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


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Amritia3ee

[CaledonianCraig]

You all lack knowledge on what a good umpire is. Molina is consistently rubbish at his job.

Please enlighten us? What exactly did Molina do there that was wrong?

[Guest]

Get in there Muzza!! Well sportslover chalk up as a fact the first time Murray has taken two sets off Federer at a slam.

With the possibility of even three!

Anybody seen Gerry lol

Think he is having a bowl of Cheerios

[Mad for Chelsea]

30-30, and Murray comes up with two wonderful FH winners to hold serve.

[Guest]

Alexander Agranovsky on tennis rivalries:

I don't believe in players having more than one real rival in their career. After the dust settled on Sampras and Agassi era, nobody remembers that both of them used to have difficult time and competitive head-to-head records with guys like Jim Courier, Michael Chang etc - they will be forever paired as part of the rivalry in our minds. Same goes for Becker and Edberg, Borg and McEnroy. Roger's rival has always been and will forever remain Rafa Nadal - and with Rafa out and Roger in decline, this is no longer the biggest rivalry in sport. Which leaves two top players which look like they are destined to carve a rivalry of their own - Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. For the moment, it's still slightly too one-sided in Nole's favour, and you really need to be a multiple major winner to be considered a part of historic rivalry - but if Andy wins on Sunday, we might be in for something special

I have figured out HE's true identity

[Josiah Maiestas]

Alexander Agranovsky on tennis rivalries:

I don't believe in players having more than one real rival in their career. After the dust settled on Sampras and Agassi era, nobody remembers that both of them used to have difficult time and competitive head-to-head records with guys like Jim Courier, Michael Chang etc - they will be forever paired as part of the rivalry in our minds. Same goes for Becker and Edberg, Borg and McEnroy. Roger's rival has always been and will forever remain Rafa Nadal - and with Rafa out and Roger in decline, this is no longer the biggest rivalry in sport. Which leaves two top players which look like they are destined to carve a rivalry of their own - Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic. For the moment, it's still slightly too one-sided in Nole's favour, and you really need to be a multiple major winner to be considered a part of historic rivalry - but if Andy wins on Sunday, we might be in for something special

I have figured out HE's true identity

Nobody wants a push-snooze final. Federer isn't finished yet.

[CaledonianCraig]

Federer breaks.......oooh I can see Gerry SA coming rushing back in.

[Mad for Chelsea]

shocker of a game from Murray to give the break away..

[Jahu]

Going to 5 sets this, and Fed will take it.

[CaledonianCraig]

Still waiting for JM to tell me what Molina did that was wrong.

[Guest]

Hmmmm another momentum shifter here. Murray with it all to do again.

[CaledonianCraig]

Going to 5 sets this, and Fed will take it.

If that happens then that officially dispels the myth that Feds legs are shot.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Murray again needs to just re-focus and remember just what he was doing right in the first three sets. A couple of near misses gave the break but he's still dominating the rallies, just needs to cut out the errors a little.

[CAS]

Djokovic with his feet up smiling right now

[Danny_1982]

Drop in focus for five minutes and a fifth set looks on the cards. Novak will be liking this. And hoping for a Federer win because of back to back 5 set wins.

[Guest]

I am sure Nadal was putting his feet up when Djokovic and Murray tore strips off each other. Look how that ended up

[Mad for Chelsea]

brilliant FHs from Murray and he breaks back

[CaledonianCraig]

Great stuff by Andy. Breaks back and we are back on serve.

[Jahu]

Break back, Fed needs a slap, so does Andy.

[Danny_1982]

Great play by Murray to break back... But only 3 of 12 break points taken by Murray in the match. Fair play to roger, but that's a poor conversion rate from Andy.

[Guest]

Break back, Fed needs a slap, so does Andy.

[CaledonianCraig]

Oooooh JM is going to explode here.

[Jahu]

Oh man what a drama is going on.

[CaledonianCraig]

Key game this. MASSIVE.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Murray did so well to focus there, great stuff

[CaledonianCraig]

Massive hold.

[Guest]

Frak me Eurosport feed is damn slow. The comments below are far more clued up than the feed.

[CaledonianCraig]

Wow what a ****ing shot.

[CaledonianCraig]

Another massive game this as well.

[CaledonianCraig]

A big hold there for Federer. Murray to serve to stay in the fourth set.

[Mad for Chelsea]

clutch from Federer, but that FH looked mighty close. No challenges left for Murray though...

[Danny_1982]

This is great stuff now... Thoroughly enjoyable.

First serves Muzza, first serves...

[CaledonianCraig]

Immense game played there by Murray and holds to love to level it up at 5-5.

[JuliusHMarx]

0-30!

[CaledonianCraig]

A break for Muzza. Some fantastic play by Muzza.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Huge FH from Murray and Fed's defensive slice is wide! Murray breaks, and will serve for it...

[Josiah Maiestas]

Federer is a real mug trying to play Murray's baseline rally game. The first set was the key.

[CaledonianCraig]

Come on now Andy. Serve the game of your life here and the job is done and the giant is slayed.

[JuliusHMarx]

Luckily for Fed he never loses a tie-break. So it'll be 7-5 to Murray.

[VTR]

Wow, Murray has really grown a pair of cajones in the last year. 4-1 down to 6-5, this set would have been gone for pre-Lendl Murray

[Josiah Maiestas]

VAAAAAAMOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

[CaledonianCraig]

Fabulous return of serve from Fed that. Break point he has.

[Mad for Chelsea]

gah, Murray FH lets him down again at the worst possible time. Needs to re-focus again and remember all the good things.

[CaledonianCraig]

Tie-break. Wow,

[JuliusHMarx]

Disaster - how did he miss that cross-court?

[dummy_half]

Bad miss from Andy on the break point, and in to the tie breaker we go

[CaledonianCraig]

You see now why I stand by this age and physical condition thing with Federer. Still going strong after three and a half hours against the most physical play of Murray.

[Mad for Chelsea]

tight FH from Federer, 2-2

[Guest]

If it were physically possible I would air mail Andy some balls!

[Mad for Chelsea]

unbelievably poor behaviour from the crowd, constantly shouting out when Murray's about to serve, IDIOTS!

[CaledonianCraig]

Novak will be loving this me thinks.

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