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[Bevc]

Night Linda Off to bed myself now.

[scotjules]

And I'm not long up! Good to follow the last few games of the match "live" on here. Andy has my sympathies. Have a cold myself and if I hadn't had today off work already certainly wouldn't have gone in! Can't imagine what it's like playing any sort of sport with one, never mind a highly competitive tennis match.

Will be interesting to see his rematch with Federer. Hope he's match fit by then

[teejay1]

Hi All,

Ahh, it's Kim's birthday! That makes sense then, Andy must have a pet name for her. It definitely began with 'N' but I couldn't make it out. The young man needs to learn to write backwards, a clear neccessity for a modern tennis player  .

Anyway, well done to Andy for getting through when obviously not feeling 100%. He just looked a step or so slow in that first set especially, wasn't putting himself in the best positions for his shots. He wobbled again in the third there, but he sorted it. Good man .

The mark of a champion is getting through when your back is to the wall, and that is what Andy did today. I think responses like we saw today are so encouraging for the future.

I hope Andy is feeling better tomorrow and sorts his movement out. He'll need it whoever he faces. It's weird, but I kind of hope Fed wins today, and then Djokovic beats Berdych. Of course, Andy would have to be on form to win, but I just think he rises to the situation with the top players, so I'd still give him a good chance of retaining the title, but it would help if he could recover a bit.

Anyway, well done today Champ, and happy birthday Kim.

[Aileen]

Couldn't believe when Andy shouted out how he was feeling - and then goes on to win the match!  Playing a tennis match with a bad cold isn't easy - I know, I've done it, and that was at a much, much lower level.

Happy birthday Kim.  Hope Andy gave you a nice pressy!

[janscribe]

Hi All,

Ahh, it's Kim's birthday! That makes sense then, Andy must have a pet name for her. It definitely began with 'N' but I couldn't make it out. The young man needs to learn to write backwards, a clear neccessity for a modern tennis player  .

Anyway, well done today Champ, and happy birthday Kim.

Sky comms say it was  Happy Birthday 'gorg' - his pet name for her - appropriate too.

[scotjules]

Sky comms say it was  Happy Birthday 'gorg' - his pet name for her - appropriate too.

Aww, that's sweet! 

[Emma Jean]

Good win today. Andy fought hard and did so well to come back in the third set. I like Stepanek's game, nice to see players who use a lot of variety on court as it's quite unusual in today's game. It was good to see Andy gradually work Stepanek's game out and raise his level when he needed to.

Yeah, I too like Stepanek's game. Always very interesting to watch. One of the few players I really enjoy watching.

But that was a tight win for Andy. I am glad he won but I don't feel he's quite there mentally after the USO and he's defending this title 3 years in a row now, so this itself, is a tough task. And he has a really tough challenge ahead of him - first Federer, second either Nole or Berdcyh - both equally tough. Federer did say that it will be interesting to watch Andy’s career the next 9 months, but I am willing to write the rest of the year off because I don’t think Andy has fully recovered yet. He may want to give it a real fight at WTF, but otherwise I don’t see him at the top of his game.

Federer isn't looking as sharp himself either but he may raise his level as he goes along. It's been a while for him too. As to Nole, I think Berdych might be craving for this one. I guess we'll find out.