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[Milly87]

Shambles of a tournament, absolute shambles-poor organisation, poor scheduling, rubbish broadcasting, even the on-court interview girl had to keep looking at her notes to remember each of her *three* questions... I mean, REALLY?????????? ...hope this tournameenrt dies a death asap. Not a single shot of Lendl and the delightful Danny. But, atleast Andy M left the court smiling!

 

[Aileen]

In all fairness Aileen I don't think Murray will even be unhappy inside. Not much to be worried about from an exho and deep down I feel he didn't put much effort in because like the comms said, this is Roddicks swan song .

Yeah, you're right.  Guess I was expecting a bit too much from our man, and his effort was practically nil - but why bust a gut for an exho that the tournament is wanting your opponent to win?

[scotnadian]

Both Andy's are probably sitting at the bar larfing their heads off for that quickie.

[xxdanixx]

And there I was,thinking I was going to be tired after staying up to watch a long match!
Well,I can rescind that beware-of-a-sleep-deprived-me warning I issued to my family now!

[Aileen]

Absolutely true.Plus,just look at the "crowds" that turned out.And that was with the event's two biggest names playing.Really can't see how it'll be back next year.

Biggest flop of the year, imo, after all the hype AND the patriotic court colours that never were.

[Aileen]

Well it was a foregone result that Andy R would win the match.
No way was oor Andy playing at full speed. It was just a bit of a light-hearted hit-around fitted into his training schedule.

In one game at the end of the second set I seriously thought both players were playing pat-a-ball.

I dont blame Murray to be honest it's not that important, no ranking points available. He will try a lot harder in Abu Dhabi I feel!

Also why risk injury by going all-out in this puny tournament?  Roddick wasn't playing at 100% either despite the glowing remarks of the comms, one of whom I discovered was Larry Stefanki, AR's last coach.

[Katie]

Missed this totally as I thought it didn't start until 12 - ah well! Nice for ARod that he's in the final (still wish he hadn't retired so suddenly). The only exo I think the players take seriously is Abu Dhabi - I remember a great final a few years ago between Andy and Rafa.