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[rochelle]

hummm wlel considering Murray thinks clay is his best surface ... i dunno if it will be that easy ,, did u watch the game ?? he was a good player

[ljsmall]

^I agree with this. I think Lisnard was lucky he got Andy on a bad day. Andy was all over his serve like a rash and weak on his own. If he's been more solid on his own serve it would have been a whitewash. Lisnard didn't win that game as much as Andy through it away!

[top_spin]

Well done Rafa!! WOOOOO!!

Good to know he played well He pretty much always does!

[murray mad]

hummm wlel considering Murray thinks clay is his best surface ... i dunno if it will be that easy ,, did u watch the game ?? he was a good player

He was good but Murray was better than him in the first two sets, in the 3rd set he did improve alittle bit but that was due to the fact Murray couldn't walk so he thought ok I have a shot at this and ended up winning the match, I say he will beat him on a hard court because they are not as tough on your legs and Lisnard is probably not good on hard courts abit like Nadal on grass (which I'm sure he will get better this year ) Nadal that is, so to sum up on what im saying is the reason he won was  because Murray's legs was gone and they was playing on a tough court which takes alot out of you also Murray didn't have much match practise due to sickness and injury. Thats why I think it will be much easier for Murray the next time they play thats if they play again.

[murray mad]

Rochelle sorry but I disagree he was the fittest on the day but not the best, Andy had the chance to serve out the match but relaxed too much because he thought he was safe, I thought Andy was more intelligent on the shots, he was more agressive on shots and he got Lisnard frustrated, all Lisnard had to do at the end was put the ball into play because Andy obviously couldn't walk and he still couldn't do that, andy was still winning points with no legs really, It was sort of a dayjavou because the exact thing  happened in Wimbledon against Nalbandian, I thought Murray was the better man throughout the match then he just got cramp and there is nothing you can do about that. So what your saying that Lisnard was the better man on that day, no he was the luckiest man on that day.

[murray mad]

we can agree to diagree   ,,,,, i think Lisanrd was better man on the day not saying overall coz of course Murray is betetr overall

  no worries opinions are opinions, I wouldn't want people agreeing with me when it's not how they feel, honesty is the best policy .

[ljsmall]

I agree with you murraymad, i think that Lisnard was lucky. He played well, I'll give him that, a slightly lesser opponent and andy would have been able to bluff his way through but Andy was not producing good tennis. He had bizarre shot selection. Using drop shots far too much and inappropriately in order to try and shorten the points and what he ended up doing was lengthening the game. His serve was weak although his attack was solid. when Andy was behind and he concentrated he produced tennis that laughed at lisnard but when he relaxed Lisnard saw it and took advantage. I think Fleming said in the commentating that Andy's should have controlled his body language a little better cause everyone could tell exactly what he was thinking. Lisnard was clever and lucky on the day. but he had a nothing serve that Andy was all over and a shocking backhand. It was frankly disappointing that Andy didn't close him out early in the 2nd.

Oh and the point about Lisnard being able to run around all day, in a post match interview Lisnard said he was glad he was able to take the game when he did and that Murray suffered from cramp because he was beginning to feel it a bit and didn't fancy the tie break.