View Full Version : AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2012, R1: Andy rumbles Ryan: 4'6, 6'3, 6'4, 6'2
KnightOwl
17-01-2012, 06:43
There it is!!
A few dodgy moments, but safely through :dance:
hfwardhouse
17-01-2012, 06:43
:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Thank goodness for that!
Getinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Congratulations Andy :cheer::cheer: It was always going to be an interesting match and so it proved but Andy always favourite in best of 5.
Match in the bag! :cheer: :yahoo: :cheer: Tough and long that. Hopefully Andy gets plenty of rest. Speaking of that I need a bit of sleep too.
supergran
17-01-2012, 06:44
:cheer::cheer::cheer: Phew. Well done Andy!!!
MurrayAOne
17-01-2012, 06:44
Yeeeeees! Great win Andy!!!!!!!!!
traveller7
17-01-2012, 06:44
praise be well done andy
its been a pleasure peeps as always
im off to sleep
supergran
17-01-2012, 06:44
Glad pabbers saw the end!! N ow get to work.
patmoren
17-01-2012, 06:45
Well done Andy great win.:highfive:
YAYYYY! And just in time for me to get ready for work SG!!
david1610
17-01-2012, 06:45
Phew! He got through. Now use your influence to NOT play the next round in the heat of the day. Over three hours...
patmoren
17-01-2012, 06:46
The dog will have to keep his legs crossed, will try and get a couple more hours sleep!
Harrison was far better than I thought, you just didn't know what he was going to hit. Andy did well there though, deserves a lot of credit to win it in just 4, volleys awesome, everything else needs a bit of tinkering.
KnightOwl
17-01-2012, 06:46
Nice interview - short but sweet :)
hfwardhouse
17-01-2012, 06:46
I was glad I got up to see the end too Pabbers :big grin: It's a lot less stressful when yu sleep through the scary bits!
sophie900607
17-01-2012, 06:46
Well done Andy! :cheer:
Glad pabbers saw the end!! N ow get to work.
Thank you! And I heard the interview. Just off to find me matchsticks and get dressed.
supergran
17-01-2012, 06:46
He's so honest, bless him.
glad he came thru that , and as always he is so modest being interviewed , gotta love him !!
Wahey! Good win against a very tough opponent. Will bode him well to have a tough opener IMO. Volleys were amazing! Now ggo rest that side!!!
:clap: :cheer:
Harrison will be good prospect for furute imo
Nice words (as always) from Andy about Harrison.
david1610
17-01-2012, 06:48
Well with more conditioning to last another hour at least in those conditions, and top, top coaching, Harrison is definitely a top twenty player at the least!
Not Malisse in the next round, which might be a blessing. Ideally Andy needs a more comfortable second round to restore any energy lost today.
But, overall, well done for negotiating the first tricky opponent Andy!
KnightOwl
17-01-2012, 06:48
Thank you! And I heard the interview. Just off to find me matchsticks and get dressed.
Yawn. Back to bed for me - have a nice day :red devil:
Harrison was far better than I thought, you just didn't know what he was going to hit. Andy did well there though, deserves a lot of credit to win it in just 4, volleys awesome, everything else needs a bit of tinkering. the one thing i thaught he had missing was a tennis brain a young andy Murray thought his way round games Harrison just seemed to rely on the fact he has good weapons
just pleased he won and gave a good interview on court.
Job done Andy, Well Done!!:thumbup:
Ryan Harrison plays dubs tomorrow against Colin & Ross..........:thumbup:
Tie-break
17-01-2012, 06:51
Very well done Andy. Only saw the last one and a half sets but he ground it out. Lovely interview he gave - loved that smile when the interviewer mentioned the end of the tournament.
sophie900607
17-01-2012, 07:00
Big respect to everyone who woke up/stayed up! I'm going back to sleep. Have a nice day!
david1610
17-01-2012, 07:00
Job done Andy, Well Done!!:thumbup:
Ryan Harrison plays dubs tomorrow against Colin & Ross..........:thumbup:
Mmm... bit of a high risk strategy agreeing with Colin and Ross to keep him on court for as long as possible, but there you go....
supergran
17-01-2012, 07:01
Lovely interview and a grin at the end. Doncha just love the boy?
Aussie Andy
17-01-2012, 07:04
Hello, everyone! Saw Andy win on telly, but unfortunately it's all about the Aussie players at the moment. Didn't even get to see the interview before they switched to an Aussie's match. Ah, well, hope to see much more of him... especially in the final!
GO ANDY!:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
And Andy goes past Tomic on the aussie open fan leaderboard http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/fancentre/social/index.html
Welcome to the Murraycoaster, Mr Lendl! :)
So glad Andy's got that tricky first match under his belt. Onwards and upwards...
We saw you a few times. One of our commies said that you had come a long way. :lol: Brilliant to see you all.:clap::cheer:Wrong Aussie SG.
supergran
17-01-2012, 07:08
Off for a few hours sleep....relieved and happy.
supergran
17-01-2012, 07:09
Wrong Aussie SG. I realised and deleted. Thanks.:lol:
Mandiemoo
17-01-2012, 07:22
Safely over the first hurdle with a win, Harrison a very talented player so I'm sure we will be seeing more of him in the future.
