View Full Version : USO 2016, R4: Andy dumps Dimi 6-1 6-2 6-2
:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::dance::dance::dance::yahoo:: yahoo: What a match! What a player! Well done Mr Murray!!
Great win, wonderful tennis:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
themass15
06-09-2016, 01:26
Well done Andy!!!!!!
RosieBear
06-09-2016, 01:27
That was just incredible. What a performance - will go down as one of the best displays of his career. Unforgettable. And what a statement for future rounds; Andy means business, watch out.
Majestic Murray. :boogie::yahoo::boogie::yahoo: Flawless.
david1610
06-09-2016, 01:27
If he plays that well, can't he just miss the next round! ;)
lovetennis
06-09-2016, 01:28
:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap::party::party::worsh ip::worship::worship::worship:amazing Andy.
:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::boogie::boogie ::boogie::boogie::boogie:
Elizabeth
06-09-2016, 01:28
What a match, I am exhausted just watching. Well done Andy.
Utterly ruthless!!!:boogie::boogie::boogie:
Absolutely brilliant match only spoilt slightly by a couple of
Common Taters
exislander
06-09-2016, 01:28
Efficient and not too long!
themass15
06-09-2016, 01:29
Didn't realise Andy had served at 141 mph!
Brilliant!!! Well done Andy!!! :boogie: :boogie: :boogie:
Great match from Andy. Played really well, against a potentially dangerous opponent. Fastest serve of his career and it was amongst a number of fast serves. He looks like the one to beat!! Go Andy! And now to bed!
Yellowlivi
06-09-2016, 01:31
What a great match, absolutely brilliant from Andy. Look out everyone else!
:big grin: ;)
The Overrule @theoverrule
What a beating. I get the impression Grigor sensed it coming in the warm-up.
So happy Andy gave me a calm match before my holiday! Probably his last match I will see (but with Frenchmen still in there I hope to find something on tv) and if he continues to play like that I fully expect him to lift the trophy as he so deserves! Sorry Dani, always thought Grigor was over-rated!
FANTASTIC performance from Andy !!!!!!! :cheer::cheer::cheer:
Sublime Tennis....:thumbup::thumbup:
Didn't realise Andy had served at 141 mph!
Don't think the common taters spotted it.
To busy talking B S. Sorry I meant drivel.
Great match, great job from Andy. More of that please.
supergran
06-09-2016, 01:34
Incredible, fantastic, brilliant! Well done Andy!:yahoo::cheer::jitterbug::worship::clap::GBfl ag:
murrayfan89
06-09-2016, 01:35
Absolutely amazing match from Andy. More of the same against Nishikori hopefully.
That was just incredible. What a performance - will go down as one of the best displays of his career. Unforgettable. And what a statement for future rounds; Andy means business, watch out.
+1
couldn't agree more RB
Take a bow, Mr Murray - that was a brilliant performance! :superman:
Well that was an absolute pleasure to watch wasn't it? So glad I was awake for it. Back to bed now, more holiday walking to be done tomorrow. Night all.
Just woken up in time to see the last game. Excellent timing. Will enjoy this tomorrow. Great stuff. For some reason wasn't too worries about this one.
If Andy plays Del Potro in the SF, maybe he could use the fact that Dani considered becoming his coach as motivation. ;)
Atta boy Andy! You show Grigor how it's done!! Great performance! Grigor only allowed to win 5 games! Wow! Stats very good too. Very comfortable match to watch and well worth staying up for.:bravo::clap::clap:
Didn't realise Andy had served at 141 mph!
I don't think Andy realised it either until the on court interview.
traveller7
06-09-2016, 01:41
What a wonderful match to watch. Well done that man. Onwards!
I don't think Andy realised it either until the on court interview.
