View Full Version : OZ OPEN 2012, R2: Andy 'slips' past 'Vaseline' (Ozzie pronunciation!!!) - 6'1, 6'4, 6'4
Speedy Hawk
19-01-2012, 07:57
MP!! Take it Andy!
KnightOwl
19-01-2012, 07:57
Anyone know who these commies are?
Depends which channel you're watching - I've got Sam Smith & I think David Felgate
supergran
19-01-2012, 07:57
:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:
Congratulations, Andy - well done - really enjoyed watching:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::)
Speedy Hawk
19-01-2012, 07:58
YES!!! Andy won! Fab! Now I can go back to bed and sleep.
Congratulations Andy :cheer::cheer: A consummate professional performance.
:clap: :clap: :clap: Very well done
what a great shot to finish - BRILLIANT!!
KnightOwl
19-01-2012, 07:58
Great shot to finish off with - fabulous performance!
:clap: :cheer: :clap:
patmoren
19-01-2012, 07:58
Managed to catch the last point. Well done Andy through to play Llodra in the 3rd round.
Into the 3rd round! Amazing stuff Andy, well done! Enjoyed that. :clap: :cheer: :yahoo:
RoastLamb
19-01-2012, 07:59
Good stuff, Andy! 3 a.m. it's time for ma bed!
sophie900607
19-01-2012, 07:59
Well done Andy!!! :cheer::cheer: Nice job, I'm really happy about the way he's played today.
KnightOwl
19-01-2012, 08:00
Nice touch - interview started, but Andy made the guy wait so the crowd could clap ERV off court :)
Sallydaisy
19-01-2012, 08:00
GBR 1 - FRA 0
:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
Next up is Llodra who's just won his R1 doubles (w Zim) after his singles which went to 5 sets ...
traveller7
19-01-2012, 08:00
well done! fab match :)
nice touch andy getting interviewer to wait for the gem
Andy is such a gent, pausing in the interview to acknowledge ERV leaving the court.
Ah man the guy called 'Vaseline' was that really the correct pronounciation?
Thought that was a decent performance, I guess you don't want to peak to early, Llodra should be a good match.
Very happy with that! Well done Andy :clap::clap::clap:
Weekend match next so almost everyone will hopefully be able to watch
41 winners from Andy! oh, oh oh oh oh... Murray's on fire
Well done Andy! Vasseline came unstuck :)
4 years since he last played Llodra, wow.
david1610
19-01-2012, 08:04
Job done. Some good tennis. No energy waste. Andy just said Llodra is pleasing to watch, so should be a good game.
Now to work without going to bed (half watching half writing something during the night - drat deadlines!) .
Well done Andy!
Eeek four years US OPen wasn't it? Five setter... time and tide and all that!
managed to see most of the 3rd set - my plans to get up earlier went west with a rather late night.
Well done Andy. I think they said his 1st serve % was 86 - that's brilliant - keep it up Andy :cheer::cheer:
Literally got online in the office as Xen announced on Twitter it was GSM... nice and business like by the looks of it.
And good that he had a straight setter...
Nice match to watch without any nerves.....very pleasant............Well Done Andy!!!!!:thumbup:
JAMES4578
19-01-2012, 08:08
A solid and professional Andy today, glad it was a comprehensive win! Roger Vasselin was able to get into the match but couldn't really trouble Andy too much. Of course maybe the 2nd could have been slightly easier and if so the 3rd may have been similar but Andy produced the goods and won in some style in the end. Overall think the signs are very positive. Well done Andy!:cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:
supergran
19-01-2012, 08:09
Off to bed for a few hours. Congratulations to Andy!!
KnightOwl
19-01-2012, 08:13
Off to bed for a few hours. Congratulations to Andy!!
Tempted to do the same, but I would quite like to watch Hewitt v Roddick..decisions, decisions...
off to work for me
night night folk
Good match! Andy's serve and forehand are looking good :)
great match Andy!!
I can live with these match times - can't wait for the next round!!
come on Andy!! :cheer:
Summary of Andy's post match interview:
He told the interviewer off for looking too far ahead. Said Vasselin played very well in 2nd and 3rd set. Had only worked with Mr Lendl a few days before AO and that Mr Lendl had played golf every day but not taken Andy. Andy not good enough for him ;)
hfwardhouse
19-01-2012, 08:31
Mr HFW jumped onto the laptop while I was away making the bed so didn't get to say :yahoo: :yahoo:
It was a good match - Andy played well, held his concentration and made plenty of chances - good sign :)
Am off to sleep off my cold now.
hfwardhouse
19-01-2012, 08:41
Nice match to watch without any nerves.....very pleasant............Well Done Andy!!!!!:thumbup:
Indeed - thanks Andy :thumbup:
managed to see most of the 3rd set - my plans to get up earlier went west with a rather late night.
