Eva

Murray?
Walked another mile in his own shoes today.
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Meow

I believe he was glued to the TV watching the tennis

Autonomy

Pretty much!

Eva - you know me... well impressed with him so far. Tomorrow will be a huge game.

Tomorrow I have made an executive decision and am taking the afternoon off to watch the match properly (on a big screen)...

shakh your bootie

Ah, There is Auto. And there was Eva.

I am much comforted to see that not much has changed around these parts.

Eva

Ah..what a kind boss you have

Regardless of the result tomorrow,for me,getting past Roger was monumental for Murray.
He played with a maturity we haven t seen before,the missing component IMHO in his game.
Well done Lendl in nurturing him to a Champion.
When he cried at Wimbledon,I had my doubts about his ability to win slams however seeing him dispense with probably the greatest player in the modern game yesterday- I think now - he can become number 1 .

Eva

Hello Darling SYB,

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Miss Anne Thrope

He is getting there but he still does not have the ruthless efficiency to consistently topple Nole. He could (should) have finished Roger in 3. Nole looks like a different proposition than last year (at Aus or the US). Andy should have beaten him in last year's Aus semi-final. He was again there for the taking in the US and finally Andy did it. But having watched the ease with which Nole swatted aside Ferrer, who was not playing badly, I'm not sure Andy yet has the mental strength to compete with Nole when he is playing like this. I hope he does though.

scrubbedexpat141

Getting first set nerves Auto?

Tie-breaker to decide this first set?

littlejimmy

Wow. This thread has a retro feel.

Autonomy

haha - made me laugh... if the 2nd set had swung the other way it could have been very different. No question his disintegrating foot didn't help.... Nole really didn't have it all his own way at all looked vulnerable.

But hey, good match.

Bit more tetchy from both Fed and Nole this year - Murray has always been like that, but the other 2 seemed more easily rattled this year....

scrubbedexpat141

The BBC Sport live text said the second set was the swing from quite even to favour Djokovic.

Shame for Murray but it certainly seems he lacks that 6th gear.

Miss Anne Thrope

Don't they mean the third set? It was all very even until midway through that set when Nole started producing some beautiful shots (one cross court forehand half-volley deep into the far corner comes to mind) and suddenly Andy looked rattled, his physical ailments started to bother him and it all went downhill very quickly. As usual, a few moments were pivotal but what a different character to the one who totally capitulated in the 2011 final....