5live reckon Andy has bad sunburn on his neck so hopefully that will heal up as well as his other niggles (he seemed to have felt all his extremities during the match, according to the beeb!)
1 down, 6 to go!
KnightOwl
17-01-2012, 07:25
:lol:
He certainly clutched thigh, ankle, neck & shoulder on various occasions - and those were just the ones I happened to spot :big grin:
Sallydaisy
17-01-2012, 07:31
There's a match report here (http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?566-Andy-at-the-Australian-Open-Match-stats-and-summaries) for those logging in who don't want to plough through 700+ posts.
:)
Well done to Andy, next match should be easier.
Didn't hear what Andy said as I dozed off as soon as match point had been struck - only to be woken a few minutes later by my alarm! Really don't feel like going to work now :grrr:
Well done Andy for the win. :clap: :clap: But he'll have to play an awful lot better to get through to the final.
Golden Lady
17-01-2012, 07:40
Well done Andy!!!:cheer::cheer::cheer: Got up and watched from 5.30, so missed the first 2 sets. Bit of a tester in the first round but I don't think that's a bad thing. Roll on Thursday!!!
But he's certainly working on keeping control of his frustrations on court - Well done, Andy!
Maybe when this is second nature, he'll turn his mind to controlling the body-part distractions!
lankster2003
17-01-2012, 07:49
In my opinion, only his volleys were on a par today but a win's a win so we move on to R2.
Luckily I slept in a little so only watched from 5-2 in the first set.
Got in to work and by the time I'd done the ritual logging in - I saw Supergran's post on FB about the win.
From what little I saw from around 5:30 to leaving at 6:20 with a shower in between - Andy looked maybe a little calmer on court although I did see a post just as I was getting ready to leave about naughty-word-ness... but hopefully he's channelling that tendency to dwell on bad points and maybe limiting it to just a little outburst here and there. Baby steps!
I spotted a tweet from Neil Harman as well about the clutching of body bits so agree that this is the next "tick" to knock off!!!
Glad he's won and will no doubt pick up on Twitter what went wrong for him in the first set (or was it that Ryan was just playing out of his skin?)
Meanwhile - back to the real world...
Harrison was playing well in the first set RFS but Andy wasn't - he dropped a service game on two double faults and an open court miss - handing the momentum to Harrison. He said in his on court interview that he was a little nervous at the beginning and it showed. Thankfully, he did get better as the match went on. Some of the commies have criticised Andy in the past for playing too well at the beginning of a GS and running out of steam by the semis - maybe he's doing it the other way round this time!
Harrison was playing well in the first set RFS but Andy wasn't - he dropped a service game on two double faults and an open court miss - handing the momentum to Harrison. He said in his on court interview that he was a little nervous at the beginning and it showed. Thankfully, he did get better as the match went on. Some of the commies have criticised Andy in the past for playing too well at the beginning of a GS and running out of steam by the semis - maybe he's doing it the other way round this time!
Lord ... can our nerves take that?
well done Andy - a tricky opener.
BBC report this morning said he was moving very gingerly - hope there's nothing too much to worry about. Haven't had time to read through the whole thread (read Sally's summary - great idea :thanks:)
well done Andy!! -
usually get up at 6.30am - glad i got up a little earlier to see the 4th set -
great win!! - as Ryan Harrison played well - and looked really really hot on court also!!
Well done Andy! :yahoo: I woke up just as he'd lost the first set, quite glad I missed that set really! Really good match though, tough for a first round. Harrison played well, I think along with Tomic he's going to be a name to look out for over the next few years.
I really liked Andy's volleying today - he's so good at it and hope he'll bring this into his game more in the future.
Madeline
17-01-2012, 09:53
Just read through the entire thread and then saw, near the end, that Sally had done a summary to save having to do that! Ah well, never mind, I enjoyed the reading. I'll watch the match later today on Eurosport Player - maybe I'd better leave it until after my appointment to have my blood pressure checked. . .
The press conference interview is on the newspaper thread - http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?44-Newspaper-and-internet-reports&p=32831#
Well done Andy :yahoo: :yahoo:
A few post match tweets
darren_cahill Darren Cahill
Good test for Murray as Ryan played a fine match. Muzza finished strongly & kept things together after the 1st set. Entertaining match.
stu_fraser Stuart Fraser
Job done in tough conditions. Good effort by Harrison but great response from Murray after losing 1st set as you would expect.
alex_willis Alexandra Willis
There we have it. A win for Andy Murray 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 over Ryan Harrison, who played a belter. Fab match. Edouard Roger-Vasselin next
NeilHarmanTimes Neil Harman
GSM Murray 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. An early kick in the pants, a few expletives, the odd grab at various parts of anatomy, saw it through. QED
There is a good article about the match on the ATP site:
http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-01-17/201201171326786565046.html
I chuckled at this:
"As a player, Lendl was not one for histrionics or emotion to the point that a raised eyebrow constituted a wild outpouring of the inner man."
