RE: us open
RussyRover > 06/09/2013, 11:21
Yeah I saw it, and all I can say is I'm glad I took the action on Wawrinka to win a set lol... A few bucks at 8/15 made another easy tenner...
Murray had so many chances to win points, and to save his serve in the first set which would have made it 5-5, but whether he just couldn't adapt to the swirly wind conditions or it was something else who knows, but Wawrinka well and truly was on top of his game and made things happen.
After losing the first set, and then Murray smashing his racquet, I thought he was going to bounce back as he was angry, but even that didn't change anything. There were so many unforced errors in Murray's game it was really unbelievable, and like you said oilman, it was the Murray of old.
His first serve was ok speed wise but poor, but his 2nd serve especially against the breeze was much lower to that of Stan's!!!
Murray only won 54% of his 1st service compared to Stan's 88% and the key stat on the 2nd serve was average speed of Murray was 84mph compared to Stan's 97mph..
Murray also only had 15 winning shots compared to Stan's 45... with stats like that you don't need to be a genius to say who won the game...
So back to the drawing board for Murray, and it's well done to Stan who will face...
Novak Djokovic (of course) who won in 4 sets against Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0... nothing so much to say about this game, it was business as usual for Nole, had the better game, had the best stats, and came through with relative ease.
If Wawrinka plays against Djokovic like he did against Murray, that will be a cracker of a semi, can still see Djokovic winning mind...