Think he did he did say if was a fluke as he didn't hit any others close to that speed I imagine he would know it was fast when he hit it and make a point of looking a scoreboard to see
JAMES4578
06-09-2016, 01:45
Such an awesome and magical display from Andy,absolutely thrilled to see him give such a commanding performance ! Any doubts from previous round firmly swept aside,really took it to Dimitrov! However whilst obviously under pressure Dimi was also disappointing. Of course will be tougher matches to come but hopefully Murray continues in similar vein,should be confident!:clap::clap::clap::boogie::boogie:
jackie55
06-09-2016, 01:58
Brilliant, brilliant, well done Andy, thank you so much for a tennis masterclass :worship::worship: and for making it a stressfree match to watch :thanks: l really hope he didn't peak to soon !!! Please, please keep it up for the next 3 matches :tennis::tennis:
Brilliant, brilliant, well done Andy, thank you so much for a tennis masterclass :worship::worship: and for making it a stressfree match to watch :thanks: l really hope he didn't peck to soon !!! Please, please keep it up for the next 3 matches :tennis::tennis:the early bird catches the worm ;)
Caley Shaun
06-09-2016, 02:13
The only bad thing was his 1st serve percentage, he needs to get that up before Kei but if he dominates as much as tonight, it may not matter but it would be good to get it up to over 60% serves in.
His number of double faults is getting higher too which may be due to him going for it, instead of just rolling it in at a hittable mph, the more he serves good mph 2nd serves, the less he will double fault HOPEFULLY.
If Kei was watching, he will be scared lol, in fact, so would Novak, that is how good that was :-).
Point of the match, in my opinion, was the one where poor Grigor thought he had won the pt only for Andy to stretch his racket out to hit a winner crosscourt :-).
Kid on :rolleyes: Ungracious loser.
Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg
"I didn't feel he played unbelievable tennis, I just did a lot of mistakes…it's all my fault what happened on the court out there."-Dimitrov
Kid on :rolleyes: Ungracious loser.
That's right Grigor - keep convincing yourself you are Fed the Second, because no one else believes it anymore.
roytennisfan
06-09-2016, 02:27
Well done Andy, won in double quick time! Got up and just gone through 30 pages, well done everybody who watched as well. Now I have a plane to catch
WimbledonWestie
06-09-2016, 05:32
Great news to wake up to. Well doneAndy.
hfwardhouse
06-09-2016, 05:41
:yahoo: Brilliant!
HoopGirl
06-09-2016, 06:05
Terrific news - thanks for the commentary folks!
How lovely - no rollercoster! Again!
Kid on :rolleyes: Ungracious loser.:laugh:
Wasn't that a real tonic to watch Andy regain his dominance last night and blow away all our concerns after the Lorenzi match? His shot making was spectacular, his attitude spot on and his speed of serve awesome. No wonder I couldn't get back to sleep!
Great news to wake up to!
Well done Andy!
:cheer::cheer:
Radio five live did some live commentary on the match. They kept going on about the 141mph serve from Andy and then Andy sleeping through Kyle Edmund's match against Djokovic.
just watching the replay on eurosport1, mats wilander is all over andy, genius, need a book to explain andy's tactics etc
To be fair to Dimitrov he did also say Andy deserves all the credit today and I think what he meant was that's how he expected Andy to play as "right now is the best player out there". Although he seems to think it might have made a difference if he'd taken one of those first game BPs "Pretty unlucky I think the first game, especially with the two serves on the line". It wouldn't Dimi.
Proof of that serve. :thumbup:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrovviQUAAA3K3m.jpg
Fantastic match - couldn't post and watch at the same time. Just dragged myself out of bed now and checking he still won :lol:
To be honest I really didn't expect it to be that easy, although the 2nd and 3rd sets were extended timewise by a number of deuces, the first set having only been 30 mins. I thought Andy played solidly and really didn't allow Grigor to get up once he was down, other than for a single break back in the second when Andy was already 2 breaks up. That said, I didn't think Grigor played well - he served badly and only seemed to come to any sort of life towards the end of the second set and during the 3rd by which time Andy was going for the jugular.
