Australian Open 2013: Match Thread 2

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Australian Open 2013:

Information: The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 1905, the tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. It features men's and women's singles; men's, women's, and mixed doubles and junior's championships; as well as wheelchair, legends and exhibition events. Since 1988 the tournament has been played on hard courts at Melbourne Park.
The Australian Open typically has very high attendance, second only to the US Open. It was also the first Grand Slam tournament to feature indoor play during wet weather or extreme heat with its two primary courts, Rod Laver Arena and Hisense Arena, equipped with retractable roofs.

Day by Day Match Reports: http://www.sportpulse.net/category/tennis

v2 Preview: https://www.606v2.com/t39437-australian-open-2013-the-contenders#1785084

Dates: January 14 - January 27

Draw: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/draws/ms/index.html

Schedule: http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/index.html

AO Rankings Points Tracker: https://www.606v2.com/t39351-points-tracker-ao-2013


Ready? Play.

Amritia3ee

[banbrotam]

I ain't getting carried away. Andy dominated the beggining of their O2 SF and look what happened

[CAS]

I ain't getting carried away. Andy dominated the beggining of their O2 SF and look what happened

I was thinking the same, Murray often breaks Federer very early I have noticed

[Mad for Chelsea]

loose game from Murray, missing a few forehands, needs to keep his focus.

[Guest]

Wonder how crucial that hold of serve will be.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Murray with 12 winners to Federer's 5

[Mad for Chelsea]

brilliant

more BPs.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Federer digs deep, Murray just wide with a BH pass and Federer holds. BP conversion a concern for Murray.

[daraghj82]

its looking good for any so far ,

[JuliusHMarx]

From the BBC live text "Federer's finesse suddenly looks a bit old-hat, it's all about the rippling physicality of Murray."

[Guest]

Squeaky bum time

[Mad for Chelsea]

great serving, fantastic opening set from Murray

[Duty281]

Brilliant opener for Murray

[sportslover]

Another quote to bury - Murray has never won a set in a slam against Roger!

[Guest]

Where's our friend Gerry??

[Mad for Chelsea]

Another quote to bury - Murray has never won a set in a slam against Roger!

wimbledon

[Guest]

First asterisk to Murray *

[sportslover]

Another quote to bury - Murray has never won a set in a slam against Roger!

wimbledon

Silly me - off course!

[super_realist]

Another quote to bury - Murray has never won a set in a slam against Roger!

Who said he hadn't anyway?

Even before today he won the first set against him at Wimbledon last year.

[Mad for Chelsea]

even so far in the second, no BPs for either player as yet.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Murray forces deuce, but heavy serving from Federer, who's barely missed a first serve in this set so far, sees him come through.

[CAS]

just heard an interesting stat, Federer is winning 65 percent of his first serves and 60 percent of his 2nd, bizarre

[Chydremion]

Just tuning in. Not liking what I'm seeing.

[Josiah Maiestas]

How I can see this developing. Murray is becoming so predictable now with where he's hitting the ball and it's only matter of time until Federer levels this match and probably Murray will lose confidence.

[Chydremion]

No way it's only matter of time before Federer cracks. Easy victory for Murray I fear.

[JuliusHMarx]

Fed's main chance is to scrape through this set holding serve and win the tie-break. If not, I can't see him coming back from 2-0 down. Fed is the best tie-brek player ever, so that is the hope for him.

[Josiah Maiestas]

These balls are slower than the ones used for clay, facking disgrace these ATP cronies think we want to watch boring pushfests.

[CAS]

Federers lack of aces in his last 2 matches concerns me, he used to be rarely out aced

[Mad for Chelsea]

Murray had a chance there, Federer missed some first serves but Murray with a couple of loose returns let him off the hook somewhat. Both players holding pretty comfortably in this set so far, 4-3 to Federer.

[Jahu]

Fed should give up and make it easy for Andy in 3 sets, so Andy can wipe the floor with Djoko on Sunday.

With all my love for Fed, he has been reduced to wining Masters in 3 sets probably, he can not handle any more 3-4h of GS matches.

Hopefully he quit tennis this year as watching him like this is painful.

[Chydremion]

Federer doing NOTHING on Murray's serve

[Josiah Maiestas]

Federers lack of aces in his last 2 matches concerns me, he used to be rarely out aced

Yeah his brains gone into a dark corner after that Tsonga display. I genuinely think it must be his shoulder or back causing it.

[VTR]

These balls are slower than the ones used for clay, facking disgrace these ATP cronies think we want to watch boring pushfests.

You could always switch it off and go and do something else.

[Guest]

Murray's just serving too well. Fed not getting a sniff.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Federer with a great service game of his own, once again missing no first serves and Murray barely has a sniff, 5-4.

[Josiah Maiestas]

This match has not lived up to expectations. Both guys are "saving" themselves for the final it seems.

[JuliusHMarx]

Distinct lack of sniffing going on

[Josiah Maiestas]

Fair enough Murray does return a lot of serves back at Federer but they don't exactly put him off balance. Guaranteed a tiebreak now.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Murray got away with it in that service game, gets away with a defensive lob which lands plumb on the line, and with Federer out of position is able to steer a BH winner down the line. Federer with a slightly shanked volley of his own there, but holds to love for 6-5. Pressure back on Murray.

[CAS]

come on Federer remind Murray what the score is now you have 6-5, go for it!

[Guest]

Must win set for Fed or it's all over.

[CAS]

Murray is serving out of this world, fair play to him. Never seen him serve this incredibly

[Danny_1982]

Whole match hangs on this tie break for me. If Federer wins it I smell a Wimbledon esq turnaround.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Murray tight, two awful FHs reverse the mini-break.

[JuliusHMarx]

Whole match hangs on this tie break for me. If Federer wins it I smell a Wimbledon esq turnaround.

If Fed wins it - will still be too close to call. If Murray wins it, he'll win in 3 or 4

[Mad for Chelsea]

very very tight from Murray, feeling the pressure, with another poor FH.

[Mad for Chelsea]

needed that, but still 4-2 down at the change of ends.

[Guest]

I believe Murray v Lopez and Berdych at the US Open he was 4-2 on the change of ends in the TB's and they ended well for Murray

[Mad for Chelsea]

who called that out? smack on the line!

[TopoftheChops]

That was miles in, typical aussies hating murray

[Josiah Maiestas]

This is ITF level of a tiebreak. I bet the women's final will show more balls than this.

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