US Open Day 10

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Matches of note:

Bartoli v Sharapova (Bartoli leads 4-0, 15-30)
Ivanovic v Serena

Roddick v Del Potro
Murray v Cilic (on Ashe)
Federer v Berdych
Wawrinka v Djokovic

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Lovely speech by Andy there.

God it nearly got me

Goodbye A-Rod. Delpo wins 6-7, 7-6, 6-2, 6-4. Hugely emotional.

It is becoming a habit for Delpo to send former US champions into retirement - Safin, and now Roddick!

Nice speech and doing well to hold it together.....just.

A great competitor - I'm going to miss him.

Listening on USO radio and they were full of praise for Del Boy's conduct - the word "classy" was getting a run out.

And back to Armstrong and another Andy is having me in tears!

Yep the game can I'll afford to lose characters, Andy was certainly that.

Who was Ken Morrison? Presumably not the supermarket founder.

Cilic is making the game look easy.. Murray though what is he trying to achieve?

lydian wrote:Yep the game can I'll afford to lose characters, Andy was certainly that.

Who was Ken Morrison? Presumably not the supermarket founder.

Ken Meyerson, Andy's agent.

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2011-10-20/8121.php

Murray is taking an arse kicking out there it has to be said.

Arrhhhh....thanks LF

legendkillarV2 wrote:And back to Armstrong and another Andy is having me in tears!

Have faith!

though he needs to start to get his sh*t together quickly. Cilic breaks again. This is suddenly seeming like 2009.

time please wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:And back to Armstrong and another Andy is having me in tears!

Have faith!

though he needs to start to get his sh*t together quickly. Cilic breaks again. This is suddenly seeming like 2009.

He has grabbed his knee a couple of times now.

What is Murray doing wrong?

I said Good Murray has matches on his racquet - we've got Bad Murray now. Commentators say he looks very uncomfortable.

End of a fantastic career for ARod. Top guy and all the best for the future.

That f*cking short crap is killing him out there!

Can anyone see Cilic falling apart in next 3 sets? Never seen him have issues when he's so far out ahead.

Cilic has really come on this year....let's not forget he was top10 as a youngster so clearly has the talent...just went backwards for a while. The guy is still only 23

laverfan wrote:

time please wrote:

legendkillarV2 wrote:And back to Armstrong and another Andy is having me in tears!

Have faith!

though he needs to start to get his sh*t together quickly. Cilic breaks again. This is suddenly seeming like 2009.

He has grabbed his knee a couple of times now.

He does that in matches where he's double breaks up..

Murray with some BP's thanks to some 2nd serves from Cilic

Cilic looks exhausted.

Where has this Cilic been for the last few years, (apart from some injury time out)?

Murray looking a bit sharper now though - a chance to get a break back

Gerry SA wrote:End of a fantastic career for ARod. Top guy and all the best for the future.

End of this years slam winning attempts for AMurray. Top guy and all the best for the future.

He always does BB

Cilic is a lot stronger physically this year and it's giving him more stability in rally's and on serve.

If only Lendl was present at the birth of Andy Murray to slap his arse to give him the extra umph he needs!

bogbrush wrote:Cilic looks exhausted.

He's rather hot!

Yeah he's expending a fair bit of energy with his intense concentration.

Movement better too, used to look a little wooden at times.
Bob Brett has certainly been putting him through his paces this year.

Murray's peak was against Raonic, he peaked too soon. Always has that dilemma.

Cilic at times has just looked effortless. Like he is toying with Murray.

Can't say I've ever seen Cilic play to such a high standard before, although I've all ways thought he's been a slight underachiever.

Humidity looks massive out there...this must be a physically draining match.

Josiah Maiestas wrote:Murray's peak was against Raonic, he peaked too soon. Always has that dilemma.

Let's hope Pippa gets him 'peaking'

Right now Andy needs to really grit and grind his arse off.

Yeah but sometimes grit and grind isn't enough, he's been outclassed here so far.

Josiah Maiestas wrote:Murray's peak was against Raonic, he peaked too soon. Always has that dilemma.

Hang on. Perhaps it was Cilic who went early todayW Here comes the Muzza fight back.

Grint and grind is what is needed lydian. Try and get Cilic moving all around the court and not just side to side on the baseline.

Great slice....

That's one break back for Murray. Now can he hold.

Much better to get one of the breaks back

Cilic looks drenched!!

If Cilic is pegged back here, this will turn the tide massively.

Cilic starting to get a little tight here. Next game will tell us a lot about Cilic's mind.

I'm glad Murray is giving a fight: I thought the set was gone when Cilic got the double break but it's not!

It's quite a dilemma for me, on the one hand I would like a good semi final and Murray would provide that but on the other hand I want Fed to have an easy straight forward semi which he won't get if Murray is there. I still think Cilic will take this second set and two sets down....will definitely be hard for Murray to get back into it but who knows....maybe Murray can get another break?

East coast humidity is just urghhhh between May-Sep...it's a sweat bucket out there and may become a factor later on.

Tight....tight....tight.

I had a feeling this might happen......

Cilic used to be known for this.

OMG. Goodnight Cilic.

tight and spent I think.

Murray still has break point to save the set

What a volley from Murray. Class.

1st serves miles out...could be a double

Now that has got to hurt...