Well done Andy. I think they said his 1st serve % was 86 - that's brilliant - keep it up Andy :cheer::cheer:
edit: I thought that % was too good to be true - they meant he'd won 86% of points on first serve! - just checked the stats. His first serve % was 68.
LC the fan
19-01-2012, 09:21
Good on yer Andy - nice work.
Thought you let him off the hook a bit on some of those break points but ....never in doubt realy :clap:
Thought it was so nice when Andy stopped the on-court interview so that his opponent could be clapped off court - what a nice guy he is :hug:
Golden Lady
19-01-2012, 09:30
:cheer::cheer::clap: Well done Andy! Managed to see the 3rd set while getting the kids breakfast, impressive performance. :thumb up:
Had to keep telling my 5 yr old daughter to move away from the telly, as she was up close studying Andy's kit (which she liked) and saying "It doesn't look like Andy". Think it was the lack of a haircut and the hat that threw her! Then she thought the other guy was Fed as the score in the left hand corner said 'Roge' :doh:, then she had a problem with the scoring; if Erv had 40 points in his service game and Andy had 15 then Andy had to be losing the match .......... honestly, i thought she'd sit and play quietly :rolling:
Good on yer Andy - nice work.
Thought you let him off the hook a bit on some of those break points but ....never in doubt realy :clap:
Thought it was so nice when Andy stopped the on-court interview so that his opponent could be clapped off court - what a nice guy he is :hug:
Yes, I noticed that too LC - a nice touch from Andy. Of course, none of the commies would pick up on that sort of thing!
YAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!! Andy won - thanks for texting me Sally. BOooooooooo to Sky and Eurosport. Put the tv on pause to get ready for work, came back to watch (was able to ff a bit) and then at 4-3 on Andy's serve it suddenly stopped and I got Rusedski commenting on the win!!:grrr: Thought it must have been that they had one of their daft breaks in programme at 8am (they seem to chop it into chunks, goodness knows why - makes recording difficult) and my pausing had only allowed me to watch till 8am but I see that those posting about the win did so before 8........so sheeeesh. I've learned my lesson. Shall be glued to the screen at the weekend!
ChrisMac
19-01-2012, 09:55
:cheer::cheer: Well Done Andy, nice and smooth!!! Some brilliants shots. :surfing:
Loving the thread title btw :laugh:
Sallydaisy
19-01-2012, 10:41
Match report is here - please post if you spot any major errors!
http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/forums/showthread.php?566-Andy-at-the-Australian-Open-Match-Summaries-and-Stats
Well done Andy :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Here (http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/interviews/2012-01-19/201201191326966981320.html) is the post match presser (added to match summary thread too)
david1610
19-01-2012, 13:52
:cheer::cheer::clap: Well done Andy! Managed to see the 3rd set while getting the kids breakfast, impressive performance. :thumb up:
I have to admit I am also sometimes amazed at how I manage to feed the kids and get them to school on time ;)
Think the word "junk" at the end was probably "funk"! Otherwise he sounds a bit rude.
Think the word "junk" at the end was probably "funk"! Otherwise he sounds a bit rude.
No, I think he meant 'junk' - nothing rude!!! - but just the term used to describe the unorthodox style of playing where there's lots of chipping, accelerating the ball, then playing slow, low-paced shots, not allowing your opponent to get into a rhythm.
Madeline
19-01-2012, 15:09
Eurosport Player still don't have the video of this match :crying:
Speedy Hawk
19-01-2012, 15:12
Good match and esp 1st set Andy in total control!
John Kiernan posted this on twitter: Last game and interview on youtube
Australian Open 2012, 2nd Round - Murray vs Roger-Vasselin Last game & I...: http://youtu.be/qBG5Mc-V7k4 via @youtube interview included :)
Great to be able to see that last game that my paused tv missed for me this morning - what a finish!
That was a great shot to finish the match on!! - brilliant!!
Aussie Andy
20-01-2012, 03:10
Fabulous, Andy! (Now that we've only two Aussies left in the draw we might actually be able to see his matches on telly!)
Eurosport Player still don't have the video of this match :crying:
i had trouble finding it too, so today i looked properly - it's hidden away. press 'tennis', in the pale grey letters in the list below video thumbnails, and the sndy game against ERV is on the second page.
Madeline
20-01-2012, 17:31
The only Andy match I can find on that page is v Ryan Harrison. However, I did notice an insignificant little "search" button at the bottom of the page, and that found the match for me. I still don't know which page it was on!
to find the andy v ERV game, look lower down the page, below the 'search' bar. therws are 3 columns of sports. that's where to click on Tennis (and then page 2)
Madeline
20-01-2012, 20:12
Yes, that works. Yet clicking on "tennis" in the drop-down bar doesn't. How daft - you would think they would both give the same result.
johnkiernan35
22-01-2012, 17:02
the whole match :swingin: Andy v Roger Vasseline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNH4dIKafLc&feature=related
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