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[ChrisMac]

Watching the Match at the moment between Ferrer and Milos bears out what I was saying that here we have a player meeting Milos for the 4th time and you can see how Ferrer is able to return Milos serve and able to put pressure on him.
Re Lendl I have never read so much twaddle, Andy is happy with having Ivan there, he has said on a number of occasions how having him there makes him feel calm. Also I've seen a lot of communication between Lendl and the team from their sitting area. Lendl will always put on a straight face when the cameras are on him. What matters is what he says before and after a match and what they are working between them. They are already talking about next year and Andy has said his team are working on another contract. He also said we wouldn't see the Lendl effect straight away would take about a year. He's not looking for a magic switch so why should we.

Exactly Michelle!   

[Jayel]

Raonic's level especially on serve was way down today as against yesterday. Against Andy 1st serve percentage was 65% with 1st serve points at 84%  ... today 59 and 70% ... but he was still tough to beat. Conclusions .... make of it what you will, but I feel that today Andy would have got his measure before it was too late.

[RositaK]

Milos is improving all the time. I totally expected him to lose to Almagro. Then was completely stunned to see him beat Andy. In straights. Then he takes Ferru to the limit. For a Canadian like me he is very impressive indeed. We haven't had a decent player in singles for a very long time. I'm really proud of him, his calm attitude and courteous behaviour. I hope he continues to improve.

Re: Lendl. If Andy's results don't improve by the USO I expect Lendl and Andy will part ways.

[Elena]

Yeah its been coming for years. What a lot of tosh
It's not even funny anymore watching him on clay he's so bad. Yet to reach a final, never beaten a top 8 player and all on his "favourite surface". How can anyone think he's hope in hell at the French .Well at least he's got someone to blame now
 

Steve, could you just clarify where this "favourite surface" quote comes from?
Thanks.

[BigNose]

I recently re-watched  Andy versus Joker in semis of Rome Masters last year. Andy was great. He was aggressive, he hit through the ball, had great length etc. Joker was on the ropes. Remember Andy was serving for that match. And Joker easily beat Nadal in the final the next day. Makes it more of a mystery how Andy can be so easily beaten by both Berdych and Raonic. These matches haven't even been close to be honest. Its like Andy has forgotten all that he achieved last year. I guess its better he's losing these matches now rather than at Rolland Garros. But he needs to get his finger out sharpish and stop messing about.

[Bevc]

Steve, could you just clarify where this "favourite surface" quote comes from?
Thanks.

On Andy Murray’s profile page on the website for the men’s tour, it suggests that his favourite surface is clay, and if that’s a joke rather than a mistake, it’s in poor taste, after the draw he has got for Roland Garros.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/andymurray/7753640/French-Open-2010-clay-still-not-Andy-Murrays-strongest-surface-says-Boris-Becker.html

Andy Murray has reiterated that clay remains his favourite surface, ahead of his last 16 clash against Tomas Berdych at the French Open.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12110_6179478,00.html

He may have changed his mind since then as both these articles are from 2010.

[johnkiernan35]

ok  I thought about it long and hard  and I feel I've been too harsh on Andy.  I need to give him and Lendl more time   CMONNNNNNNNNN ANDY!!!   The clay season is not over just yet 

[blueberryhill]

Can't believe Andy is any way near "dumping" Lendl. I also thought they'd said it would take a year for Lendl effect to work?
However, I do think Andy was playing better on clay last year and his movement is still poor. If you look at Rafa's movement on clay it is a thing of beauty.