TOKYO 2011, R2: Andy beats Bogomolov 6'1, 6'2

[Sallydaisy]

R2 in Tokyo: Andy takes on 28yr old American (born Russian) Alex Bogomolov Jnr.

They've played twice this year already so it's a nice even H2H (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/Head-To-Head.aspx?pId=MC10&oId=B842) of 1-1.
Bogo beat Andy 6-1, 7-5 in the R64 in the Miami Masters.
Andy returned the favour 6-2, 7-5 in the R16 at the Cincinnati Masters in August.
Before that they'd met in the Binghamton Ch. way back in 2005 where Andy got the win on the way to his first Challenger title

The Russian has put in some solid performances this year which have seen him rise from #118 to a career high #38 in the rankings since Miami. Andy has gained in confidence as the year has gone on and is playing some good tennis right now.

Once again they're meeting up on an outdoor hardcourt and it'll be interesting to see who comes out the winner this time around.

The match is scheduled 3rd on Centre after 2 other singles starting 12noon Tokyo/4am UK.

Likely start time - anywhere between 7am and 8.30am UK.
There might even be a livestream ..........
:)

[david1610]

Outdoor. That is interesting. For some reason I thought it was indoors. C'mon Andy!

[Madeline]

Bogomolov may have started out Russian, but now he plays as USA.

[Linda]

I reckon this will not start before 8am at the earliest. So sadly I shall miss it as I shall be off to work :sad:

[pabbers]

Just noticed your avatar have you switched allegiance? :confused:

[Sallydaisy]

Outdoor. That is interesting. For some reason I thought it was indoors. C'mon Andy!

It's both. It has a retractible roof - as does Beijing. See image here. (http://www.excel7.com/worldwind/ariake.jpg)
There are images from matches earlier in the week that are clearly outdoor (sun/shadows).
Similar to Shanghai in that regard which is why a lot of players go there
See tweet from StuFraser

Coming up for 1am over in Tokyo and Stepanek & Chiudinelli are just starting a deciding set. Rain has caused this. Is there even a crowd?


Bogomolov may have started out Russian, but now he plays as USA.
Yes, when I clicked on the ATP link I got his Dad first and forgot to change the nationality.
Thanks Madeline; will change it.

[traveller7]

lshunter now has it on their livestream page so cross fingers!

[Sallydaisy]

Just noticed your avatar have you switched allegiance? :confused:

Looks like Martina Hingis .......
:)

[Linda]

Just noticed your avatar have you switched allegiance? :confused:

Do you mean me? You know I change my avatar a lot, and I said on the temp forum that I was thinking of having and Alexandr Dolgopolov avatar, so now I have. I think I might shortly change it for James Blake. :big grin:

Allegiance? I like a lot of players. I think Dolly is great fun to watch.

[pabbers]

Do you mean me? You know I change my avatar a lot, and I said on the temp forum that I was thinking of having and Alexandr Dolgopolov avatar, so now I have. I think I might shortly change it for James Blake. :big grin:

Allegiance? I like a lot of players. I think Dolly is great fun to watch.

Sorry yes, meant you, should've quoted. I think Dolly is really cute! James Blake's not bad either. There's a drooling smiley somewhere out there that would be handy..........especially for the shallow thread!

[Linda]

Oh I don't see Dolly in a drooling way at all - I just like his tennis. (Like how I see Andy.) But I do drool over James Blake!

I think Dolly is great fun to watch. His game is so varied and he really seems to enjoy his tennis. If he could get more first serves in he would be very difficult to beat as his serve is so hard to read. And he must have the best dropshot in the ATP - I've seen him make some from way behind the baseline!

[Maza1987]

Gl Andy.
Hope he's not too tired.

[Jan]

Hope to catch some of this before I need to go out.
Come on Andy:cheer::cheer:

[Jane]

Good luck tomorrow, Andy:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:: ) and also to you and Jamie in the doubles.

[Katie]

I'm glad that there will be streams for this - much prefer to be able to see what Andy is doing at stressful moments in the match! Though hopefully there won't be many of those tomorrow, a nice straight-forward win would be good. :thumbup:

[LindyDRed]

Good luck Andy.

[lynne]

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

[karanga]

Good luck Andy.

[Mickey]

Best of luck Andy. Know you can do it. Now understand Andy's reference yesterday to playing from outdoors to indoors, and how he struggles with the conditions and finding his range. It was raining yesterday and they put their retractable roof across. Mystery solved.

[Hawkeye]

David Ferrer taken to three sets and Nadal v. Raonic still in the first set so looking like not before 8am.

[JAMES4578]

Nadal has just taken the first 7-5, clinching the only bp of the match right at the end.

