Forecast says Rain, Roof will be closed. Nighty Night Murray
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Mainad
Bionic Poster
Oh brother...how many of THESE threads are we now going to have?? 
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=431190
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=431190
zagor
Bionic Poster
Don't worry man, Murray will try his best to save Pete's legacy
.Seriously, Murray can play pretty well indoors, I'm not convinced he likes slower conditions at all, his breakthrough tournament was in 2008 Cincy which is one of the fastest tournaments on tour.
I don't think Fed/Murray are concern about the roof, but their preparation for the match. For Fed, he wants to make sure that his back doesn't bother him. The way it's been played out throughout this tourney, closing the roof would be more favorable to Murray since the crowd can give Murray a boost of energy.
nethawkwenatchee
Professional
OP: Did you happen to catch the indoor Asian swing the past few years? Murray won back to back in Shanghai with straight sets over Federer and Ferrer and 2011 in Tokyo he demolished Nadal in the final with a bagal third set (also won in Valencia, Thailand)
Murray is an indoor killer man. This shouldn't be viewed as a negative in my opinion.
Murray is an indoor killer man. This shouldn't be viewed as a negative in my opinion.
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Murray beat Federer indoors at the 2008 WTF in Shanghai.
flyinghippos101
Legend
Roof was open in Japan
MG1
Professional
and if you are talking about shanghai 2010 then it was also outdoors in best of 3.
Mainad
Bionic Poster
Federer and Murray are 2-2 in indoor matches, all played on hard court.
Federer beat Murray at 2009 & 2010 WTF (O2,London).
Murray beat Federer at 2008 Madrid (then indoor HC) and 2008 WTF (Shanghai).
All their 15 previous matches have been played on hard court. Amazingly, tomorrow will be their first ever encounter on grass!
Federer beat Murray at 2009 & 2010 WTF (O2,London).
Murray beat Federer at 2008 Madrid (then indoor HC) and 2008 WTF (Shanghai).
All their 15 previous matches have been played on hard court. Amazingly, tomorrow will be their first ever encounter on grass!
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JustBob
Hall of Fame
Of course it makes a difference. Did you not see Djokovic slipping and struggling with his footing? The conditions created by the closed roof are detrimental to retrievers/grinders chasing balls down. They definitely favor a more "first strike" attacking style of play.
kaku
Professional
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
Agree, this will give roger a bit of an advantage but andy plays aggressive baseline game with big serves so it won't matter as much as people think it might.
Don't worry man, Murray will try his best to save Pete's legacy
Seriously, Murray can play pretty well indoors, I'm not convinced he likes slower conditions at all, his breakthrough tournament was in 2008 Cincy which is one of the fastest tournaments on tour.
That's the point, there have been complaints that when the roof is closed the ball is much heavier/slower.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
tank, just watch roger's matches and see how badly he is moving and how much he is mindful of his back. He is Toast, and that back is gonna give out as time.
As was pointed out, Murray has great results indoors and is actually playing a lot less of a pusher game than he does normally. The roof will help his serve. He's not Nadal who keeps getting pushed back as the point goes on, so I don't think the roof will be a factor.
tlm
G.O.A.T.
Wow i wonder how many times that murray actually hit more winners than fed did, this has to be one of the few.
tlm
G.O.A.T.
First time i ever heard that indoor was slower.
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
Indoors are faster. Court gets greasy and skids more.
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
Watch the matches. It's an ace fest indoors. So hard to break.
Murrayfan31
Hall of Fame
It's like ping pong in there. Wind isn't that big of a factor usually.
