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US Open R3: Andy Murray vs Matteo Berrettini
clementine
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Andy looked great and was able to compete at the highest level against a wonderful opponent.  The atmosphere was electric.  Andy remains one of the very few elite players who can get a crowd on the edge of  their seats and rooting for him with every sinew.  This match deserved the theatre of a night time slot, instead we and the players had to put up with that ridiculous early afternoon shadow obscuring the proceedings and distorting the play.  The crowd were amazing.  They, like us, get it.  We are witnessing a phenomenon.  What Andy is doing is unprecedented and ground breaking and almost incredible.  It is so easy to forget the medical miracle before us in our desire for him to soar ever higher.  Because of his super-human effort we are now back to wanting more and even expecting more.  What a guy!  So proud of him.
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Aileen
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Andy's ranking has now gone up to No. 43.
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nestingus
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Jim Courier was in total awe at the simple fact he could compete at this level. I liked the comparison to when he played Washington in 2018, and how much he had worked to get back to this level.
43 is getting closer, there is a nice run of 250's/500's after Davis Cup so hopefully he can continue grabbing points and get into a position where is seeded.
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Apollo
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Quote from: nestingus on September 03, 2022, 06:09 pm
Jim Courier was in total awe at the simple fact he could compete at this level. I liked the comparison to when he played Washington in 2018, and how much he had worked to get back to this level.
43 is getting closer, there is a nice run of 250's/500's after Davis Cup so hopefully he can continue grabbing points and get into a position where is seeded.
Jim Courier is a very intelligent guy when it comes to tennis and great as a commentator.  I saw him play in Cincy many times.  I like that he is in awe of what Andy can do, thanks for sharing this.
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Quote from: Apollo on September 03, 2022, 08:12 pm
Jim Courier is a very intelligent guy when it comes to tennis and great as a commentator.  I saw him play in Cincy many times.  I like that he is in awe of what Andy can do, thanks for sharing this.

Courier is brilliant on commentary, I agree. I like that he's actually the lead commentator too, not offering punditry.
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Quote from: clementine on September 03, 2022, 11:56 am
Andy looked great and was able to compete at the highest level against a wonderful opponent.  The atmosphere was electric.  Andy remains one of the very few elite players who can get a crowd on the edge of  their seats and rooting for him with every sinew.  This match deserved the theatre of a night time slot, instead we and the players had to put up with that ridiculous early afternoon shadow obscuring the proceedings and distorting the play.  The crowd were amazing.  They, like us, get it.  We are witnessing a phenomenon.  What Andy is doing is unprecedented and ground breaking and almost incredible.  It is so easy to forget the medical miracle before us in our desire for him to soar ever higher.  Because of his super-human effort we are now back to wanting more and even expecting more.  What a guy!  So proud of him.

Lovely post and spot on, he sure is special.
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Quote from: clementine on September 03, 2022, 11:56 am
Andy looked great and was able to compete at the highest level against a wonderful opponent.  The atmosphere was electric.  Andy remains one of the very few elite players who can get a crowd on the edge of  their seats and rooting for him with every sinew.  This match deserved the theatre of a night time slot, instead we and the players had to put up with that ridiculous early afternoon shadow obscuring the proceedings and distorting the play.  The crowd were amazing.  They, like us, get it.  We are witnessing a phenomenon.  What Andy is doing is unprecedented and ground breaking and almost incredible.  It is so easy to forget the medical miracle before us in our desire for him to soar ever higher.  Because of his super-human effort we are now back to wanting more and even expecting more.  What a guy!  So proud of him.

The schedule idea to put this match on first up on Arthur Ashe was one of the craziest we have seen. Personally, as an Architect, I do not get how the rebuilds of this show court over the years especially with the roof added were done with perhaps no reference to sun path diagrams/tables.  We use them quite extensively in the UK so why not in the States? Additionally, as I said before, why impose the problem on a player three times in a row. He should have had an evening slot. He deserved that.

I also like what you said about SIr Andy. Like Sir Mo in my sport, he really inspires me. I ran a very hilly 10Km yesterday in very hot weather where I wanted to stop but that Andy has kept going competitively believing in himself whatever he suffers from the body repairs and a bit of ageing made that impossible. Each time I wavered I muttered his name to myself and the thoughts passed. I am looking forward to a sustained period of participation from him as he deserves to be on the circuit for us all to enjoy watching those skills.
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Apollo
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Yes the sun and shade made it hard for both players. It’s a very old Stadium but the could have figured a way to not have those sun and shade spots there. And I agree Andy should have been given at least one night matches. But we had the haha best Woman player ever playing her final matches so it has to be on center court in the evening. This was not the US Open it was the Serena open and it all made me sick.
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Aileen
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^ My comms, Rusedski,  Henman and Mark Petchey, all said the same thing about the sun and shade - if they drew in both ends of the roof a couple of feet then it wouldn't be a problem because that would shut the sun out completely from the court while at the same time letting plenty of daylight in.

I'm very glad that somebody else shares my opinion of Serena, attention seeking drama queen that she is!
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Aileen
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Berrettini through to the QF after seeing off Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in five, coming back from a set and a break down to do so.
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Quote from: Aileen on September 04, 2022, 10:19 pm
^ My comms, Rusedski,  Henman and Mark Petchey, all said the same thing about the sun and shade - if they drew in both ends of the roof a couple of feet then it wouldn't be a problem because that would shut the sun out completely from the court while at the same time letting plenty of daylight in.

I'm very glad that somebody else shares my opinion of Serena, attention seeking drama queen that she is!

There are plenty of us out there that have little time for Serena however well she once played!
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