[Apollo]

Daniel serves:
Murray loses the point with a backhand forced error 15-0
Murray wins the point with a forehand winner 15 all
Murray loses the point with a backhand unforced error30-15
Daniel wins the point with an ace 40-15
Daniel loses the point with a backhand unforced error 40-30
Murray wins the point with a backhand winner 40-40
Daniel wins the point with a backhand winner Ad in
Murray loses the point with a forehand forced error, game to Daniel 3 all

[Apollo]

Daniel serves:
D wins point with a forehand winner 15-0
M loses the point with a forehand unforced error 30-0
D wins the point with a backhand winner 40-0
cmon Andy
D loses the point with a forehand forced error 40-15
cmon Andy
M wins the point with a forehand winner 40-30
cmon Andy
D wins the point with a backhand winner - game 4 all

[flowerpower]

I mean, I can watch, but it;s too scary...

[Mackem]

Ah well….presumably all the games over the last 10 days caught up with him. Andy would never normally play the week before a slam but I guess he needed match fitness

[Apollo]

Break back Andy cmon stay in this!!!!
Daniel serving:
M loses point with a forehand unforced error 15-0
cmon Andy
M wins the point with a forehand winner 15 all
D wins the point with an ace 30-15
M loses the point with a backhand forced error 40-15
cmon Andy
D wins the point with a backhand winner ...game set match
6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Aces: A 7 to D 12
DF A 3 to D 2
1st serve in A 62% to D 58%
Winning 1st serve A 66% to D 79%
Win on 2nd serve A 39% to D 51%
Winners and errors
Winners A 38 to D 46
Return winners A 0 to D 4
Unforced Errors A 49 to D 21
Return UE's A 3 to D 3
Break points won A 18 % to D 50%
Net points won A 65% to D 80%
Receiving Pts won AQ 31% to D 42%

I read two reports that had Andy winning by straight sets and one by 4 sets if Andy was fit and recovered from his five set win.  This did not seem like a very exciting match, but then I did not see it.  I am sad for Andy. His coach was good to help him win the first match but I'm not too impressed with the plans for this match.  Granted Andy had not played this guy for 5 years and both players have changed during that time.  Daniel's rank is 120 to Andy's 135.  I think we all agree that Andy has to get some consistency going in his tennis.  He plays beautiful one match and the next he doesn't.  I am sure that Andy is going to be working on this.  I'm sad to see that he couldn't win this match and continue to win into the second week.  I am sure Andy is sad and frustrated as well.   Well, he can go home and see his kids and wife and try to figure things out.  These days he's like the little girl with the curl in the middle of her forehead, when she was good, she was very good, when she was bad, she was horrid.  Haha well Andy is never horrid.  I love you Andy, I hope you get this all figured out because you are really good a lot of the time.

[PEBBLES]

Trying to find the match after the 1st segment finished on  prime at 2 hours 37, took me a painstaking 2 hours  to eventually find the other half of this!  Disappointing for Andy but like mentioned previously he was a bit cumbersome today, Hopefully he can shake the soot of his wings and get on with the game he loves most. 

[marathonarthur]

Another loss to a qualifier! 

It seems as if he would have more chance to beat any top ten player?  I have to admit that Taro played well so good luck to him in the next round. I suggest Andy's strategy was lacking. Not a lot of prepation was evident to me.

What to do now?  He needs to just dust himself off and try again and  again. With each match won, at any level, he will enjoy it more and with that comes confidence to take control of his matches which he clearly was not able to do.

I shall be supporting at the next tournament.