Tiebreak Tens - Vienna 2016 - 23rd October - 6 pm

[Bardot]

Andy has signed up to play the Tie Break Tens event in Vienna on Sunday 23rd October. (https://www.tiebreaktens.com/events/vienna/)

Tie Break Tens ‏@tiebreaktens
Andy Murray will take on Tsonga, @ThiemDomi, @TommyHaas13 and Goran Ivanisevic in @TieBreakTens Vienna, October 23!
According to the Erste Bank Open website, Andy plays his first round match on the Wednesday so plenty time for sightseeing. ;)

[Silverdee]

Is it on TV?

[LC the fan]

We saw this event at the Albert Hall last year - quite exciting but at the same time the players seemed pretty relaxed so I suppose its a good way for Andy to have a bit of practice....presumably its on the same surface as the coming event ?

[themass15]

Is it on TV?

Can't see that it is unless Sky decides to show it.

[Silverdee]

I too saw it at the Albert Hall last year. I was amused to see Andy stretching and warming up whilst waiting to play whilst others were sitting on the benches! He was taking it very seriously!

[lynne]

Is it on TV?


According to Sky Sport TV Listings, it is being shown on Sky Sports 4 at 6pm till 9pm......http://www.skysports.com/watch/tv-guide/23-10-2016 ........Just scroll the page along :thumbup:

[Alis]

I too saw it at the Albert Hall last year. I was amused to see Andy stretching and warming up whilst waiting to play whilst others were sitting on the benches! He was taking it very seriously!

My guess is he just didn't want to injure himself by playing cold - sensible Andy.

[themass15]

Tiebreak Tens is being shown by Sky Sports 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. UK time. Yippee!

[themass15]

Sorry I have just seen Lynne's post above

[Bardot]

The draw has been made:


Tie Break Tens ‏@tiebreaktens
Andy Murray has been drawn to face Marcus Willis and Goran Ivanisevic in the round-robin stages of @TieBreakTens @ErsteBankOpen! @Willbomb90
Dominic Thiem, Jo Wilfried Tsonga and Tommy Haas will clash in Group B! @TommyHaas13, @ThiemDomi, @tsonga7

There is also a twitter poll (https://twitter.com/tiebreaktens/status/788779738965893120) to vote for Andy's "walk on song".

[Jane]

According to Sky Sport TV Listings, it is being shown on Sky Sports 4 at 6pm till 9pm......http://www.skysports.com/watch/tv-guide/23-10-2016 ........Just scroll the page along :thumbup:

Thanks for that - have set it to record in case I forget!!!

[cazza99]

Brilliant it will be on Sky. It wasn't listed in the Radio Times so they must have changed their minds.

[goldfish]

From Twitter for those without SKY -

You can also see Andy Murray vs. @Willbomb90 etc on Facebook Live on the Tie Break Tens Facebook page. And on the @Tennis website.

[Bardot]

Order of play on Sunday.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvM5i9sWcAAQEI8.jpg

[cazza99]

Starts at 6.00 pm uk time.- on Sky Sports 4

[goldfish]

Also being shown delayed on Eurosport on Monday

Eurosport 2 at 8.15am

[lovetennis]

Anyone else watching?

[cazza99]

Yes, just starting on Sky.

[lovetennis]

Kind of hoping Marcus wins, the cash could help him out a lot. He's looking a lot trimmer since Wimbledon

[MurrayAOne]

Go andy!!!!!!!!!

[patlowe]

I'm watching on tennis.com. Not a great picture....a bit pixelated. But better than not being able to watch it at all! Andy now!

[lovetennis]

Apart from the odd grey hair, Goran never looks a day older

[lovetennis]

Woohoo Andy wins his first TB

[themass15]

Also on Facebook = Tiebreak Tens showing live coverage.

[lovetennis]

Haas thinks Andy is he best player in the world now.....I think we all agree :dance:

[Alis]

The two groups seem to be slightly lopsided to me - Goran, Marcus and Andy in one team - Tommy, Jo and Dominic in the other! It was interesting watching Andy trying to win without making Marcus look an absolute idiot.

[themass15]

Trying to watch this and the result of Strictly!

[Alis]

I looked at the spoiler for Strictly so could tell you the result if you really want to know. Andy v Jo in the semi.

[lovetennis]

Andy v JWT, always entertaining

[Alis]

Andy into the final.:thumbup:

[Bardot]

Evo certainly doesn't support players just because they're British. ;)

Dan Evans ‏@Evo151216
I'd say u could tell his ranking an he definitely was overwhelmed. Maybe now play some normal tennis

[scrapaddict]

watching live on facebook - Tie Break Tens

[Bardot]

Crofty & Miles constant talk about the slow court and light balls isn't a great advert for the rest of the week.

Andy against the local hero in the final. Will Andy play like he did against Kyle in the first TBT final? ;)

[lovetennis]

The two presenters are a bit Eurovision aren't they. I keep expecting them to say nil points

[JAMES4578]

Enjoyable but not to be taken too seriously, nonetheless hoping Andy takes the title this time and quite happy it's against Dominic rather than Goran. Wasn't best best against Tsonga,final maybe higher quality though. Marcus didn't look too comfortable but at least he fought back against Goran.

