[Tamaragl]

AAAAAH! 
I see from comments serve was up the creek and forehand off.
Forehand UEs could be put down to rust, but what's up with his serve? Wasn't great during the doubles.

Actually his serve was great in the first set and Sandgren didn't even get a break point on it. It went off considerably in the second set, though. I got the feeling his endurance isn't quite what it was, and not surprisingly. But that's something he will definitely get back. Don't forget, the first set lasted well over an hour—the first GAME, on Sandgren's serve, was 14 minutes long and went to eight deuces!

Honestly, after watching the whole thing, I feel Andy is already doing unbelievably well. He's just not match-sharp. But that will come, as will his reactions etc. While he seldom looked spectacular, I thought his movement was a whole lot better than anyone might have expected. And of course it was terrific how he battled to get those two serve breaks back in the second set, even if he couldn't quite hold on to it after that.

Can I just say how great it is to be watching Andy without massive expectations??!!? I find myself not stressing, just feeling happy for him that he's not in pain and that his tennis is on an upward trajectory rather than a miserable downward spiral. Yay!

[Aileen]

I see the article on the BBC site. Glad to see him express the idea of a challenger event next week in Mallorca where he talks about it being easier to win matches. It is what he needs now.
Nearly but not quite prepared enough again last night. 


He will fly home from Winston-Salem on Tuesday but is actively considering whether to compete in next week's Challenger event in Mallorca.

"I think for my body it would be a good thing because I do feel at that level I will be winning matches each week," Murray added.

"And I think it would be good for my game as well because I'm not quite seeing the points as I used to. And if I can get more matches, I'll start to work that out a little bit quicker, and see it faster.

"I would probably rather stay playing outdoors because the next couple of tour events I'm playing are outdoors in Asia, but I haven't given it tonnes of thought."

Let us hope he follows up on that. Take the family for a holiday too?

i hope he does as well.  Not sure about the holiday though because he needs to focus on his tennis.

I didn’t see the Tennys the menace match.  I suppose this is what dipping his toe in the water is all about.   Seeing where the rust is.  Didn’t Wawrinka and Del Potro go to Challenger events after their injuries? 

I don't know about Del Potro, but both Wawrinka and Nishikori did.

I have to agree with Tamaragl. It was a hard fought match with some amazing points by Andy. He had 6 aces, only one double fault. We just need to remember that this is a new Andy working his way back. We can’t compare his play now to what it used to be. And we just need to enjoy the fact that he is back playing tennis.

I agree with everything Tamara says as well, and you too.  Also Sandgren played some pretty good tennis himself - better than I had expected really, so I suppose you could say that it's a good sign that he had to up his own level against Andy and keep it up.  That first game of the match was unbelievable though because neither player seemed to be able to get out of it until Sandgren finally held.

The one thing that really gladdened my heart though was to see Andy scampering from side to side along the baseline chasing down balls.  He says he needs to work on his lateral movement, particularly suddenly changing direction from left to right, but if this match is anything to go by he's done a pretty good job so far, particularly as it shows too that he's coming to trust his new hip more and more.

[Aileen]

[moonglow]

 He was called Tennys after his Swedish great-grandfather. 

I think Tennys is a very nice name and it's good that he actually ended up playing tennis.

[Aileen]

^  Sorry I can't get the video to work …

That's because the video police have closed it down, unfortunately.

[moonglow]

That's because the video police have closed it down, unfortunately.

Ok thanks