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[Grabcopy]

my father played for the army

My dad played for the RAF. He played in the Forces Championships at Wimbledon.

[silver lining]

I think that Andy and Novak play better on a faster court and Indian Wells is quite slow, which suits Del Po, so that may be a factor to take into consideration.

Not really. I mean, Novak excels at the Aussie Open and that is one of the slowest, high-bouncing courts (it was slightly faster this year) on tour. Andy also has much more success against Novak on faster surfaces. The H2H on faster courts is 5-2 in Andy's favour or sth. similar. They don't play the same game, despite what a lot of people say. Although I'm not really sure what Andy's game is at the moment.

[robbie]

My dad played for the RAF. He played in the Forces Championships at Wimbledon.

Bet your Grandfather played for the Luftwaffe Nige?

[blueberryhill]

oh bbh fickle could be your middle name 

and proud...

[scotnadian]

Andy Murray confident his form will return after defeat to Juan Martin Del Potro in BNP Paribas Open
Full article at  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/9936140/Andy-Murray-confident-his-form-will-return-after-defeat-to-Juan-Martin-Del-Potro-in-BNP-Paribas-Open.html

Thanks for the article, Elena. I also liked how he feels comfortable in Miami.:

“I would hope by Miami I should be playing much better than I did last week. I obviously know the conditions well there, I practice there regularly, I’m comfortable in Miami. I feel like when I play on those courts I can open up a bit more, play aggressive and time the ball better so I would hope that if I can get through a round or two in Miami I’ll start to play better and better.”

And this answered my own question about how much fitter he thinks he needs to be:

"Especially physically as well, doesn’t matter how much training you do, when you play matches it’s different movements, you can’t really replicate it so that’s what I needed.”

[scotnadian]

^I always like to hear what comes directly from Andy and Lendl. They're the only ones who really know.

[Littlebuddha]

Nole was also beaten by Del Potro and he put up a good fight against Rafa too. He has certainly got better so all the top ranked player will have to find a way of dealing with him. I am sure they will be thinking about how they are all going to deal with it.

[wimbledonwestie]

I think some on MW could do with daily phone calls from Mr L to help them keep things in perspective 

Hee hee!   But very true. Why trouble trouble til touble troubles you!