Beijing Open 2023 R1 ' Andy vs De Minaur - Thursday 12.30 aprox

[cazza99]

Andy vs De Minaur.

Thursday 12.30 (local time 7.30 pm)

[Jane]

Lost the first set 3-6 :sad:

[Sallydaisy]

:help:

[clancy]

Playing much better in this 2nd set. Come on Andy you can do this! x

[exislander]

Had a break but broken again. now 6-5 de Minaur to serve.

[Jane]

Second set to Andy 7-5 :thumbup:

[clancy]

Against the odds, Andy takes the 2nd set! Do hope he can clinch the 3rd; it will do so much for his confidence. x

[exislander]

Breaks for 3-1!

[exislander]

Love hold 4-1!

[Jan]

Ooh come on Andy!! This would be huge!!

[Hawkeye]

Two match points come and go on the de Minaur serve, and now 0-30 whilst serving for the match...

[Hawkeye]

15-40...

[Hawkeye]

Back on serve. Just break here then...

[clancy]

Oh no!

[Sallydaisy]

Argh!!!
Serving for the match at 5'3 and he's broken.

[clancy]

Tie break here we come. x

[Jan]

:nailbiter:

[Sallydaisy]

Deminaur just broke Andy twice, now serving for the match at 7,6 in the tie break

[Sallydaisy]

:sad:

[Hawkeye]

Too many mistakes.

[clancy]

Beyond gutted. Cruel those tennis gods. x

[Jane]

:crying:

[murrayfan89]

Well that's put me in a bad mood. Can't believe he didn't win that.

[Jan]

Soooo close.

[JAMES4578]

After all that, frustrating. I suppose at least Andy put Alex under pressure this time but may not be much comfort.

[HoopGirl]

I’m starting to wonder if Andy believes he can win now - he makes errors that he shouldn’t and loses when he shouldn’t - it’s hard to understand but I wonder what his thoughts are and how they are stopping him win

[themass15]

I have thought exactly that for a while now. It seems he has a mental block he just can't get over

[banskogirl]

Gutted that Andy didn’t win this. Saw the result by mistake and I’m glad I did. Will watch later but what on earth happened? If it’s lack of confidence then it’s hard to know how he can get past that but he’s done it in the past and I wouldn’t rule anything out with Andy.

[HoopGirl]

There’s a gap between what he says and what’s actually happening on court.
It doesn’t help when he’s always being asked about retirement dates and apparently has a date in mind.
The psychological side of the game and winning was a huge issue when he was younger - seems like it is now too

[clancy]

Up early and still feeling bad about Andy's loss, although not as bad as he probably is; he could and should have won it. Such a lot of nasty comments around too ( not unexpected and sometimes he is his own worst enemy). I'll always have his back. Good luck to Cam and Dan in their matches today, neither of them easy. x

[clancy]

Seeing both Cam and Dan going out has not helped my mood any. x

[themass15]

Dan did well against Sinner, Cam like Andy seems to have a mental block at present