Let's hope Andy comes out in similar vein against Kei. With others having walkovers, if Andy is to get to the final, he could really do with some short matches and others having some long ones. Please oblige Stan/JM and JW against Nole!
just watching the replay on eurosport1, mats wilander is all over andy, genius, need a book to explain andy's tactics etc
Last night watching it live, after about 5 games I switched to the 'no commentary ' stream. Commies just couldn't shut up! Much better! Did my own commentary and formed my own opinions about the match. That opinion hasn't changed...a most fabulous match by Andy..Dimi just wasn't allowed a foothold. Brilliant Andy! So looking forward to his QF....I don't care what time it is on...I will be watching regardless!
I have a feeling Kei is going to come out half beaten in his head before the match starts. The mauling he got in the Olympic Semi will surely be at the front of his mind?
The commentators (and that's a misnomer/euphemism) were dire. They were just chatting all through the points and rarely commented on the actual match. Wilander is a chronic offender. I had the sound turned down low enough that I could no longer hear what they were saying but could still hear the ball!
Dani looked very uncomfortable. After Berdy's comments, I'm a bit surprised Grigor engaged him. Players are going to start thinking Dani is still in Andy's camp and is feeding them misinformation :lol:
I was the same not being able to post much as having to watch on iPad but managed a few morsels at changes of ends. Also not long got up ... Oh the joy of being on holiday!
I think it's a bit much to call Grigor as ungracious loser! He must have been gutted with his performance! And he did credit Andy with being the best in the world at the mo.
Murray rocks
06-09-2016, 08:27
Andy was fab but Dimitrov was so awful I was shocked.
Andy was fab but Dimitrov was so awful I was shocked.
I have to agree - we did see some flashes of the brilliance of which he's capable but that only highlighted how badly he was playing more generally and I don't think it was simply a case of Andy not allowing him to play well. He was uptight.
I have to agree - we did see some flashes of the brilliance of which he's capable but that only highlighted how badly he was playing more generally and I don't think it was simply a case of Andy not allowing him to play well. He was uptight.
I agree and with that said, it's perfectly understandable for him to be down on himself with how he played.
Wonderful news this morning!! Go Andy!! :clap:
Josephine
06-09-2016, 08:47
Andy is definitely extra motivated against the guys Dani moves on to. And when you think of the Wimbledon defeat to Dimitrov and the '10 minutes before' comment, when it seems Dani and others were raising objections to Amelie, I think Andy and his determination to always make a point, meant he was on fire. And very pumped to HIS team afterwards.
Absolutely fantastic performance from Andy.
LC the fan
06-09-2016, 09:44
Must say I didn't expect such an easy ride. Andy was in control all through, served better and just didn't let Dimi in.
Just what we needed after Sunday agonies.....never doubted he would win both times but great to see him cruising like that.
And so to Nishikori......... three tough opponents left on way to the final, have a feeling the next one would be Delpo rather than Stan.
And then undoubtedly Djoko unless Jo Wilf can help us out
Andy was fab but Dimitrov was so awful I was shocked.
Dimitrov was just not allowed to play his game because Andy was so fab and utterly ruthless. Simple as.
Rosalind
06-09-2016, 10:18
just watched the repeat this morning.. a walk in Central Park :superman:
...Andy's play that is, not me having to watch, although that was pretty easy too!
The commentators (and that's a misnomer/euphemism) were dire. They were just chatting all through the points and rarely commented on the actual match. Wilander is a chronic offender. I had the sound turned down low enough that I could no longer hear what they were saying but could still hear the ball!
Dani looked very uncomfortable. After Berdy's comments, I'm a bit surprised Grigor engaged him. Players are going to start thinking Dani is still in Andy's camp and is feeding them misinformation :lol:
I sighed when I heard who was to be commentating last night - one of Bradnam/Wilander is bad enough but the two of them together - ugh! I have to say, though, that last night they even surpassed themselves - droning on about total irrelevancies all through the points, whilst totally ignoring the match! Andy's performance was sublime - their's was the direst of dire. Wilander even managed to outclass Bradnam with his banalities - I didn't think I would ever see the day when Bradnam struggled to get a word in edgewise. Nothing could have ruined the match for me last night but I confess those two came close! I have e-mailed Eurosport to vent my spleen. :furious:
What did Berdy say about Dani? I must have missed that one.
patmoren
06-09-2016, 10:58
Andy was totally dominant from start to finish, worth staying awake for, I love watching him play in this mood, confident, assertive and with sublime ball placing.
