Miami 2024 R3: Andy vs Machac - Sunday 6.30 pm approx

[cazza99]

Andy vs Machac

[Hawkeye]

3rd up on Butch Buchholz today.

[HoopGirl]

Going with serve. Andy’s had a lot of opportunities to break but hasn’t managed it so far

[lovetennis]

Andy serving so well again today. 4-4

[Hawkeye]

Worried about all those missed BPs.

[lovetennis]

Ninth BP's the charm :thumbup:

[HoopGirl]

Woo hoo - Andy’s broken him!

[lovetennis]

This crowd is epic. So much love out there for Andy

[lovetennis]

Wooop 1st set in the bag 7-5

[HoopGirl]

Awesome! Loving this!

[lovetennis]

Rain delay

[HoopGirl]

Shame!
Hope Andy keeps his focus and this delay is very short

[Hawkeye]

Rain rain go away...

[lovetennis]

Andy still firing on all cylinders at the resuming of play 3-3

[Sallydaisy]

heading for a tie-break ..... Andy to serve at *5-6 in the 2nd set
:eek:
:peace:

[HoopGirl]

Andy having a rant at the umpire

[HoopGirl]

Andy needs to win this game to get to a tie break

[lovetennis]

Dang 3rd set it is. Andy livid at Bernardes

[HoopGirl]

Oh boy that was a shame to lose
Andy ranting at the umpire now
Serve quality dropped

[Hawkeye]

Andy needs to get over himself here.

[Jan]

Do we know what the issue was?

[HoopGirl]

Andy steaming

[clancy]

Damn it!! Still all to play for. x

[HoopGirl]

Needs to get his serve back to get on track here.
Feeling nervous

[HoopGirl]

Dropped service game sadly
Andy not so confident and Machac looking more confident

[Sallydaisy]

Machac seals the break with a love service game for 3-0.
Andy seems to have gone awol ... big ask to come back from this but you never know with Muzzah!

[clancy]

Hopefully he can regroup and raise his game but needs to do it quickly. Feeling sad. x

[lovetennis]

The loss of concentration following the crowd movement issue has cost Andy

[clancy]

Last throw of the dice. x

[HoopGirl]

Think it might be too late now - 2-5 down.
He’s had chances but hes running out of time and opportunities

[clancy]

Can he hold here??

[lovetennis]

Andy retrieves the break. Must hold to take it to 5-5

[clancy]

2nd last throw of the dice? Can he hold here?? x

[lovetennis]

Crowd doing their best Glasgow Emirates Arena impersonation

[HoopGirl]

Wow this is tight!

[lovetennis]

Oh no what's happened

[HoopGirl]

Omg this is worrying

[HoopGirl]

This doesn’t look good for finishing the game

[lovetennis]

Looks like he's carrying on. Fingers crossed

[clancy]

Did he fall??

[lovetennis]

Did one of his celebratory jumps on breaking back but something seemed pop in his ankle

[lovetennis]

Must hold to take it to the TB

[lovetennis]

Struggling with the ankle on this serve 15-30

[lovetennis]

And then serves an ace ;)

[lovetennis]

Battles to take it to the TB and now working the crowd, I need a lie down

[HoopGirl]

Tiebreak!

[Sallydaisy]

Andy serving at *5-4 in the tie-break for the 3rd set.
:nailbiter:

[Sallydaisy]

Humph!
Machac gets a break back, Andy *5-5 ...
C'mon Muzzah, hold this one!

[Sallydaisy]

Argh!!! Andy dropped both serves and now Machac will serve for the match at *6-5.
:grrr:

[lovetennis]

:crying::crying:

[clancy]

If prizes were given for courage, Andy would win every time. He has the heart of a lion. x

[HoopGirl]

What a blow.
He had that in the bag

[pabbers]

Oh dear. But Machac played really well. Andy was great too but level dropped towards the end.

[HoopGirl]

You are right Clancy he does have the courage of a lion!

[Sallydaisy]

:sad:
He fought so hard and had the match on his racquet at *5-4 in the tie-breaker.
Ankle injury maybe beginning to be an issue at that point???

[lovetennis]

Gutted but what a fight

[JAMES4578]

Bit of a bitter blow but Andy almost pulled off an amazing win in the circumstances! However marvellous fortitude, pity that he was distracted earlier mind you. Still Machac was tough.

[HoopGirl]

He’s pulled out of the doubles now too so that is that for him.
I read he’s looking forward to stopping playing and being at home with his family more.
What will we do without him?

[pabbers]

Pulling out is possibly also to do with Korda still being in the singles and currently playing Hurkacz.

[Hawkeye]

Nope, Andy has completely done in his ankle ligaments and will be out for "an extended period".

[JAMES4578]

Yes just noticed that, a bitter blow!

[HoopGirl]

Yep just seen this - looks really nasty. Amazed how he could play with that injury - just shows how determined he is

[cazza99]

But he said he would be back with one hip and no ankle ligaments when the time is right.

[pabbers]

:crying:

[Jane]

:crying:

[exislander]

I was surprised he was able to finish the match after that problem - I hope he did not make it worse by continuing to play.