Edit - sorry, just found this has been posted on the internet thread
RoastLamb
17-01-2012, 13:53
I totally fell asleep during Andy's match. :shamed: Crawled to bed around 2 a.m. Hubby watched match with me and told me I missed some great points. He also commented that he hoped Lendl wouldn't suck the creativity out of Andy.
LC the fan
17-01-2012, 13:54
Got up to hear on the radio - 'what a disappointing start for Murray' I nearly collapsed until I realised he had only lost the first set !
So what's new - he often starts slow. Onwards and Upwards...he'll be fine :cheer:
A classic Murray match
Young gun thinks he will take Murray on and win and comes out all guns blazing
Murray's serve goes to pot
Murray doesnt play very well at first but waits for the storm to blow out
Murray starts to improve as young gun begins to fade
Murray wears young gun down
Murray wins
scrapaddict
17-01-2012, 15:02
Bit worried in first set but at start of the second all that disappeared and I knew it was just a matter of time before Andy won.
Wish he would not swear and that he would get his hair cut as it makes him look less wild but otherwise it was an OK start. The day when Muzza wins his first match in a slam in 3 easy sets may be when we need to worry!
Definitely a match worth getting up at 3.30 for and good to see Harrison tested though he is def. a star of the future
enjoyable game, but i thought andy was often too passive, even aimless in his play. ryan played to win but andy , by contrast, played so that ryan would lose the point.
Andy has always said that you have to play different opponents in different ways - with some you have to be aggressive with others defensive - I'm sure Andy is better at assessing how to get the win than we are. It may not have been pretty but the win was what was important.
Speedy Hawk
17-01-2012, 18:22
Fab! Glad Andy won next 3 sets! Good.
Madeline
17-01-2012, 20:04
I have now managed to watch all the match - in several sessions, throughout the day! I have to say, the A-N-D-Y boys were great. :flowers: At times they got as much applause as the players :)
I got up at quarter to 4 and was worried by what I was seeing! Gradually relaxed as I realised Andy was getting it together. Left for work at 7 and have done a 10 hour day!! Last day tomorrow then I have some time off so will be able to go back to bed after the next match if it's another day match (ie our night). Well worth the slightly jet lagged feeling I have now, just to see our boy win his first match
Was Judy watching? Cant remember seeing her there
I didnt see Judy or Kim
I feel totally wiped out today , what am I gonna be like after this is over :rolling:
Guerkins2
17-01-2012, 20:33
I have got the match recorded and have watched the first set. Probably won't have time to watch all the next 3 sets. Which ones do people recommend I watch?
Thanks
I didnt see Judy or Kim
I feel totally wiped out today , what am I gonna be like after this is over :rolling:
I've seen Judy, Kim and Andy's dad in photos of the match. Nice for Andy to have them all there with him this year. :)
Well done Andy !! I was thinking all sorts when he lost the 1st set and him not playing his best, but so glad he came through. I hope it's a bit easier next match and play in the big R. L Arena in a night match we do not have to get up in the middle of the night. Go Andy Go. :trophy::trophy::trophy:
I've seen Judy, Kim and Andy's dad in photos of the match. Nice for Andy to have them all there with him this year. :)
oh good , I knew they were there , they must have been sitting away from the box
oh good , I knew they were there , they must have been sitting away from the boxWonder if that was a Lendl thing - keeping Mum out of the box?
supergran
17-01-2012, 22:04
I've seen Judy, Kim and Andy's dad in photos of the match. Nice for Andy to have them all there with him this year. :) There's a photo of Lendl and Judy on facebook.
Well done Andy. :swingin:
Btw a bit random but my favourite point of the day was a dropper by Andy, followed by a lob and then a cheeky I think down the line shot! Great point!
david1610
18-01-2012, 00:18
Well done Andy !! I was thinking all sorts when he lost the 1st set and him not playing his best, but so glad he came through. I hope it's a bit easier next match and play in the big R. L Arena in a night match we do not have to get up in the middle of the night. Go Andy Go. :trophy::trophy::trophy:
Actually if the night matches are rationed, at the risk of tempting fate and one match at a time, I would forego it next time and, if Andy gets through, ask for one round 3. The second round match should, touch wood, be much easier than the first round - Roger-Vasselin is definitely a challengers circuit player who plays the large draw ATP events or sometimes qualifies for them. His lifetime (7 years?) ATP matches are not equivalent to a typical Andy year (and certainly not the results - his best victory last year - without going back and looking - was against an opponent ranked 48, and the second had a ranking of about 64).
pippadaisy
18-01-2012, 19:36
Thanks for the roundup Sallydaisy
Happy to hear Andy won , guessed Harrison would not be easy.
Will only be dipping in and out due to family commitments
so thanks to everyone for the updates and suchlike:thumbup:
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