Tennis

[Pigeon_Killer]

Excellent tactics from Murray so far. Targeting the backhand and coming in to net a lot more than he usually would and he's thrown Del Potro off his game. Now 4-1 up

 

[LiE]

Murray looking strong.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Those early set tactics have gone out of the window. Now hitting the forehand and not moving in to net. Murray looking in trouble.

 

[Cosimo]

Big game from Murray.

 

[Merlin5]

This is not going too well..

 

[Cosimo]

Well played and set!

 

[Craig1981]

Phew! Set 1 to Murray!

That was scary for a while though. Going from 4 - 1 to looking like he was going to lose the set, shaky play there. Hopefully he'll get his head back in the game now though.

 

[Merlin5]

It is now!

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

First set Murray

If he can get his serve and backhand firing he could make life so much easier for himself.

 

[LiE]

First serve is terrible.

 

[Craig1981]

Jesus, what the hell has happened to Murray?

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

He's playing abysmally but he's still a set up and threatening Del Potro on most of his service games. Needs a few aces in a row to get the serve going though.

 

[Craig1981]

*bashes head off desk*

 

[Craig1981]

5 - 3 down on the second set. This isn't looking good

 

[Marsman]

Murray's performances have been so up ad down the last few matches, but the last few opponents haven't been able to take advantage. Unless he can get some consistency, I think Del Potro may end up beating him.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

That's more like it. Murray needs more long rallies to start wearing Del Potro down.

 

[marc2003]

By time the cycling has finished and I switch over to watch, it should be a best of 3.

 

[Merlin5]

Nice rallies here, and great that Murray hasn't given the second set away yet.

 

[Craig1981]

YET!

 

[Craig1981]

And there it goes.