What did Berdy say about Dani? I must have missed that one.
“My results lately have not been what I expected. As I am not a tennis player at the beginning of his career I have to act quickly when I feel that I need a change,”
That's what Berdych put on social media. Not exactly glowing.
david1610
06-09-2016, 13:23
Andy was brilliant last night and even if Grigor had played his best tennis, it would have probably meant sets of one break rather than two breaks.
And there is a difference between high first serve percentage and the number of first serves (not just aces) you simply cannot get back. Andy himself said he got a lot of cheap points on his serving and what was key was how well he served in 15-30 or 15-40 situations.
Having said that, it just shows how match ups and tactics are so important. Andy got the "controlled aggression" just right last night, whereas against Lorenzi, as he admitted, he started out trying to be aggressive at the wrong times and creating UEs which created UEs which...
Proud to be a fan of somebody who plays tennis like Andy did last night! :)
PS Dani is... Dani. But he is not Roger Rasheed (who was talked of as a coach for Andy at one point). Dani cannot give a player Andy's stardust. He can at best make them best at what they are. Lendl can add that 1-2% to the confidence of players at the very top like Andy. Apart from Andy's tennis brilliance last night, the other incredibly pleasing thing was how well Andy kept his concentration throughout the whole match.
Well summed up david1610. Agree with all you say, particularly about the serving. Andy has said himself that a more important stat to him is win % on serve (first or second) rather than first serve % in. Obviously it helps to get loads of first serves, but ultimately it's points won which matter.
I think the only sensible comment from Wilander was about how misleading first serve percentages are. He said at the crucial points like 30-40 Andy was probably up about 80% but against that in the first point of the game it was probably about 18%. Obviously he'd like to improve this but it's not significant as it appears. In contrast to this clarity Wilander also said "If you win every match 6-1 6-1 6-1 you're never going to get a chance to improve". :barmy:
One of the interesting things that Wilander imparted last night - and they were few - was that first serve percentage doesn't count for as much as good serves when they are needed. Andy certainly did that last night. His serve managed to get him out of a few potentially sticky situations and that mattered.
I have to agree - we did see some flashes of the brilliance of which he's capable but that only highlighted how badly he was playing more generally and I don't think it was simply a case of Andy not allowing him to play well. He was uptight.
I quite agree with you about Grigor's level of play, and he certainly looked uptight, but I think that was a response to the brilliant, sustained and aggressive (when needed) play Andy produced. Andy was aware of that and didn't allow Grigor to become comfortable. First few points Grigor did look menacing!!
I quite agree with you about Grigor's level of play, and he certainly looked uptight, but I think that was a response to the brilliant, sustained and aggressive (when needed) play Andy produced. Andy was aware of that and didn't allow Grigor to become comfortable. First few points Grigor did look menacing!!
Andy (who's always fair in his post match analysis) agrees with you. From his press conference.
I think Grigor played his best, but I didn't really give him a chance to get into the match.
I have generally got used to ignoring the "commentating" of certain people. But sometimes their twoddle comes through regardless. Along with many gems yesterday. A conversation about I.L bathroom breaks one about peeing in general. A comment about changing underwear and some about sunsets. There seemed to be no end to it. Even I couldn't ignore it. The comments about Davis cup being bad for Andy were particularly strange. I'm sure he wouldn't think so. I wonder what gems we have to look forward to tonight. Is petch available? Lol
LC the fan
06-09-2016, 16:21
Andy was totally dominant from start to finish, worth staying awake for, I love watching him play in this mood, confident, assertive and with sublime ball placing.
Oh - don't we all ? You get a glow just watching. When the real Andy Murray turns up there is only one winner. And, yes, Dimi did look uptight but from the start he knew which way it was going to go and - sure enough - it got worse
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