|
|
Tennis
Sept 4, 2014 8:55:58 GMT
Post by supersteve73 on Sept 4, 2014 8:55:58 GMT
Murray's fitness let him down again, he played an amazing second set, but his only chance was to win that in 3 sets.
|
|
|
|
Tennis
Sept 5, 2014 1:18:19 GMT
via mobile
Post by YateTown on Sept 5, 2014 1:18:19 GMT
It's only been a year since surgery, and the amount Andy puts on his body is unreal really, I'm sure he had his targets set for 2015 and beyond, with the close season approaching, he may hopefully come back stronger, because the bombs he was throwing in that second set was some of the best tennis I've seen him play!
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445 
|
Tennis
Sept 5, 2014 16:15:48 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 5, 2014 16:15:48 GMT
Roger Federer saved two match points as he beat Gael Monfils to keep alive his hopes of an 18th Grand Slam title at the US Open.
The Swiss won 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 6-2 in a dramatic New York night session to reach the semi-finals.
Federer, 33, goes on to face Croatia's Marin Cilic in the last four on Saturday.
Marin Cilic dismantled an out-of-sorts Tomas Berdych in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the US Open.
Cilic, the 14th seed, dominated on his own serve and was aided by a string of Berdych errors to win 6-2 6-4 7-6 (7-4) in two hours and four minutes.
Semi-Finals
1 Djokovic (Ser) v Nishikori (Jpn) 10
14 Cilic (Cro) v Federer (Swi) 2
|
|
|
|
Tennis
Sept 6, 2014 22:15:47 GMT
via mobile
Post by tbonegas on Sept 6, 2014 22:15:47 GMT
Wow. Two huge semi final shocks. Nisihkori and Cilic into final. Never saw any of the 1st match,but have to say Cilic played some "Lights Out" tennis. Some of the greatest service returns I have ever seen. 1st time for 9 years that one of the big four hasnt contested a Slam final.
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Sept 7, 2014 9:43:46 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 7, 2014 9:43:46 GMT
Wow. Two huge semi final shocks. Nisihkori and Cilic into final. Never saw any of the 1st match,but have to say Cilic played some "Lights Out" tennis. Some of the greatest service returns I have ever seen. 1st time for 9 years that one of the big four hasnt contested a Slam final. Agree, After the big swiss cheese came back with those heroics v monfils and gluten losing, what better chance for him to win another slam. Both 1 and 2 seeds were slaughtered....should be a good final with IMO a Cillic win. |
|
|
|
Tennis
Sept 7, 2014 10:10:12 GMT
via mobile
Post by tbonegas on Sept 7, 2014 10:10:12 GMT
Wow. Two huge semi final shocks. Nisihkori and Cilic into final. Never saw any of the 1st match,but have to say Cilic played some "Lights Out" tennis. Some of the greatest service returns I have ever seen. 1st time for 9 years that one of the big four hasnt contested a Slam final. Agree, After the big swiss cheese came back with those heroics v monfils and gluten losing, what better chance for him to win another slam. Both 1 and 2 seeds were slaughtered....should be a good final with IMO a Cillic win. I too think Marin will win, but count Nishikori out at your peril. If Cilic returns serve anything like he did last evening he will win. But lets not forget that Kei has taken out most of the top 5 on his run at this tournament.Since the Madrid final,where he had Rafa down and out, but had a problem with his back,he has a new found belief that he belongs in this company. |
|
|
|
Tennis
Sept 7, 2014 11:28:56 GMT
Post by supersteve73 on Sept 7, 2014 11:28:56 GMT
Have to admit it is great to see some others contesting a final. Would love Nishikori to win he will have the crowd behind him for sure.
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Sept 8, 2014 18:31:20 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 8, 2014 18:31:20 GMT
I see Serena Williams won her 18th slam bringing her in line with Martina and Chris Evert.....some stats: open era only.
Martina Navratilova...1,442 career games - 219 losses = 86.80% win rate - titles 167...retired aged 38.
Chris Evert Lloyd...1,309 - 146 = 89.96% - 157...retired aged 35.
Steffi Graf...902 - 115 = 88.69% - 107...retired aged 30.
Serena Williams...677 - 118 = 85.15% - 63...aged 32.
She has a long way to go to compete with those real legends imo.
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Sept 9, 2014 7:29:51 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 9, 2014 7:29:51 GMT
Croatia's Marin Cilic won his first Grand Slam title with a comprehensive straight-sets win over Kei Nishikori of Japan at the US Open.
Cilic won 6-3 6-3 6-3 to become the first Croat to win one of the four tennis majors since his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, at Wimbledon in 2001.
The 14th seed dominated throughout on a cool, breezy day in New York, hitting 17 aces and dropping serve just once in one hour and 54 minutes.
His victory completes a Grand Slam year that has seen eight different winners of the singles titles across the men's and women's games, for the first time since 1998.
