[david1610]

Very sorry to hear about your dog Clancy.
Goerge has taken the first set 7-5 against the no. 2 seed Radwanska in the match before Andy. Centre is the only court functioning at the moment of course.

[david1610]

Nobody else posting? Or is the forum with problems.... Anyway... second set tiebreak in the match before...

[LC the fan]

Chin up Clancy..........Let's hope Andy can cheer you up a little

[cazza99]

Its on Sky channel 453.

[Sallydaisy]

And into a 3rd set we go ...... about another 50mins before we see Andy on Centre Court!!!

J/ Goerges 7'5, 6'7(5) v A.Radwanska

[pabbers]

Its on Sky channel 453.

Or the BBC Olympic channel Sky 476.

[Alis]

So sorry to hear about your dog Clancy - how old is he/she?

[david1610]

This is a very competitive women's singles match and although I normally do not like to wait for an Andy match, I do not think we can complain at the quality we are being served while we wait!
And Georges wins the third and the no. 2 seed is out.

Andy in a few minutes!

[Linda]

Goerges won! Wonder if they will open the roof now - play has started on other courts.

[Manaus]

Goerges won! Wonder if they will open the roof now - play has started on other courts.

Looks like they're keeping it closed. Out come the players, Andy getting a nice reaction. :)

[david1610]

Goodness knows how Andy is feeling. Seeing him come out in British colours at Wimbledon was quite an emotional moment!

[Manaus]

Here we go! Go Andy! :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

The roof being closed could change the dynamic of this match and potentially in Stan's favour. Julia Goerges said that the Centre court is playing as if on clay which is good news for the Swiss player ...

Who cares?

COME ON MUZZAH!!!
:swingin::swingin::swingin:

[david1610]

Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

[Linda]

They've got to get that screen sorted out.

[Lizzim]

Is anyone else finding the extra BBC channels to be quiet? I can barely hear the commentators and I have the volume much louder than when watching other channels.

[cazza99]

A screen keeps on going on and off and is bothering Andy.

[cazza99]

Is anyone else finding the extra BBC channels to be quiet? I can barely hear the commentators and I have the volume much louder than when watching other channels.

I am finding that I can hardly hear the ball on the stream for Andy and the commentators are loud.

[Manaus]

Is anyone else finding the extra BBC channels to be quiet? I can barely hear the commentators and I have the volume much louder than when watching other channels.

I'm watching online and it seems ok.
Hold Andy, please focus.

[Linda]

I'm watching on the BBC website, but I also am having to set the volume much louder than usual. (Thought my hearing was getting even worse :rolling:)

[Lizzim]

I am finding that I can hardly hear the ball on the stream for Andy and the commentators are loud.


I'm watching on the BBC website, but I also am having to set the volume much louder than usual. (Thought my hearing was getting even worse :rolling:)

Oh good, glad it isn't me....! Off now to watch, can't concentrate when online :)

[Sallydaisy]

Is anyone else finding the extra BBC channels to be quiet? I can barely hear the commentators and I have the volume much louder than when watching other channels.

Yes!!!
Thank goodness someone else is having the same problem; I thought my hearing was going!

I've just upped the volume on my FreeSat box to maximum so that helps a bit.

[cazza99]

kit kat

[Manaus]

BP! Take it Andy!

[cazza99]

Craig Gabriel ‏@crosscourt1

A woman watching the Murray-Wawrinka match on CC is wearing a t-shirt that reads: "Rafa, wish you were here."

[super8]

The match also is on freeview at the moment (channel 301).

[david1610]

C'mon Andy! Let's get the break!

[Manaus]

Keep pushing for the break Andy!

[RFS]

I have to say this but I always feel saddened when people (fans/commentators) stick the knife in Jamie.
Yes he was weaker, of course he was. But it was Andy's shot that went into the net on Match point.
Their energy was so good - and Andy was such an encouraging force.
I am a fan of BOTH boys, through good and bad times - and I think it's such a shame that Jamie's Olympics are over now.

Let's hope that the flickering screens debacle (along with unused tickets etc) doesn't detract from what should be a juicy match here.
Fill those seats with Brits!!!

[Sallydaisy]

Andy holds for 1-0.

He's getting into Stans game already and it goes to deuce.
Ad to Andy after a DF from Stan, saved so back to deuce.

Then a great rally at the net which Stan squeaks out of and gets Advantage.
And another good rally with Andy finding the backline twice forcing an error from Stan who hit wide.
Deuce

An Ace from Stan and he's got Ad again.
Andy at his returning best to save that game point.
Deuce.

