Montreal Masters

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Started yesterday. Who's going to win it then?

Federer not playing. I voted for Djokovic.

Order of play here. Kyrgios v Verdasco looks interesting.

http://www.couperogers.com/en/schedules-and-results/order-of-play/

Another big hold from Andy.

Dont let go.

No bagel I do believe that's a moral victory for Murray regardless of what happens from now on!

Break himmmmm

Yes yes yes, Andy breaks.

Net rushing from Murray! worked though!

Djoko getting annoyed hahaaha


Slice him Andy, no mercy.

Andy dont stop, orgasmic

Djokovic 1st serve has been awful today. Murray playing very well

Break him again Andy, you are No2 in the world now.

Djoko shaking his arm, MTO approaching, or will he man up and take it to the end.

Throwing this away again...

Hold on Andyyyyyy

Is this umpire insane? Worst code violation warning ever!

Was a strange and harsh one I thought (for bumping into the camera, apparently deliberately).

EDIT: BY "apparently deliberately" I mean it apparently appeared deliberate to the umpire, not that it actually was.

He put his hand up after brushing it by accident. These umpires always seem to want to take centre stage...

15min game. 9 deuces. FOr the sake of the sport andy, hold on!

Cowboy umpire.

Well wat are you supposed to do against this?

What. A. Hold.

I have a game called tennis elbow, novak is hitting it like the hardest setting on it... one error in 15 minutes...

Oh baby, finally.

Break him now just for fun.

Good hold. A very good stretch volley caught my eye I think on the first BP - on the forehand side.

Just hold serve Andy.

What a hold again! But in a completely different way.

MP!

Take it now, break his spirit for Uso.

Rope a dope still, dodgy game coming up

dodgy dodgy dodgy, nole doing nothing for this position

christ sake, smash it for goodess sake

Yess yessss Andy wins, super play.

Djoko is done for this year.

Congratulations Andy on winning your 11th Masters title taking him level with Pete Sampras on the all-time list. It also breaks that long run of defeats he has had against the world No.1 Novak Djokovic. Hopefully, Andy can use this as a stepping stone for the coming months.

Also means this is the 48th time this year he has won the first set and never failed to not go on to win.

Roanic would of beaten both of them.

Neither of them looks like Uso winners.

phew, after 33 break points in the match, he finally misses one

Djokovic clearly the favourite for US Open at this point.

HB, joke of the week that one.

Who gave Nadal 6 votes to win Toronto? Just saw it now

Breathtaking match. Possibly the best three set match of the year. Murray finally looks to have his fitness levels at the right level to compete. More or less guarantees a top 2 seeding for the US Open.

Enjoyable final set, some good shots (some bad) some tension and entertaining and occassionally unorthodox play.

So is Murray going to be no 2 on Monday/Tuesday when the rankings are updated, or not? He certainly should be with 2 masters vs none for Federer. It is just a matter of time anyway.

Congratlatons  CC  I said I had a gut feeling he would do it this time
ANDY

Henman Bill wrote:Enjoyable final set, some good shots (some bad) some tension and entertaining and occassionally unorthodox play.

So is Murray going to be no 2 on Monday/Tuesday when the rankings are updated, or not? He certainly should be with 2 masters vs none for Federer. It is just a matter of time anyway.

Definitely No.2 when rankings are updated.

Huge for Andy mentally. He needed a big win to say he's truly back, well he has it now. He has matched Novak before this season, and then faded either mentally or physically (or both). Or rather, Novak has outlasted him. Now he's outlasted Novak.

Very enjoyable match too. I hope Andy now realises the net is his friend. Please volley more Andy.

Andy is already No2.

Haddie-nuff wrote:Congratlatons  CC  I said I had a gut feeling he would do it this time
ANDY

Next week's lottery numbers please Hn?

Andy badly needed that. Hopefully, he can use that as a building block.

Murray's now around 500 points ahead of Federer, going into Cincy

Yes,

Andy 8490
Fed 8075

Andy dedicates the win to Amélie.

Since married and soon to become a papi, Andy showing some nuts

At no time did Andy play like a player who had lost eight times. For me there are important factors about that losing streak, not least that Murray simply wasn't physically up to it (and so mental weaknesses are more prominent) for seven of them - including this years Aus final

It wasn't until the French that we finally got the 2012/3 Murray back

Of course, tonight defeat could be because Novak's ailing

Important win though, I said before Wimbledon that he has no excuses left for not beating his two main rivals

I'm delighted for him. Not enough credit has been given for how he's not only clawed himself back from the terrors of last year, but become better

Mmmm steak!

banbrotam wrote:At no time did Andy play like a player who had lost eight times. For me there are important factors about that losing streak, not least that Murray simply wasn't physically up to it (and so mental weaknesses are more prominent) for seven of them - including this years Aus final

It wasn't until the French that we finally got the 2012/3 Murray back

Of course, tonight defeat could be because Novak's ailing

Important win though, I said before Wimbledon that he has no excuses left for not beating his two main rivals

I'm delighted for him. Not enough credit has been given for how he's not only clawed himself back from the terrors of last year, but become better

I am hoping this is a stepping stone up to Novak's level and brings him bigger wins in even bigger matches.

LuvSports! wrote:Mmmm steak!

Spotted my poor English, before you spotted it

You'll have to excuse me as I'm not used to Andy beating Novak