Not quite the final it really should have been...
|
|
|
|
Tennis
Sept 9, 2014 9:21:21 GMT
Post by tbonegas on Sept 9, 2014 9:21:21 GMT
Croatia's Marin Cilic won his first Grand Slam title with a comprehensive straight-sets win over Kei Nishikori of Japan at the US Open. Cilic won 6-3 6-3 6-3 to become the first Croat to win one of the four tennis majors since his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, at Wimbledon in 2001. The 14th seed dominated throughout on a cool, breezy day in New York, hitting 17 aces and dropping serve just once in one hour and 54 minutes. His victory completes a Grand Slam year that has seen eight different winners of the singles titles across the men's and women's games, for the first time since 1998. Not quite the final it really should have been... Two finals,Five sets of tennis.All sets finished 6-3.Wonder when the last time that happened.Have a look at your stats please B.T. I would love to know if it has occurred before. |
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Sept 9, 2014 11:05:57 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 9, 2014 11:05:57 GMT
Croatia's Marin Cilic won his first Grand Slam title with a comprehensive straight-sets win over Kei Nishikori of Japan at the US Open. Cilic won 6-3 6-3 6-3 to become the first Croat to win one of the four tennis majors since his coach, Goran Ivanisevic, at Wimbledon in 2001. The 14th seed dominated throughout on a cool, breezy day in New York, hitting 17 aces and dropping serve just once in one hour and 54 minutes. His victory completes a Grand Slam year that has seen eight different winners of the singles titles across the men's and women's games, for the first time since 1998. Not quite the final it really should have been... Two finals,Five sets of tennis.All sets finished 6-3.Wonder when the last time that happened.Have a look at your stats please B.T. I would love to know if it has occurred before. Really thought there would be 8 sets of tennis on these occasions but alas not to be...would be a mammoth campaign to look at those stats, even for me. |
|
|
|
Tennis
Sept 9, 2014 12:11:23 GMT
Post by supersteve73 on Sept 9, 2014 12:11:23 GMT
Murray now out of the top ten, going to be a struggle for him now to get into the Tour Finals.
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Sept 27, 2014 21:02:47 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 27, 2014 21:02:47 GMT
Britain's Andy Murray defeated Juan Monaco 2-6 6-3 6-0 at the Shenzhen Open to reach his first final since winning Wimbledon last year.
He will face Tommy Robredo in Sunday's final in China after the Spaniard earlier beat Santiago Giraldo 6-1 6-4.
"Tommy will be a very tough opponent. I will need to play a really good match if I want to win," said Murray.
Murray's semi-final victory boosts his hopes of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals at the 02 Arena in November.
A win for Murray, currently ranked 11th in the world, will rise above Grigor Dimitrov into 10th place in the race to qualify for the finals.
|
|
zfc
Bobby Zamora
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 441
|
Tennis
Sept 28, 2014 14:11:10 GMT
Post by zfc on Sept 28, 2014 14:11:10 GMT
Murray wins  |
|
|
|
Tennis
Sept 28, 2014 15:28:56 GMT
via mobile
Post by tbonegas on Sept 28, 2014 15:28:56 GMT
Great news for Andy. A win at the start of the far east swing. Rafa back next week. Hope his wrist is ok. You only have to look at Delpos continuing absence to realise that some of them can be very serious.
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Sept 29, 2014 16:39:07 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 29, 2014 16:39:07 GMT
Andy Murray saved five match points before going on to beat Tommy Robredo 5-7 7-6 (11-9) 6-1 in the Shenzhen Open final in China.
The victory moves Murray up to 10th in the rankings in the race to reach the ATP World Tour Finals in London during November, with the top eight qualifying.
Murray didn't face a single top 20 player in Shenzhen this week, but will still gain a huge amount of confidence from being a title winner once again.
ATP Race To London (top eight qualify)
Qualified: 1st: Novak Djokovic (8,150 points); 2nd: Roger Federer (7,020); 3rd: Rafael Nadal (6,645)
Still to qualify: 4th: Stan Wawrinka (4,795), 5th: Marin Cilic (3,935), 6th: Kei Nishikori (3,675), 7th: David Ferrer (3,535), 8th: Tomas Berdych (3,510), 9th: Milos Raonic (3,440), 10th: Andy Murray (3,405) 11. Grigor Dimitrov (3,355)
Murray's schedule: Beijing - 500 points to the winner; Shanghai - 1,000; Paris - 1,000.
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Sept 30, 2014 16:15:22 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Sept 30, 2014 16:15:22 GMT
Strange Results in the Japan Open:
Japan...Ferrer, Wawrinka, Tsonga, Bautista-agut & Dolgopolov all seeded out in 1st round.
Weras in the China open all the seeded players are safely through to round 2.
|
|
bluetornados
Predictions League
Joined: June 2014
Posts: 15,445
|
Tennis
Oct 3, 2014 16:54:25 GMT
Post by bluetornados on Oct 3, 2014 16:54:25 GMT
China Open - Semi Finals
Djokovic v Murray
Berdych v Kilzan
Japan Open - Semi Finals
Becker v Nishikori
Raonic v Simon
|
|
|
|
Tennis
Oct 4, 2014 18:19:21 GMT
Post by supersteve73 on Oct 4, 2014 18:19:21 GMT
Murray easily beaten by Novak.
|
|
zfc
Bobby Zamora
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 441
|
Tennis
Oct 4, 2014 20:28:49 GMT
Post by zfc on Oct 4, 2014 20:28:49 GMT
But should have enough points to play in the year ending finals.
I bet that will p*ss you off.
|
|