Stan eventually holds - come on Andy!!!
1-1

[david1610]

Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

[RFS]

Wow well here in Richmond we have thunder and lightening... thank god for the roof.

You can really get a sense of how the dark clouds must be gathering... you can really see the effect of the light on it...

[RoastLamb]

Watching on an app. on my ipad. It only shows cc though. But the quality is crystal clear. i hope Fed in the player box doesn't put Andy off.

[Manaus]

Tough holds for both players so far.

[cazza99]

Neil Harman ‏@NeilHarmanTimes

A storm over Centre. Very eerie hearing it sitting under roof

[Manaus]

Wow that rain is loud!

[Linda]

That rain sounds torrential!

[david1610]

Easy hold for Stan but just important that Andy holds as well. Set may well be decided by the weakest service game, so just important to hold and wait for the opportunity.

Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

[KnightOwl]

Solid hold - good stuff!

[Manaus]

Easy hold for Andy. :thumbup:

[Sallydaisy]

Easier hold for Andy and he leads 3-2 on serve.

Wondered why the livescoreboard had no matches showing - then realised the thunderstorm over Wimbers had stopped play!!!
The noise in Centre Court from the rain on the roof is so loud!
:wimbrolly:

[RFS]

That rain sounds torrential!
It certainly was "round the corner" in Richmond... except - eh? I see blue sky now!

[david1610]

Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

[cazza99]

It certainly was "round the corner" in Richmond... except - eh? I see blue sky now!

It was pouring down very hard on the women in the women's cycle race as they rode through Richmond Park.

[david1610]

Break hold would go down a treat! C'mon Andy!

[Alis]

C'mon now Andy - we really could do with a break here.

[RFS]

It was pouring down very hard on the women in the women's cycle race as they rode through Richmond Park.

Oh my - I've just switched to watch the end and got like 6 texts from my friend IN the park - weather screwed up reception... the camera is just all blurry!

[Manaus]

2BPs, chance for Andy! This time!

[Linda]

Kit Kat!

[Manaus]

:yahoo: A break!!!!!! Now hold and take the set!

[david1610]

Yes! And listen to that crowd!
Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

[david1610]

Lovely in part to hear the "Andy" football chant but suspect a lot of people there are not used to the levels of concentration and consequent silence of tennis!
C'mon Andy!

[Sallydaisy]

Magical pass on the sprint from Andy to get the first break in the first set.
Serving at *5-3 ...

The crowd is doing a great job - take note Mr Wimbledon!

[Jane]

First set 6-3 Well done, Andy:clap::clap::yahoo::yahoo::dance:

[Sallydaisy]

Ace for the first set 6'3.
:dance:

[cazza99]

:yahoo: :yahoo: well done Andy. Now just win the next one.

[Manaus]

Awesome hold and 1st set down!!!! Brilliant stuff. :cheer: :yahoo:

[david1610]

Yes!!!!! I hope that has relaxed Andy as much as it has relaxed me!
Now break and hold straightaway please! C'mon Andy!

[david1610]

Stan served well in the first set most of the time but get the feeling fifteen minutes of quality by Andy and this could be put to bed.
C'mon Andy!

[cazza99]

For anyone who doesn't realise there is a very exciting finish to the women's cycle race on BBC1. less than 1 km to go. Lizzie Armitstead has a chance.

[RFS]

for anyone who doesn't realise there is a very exciting finish to the women's cycle race on bbc1. Less than 1 km to go. Lizzie armitstead has a chance.

silver!!!!

[david1610]

Medal alert... I think GB just got its first medal... a silver in the women's cycle race. No sound on the feed and watching Andy of course but I think I am correct.

[cazza99]

Medal alert... I think GB just got its first medal... a silver in the women's cycle race. No sound on the feed and watching Andy of course but I think I am correct.

yup.

[david1610]

And Andy gets the break.
Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

[Manaus]

Long fight but gets the early break! :cheer:
Now need to consolidate.

[Sallydaisy]

Well done Andy!
Now just please hold your own serve - keep the momentum going!

[cazza99]

The cylcing is being discussed on cycling thread in our Olympic forum - http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?980-Olympics-London-2012-Cycling

[david1610]

Phew! Well held in the end.
Now another kitkat would be purrrfect! C'mon Andy!

[Sallydaisy]

:phew:

Slightly tough hold but he's now 2-0 up in the 2nd set.

[Manaus]

Phew, manages to hold.

[david1610]

3-1 another kitkat would be delightful. C'mon Andy!

[david1610]

Focus. Safe hold. C'mon Andy!

PS I bet Mirka is enjoying having Roger in the box rather than on the court for a change!

[Alis]

3-2 - easy hold now Andy then go for the kill!