[Jean]

Good Luck Andy



and as the saying goes

'make it easy on yourself'


:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Jan]

Rafa has just won.
I have to go out in about half an hour, so will miss most if not all of Andy's match :sad:

[cazza99]

They are on court :cheer: :cheer:

[Jean]

Andy just out on court- Come on Andy :trophy:

[Jane]

Just out of bed - my timing is better today!! :) Good luck, Andy:thumbup::thumbup:

[Jan]

Come on Andy!!!
:cheer::cheer:

[Jan]

kitkat in first game!:cheer:

[Jean]

2-0 Andy :yahoo:

[Jan]

AB holds. 2-1 to Andy

[banskogirl]

hi guys, have we got a stream? or just live score? I have to go out to work in about 10 minutes :(

[Sallydaisy]

Andy 3-1 after a hold of serve to 30.

[Jan]

http://www.lshunter.tv/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=65003&tv_id=342&tid=25751&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=327

[Jan]

Andy breaks again for 4-1 :cheer:

[Jean]

second break Andy- leads 4 - 1 :yahoo:

[Jan]

Unfortunately I have to go... keep this up Andy - don't let him back in!:clap:
Keep up the cheering everyone! See you later.:wave:

[Jean]

5 - 1 Andy :cheer:

[Sallydaisy]

I don't think Andy wants to be out there long ...........

[Sallydaisy]

Fab backhand put away from the net.

[Hawkeye]

I don't think Andy wants to be out there long ...........I was saying on Facebook that he'd rush through this because he has another match to play today.

[Sallydaisy]

BHDTL gives Andy 2 set points ........

[Hawkeye]

And there's the first set!

[Sallydaisy]

First set to Andy - 6-1 in just under half an hour!
:clap:

He gave Bogo no breakpoint chances and took 3/5 that came his way.
4 Aces to Bogo's 0, serve dropped off to 53% though.

[Jean]

Andy totally focused now- first set 6 - 1 :cheer:

[Katie]

Great from Andy so far! :cheer:

[Hawkeye]

No perfect scores in the FTM today.

[mintsauce]

Andy's playing well today, really enjoyed that first set but now it's time to go to work again :wave: see you all for the same tomorrow?

[Jane]

Well done, Andy:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[Hawkeye]

First serve still only at 50%...

[Sallydaisy]

Held to 30 in the opening game of the 2nd set.
Bogo trying to keep the rallies going but is hitting the ball long.

[hfwardhouse]

Wow Andy's in a hurry today!!! Obviously anxious to get off court in time for his dubs later!!!

LET'S GO ANDY LET'S GO!!

[banskogirl]

have to go now but hope we dont have the usual 2nd set wobble! go for it Andy!

[Sallydaisy]

1-1 2nd set.

[Sallydaisy]

That's an easy hold for 2-1.

Andy is going for the lines and moving Bogo around the court, peppering his backhand and putting good pace and placement on his shots.

[Sallydaisy]

Bogo serving: 15-0, 30-0, 30-15,
30-30 as Bogo hits long and has a little racquet throw,
40-30 good rally, Andy set up a point and came into the net but was passed

2-2

Andy challenged on the last point but it was about a foot long. Not sure why he's getting a bit frustrated - just the perfectionist in him I guess.

[Sallydaisy]

3-2 and a very quick game and love hold for Andy

15-0
30-0
40-0 and an Ace

[Helen40]

my stream has just died, anyone else got the same problem?

[lynne]

my stream has just died, anyone else got the same problem?

Yes mine did grrrr!!

[JennieF]

Hello everyone. Just logged on. Is there a livestream anywhere please?

[Sallydaisy]

There's the break. Andy to serve at 4-2 up!

[Helen40]

Hello everyone. Just logged on. Is there a livestream anywhere please?
http://www.lshunter.tv/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=65003&tv_id=342&tid=25751&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=327

but it's in a dying state

[Sallydaisy]

Andy's really going for it.
15-0
30-0 and Ace #10
40-0
Game

5-2

[lynne]

Hello everyone. Just logged on. Is there a livestream anywhere please?http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-2/10/132/v-313385.html

[Golden Lady]

Just got in from school run. Wow, Murray in a hurray!!!

[JennieF]

Thanks Lynne and Helen. Will give them a go.

[Jane]

Good stuff, Andy - job done!! Congratulations:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::)

[Sallydaisy]

:yahoo:

15-0
15-15
15-30 loose shot from Bogo
30-30
30-40 and match point
deuce
40-Ad and match point again

Thar she blows!!! GSM Murray 6-1, 6-2

[Jennan]

great stuff Andy well done

[Helen40]

6-1, 6-2 :-) Shame about the livestream :-(

[Golden Lady]

Great win! Well done Andy, truly on fire!!!:cheer::cheer::cheer:

[JennieF]

Ooops! Too late!!!! Well done Andy! Rollercoaster mood or what??!! :yahoo:

[patmoren]

That's the Andy we know and love. Well done Andy 6-1, 6-2 is back to your old score lines.:trophy:

[Katie]

Well done Andy! :cheer: Really effective performance - 95% points won when his first serve went in.

