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Murray victorious in St Petersburg « on: October 28, 2007, 04:27:27 PM »
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Andy Murray roared to victory in Russia this afternoon, with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Fernando Verdasco in St Petersburg.

The Scot, in his fourth final of the year, demolished his Spanish opponent, collecting his third ATP Title, and his first trophy outside of San Jose.

St PetersburgThe Scot took control of the match from the outset and never let his Spanish opponent find his rhythm. Murray, even with a dismal 33% first serve, managed to take the first set 6-2 with great ease.

I never had any doubt of the result. This now sets Murray up for a great finish to an unlucky season. - netcord (mw member)
Verdasco continued to pose no threat in the second set allowing Murray to take the match, 6-2 6-3.

Speculation is now rife as to whether or not Murray will make the Shanghai Masters. After today's victory he lies at 11th in the race and a place is within his grasp, but everything rests on his performance in Paris next week.
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #1 on: October 28, 2007, 04:37:51 PM »
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                                      well done andy  looking forward to next week
                              

                                           yay   clap     Whistle
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #2 on: October 28, 2007, 04:49:24 PM »
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I assumed Murray would beat Verdasco fairly easily but with such a terrible first set, it's pretty surprising. Was Verdasco just crap today?
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #3 on: October 28, 2007, 05:06:45 PM »
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I didn't assume anything and, I suppose, neither did Andy. This was a solid win against an opponent who was lacking in the kind of guile that others in the top 20 already possess.

Paris is a whole different ball game.

And potentially Djokovic in the third round is the kind of revenge match that should be eaten cold by Andy. He will already be working out the tactics if he gets through the second. An advance to the semis here might well be enough to grab the eighth spot for the Shanghai Masters Cup.

I watched St Petersburg using www.channelsurfing.net and although the streaming quality wasn't brilliant it was good enoughy to show, in conjunction with ATP Live Scoring, how things were going.

Our boy is back to his live and kicking best and there are going to be a few scared guys in the mix from now on.
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #4 on: October 28, 2007, 05:26:37 PM »
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 Hoorah!!!!:))I was sure  Andy will win!!!!Now crossing fingers for Paris!
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #5 on: October 28, 2007, 05:36:13 PM »
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Very nice Andy! Yet I feel less in a party mood than his first 2 ATP titles...
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #6 on: October 28, 2007, 05:37:30 PM »
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Probably because this tournament isn't so big? But I know what you mean.

Either way, Murray still has a chance at Shanghai!!
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #7 on: October 28, 2007, 06:04:02 PM »
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Woohoo!!!
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #8 on: October 28, 2007, 06:17:55 PM »
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clap Great news to get up to on a Monday morning - hope my day continues in this vain Very Happy

Well Done Andy! clapping
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #9 on: October 28, 2007, 06:54:23 PM »
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yahooo yahooo  cmon yeah yay clap

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Very nice Andy! Yet I feel less in a party mood than his first 2 ATP titles...
I feel the exact same.  shocking Probably because the finals of the first 2 were much closer.
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #10 on: October 28, 2007, 07:21:46 PM »
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It's not that the tournament isn't big - it offers more prize money than  Basel and Lyon.  It's just the lack of quality players in it.  Maybe its because it's in Russia - I have no idea. What I don't get is that the top players like Ljubo and Roddick played Lyon when St. Petersburg offered more ranking points (albeit a little).  The only thing I can think of is that tennis is more important in other countries, fan wise.  Because every match in St. petersburg had an audience of about 100 people.
The players want to play in front of their fans and not just the umpire and the ball boys/girls
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #11 on: October 28, 2007, 08:26:10 PM »
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Excellent result for Andy.  clap He's got quite a poor record in finals but great to see another title added to the list. Very Happy

Also, what a cracker of a trophy compared to the phallic San Jose prize.  yay
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #12 on: October 28, 2007, 09:37:44 PM »
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It's actually worth more for Andy than San Jose in points and cash so it should be more exciting!
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #13 on: October 28, 2007, 09:59:01 PM »
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Oh, that's surprising.
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Re: Murray victorious in St Petersburg « Reply #14 on: October 28, 2007, 11:56:35 PM »
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Check out what Nando had to say!

Verdasco said the conditions at the indoor arena rather than nerves were to blame for his poor start.

"The problem was that not all the lights were on at the start of the match and by the time we had decent lighting I was already a break down," he said.

"It was difficult for me to get the serve back because he was serving very well and was gaining confidence as the match progressed while my confidence was getting low."

Can anyone say sore loser? He knows Murray was playing in the same arena right? With the same number of lights on?
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