[Alis]

Does Mirka ever stop chewing?

[Sallydaisy]

2 DF's from Andy for deuce.
:sofa:

[Manaus]

Dip in Andy's level in this game. Focus Andy, not done yet!

[rondun]

Sue didnt even mention the Tennis when she was talking about what's on / coming up on BBC1

[RFS]

Sue didnt even mention the Tennis when she was talking about what's on / coming up on BBC1
Maybe because for the general coverage they go here, there and everywhere and she has to appeal to anyone watching the Olympics and not just the SW19 faithful....

[Manaus]

BP for a second break, take it Andy!

[Sallydaisy]

Stan defends well, Ad to Stan.

What a return from Andy tho'!!!!!!!!!!!!

Deuce

[Sallydaisy]

oops, accidentally ticked a wrong box and closed the thread
:shamed:

[Sallydaisy]

Stan holds ... but Andy is still the one break ahead and will be serving with new balls *4-3 up.

[Jane]

oops, accidentally ticked a wrong box and closed the thread
:shamed:

Too much excitement - he he he

[KnightOwl]

oops, accidentally ticked a wrong box and closed the thread
:shamed:

:lol: easy done :)

[RoastLamb]

5-3. COME ON ANDY!!!!!!! :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[Manaus]

One game to go for Andy now. :thumbup:

[RFS]

I wonder whether Fed will slate him in press for not playing well enough (Stan, that is... not Andy)...

[Manaus]

From 40-0 to Adv Andy. GO Andy!

[RFS]

Match point... again

[Jane]

Congratulations, Andy - great stuff - brilliant -:clap::clap::cheer::cheer::boogie::yahoo:

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[KnightOwl]

:dance: great stuff!!

[Linda]

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[cazza99]

Well done Andy :yahoo: :yahoo:

I missed all of Andy's breaks as I was switching over to other sports. Maybe I should switch over to other sports more often!!!!!!

[RFS]

WOOT!!! 1 game at a time Andy (I think that's what that gesture is... #myguess)

[lynne]

Just enough done Andy.........Well Played!!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[Manaus]

Well done Andy! Great stuff and played well overall. Olympic campaign officially on the move. :cheer: :yahoo: :clap:

[RoastLamb]

Emphatic great win! So happy for Andy! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[HoopGirl]

Well done andy

He looked a bit jaded in the second set - maybe the excitement from yesterday took its toil- he was very pumped up yest.

[Alis]

Good win against a worthy opponent - well done Andy! Great to hear the Andy chants ringing around Wimbledon - we could do with more of that.


p.s. Anyone know why I can't get my smileys to work?

[Bardot]

Well done Andy! In control throughout. :swingin::swingin:

I like how Tim Henman basically ignored Andrew Cotter's summation that "Andy wasn't at his best" and said what a great performance it was. That is the positive of having ex-players as commentators.

I kept the stream on and notice Andy has just left the court, did he give an interview?

[ljs]

WoooHooo :clap::clap::clap:

[Madeline]

Well that's hurdle #1 successfully navigated :thumbup:

[themass15]

Great news, so happy for Andy and hope to see him on Wednesday and Thursday!!!!

[david1610]

Well done Andy!
Could not watch. My 12 year-old was (for the first time) being threated in a young pre-teen website which of course required dad to take over from the tennis fan.

[KnightOwl]

That's not nice, David! I hope you've managed to sort the situation out a bit...!

[RoastLamb]

I have a 12-yr-old too. Bit of a minefield all this internet stuff. Hope he/she's OK!!!

[david1610]

Thank you. We reported the person (she threatened my daughter would end up dead if she did not give up her password). Unfortunately my daughter has now (temporarily) deleted her Facebook account as she got a scare and she uses it a lot to chat with her friends (for good or bad). Luckily I must have done something right as a dad cos she came to me straightaway and we also had a chat with her mum (I'm divorced) to decide what to do.
She was very touched about your concern! Thank you.

[Alis]

A really nasty thing to happen David but, as you say, thank goodness she had the sense to tell you about it. Social media is a real nightmare for kids - they think they can cope but in many cases they can't. I think there should be a minimum age limit for Facebook.

[david1610]

A really nasty thing to happen David but, as you say, thank goodness she had the sense to tell you about it. Social media is a real nightmare for kids - they think they can cope but in many cases they can't. I think there should be a minimum age limit for Facebook.
It's tricky.... she has been on for a year or so with all her friends from school and scouts and so on and of course they all put their age as older. We have parented on the principle of "know" rather than "no", and at least this meant she understood what was happening and came to one of us. And I teach courses related to technology so have always been aware of how (1) public and (2) permanent the Internet is (once one copy is out there....). But we are all still learning... I emailed a uni. prof. a couple of years ago to ask if she had any more recent articles on a subject and a few weeks later her hubby replied that she had passed away - I had not thought about that as it is all still so relatively recent.... oh well, on with the tennis and thanks again for your support and concern.