Can recommend the bet365 stream btw, no problems with it this morning.

[hfwardhouse]

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Well done Andy - nice and easy! Good luck with the dubs!

[lynne]

Well done Andy! :cheer: Really effective performance - 95% points won when his first serve went in.

Can recommend the bet365 stream btw, no problems with it this morning.


It's usually the same stream, it's just that you have to refresh sometimes I always have a couple of windows open for that reason!:)


Well Done Andy!!!....Nice & Quick!!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[Mickey]

Well that Boggy in the bag! A good warm up game for the doubles, noticed the roof was going across for the evening matches. Hope the Brothers won't have any
trouble with that.Must clean the house and get finished to watch the doubles. Well done Andy.:yahoo::yahoo::cheer::cheer:

[LC the fan]

Well - how easy was that ! The Andy we know and love ! Just as well because he's got the dubs later on but I dont think he took too much out of himself this morning.

My livestream crashed on match point but - hey - small price to pay having enjoyed watching a master at work

[Alis]

Well done Andy - professional job. :clap::clap::clap: That puts all three players in their place who had the audacity to beat you in the spring!

I don't know how livestreams manage to time it to crash at the most inconvenient time - mine did too!

[Madeline]

How strange. My tennistv stream was fine - and I'm pretty sure all the free livestreams are the same stream.

[pabbers]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY rubbish stream but who cares, he got the win in what seems to have been fine style! Got to work about 8.50am and it was 2-1 in the second - managed to see about 6 hits of the ball throughout the rest of the match as the streaming was so poor!

[40-15]

great win Andy - pity about the streaming coverage!! -
Andy and Jamie good luck in the doubles after the Nalbandian v Dodig match

[Sallydaisy]

Match synopsis

Andy Murray produced a short, sharp display of tennis this morning to book his passage into the Quarter Finals in Tokyo. Bogomolov was outclassed from the beginning and failed to find a game plan to challenge Murray.

Andy dominated the 1st set breaking his opponent in the opening game. Holding serve easily, and with another 2 breaks of serve against the American, Murray took the first set 6'1 in just 24 minutes.

Bogomolov made a better start in the 2nd set but the errors he made gave Andy plenty of chances and Murray broke in the 6th game to go 4-2 up. A clinical service game to love left the American having to serve to stay in the match at 2-5.
Andy missed the first match point but sealed the win with the 2nd one to take the set 6'2.

This was a focussed performance from Andy; he afforded his opponent no break chances and took full advantage of the shots Bogomolov hit to the Murray backhand. The match lasted just 58 minutes and provided just the kind of warm-up needed ahead of a 2nd match later today with brother Jamie in the doubles.

Match stats available off livescore here (http://www.protennislive.com/framesetperp.asp?lang=en&ref=www.atpworldtour.com).

Andy's opponent in the Quarter-Final will be either David Nalbandian or Ivan Dodig.

E&OE

[RoastLamb]

Well I got up at 4:30 to see that Nalbandian was warming up. Bummer. I was worried for a bit that Andy had retired or something. So I watched Rafa's match on my PVR instead. Glad to see Andy got an easy win.

[supergran]

Woke up, ran downstairs and Andy had finished! Didn't mind too much as it seemed like an easy match for him.

[Jan]

Hi I'm back again! Glad to see that Andy didn't make a meal of it after the first set! Well done Andy - keep up the good work. :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:

[JAMES4578]

That really was comfortable for Andy, well done! Hoping I may be able to watch at least some of it tomorrow if Muzzah's on early enough. He could probably do with saving some energy for the battles ahead so it is good news!

[ChrisMac]

Well Done Andy!:cheer::cheer: Streaming kept freezing during the last few games of the match. But Andy played well and is looking good!:thumbup:

[Pam]

Well done Andy - great to see you get the job done so quickly.

[Speedy Hawk]

Well done Andy! Good see done so quick.

[Maza1987]

Pleased to see Andy has been sorting out the players against whom his h2h has been relatively weak. Young, Bogomolov, Simon, Baghdatis and now hopefully Nalbandian.

[traveller7]

Well done Andy didnt get to see it in the end not feeling great today woohoo!

[ljs]

WooooHooooo :cheer::cheer:

[Linda]

Missed it as had to go to work (the match was just starting as I was leaving the house) but glad to see that he played very well!

[VamosVixs]

Well done Andy!! :cheer:

[Aussie Andy]

Great going, Andy, congratulations! Keep up the good work!

You took your revenge in Cincy, now you've put him in his place good and proper!

Let's see you beat Nalby now, shall we?