[Bardot]

I think Goran deserves the $250K. He gauged it right with the perfect mix of entertainment and effort.

[Bardot]

Keep it social Domi. 0-5

[JAMES4578]

Domi certainly impressing but Andy awol, 3-8 down now. Andy exerted a bit of pressure to make it 5-8 with two serves to come but error ridden at the end. Still suppose he can live without the prize!

[Bardot]

Andy forever the TBT bridesmaid. :crying: ;)

One of Andy's on-off team members (Steve Kotz?) seems to be working with Thiem.

[themass15]

Andy certainly wasn't playing his best in the final. I felt some of the shots were shanked on purpose.

[Bardot]

"Finally a woman on stage" :big grin:

I assume Muster now lives in Australia. ;)

[lovetennis]

The real Andy will turn up in a few days

[Bardot]

Andy just accepted the winner's trophy from Muster, awkward. :big grin:

[supergran]

Having to watch my recording as unable to sit down to watch as it was played.:sad:

[JAMES4578]

Very much doubt Andy had a plan to go 0-5 down!

[Bardot]

José Morgado ‏@josemorgado
Dominic Thiem today - $250k

Dominic Thiem for playing 12 matches to win BA, Nice and Stuttgart - $251k

Not a bad night.

Can see why Andy thought it was the runner-up trophy. What the heck?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvegRwIWAAAdhXm.jpg

[Bardot]

The reason Andy lost from the Tie Break Ten's media mouthpiece who's keeping it real. ;)


DavidLaw ‏@DavidLawTennis
Thiem is an awesome player when he rips through the ball. One of the few that can pierce the Murray defence. Goran says Thiem will be No.1.

[patlowe]

A pretty good Sunday nights entertainment...as James said, not to be taken too seriously. Would love to see Andy and Thiem play a proper match, although I have no doubt about the outcome. Andy could handle him no problem. Did Andy think that weird trophy was his? The look on his face was so funny (and probably relief too) when he found out it was for the winner!! Maybe he just wanted a closer look at it?? ;)

[patlowe]

"Finally a woman on stage" :big grin:

I assume Muster now lives in Australia. ;)
Exactly what I was thinking!

[patlowe]

The trophy looks like its got balloons stuck on it!

[JAMES4578]

Andy and Thiem could face each other in the semis of the proper tournament,wouldn't discount Dominic but if transpires should be different result!

[Alis]

I haven't seen it yet but did Andy engineer to lose this one too?

[lovetennis]

I haven't seen it yet but did Andy engineer to lose this one too?

I think so, probably

[Bardot]

I would say it was played for real in the same way as the IPTL in that players want to win but losing is insignificant and there's not that pressure.

[Josephine]

Watched recording fast forwarding through all the padding. None of the matches were very close. Lots of errors and double faults. Not nearly as much fun as IPTL.

Disappointed Andy didn't win. But I had a feeling Thiem would beat him. He was playing the best in that format. No way Andy let him win. Theim won that convincingly. Doesn't mean anything in real scheme of things.

[patmoren]

Andy didn't serve very well the whole way through.

[Hawkeye]

The trophy looks like its got balloons stuck on it!It's Jeff Koons' balloon dog. Though why is another matter.

[themass15]

I defo thought Andy wasn't playing in the final to win.

[Josephine]

Why? Thiem out hit him clearly. I can't imagine any reason Andy would not play to win. He could have given the prize money to Unicef for Refugees as he has supported in the past.

[MurrayAOne]

Playing to win? Of course he was. It's what he does. Where has this doubt come from? Don't understand this at all.

[Silverdee]

Nor me. This is the man we have been told who hates to lose at anything. Even scrabble. A comment was made about whether he would let Sophia win!

[Alis]

Playing to win? Of course he was. It's what he does. Where has this doubt come from? Don't understand this at all.
It comes from the final of the TBT last year in London - quite a few of us thought that Andy engineered to lose the final there so that Kyle would win the £250,000. I'm still convinced that he did. There's no reason really why he should do that in Vienna though, other than it is Thiem's home ground. Would he be so magnanimous? Maybe - maybe not.

[Josephine]

Andy lost to Kyle and lost to Thiem because in one ten point tie break, they played better than he did. Quite insulting to them both to suggest Andy, who wouldn't even let Mark Pertchey's children beat him, would suddenly throw a game. Both Kyle & Thiem have quite powerful games and in such a short format, that can be an advantage.

Why on earth would Andy choose to lose to Thiem, whom he might face in the semi-final soon?

And I watched the Kyle set and he won that - no way Andy deliberately lost it.

[Alis]

Okay - have it your way. I didn't see the Thiem tie break but you're probably right anyway.

[JAMES4578]

There was bit of a "debate" after Kyle won the Tie break Tens at the Albert Hall and I remain unconvinced that Andy let Kyle win let alone Dominic,it is well documented that Andy is so competitive whether it really matters or not or whether the winnings would mean more to another player. There were a few wild errors this time round but no way do I believe Murray simply gave it away. Of course possibly not being as motivated as a regular match is another matter,though the short format may not favour him against certain players.