[RFS]

Thank you. We reported the person (she threatened my daughter would end up dead if she did not give up her password). Unfortunately my daughter has now (temporarily) deleted her Facebook account as she got a scare and she uses it a lot to chat with her friends (for good or bad). Luckily I must have done something right as a dad cos she came to me straightaway and we also had a chat with her mum (I'm divorced) to decide what to do.
She was very touched about your concern! Thank you.
That's awful. The one thing that always makes me wary, even as an adult is how people can tap into a real bullying persona from behind the relative "anonymity" of a User ID - child OR adult.
They think it's alright to be as rude, obnoxious, threatening as they like and believe there are no consequences.

I hope your daughter gets over the scare.

[Sallydaisy]

Post match comments and report on the LTA website here. (http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/Olympics/News/2012/Andy-Murray-beats-Wawrinka-to-reach-Olympics-round-two/)
Together with this fab piccy (http://www.lta.org.uk/NewWebsite/LTA/Images/Photos/People/Players/Players-Known/Murray-Andy/2012-murray-olympics-rd1-620x300-getty.jpg) of Andy leaving the court in his GB kit.

[LC the fan]

WELL DONE ANDY :clap:

Hope his win cheers up Clancy and David with his daughter

[RoastLamb]

Thank you. We reported the person (she threatened my daughter would end up dead if she did not give up her password). Unfortunately my daughter has now (temporarily) deleted her Facebook account as she got a scare and she uses it a lot to chat with her friends (for good or bad). Luckily I must have done something right as a dad cos she came to me straightaway and we also had a chat with her mum (I'm divorced) to decide what to do.
She was very touched about your concern! Thank you.

I know how you must feel. I dread the day it happens to us. So much in the American press about cyber bullying. At least people are more aware of it now and sympathetic. I always worry about FB. Don't want to look over her shoulder so I check on it discreetly. It's lovely you and her have such a close trusting relationship.

[Jan]

Enjoyed watching this match - well done Andy!!! :cheer:

[cazza99]

:grouphug: for your daughter David. At least you have managed to report the person.

[Linda]

It's so good, David, that your daughter felt able to tell you about the trouble on Facebook. So many youngsters suffer Facebook abuse alone.

[scrapaddict]

Good workout for Andy today and he got stronger as the match progressed - glad Fed was watching!!!!!!!

Bit worried that the rain might dent my chances of seeing Andy on Tuesday.........

[clancy]

WELL DONE ANDY :clap:

Hope his win cheers up Clancy and David with his daughter

Thank you it has! A friend had invited me for a bit of lunch as I'm so down and whilst playing with the food, I resisted her requests to try and find some news on the match. When I got home I was desperate,I found the match just finishing and the result did bring a smile to my face. A friend said she didn't realise it was Andy's fate as world no 4 to win this year's US Open (following Australian won by world no 1, French by world no 2 and Wimbledon by world no 3); she was hoping for Olympic gold; I want him to win both!

[cazza99]

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[pabbers]

Great stuff from Andy. Am very relieved to see him comfortably past Stan and the dreaded first round jinx!

Fingers crossed for the next round.

[supergran]

:grouphug:for your daughter David. Hope she's OK. Getting back to the tennis as you said.....good match against potentially tough opponent. Thought Andy played well with not too many errors and some great serves and returns. I too noticed Tim quickly applauding Andy and ignoring the comment made re his play. Well done Tim.:thumbup: Well, that's his first Olympic win...here's to many more.:clap::GBflag:

[david1610]

Just to say thank you for all the good wishes to myself and my daughter. I feel a bit guilty that I seem to have ended up taking the thread off topic for a while but I think everyone understands that I shared in the moment. And Andy won! :)

PS Presumably Andy is the player who has played most under the roof on centre court?

[xenon21]

So glad that Andy won unlike last Olympics. Huge relief! :) Well done Andy!!

[Lizzim]

Just to say thank you for all the good wishes to myself and my daughter. I feel a bit guilty that I seem to have ended up taking the thread off topic for a while but I think everyone understands that I shared in the moment. And Andy won! :)

PS Presumably Andy is the player who has played most under the roof on centre court?

I don't really think you need to apologize :) Glad everything is ok now :)

I can't remember any other player who has been under the roof as often as Andy!